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Inside
The BDFL
The Column
of Fame
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1995 Fairfield PowerSleds |
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1996 Fairfield PowerSleds |
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1997 Capital City Bullets* |
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1998 Wizards of Greystone |
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1999 Gulf Coast Gamblers |
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2000 Gulf Coast Gamblers |
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2001 Lake Cyrus Sloth Monsters |
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2002 Magic City Mayors |
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2003 Riverchase Cheetahs |
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2004 Smoke Rise Woosiers |
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2005 Riverchase Cheetahs |
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2006 Pasco County Wizards |
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2007 Riverchase Cheetahs |
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2008 Benton Bullets |
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* The Tainted Title |
So, what is a Grenadier anyhow?
Now that the Grenadiers have won a BDFL title, inquiring minds want to know exactly what is a Grenadier besides the 2009 BDFL Champions?
A Grenadier was a front-line soldier in the early 17th
century who initiated attacks with the first grenades. The
Grenadiers were lauded for their bravery as those first
grenades required precise timing and control. Think of them
as the original Special Forces.
The Grenadier title has been reserved for only the
biggest soldiers of the world's armies. Handpicked for their
courage, strength, size and initiative, these highly trained
special-duty soldiers are commandos like none other - they
are fierce fighting soldiers.
They were called "grenadier" because these troops
originally tossed iron or porcelain explosive shells
(grenades) into enemy positions. Since the grenades of the
time weighed anywhere from two to 10 pounds, throwing them
required great strength and endurance. In addition, the
Grenadiers still had to move in close enough to throw their
grenades effectively, often while under intense fire from an
angry enemy.
To make matters worse, the bomb making technology of
the time was sorely lacking. It wasn't unusual for the
grenades to explode prematurely, killing the Grenadier. A
Grenadier's life expectancy on the battlefield tended to be
short. As a result, Grenadiers were often considered the
most brave and courageous soldiers in the army. Grenadiers
were often given the most difficult and dangerous
assignments. Thus, they proudly adopted the motto: NEC
ASPERA TERRENT (Difficulties duant us not).
Today, the Grenadier Guards are still an elite fighting
force of the British Army (much like the U.S. Army's Special
Forces).
The Cool Springs Grenadiers are patterned more after the U.S. Army's Special Forces which are also known as the Green Berets and their fight song is the classic The Ballad of the Green Beret.
The BDFL News
The BDFL's 2009 entry fees to benefit the Mark Light Memorial Fund
The BDFL has decided to
give all of our 2009 entry fee money ($30 per team) to Mark Light’s
kids. Give more, if you can. The money should go towards their college
education.
For those who didn’t know Mark, he and his brother Greg grew up with all
the Gardendale members of the BDFL.
He played football at Gardendale as a three year starter and went to
Troy State with Jaimie on a football scholarship.
He later transferred to the University of Alabama and graduated from the
Capstone.
He was active in his church and the Gardendale business community. He
will be missed.
Peoples Bank of North Alabama
c/o Mark Light Memorial Fund
P.O. Box 699
Gardendale, AL 35071
(205) 608-8000
Please send your check as soon as possible.
Your gift will be appreciated by Mark’s family and the BDFL!
Thank you!!!
Iron Hand
The Commissioner of the BDFL
The NFL bred the AFL with their greed and lack of vision for the future of pro football
FOXBORO - If the NFL had been open minded instead of closed, the American Football League (AFL) may have never gotten off the ground in 1960. Staying stubborn and closed minded instead of expanding the game to growing markets and willing owners, the NFL bred a competitor that they couldn't beat in the long run and eventually merged with 10 years later. If the NFL had awarded the wealthy oil magnets like Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams with teams in Dallas and Houston, the chances of the AFL getting off the ground would have probably been much more difficult. Promised expansion to Minnesota, Dallas and Atlanta was effective for the NFL but much too late for large markets like San Diego, Boston and Denver. The AFL was smart to not go head to head with the established league except in New York and ended up in solid football hungry markets like Buffalo, Oakland, Kansas City and eventually Miami and Cincinnati. A sweet television deal with NBC and a $600,000 contract for a brash rookie quarterback from Alabama sealed the fate of the league over time, but the NFL was the real innovator of the professional game by ignoring it's mass national appeal and underestimating the entertainment value of their product on the new color televisions of the late 60s. After the brash rookie defeated the NFL's best in the 1969 Super Bowl, the NFL made up for their strategic mistake ten years earlier and welcomed the 10 team AFL to the NFL including all eight original franchises that should have been in the league in the first place.
