THEY
THEY MADE
THEY MADE IT DIFFICULT. WE FOUND A WAY TO GET THE JOB
DONE.4@
DONE.4@
DONE.4@ >>> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
BEHIND ME IS PURE UNADULTERATED
FOOTBALL PASSION AS THE HALL 4@
FAME SPORTSWRITER4@ FRANK FORD
ONCE WROTE, THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS A BAD NFL CITY, ONLY
BAD OWNERS.
BAD OWNERS. WE WON THE LOTTERY WITH4@ STAN
KROENKE.
KROENKE.
KROENKE. THE SFL COMES TO TOWN WITH
29,000 ST. LOUIS FANS CAME OUT
TO SUPPORT THE BATTLEHAWKS. 4@
THEY WERE FACING THE GUARDIANS
AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO 4@BE
DISAPPOINTED TODAY.4@
DISAPPOINTED TODAY.4@ THIRD PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, THAT
JOAN SEES DAYLIGHT AND RUNS TO
ADD.
ADD.
ADD. 49
ADD. 49 YARDS ON THE SCAMPER.
FOURTH PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE AND
IT IS SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL.
MICHAEL WILL PLOW TO THE END
ZONE AND THE PLACE ABSOLUTELY
ERUPTED.
ERUPTED.
ERUPTED. THEN SOME 4@FUN ON THE KICKOFF.
KEITH MUMFORD WILL START TO RUN
LEFT, JOE POWELL WILL RUN
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. HE
RIGHT. HE PLAYED ONE SEASON AT COLLEGE
FOOTBALL4@ AT GLOBAL INSTITUTE
TECHNOLOGY.
TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS TECHNICALLY A 90-YARD
RUN.
RUN.
RUN. BATTLEHAWKS WIN 29-9. AHMAD
HICKS BEGINS POSTGAME COVERAGE.
>> Reporter: IT HAD BEEN MORE
THAN FOUR YEARS IN ST. LOUIS
FANS ARE FOOTBALL TEAM INSIDE 4@
THE DOME. AND YOU COULD TELL
THEY MISSED THE SPORTS.4@4@4@
>> COMING TO SEE THE SEAHAWKS
PLAY THE RAMS AND IT 4@WAS THE
SAME ENERGY.
SAME ENERGY. THE CITY LOVES FOOTBALL AND WE
HAVE TO BE 4@HERE.
>> Reporter: 4@SEVERAL
BATTLEHAWKS THAT THEY KNEW THE
CROWD WOULD BE NUTS, BUT THEY4@
REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO
EXPECT.
EXPECT.
EXPECT. >> 4@IT WAS GOOD.
THE ENERGY WAS GREAT. 4@
>> THE FANS WERE RABID. IT WAS
EXCITING. IT WAS LIKE WHY WE DO
THIS AND WHY 4@YOU DO FOOTBALL.
>> IT WAS CONTAGIOUS.
>> Reporter:4@4@4@ THE BATTLEHA
EVEN GAVE THE FANS A BIT OF
HISTORY WHEN JOE POWELL TOOK A
KICK RETURN TO THE CRIB,
SOMETHING HE SAID HE KNEW WOULD
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> BEFORE I CAME TO EXIT XFL4@
PLAYED FOOTBALL AND I HAD SIX
KICK RETURNS.
KICK RETURNS. I KNEW I 4@WAS GOING TO SCORE.
>> Reporter: SOMEWHERE A BIT
SURPRISED.
SURPRISED. >> I DID NOT KNOW HE HAD THAT.
IT WAS GREAT 4@TO SEE HIM.
>> Reporter: WE CAN'T TO
ME4@NTION MIXED IN WAS AN
OCCASIONAL4@4@ CHANT.
OCCASIONAL4@4@ CHANT. >> I GREW UP HERE IN TOWN AND 4
UNDERSTAND THE CHANCE.
I KNOW HOW IT HURTS.
I THINK TODAY WE PROVED WE ARE
A FOOTBALL TOWN.
>> Reporter: ST. LOUIS FANS HAD
TO MAKE4@ MORE THAN 1500 DAYS F
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TO
RETURN, BUT THE TEAM LIVED UP
TO EXPECTATIONS AND EXCEEDED
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. IT
THEM. IT IS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
TO GET BETTER FOR NEXT WEEK.
FOR MORE ON THE FANS AND HOW
THEY ENJOYED THE GAME, LET'S
TOSS IT OVER TO COREY MILLER.
>> THE FANS ARE READY FOR THE
RETURN TO FOOTBALL AFTER A FOUR-
YEAR HIATUS IN ST. LOUIS.4@
THERE WAS AN EMPTY SEAT IN THE
CROWD WITH OVER 29,000 FANS
SHOWING THAT.
SHOWING THAT. EFFECT THE STANDS AND PARKING
LOT.4@4@
LOT.4@4@
LOT.4@4@ >> Reporter: THE LINES WERE
LONG TO GET IN AND WE'RE TALKING
REALLY LONG.
REALLY LONG. ST. LOUIS SHOWED UP 4@BIG TIME.
FROM BIG TAILGATES TO MISTER
BECAME HIMSELF.
BECAME HIMSELF. >> THIS IS ST. LOUIS.
THEY LOVE THEIR SPORTS, ALL
SPORTS.
SPORTS.
SPORTS. THEY LOVE THEIR 4@SPORTS HEROES
THIS IS AWESOME.
IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK FOR HOME
OPENER.
OPENER.
OPENER. >> Reporter:4@4@ 1529 DAYS OF P
UP FRUSTRATION ALL COMING OUT
AT ONCE.
AT ONCE.
AT ONCE. >> WE ARE GLAD FOOTBALL IS BACK
IN ST. LOUIS WHERE IT BELONGS.
>> Reporter: THE ENERGY ONLY
AMPED UP INSIDE THE DOME IN
FRONT OF A CROWD OF 29,554.
THE CO4@STUMES WERE 4@IMPRESSIV
THE ANTI-KROENKE CHANCE FOR
LOUD AND CLEAR.
THE BATTLEHAWKS PUT ON QUITE
THE SHOW AND COACHES AND
PLAYERS FELT THE 4@LOVE.
>> THIS IS THE TYPE OF TOWN I
GREW UP IN.
IT IS A BLUE-COLLAR TOWN, HARD-
WORKING PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT
GOOD, REAL, HARD-NOSED SPORT4@.
LOVE THIS TOWN.
THIS IS GREAT.
I THINK THEY LOVE US4@. WE ARE
GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
>> I GREW UP IN ST. LOUIS.4@
I HAVE TO SAY THAT ST. LOUIS
FOOTBALL IS BACK.
MY ADRENALINE WAS SKYROCKETING.
>> WE ARE PROUD THE TOWN HAS
EMBRACED US AS MUCH4@ AS THEY
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. EVERYWHERE I GO EVERYONE IS
LIKE GO BATTLEHAWKS AND THEY
ARE READY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
DO.
DO.
DO. >>
DO. >> Reporter: WHEN THE CLOCK HIT
DO. >> Reporter: WHEN THE CLOCK HIT@
ZERO FOR THEIR FIRST HOME WIN
IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, PRETTY
MUCH EVERYONE INSIDE THE DOME
FELT IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF SOMETHING