“What a great inaugural game for the Santos!

An early injury followed quickly by a dizzying hit, gave them a two-man advantage, which they soon began to exploit. Despite sound positioning and agile maneuvering by Coach Bart, the pious elves managed to find a chink in the defense and run one in early.

The kick off saw the Heads with swift feet off the line, giving them just the foothold they needed. The Heads rumbled back into the Santos' half for an answering TD, their emerging star bruiser, Phil Valentine, delivering a message of love and hope for Nashville's fans. He will be one to watch, with his power forward style and scoring hands.

The subsequent kick-off left the Heads lineman, Adam, still unwell. The team, obviously rattled booted the pigskin deep, giving S.A the touchback. Strong blocking led to another KO and good positioning gave them a great foothold into Nashville's half. With the rapidly depleting numbers, they were unable to hold off the swarming Santos. Another TD by Saint Ambrose, his second on the day, returned the lead to the Santos.

The second half saw only one of the slumbering elves rousing to the call of the crowd. The kick saw the the Heads swift feet at work again, with Valentine showing his ability to play smash-mouth style with a hard, injurious hit helping to even the odds. However, that would be the one of the last bright moments for the Talking Heads fans.

Several of the Santos had recklessly sprinted into the Nashville backfield, trying to force a turnover or capitalize on a mistake by the ball carrier stranded deep in his own end. The rookie Thrower, trying to get wide and clear of a line of Santos players, sprinted with all his might lost his footing and fell hard. The San Antonio players quickly surrounded the ball and secured possession, scoring easily shortly after.

A similar mistake on the following kick-off led to another Nashville turnover, this time on a dropped pass. in the trailing teams frustration they threw themselves full bore at the opposition, trying to overcome through shear force. In his eagerness to impress the team management, lineman Chris Clark recklessly tackled a Santos lineman, both players falling hard with Clark wrenching his back and hitting the turf awkwardly. Clark was quickly removed from the pitch, word from the locker room is that it could be a while till he finds his way back to the field for Nashville.

Observers have noted that it was a day for saints all around as the sole Nashville tally came from their saintly named blitzer Phil Valentine. Santos fans are crying for his transfer to the team, however he sadly has a No Trade clause in his contract.

From the stands and the streets could be heard the singing S.A. Santos fans:

"Oh, when the Santos go marching in,
Oh, when the Santos go marching in,
Nuffle, I want to be in that number,
When the Santos go marching in,"
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