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| 4/6/08 - A Perfect Destiny - by Shakes |
The Jaguars finished with only 2 wins in the first season.3 seasons later they were in the big game of EFL BOWL IV versus a team looking
to make some history of their own. The Philadelphia Eagles with a win could become the first team ever to finish the preseason, regular
season, and the post season undefeated. That would put their record at 23-0. The Jags started the game driving down before Brady Quinn fumbled
at the Eagles 34. The Eagles could not take advantage and later fumbled themselves on a later 1st quarter drive. The defenses for both
teams were spectactular in the first quarter. The game was at a stalemate after the first quarter. Just before the half, the Eagles finally
got on the board when 4 time League MVP Donovan McNabb hit backup TE Kris Wilson with a 7 yard touchdown to make it 7-0 at the half. In
the 3rd quarter, the Eagles finally strung together a long drive that ended in points. The drive went 12 plays for 68 yards, lasting almost
7 minutes off the clock culminating in a 5 yard touchdown pass to TE LJ Smith. After a 3 and out, the Eagles got a field goal from David Green
Akers from 25 yards out to make it 17-0. Right afterwards, it looked like the Jags would get on the board as they went on an 11 play drive of
their own. However Austin Murphy's 51 yard field goal missed wide right. The Jags could not recover from the miss. After a 3 and out from Philly,
Brady Quinn got sandwiched between Broderick Bunkley and Jevon Kearse. Quinn fumbled and Norm Schroeder recovered at the Jags 1 yard line. 2 plays
later, Jermiah White did the rest as he pounded the ball in to make it a 24-0 Eagles lead. The defense did the rest as Jevon Kearse, Mike Patterson
Broederick Bunkley, Darren Howard, and Lito Sheppard all got a piece of Brady Quinn who been sacked 6 times on the day. Kearse was named DPOW and McNabb
was named Super Bowl MVP for the 3rd time in 4 years. Mcnabb finished with 236 yards and 2 TDS on 21 of 25 passing to help complete the perfect season for the Eagles
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| 11/25/07 - Down to the wire - by Shakes |
The unlikely Browns faced off against a Vikings team looking to capture the NFCs 3rd straight EFL Bowl crown. Tom Brady faced off against
Jerry Galasinki who has made the Browns QB situation quite interesting for next season with an injured Jemarcus Russell. The Vikings got things
started where Tom Brady hit Owen Daniels with an 11 yd pass to make it 7-0. Ryan Longwell hit a 38 yd fg to make it 10-0 Vikings. Jad Dean
hit a 40 yard field goal to make it 10-3. The Vikings however increased there lead to 17-3 when Brian Leonard ran in for a 7 yd score. Reggie Bush
then broke off a 77 yd run to close the lead to 17-10. Tom Brady hit Troy Williamson for a 14 yd score. to make it 24-10. But the Cinderella Browns
fought back. First, Reggie Bush ran in a 2 yd score to make it 24-17. Then Chris Quezada (how was he not named rookie of the year) scored on a 47 yd INT to tie the game at 24.
The Vikings got a field goal from Ryan Longwell to make it 27-24. Jad Dean would then take center stage. First he capped off a 10 play drive to tie the
the game at 27. Then after a 3 and out by Minnesota, the Browns 1:44 off the clock. With just 23 seconds to go, Jad Dean hit a 32 yard field goal to give the Browns a 30-27 upset victory.
In the losing effort, Erasmus James was named Game MVP with a slight edge over Reggie Bush. James had 4 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 hurries, and an assist while Bush finished with 133 yds and 2 TDs plus 4 catches for 16 yds.
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| 7/8/07 - Just too much Fire Power - by Shakes |
Back on the big stage the Eagles looked at there opponents in hoping for the 2nd straight SB crown. For the upstart Bengals they
were looking for the upset to become the first team in the AFC to win the big game. The game started out the same all Eagle games
seems to do these days. The recipient of the first TD of this game was Hank Baskett with a 4 TD. Later in the 1st quarter, David
Akers made it 10-0 with a 20 yard field goal. The first Bengal points came in the 2nd quarter with a 29 yard field goal. That made
it 10-3. Rookie running back Jermiah White got the Eagles back in the endzone with a 6 yard TD to close out the 1st half at 17-3.
The lead increased even more when Donovan McNabb hit his favorite target on this evening. Reggie Brown, who ended up with 10 catches
158 yards on the day, scored from 12 yards out to make it 24-3. Chad Johnson got the only Bengals TD of the evening with a 3 yard
TD which made it 24-10. A pair of David Akers field goals would close out the scoring as the Eagles won there 2nd consecutive SB
title. Donovan McNabb went 23 of 28 for 278 yards and 2 TDs to claim his second consecutive SB title. Jevon Kearse who got 2.5 sacks,
helped the Eagles defense hold the Bengal rushing offense to a meager 46 yards from scrimmage on 13 carries. The final was 30-10.
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| 4/22/07 - No Dawk about it - by Shakes |
The Broncos scratched and clawed there way to the Super Bowl while the Eagles barely had to lift a finger in there road to the
the big game. The Eagles started with the ball but they and Broncos punted on there first drives. When Philly got the ball back
David Akers booted the first points through with a 34 yd fg. Denver answered on the next drive with a 48 yd fg of there own.
After 2 more 3 and outs, The first TD was scored when Mcnabb scrambled for a 10 yard score. Elam added a field goal to make 10-6
On Phillys next drive, Brian Westbrook scored from 3 yards out. to make it 17-6 at the Half. In the second half the Broncos,
took the ball. Byut Jay Cutler threw a costly pick. Brian Dawkins picked it off, his 2nd of the day. 2 plays later and Mcnabb
threw his first TD pass of the day. It was for 13 yards to Reggie Brown. After a punt the Eagles took over at their own 32.
Westbrook and Mcnabb plunged the Eagles down the field and Mcnabb hit Donte Stallworth for a 10 yard score to put the Eagles
up 31-6. Denver finally got a TD late in the 3rd quarter when Jay Cutler hit TE Tony Scheffler. The Eagles avalanche was on as
Mcnabb hit Brian Westbrook for 5 yards for the Eagles final TD of the day. Jason Elam and David Akers bangs field goals through
as the Eagles won 41-16. Donovan Mcnabb won Super bowl MVP with a 16 of 24 for 261 yard performance and 3 TDs.
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