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Devils place 4th amongst USFTL's best
2007 USFTL Referee's Cup
AJ Saul finds Jason Hagerty in the back of the endzone for a touchdown against Aftermath (Chicago, IL)


Despite finishing 2nd in two out of the three USFTL Major NIT's of 2007, the Blue Devils found themselves seeded 14th out of 16 teams in the "A" Division at the Referee's Cup. The Devils were pleased with their draw despite the low seed being that their part of the bracket contained talented, but inexperienced teams that were new to the "A" division.

In the opening round of the tournament, the Devils were matched up with True Playaz (Clinton, MD). QB AJ SAUL led the offense to the games first touchdown to put the Devils ahead 7-0. The defense took care of the rest as a key interception by WILL CUPP and constant pressure by the defensive line kept the True Playaz from getting into scoring range as the game ended in a Devils victory, 7-0.The Devils met up with Aftermath (Chicago, IL), the 2006 USFTL "B" National Champions in the next round. Once again, the defense proved to be the difference as they were able to get their second shutout in as many games and lead the Devils to the next round with a 22-0 victory.In their third game of the day, the Devils finally got a shot at All Met (Landover, MD), one of the only "A" teams in the USFTL the Devils had yet to face. This would be a true test as All Met has proven that they are amongst the nations best. SAUL was able to lead the offense down the field and into scoring range as he connected with WR JASON HAGERTY for the games first touchdown. JAKE STEWART tacked on the extra point to put the Devils up 8-0. All Met scored before half to cut their deficit to 8-6. In the second half, All Met's rush proved to be the difference as they forced SAUL to make a costly mistake as an All Met defender stepped in front of a pass for a key interception in Devils territory. All Met capitalized on the good field position to take the lead 14-8. The offense had one more chance in the games final minutes but All Met's rush proved to be too much as SAUL could not get the Devils into scoring range and the game ended in a 14-8 victory for All Met.

In the opening game on Sunday, it looked as if the Devils would meet up with Sudden Impact (Chicago, IL) as they led by a touchdown against True Playaz as time winded down, but a long score on a tipped pass on the games final play was the difference as True Playaz eliminated Sudden Impact from the tournament and forced a rematch of the opening round game. On the games opening play, LB PETE DAVILA intercepted a True Playaz pass to give the Devils some much-needed momentum. The defense shutdown the True Playaz offense once again and led the Devils to another victory, 11-0.

The tournament was down to it's final four teams, as the Devils were matched up with Dominion (Upper Marlboro, MD). The last time the Devils met up with Dominion was the 2005 USFTL National Championships, and the Devils prevailed 8-0. This game proved to be much different than the first as the Devils offense was unable to get anything going from the beginning and the Devils defense made costly mistakes and missed flags that led to big plays for Dominion in a disappointing 28-0 loss.

 

 

 

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