Poodles, Poodles Everywhere
There are a lot of teams playing in this year’s annual Season 22 Prospect Bowl. Buffalo will have Ramblers, Cincinnati has Jet Hawks and even Tennessee has the Tigercats. But New York? One would figure that the largest city in our nation would be represented by a name more traditional to the rich history of the city. Perhaps The Liberty or The Apples would have had a nice ring to it. But that will not be the case. This year, New York has the Poodles.
It is bow wow fever in New York where 23 future hopeful NSFL prospects will be facing off in the three-day round robin tournament to impress and hopefully drive up their draft status before the March 5th event.
But while New York may have one of the oddest animal names of the 12 organized teams participating in the tournament, the story about why the league chose the fierce poodle is even stranger.
During today’s presser on the Prospect Bowl, a reporter asked NSFL Commissioner Bex a tongue in cheek question about why New York was given the ferocious poodle as their team mascot. While the room erupted into laughter, the commissioner didn’t even crack a smile.
“You don’t think Poodles are a good enough animal representation for a team in our prospect bowl?” She fired back at the reporter with an icy glaze in her eyes. “What name should we have chosen sir?
With the room going silent, the reporter perhaps realizing he was on thin ice explained that none of the other teams were going to be brought to their knees in fear when they have to face The Poodles. What is the league going to do, put pink bows on all the helmets or something?
Despite the serious look on the commissioner’s face, the room erupted into laughter again.
“Did you know sir that Poodles are the second smartest breed of dogs in the world?”
The commissioner asked as she walked out from behind the podium to stand in front of the reporter.
“Poodles are loyal. When all the other dogs are off playing with each other at the park, you’ll see a poodle sitting right next to his master. Poodles were originally bred as hunters. The word was a German word that literally meant Splash Dog because they were fantastic swimmers that hunted birds of all types.”
And the commissioner didn’t stop there.
“Poodles are so bad ass, they have actual hair instead of fur, which means they don’t shed their coat and can hunt all year-round. And since their hair just keeps growing, they can keep you warm in the cold of winter. Poodles have been around for thousands of years and go back to both the Roman and Egyptian empires.”
Bex finished her litany of Poodle facts, looked at the reporter as if she’d made her point and went back to the podium.
The reporter hesitated for a moment and then said, “So you chose the Poodle because it’s underappreciated, misunderstood and deserves to be represented by a league team?”
The commissioner looked back at the reporter and smiled.
“No,” she said. “I chose the poodle because last month when I was visiting New York I was having lunch in central park when a ferocious pack of dogs nearly knocked me over chasing a rabbit into the bushes. A homeless man shot out of the bushes yelling expletives and carrying on about a wild pack of poodles living in the park and killing every small animal they can find and making it impossible for the Homeless people to sleep in the park. I realized if a pack of poodles could clean up the homeless problem before New York City officials, then that is one bad ass dog and they deserve to be on a helmet. So the next time you talk about Poodles sir, put some respect on that animal!”
Members of the New York Poodles were asked after the Presser how they felt about being a Poodle in the DSFL.
“Listen, they can put me on whatever team they want and I am going to go out there and do my thing,” said Montgomery Mantooth, a top tight end prospect and former Navy Midshipman. “They can make me a turtle or whatever. I just want to play… Oh, they have a team called The Turtles? Yeah I am good, let’s play ball.”
“Woof, Woof,” said Poodle offensive lineman Calvin Golladay. “The other teams are going to be wondering Who Let The Dogs Out when they play us!
The New York Poodles face off against the Miami Grenadiers for their first game on March 2 at 8 P.M. EST.
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There are a lot of teams playing in this year’s annual Season 22 Prospect Bowl. Buffalo will have Ramblers, Cincinnati has Jet Hawks and even Tennessee has the Tigercats. But New York? One would figure that the largest city in our nation would be represented by a name more traditional to the rich history of the city. Perhaps The Liberty or The Apples would have had a nice ring to it. But that will not be the case. This year, New York has the Poodles.
It is bow wow fever in New York where 23 future hopeful NSFL prospects will be facing off in the three-day round robin tournament to impress and hopefully drive up their draft status before the March 5th event.
But while New York may have one of the oddest animal names of the 12 organized teams participating in the tournament, the story about why the league chose the fierce poodle is even stranger.
During today’s presser on the Prospect Bowl, a reporter asked NSFL Commissioner Bex a tongue in cheek question about why New York was given the ferocious poodle as their team mascot. While the room erupted into laughter, the commissioner didn’t even crack a smile.
“You don’t think Poodles are a good enough animal representation for a team in our prospect bowl?” She fired back at the reporter with an icy glaze in her eyes. “What name should we have chosen sir?
With the room going silent, the reporter perhaps realizing he was on thin ice explained that none of the other teams were going to be brought to their knees in fear when they have to face The Poodles. What is the league going to do, put pink bows on all the helmets or something?
Despite the serious look on the commissioner’s face, the room erupted into laughter again.
“Did you know sir that Poodles are the second smartest breed of dogs in the world?”
The commissioner asked as she walked out from behind the podium to stand in front of the reporter.
“Poodles are loyal. When all the other dogs are off playing with each other at the park, you’ll see a poodle sitting right next to his master. Poodles were originally bred as hunters. The word was a German word that literally meant Splash Dog because they were fantastic swimmers that hunted birds of all types.”
And the commissioner didn’t stop there.
“Poodles are so bad ass, they have actual hair instead of fur, which means they don’t shed their coat and can hunt all year-round. And since their hair just keeps growing, they can keep you warm in the cold of winter. Poodles have been around for thousands of years and go back to both the Roman and Egyptian empires.”
Bex finished her litany of Poodle facts, looked at the reporter as if she’d made her point and went back to the podium.
The reporter hesitated for a moment and then said, “So you chose the Poodle because it’s underappreciated, misunderstood and deserves to be represented by a league team?”
The commissioner looked back at the reporter and smiled.
“No,” she said. “I chose the poodle because last month when I was visiting New York I was having lunch in central park when a ferocious pack of dogs nearly knocked me over chasing a rabbit into the bushes. A homeless man shot out of the bushes yelling expletives and carrying on about a wild pack of poodles living in the park and killing every small animal they can find and making it impossible for the Homeless people to sleep in the park. I realized if a pack of poodles could clean up the homeless problem before New York City officials, then that is one bad ass dog and they deserve to be on a helmet. So the next time you talk about Poodles sir, put some respect on that animal!”
Members of the New York Poodles were asked after the Presser how they felt about being a Poodle in the DSFL.
“Listen, they can put me on whatever team they want and I am going to go out there and do my thing,” said Montgomery Mantooth, a top tight end prospect and former Navy Midshipman. “They can make me a turtle or whatever. I just want to play… Oh, they have a team called The Turtles? Yeah I am good, let’s play ball.”
“Woof, Woof,” said Poodle offensive lineman Calvin Golladay. “The other teams are going to be wondering Who Let The Dogs Out when they play us!
The New York Poodles face off against the Miami Grenadiers for their first game on March 2 at 8 P.M. EST.
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