Blood Hounds

Marcus Mariota directed the bloodthirsty Dogs to a big upset vict'ry over the Armadillos in Week 3

The Dogs track down the Armadillos, 42-25

DUNCANVILLE, TX - The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer and wild boar and was later used by European noblemen to hunt other wild game such as fox and fowl for sport. Also since the Middle Ages, the bloodhound has been used for tracking down human beings. This thoroughbred line got their name from the special care given in recording their ancestry, or bloodlines, so they were commonly referred to as “blooded” hounds beginning in the 12th century. Believed to have descended from the elite hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert in Belgium, this unique breed of canine is famed for its ability to discern and track the human scent over great distances, even over several days. Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell, combined with a strong, tenacious tracking instinct has produced the ideal scent-chasing hound. Today, bloodhounds are used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, lost children and lost pets. So tracking down the BDFL's league-leading Armadillos all the way back to Texas was no problem for the bloodthirsty Brookside Dogs in Week 3 of the BDFL.