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It was a game for the ages. BMac's Dallas Desperados against Quietcool's Oakland Renegades... BMac's stars led by Elway, Campbell, Marino, Renfro, Novacek...
QC's Renegades led by Dan Marino, Cliff Branch, Eric Green, Gregg Lloyd, Tatum, Lester Hayes, and Willie Brown. The matchup did not dissappoint. BMac's Mel Renfro took the opening kickoff back for TD. Afterwards, Marino and company couldn't get a first down, however an incredible punt gave the Desperados the ball on their own 3. A strange safety would follow on a botched attempt at a screen pass to Earl Cambell.
The Desperado's dominated the first half- led by a pick-six thrown by Dan Marino to Desperado's CB Mel Renfro, who accounted for 14 of the Desperado's 24 points in the first half. Meanwhile, the Renegades struggled to find any kind of rhythm- a common theme since the Christian Okoye season ending injury. The score at the half
Dallas Desperados: 24
Oakland Renegades: 9 The third quarter started with a sudden surge of offense from the Renegades passing game. The Renegades would score 15 unanswered points with two connections from Marino to Branch. One for 49 yards, the other for 74 yards.. followed by a 2 point conversion pass to Eric Green.
The score was deadlocked at 24 at the start of the fourth. Bmac's Desperados decided to stop testing the dangerous Renegade secondary, and instead run plays designed to spring Earl Campbell. The strategy worked. Campbell broke a 68 yard TD to put Dallas up 7. However, Marino was determined to fight back. On 3rd and 10 from his own 32, Marino found a wide-open Eric Green who scampered 67 yards for a TD.
Tied Ballgame... However, it didn't take long for BMac to answer back. Campbell broke a 3rd and 2 for a 53 yard TD, giving Dallas a 7 point lead with a mere 3 minutes left in the game. But Marino wasn't going down without a fight. Dan orchestrated a 4 play 67 yard drive that culminated in another Eric Green TD from 29 yards out.
Tied ballgame with 1:01 on the clock. BMac and Elway's next drive would fizzle out at their own 46. This game was heading into overtime, 38 to 38 At this point, coach QC72 could be heard telling his players, "If we win the toss, Marino is hot, and we are NOT playing conservative when we get that ball. Dan, this is YOUR time."
The Renegades DID win the toss... and what followed was a six play victory march by one of the game's great QBs, who would not be denied a Super Bowl trophy. A 20 yard pass to Eric Green, followed by a 15 yard screen to replacement tailback Johnathan Pittman... followed by a 15 yard pass to Eric Green.
The Renegades advanced the ball to the Dallas 4 yard line, where kicker Derrick Barrow would cement Quietcool72's Oakland Renegades into Consolesports.net Super Bowl lore.
It was a game for the ages that was dominated by the greates pure passer of all time. Marino finished the game with 515 yards passing, 5 TDs, 2 Ints, and collected the Super Bowl MVP. Dallas Desperados: 38
Oakland Renegades: 41 Well played, BMac. One helluva battle.
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