The Saylorland Fantasy Football League (formerly the EDS Fantasy Football League) was founded in 1996 by eight EDS co-workers.  The Rebel Yell franchise, created by team owner and general manager Mark Saylor, was one of the initial teams that first year.  After winning SuperBowl I, the Rebel Yell showed signs of domination. But the dreams of consistent winning came to a crashing halt in 1999 with the team going to Toiletbowl IV.  Continued bad luck hampered the Rebel Yell management for two more years in their efforts to bring the team back to the upper echelon of the league and division.  In 2002 with the acquisition of Priest Holmes, the tide of troubled times shifted.  The Rebel Yell have now gone to the playoffs the last two years only to finish in third place both times.  In 2004, bad trades and ill-luck injuries kept the Rebel Yell from ever getting starting, and the team finished 7-7, one game out of the playoffs.  The Rebel Yell started out real strong in 2005, going 4-1 before enduring a long mid-season drought.  The team bounced back late to improved to 8-6, but lost the division/wild card tie-breakers to miss the playoffs again. Another missed opportunity in 2006, as the Rebel Yell missed the playoffs by one spot, due to 50% of their salary cap injured for most of the season.

The 2007 regular season was a success for the Rebels as they finished third in the league.  The team beat arch-rivals Rogue twice during the season, but then ran out of luck as they drew the Rogue in the first round of the playoffs.  The Rogue won when it counted, even though the Rebels scored 78 points (2nd most that week).