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When the Don Bosco Eagles won a Metrobowl qualifying match this week, photographers rushed on to the field and reporters from major news outlets breathlessly tweeted about the squad’s 31-0 victory.   Their interest in the game had nothing to do with high-school football or Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School and everything to do with the man who coaches the Eagles, Rob Ford.

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier played at Birchmount Stadium.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford at Birchmount Stadium after his Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier played at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier played at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier played at Birchmount Stadium.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier played at Birchmount Stadium.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford celebrates with his Don Bosco Eagles after they defeated the Northern Red Knights.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Mayor Rob Ford has gatorade poured on him after his Don Bosco Eagles defeated the Northern Red Knights 31-0 in the Metro Bowl Qualifier.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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