Jeremy Brister, of Chicago, right, catches a pass over D’vonte’ Delitz, a junior from Chicago studying psychology, Monday at practice for the flag-football league at the corner of East College Street and South Marion Street. The league, which consists of six teams of seven players, was created by SIU alumnus Lamar Johnson, Delitz, and Brister, and gives an opportunity for students and non-students to play flag football. The decision to create the league came after missing the Sept. 5 registration for SIU’s intramural flag football league. “The league is for the underdogs and that is why we named our team the ‘Dawgs’,” Delitz said. “We really don’t have the best facilities or best equipment, but we love the game and we want to play.” The league plays every Sunday at local parks and occasionally in a friend’s backyard.

JOHN SCOTT | DAILY EGYPTIAN