2009
Lone Star Beer All-BDFL Big Daddy Team
The media experts, league insiders and fans have voted on this year's Lone Star All-BDFL Big Daddy Team
This year's team is highlighted by veteran BDFLers such as Drew Brees, Randy Moss and Nate Kaeding. Crashing this year's party are newcomers Maurice Jones-Drew, Chris Johnson, DeSean Jackson and Miles Austin. The BDFL would like to thank Lone Star Beer for sponsoring the 2009 Lone Star All-BDFL Big Daddy Team.
| 2009 Lone Star All-BDFL Big Daddy Team | |||
| QB | Drew Brees NO | Wildcats | 126 |
| RB | Chris Johnson TEN | PowerSleds | 116 |
| RB | Maurice Jones-Drew JAX | WWarriors | 111 |
| WR | DeSean Jackson PHI | Blitz | 54 |
| WR | Randy Moss NE | Mayors | 49 |
| WR | Miles Austin DAL | Dogs | 42 |
| PK | Nate Kaeding SD | Wildcats | 144 |
| DF | New Orleans Saints | Sloth Monsters | 72 |
Population and pro football circa 1960
In the 60s, was the South punished and discriminated against when it came to getting NFL and AFL teams?
FOXBORO - Taking a look a population totals from 1960, it is easy to see that the Southern cities had to pay their dues to get into name brand pro football. There could be an argument that Birmingham and Memphis were overlooked when the AFL and the NFL expansion wave started in the 1960s. Were these two Southern towns punished for civil rights strife, or was it simply pure economics?
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1960 Population |
Year to get pro football |
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Boston |
697,000 |
1960 (AFL) |
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New Orleans |
628,000 |
1967 (NFL) |
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San Diego |
573,000 |
1961 (AFL) |
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Memphis |
497,000 |
Still waiting |
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Denver |
494,000 |
1960 (AFL) |
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Atlanta |
487,000 |
1965 (NFL) |
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Birmingham |
341,000 |
Still waiting |
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Charlotte |
202,000 |
1995 (NFL) |
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Jacksonville |
201,000 |
1995 (NFL) |
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Nashville |
171,000 |
1997 (NFL) |
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Orlando |
88,000 |
Still waiting |
The AFL placed franchises in Houston, Miami and Cincinnati but stayed away from the Deep South in the 60s.
2009 BDFL Dixie Beer
All-Surprise Team
Like the surprising taste of Dixie Beer, the BDFL recognizes the biggest surprises of the season with the Dixie Beer All-Surprise Team for 2009.
| QB | Schaub/HOU | PowerSleds | Big Schaub...Big bad Schaub |
| RB | Benson/CIN | Fighting Slovaks | Bengal has been big this year |
| RB | Williams/MIA | Sloth Monsters | Comeback player of the year |
| WR | Austin/DAL | Dogs | Getting miles of receiving yds |
| WR | White/ATL | Sloth Monsters | Former UAB Blazer is a blaze |
| WR | Jackson/PHI | Blitz | Action Jackson has been hot |
| PK | Tynes/NYG | Fighting Slovaks | The kicking Trojan horse |
| DF | New Orleans | Sloth Monsters | Who dat? scoring "D" points |
The Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS)
The 2009 BDFL's Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS) bracket seedings
FOXBORO - The format for this year's BDFL Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS) bracket seeding was revealed by the Commissioner of the BDFL, Iron Hand. The four divisional winners will be seeded 1-4 based on the highest to lowest point totals after Week 14. The four BDCS wildcard teams will be seeded 5-8 based on their overall point totals after Week 14 regardless of their division affiliation. The lower feeder Big Mullet Series (BMS) will be seeded 1-8 based on their point totals from highest to lowest after Week 14 regardless of their division affiliation. This looks to be the most competitive field for the BDCS post-season playoffs in league history with any qualifying team having a legitimate chance to bring home the Grand Daddy trophy.
Fieldstown Phantom Flyers
With the "best of the rest" the Fieldstown Phantom Flyers scored 38 in Week 10
Every year there are rumblings around the league that there isn't enough talent to field 16 quality teams in the BDFL. Iron Hand has always scoffed at this notion. Back in 1996 the BDFL fielded a "best of the rest" team of undrafted players to fill out a weekly balanced schedule. The team was called the Fieldstown Phantoms. The unmanaged and untalented Phantoms won six games that year. Just for giggles, the Commissioner plugged in the "best of the rest" for this season in Week 10 and guess what? This roster of Phantom Flyers would have taken home two weekly BDFL honors as the Top Dog for the most points of the week with 38 and kicker Connor Barth TB would have won the Big Daddy of the Week with 20 points. So quit complaining about talent and start drafting better!
The Bullet Rule will be strictly enforced
The BDFL's playoff qualifications revisited
FOXBORO - The Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS) is all about rewarding the league's best teams with a chance to advance to the Big Daddy Bowl and play for the league's title. A team must have at least a 7-7 record after Week 14 and win their division to earn a playoff spot. Teams must win their division outright to automatically be assured of a playoff birth. There will be no automatic reward for a team that does not meet these two criteria: 1) At least a 7-7 record and 2) Win their division outright with both points and at least a 7-7 record. If there is no outright clear division champion, the BDFL reserves the right to award a playoff position to another team regardless of their division based on their record and point total. At least seven wins and then most points will determine the other four wildcard playoff positions.
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