The newest Ruff Rider
Reporter-News photographer Tommy Metthe and I weren't the only ones making our first road trip with the Ruff Riders Friday. The seven-hour bus ride to Corpus Christi was also a first for John Machado, who will be donning the red and black for the first time Saturday against the Hammerheads.
Machado, a defensive end out of Iowa State who played in the Indoor Football League for the now defunct CenTex Barracudas in 2008, was introduced to his new teammates right before the bus left for Corpus.
"It's always exciting to be part of a team, and this is a good team from what I saw and what I read about them," Machado said. "I'm just real excited to play."
Machado, who recorded 34 tackles and 6.5 sacks for the Belton-based Barracudas last season, joined the Ruff Riders after completing his school year as a high school science teacher in Miami.
"I work as a teacher at home and when my job was with and everybody at the high school graduated and I was out of a job for the summer," he said. "So I decided to play football."
Machado said Friday's bus ride didn't give him much time to talk with his new teammates. But he doesn't think he'll need a long transition time before he can start making a difference on the field.
"Arena football is pretty simple as far as defense goes," he said. "It's a lot of the same things. It's pretty simple concepts."
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