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Depth Chart Coaches They did it again. For the fourth time in five seasons the Berlin Thunder are packing History their bags and heading to the World Bowl. Facts Media “We have accomplished one of our major goals,” said head coach Rick Lantz. “This Front Office was something that we talked about the very first day in Tampa, and these guys hung in there every single weekend, making big play after big play, to put themselves in a

position to get their. This is a great accomplishment. Now, our philosophy never changes. We take this season one game at a time and we still have a game to play NFL EUROPE this Sunday. But I’m proud of this team.” Home News Berlin, 7-2, clinched a spot in the Yellow Strom World Bowl thanks to a Cologne loss against the Rhein Fire. The Thunder will take on Amsterdam, 6-3, a team they split Fantasy the season series with. Scores Aaron Boone had another Schedules big game for the World Bowl bound Thunder. “Amsterdam is a great team,” said quarterback Dave Ragone. “They gave us two

Stats/Leaders (waynepaulo.com) tremendous games, and I expect the World Bowl game to be just as hard fought.” Standings US TV Schedule Ragone was instrumental in this past weekend’s 31-24 victory over the Frankfurt Galaxy in front of 40,000 Players screaming fans at Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt. Ragone completed 26 -of-36 passes for 252 yards and a World Bowl touchdown. The lefty also managed to not throw an interception for the sixth straight game, breaking the NFL Buy Tickets Europe record for number of passes attempted without an interception. The quarterback allocated by the Houston Shop Texans has now thrown 167 passes in a row without a pick.

FEATURES "It's nice to have that record,” he said. “If you have watched some of our games you'd know that our receivers have Coaches Profiles made some really nice catches, and I've been fortunate not to have some tips picked off. All in all, my goal is to come over here and get better as a quarterback, and I think that I'm doing that every day. I think that we have some History very good offensive coaches that create opportunities for me to make these passes, and the team is able to

execute the plays." GRASSROOTS PlayFootball.net Against Frankfurt the Thunder fell behind early, but once again found the second half to be their better half, outscoring the Galaxy 17-3 in the final two quarters. COMMUNITY FAQ's / email us “Our guys never panicked when we were down early, and we made some adjustments to stop their scoring,” said Lantz. “Frankfurt was out executing us in the first half, and we just told our guys to relax.” OTHERS NFL Shop Wide receiver Aaron Boone stepped up monstrously for the Thunder in the second half. On one scoring drive in the Visit Our Sponsors fourth quarter, Boone caught five passes for 58 yards, including two third-down conversions. Boone finished with eight catches for 109 yards and a touchdown. The Carolina Panthers-allocated receiver now leads the League in receptions with 40, and is second in the League in receiving yards with 553.

“Aaron has been phenomenal all year,” said Ragone. “He came up with some really big catches in the fourth quarter, and we wouldn’t have scored on that series without him.”

Berlin will now take on Cologne this Sunday before packing their bags and heading to Dusseldorf for the World Bowl. It’s an event the players have been striving for since the first few days in Tampa, and now it’s a reality.

“This is part of the reason why I came to NFL Europe,” said Rich Scanlon, who leads the League with 84 tackles. “I'm really looking forward to this game. I expect this to be as close of an NFL game as you are ever going to get, and I expect to go out there playing like a professional. I want to win that game.”

Running back Little John Flowers, who has set the Thunder record with seven rushing touchdowns this season, echoed Scanlon’s statements. We set out to accomplish this goal way back in Tampa during training camp.

“We said that we could get there, and we believed in ourselves. I expect the entire World Bowl week to be fun. Anytime you get to play for a championship it's going to be exciting, and this is going to be a great experience.”

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