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Throwback Week 2012

BDFL's annual Throwback Week takes us back to teams and places that once played the pro game

PARTS UNKNOWN - Week 6 of the upcoming BDFL season has been designated as the league's annual Throwback Week and this year's games will feature former NFL or AFL teams that no longer play where they once did, a la the Houston Oilers, Canton Bulldogs, St. Louis Cardinals, Dallas Texans, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, etc. Specific golden years from these franchises have been chosen to highlight specific players and eras from days gone bye. For instance, the 1968 Boston Patriots were chosen for the Magic City Mayors since they opened that season in Birmingham against the New York Jets while the 1987 Houston Oilers were chosen for the Pasco County Wizards since The Wizard was on the team that year. Below are the 2012 Throwback teams and the year highlighted along with their BDFL representative team for the 2012 BDFL Throwback Week.

>  1968 Jets vs. Patriots game summary

>  Jeff Parks NFL profile page at NFL.com

>  1975 Cardiac Cards video

BDFL Supplemental Draft 2012

The annual Supplemental Draft takes place at the halfway point of the regular season

AUDUBON - Each season the BDFL holds a Supplemental Draft to help teams fill in any empty, or low performers slots on their rosters. The one round draft goes in the reverse order of the lowest point total team to the highest point total team. Teams can drop a player and pick-up any available player not claimed on another BDFL roster at the time of the draft. The Sup Draft will take place at the regular season half way point which is after the Week 7 games have been played.

BDFL Trade Days have begun

Yes, you can trade players in the BDFL, but you must to follow the league's simple rules

AUDUBON - Trading players in the BDFl has had its difficulty over the years with teams wanting to manipulate the system, but that crap has never worked with Iron Hand's rules. Easy as one, two, three, the BDFL is all about integrity and credibility when it comes to moving players from team to team. A trade must be #1 in the best interest of both teams and the league. So work out your deal among yourselves and proceed to step #2. All trades must be submitted as a written request to the Commissioner of the BDFL, Iron Hand, for league approval and finally #3 it must take place before Week 12 starters are due. Follow these simple rules and you won't have any problems with the BDFL's trade policy.
 

2012 BDFL official approved trades thus far this season…
> PowerSleds ship QB-Vick/PHI to the Juggernauts for QB-Luck/IND and vice versa.

> Bullets ship PK-Kaeding/SD to the Wooden Warriors for PK-Feely/ARI and vice versa.

> Grenadiers ship RB-Blount/TB and PK-Folk/NYJ to the Wooden Warriors for RB-Charles/KC and PK-Kaeding/SD and vice versa.

2012 BDFL Football Trading Cards

Hot off the presses, the BDFL rolls out their first commemorate collection of football trading cards

AUDUBON - For the kids. Everything is for the kids. The very first limited edition set of football cards from the BDFL. Easily printed on your home computer, just load a heavy stock of 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper in your printer, print and cut. Then, you'll have your on set of official 2012 BDFL football trading cards. Add more cards to your collection as new cards are introduced each week.  Be the first at your school to be a Big Daddy Football League fan! This year's BDFL cards are patterned after the 1973 Topps pro football collection. In 1973, Topps released the largest football card set ever at 528 cards. The series featured action and sideline shots and the team logos had to be covered. The cards were not graphic marvels and had strange color schemes for each team. With such a large set, Topps was able to feature more players than ever, as a result nearly a third of the players in the league were shown for the first time. Key rookie cards include Franco Harris, Jack Youngblood, Jack Ham, Art Shell, Ken Stabler and Dan Dierdorf. We used to get ours from Jiffy Chek after church. Click here to check out the latest in the BDFL's 2012 football card collection.

The RICKA Rule is a draft night safety net

RICKA is an acronym for Released, Injured, Cut, Kicked-Off, or Arrested

AUDUBON - Way back in the early days of the BDFL, the RICKA Rule was established as a hardship case for unforeseen consequences following the Genuine Draft. RICKA is an acronym for Released, Injured, Cut, Kicked-Off, or Arrested. Therefore, after the Genuine Draft, completely through Week 1 and up until Week 2 starters are due, The RICKA Rule is in effect. So if you have a player that qualifies for the RICKA Rule based on the rule’s criteria, then you can drop the RICKA Rule player and add another player that was undrafted. The RICKA Rule does not come into play each year, but it is good to know in case the hardship need arises such as Tom Brady’s injury in Week 1 of the 2008 season, or any of Ricky Williams numerous suspensions over the years. The protocol to request a RICKA Rule ruling is to contact Iron Hand, The Commissioner of the BDFL, in the appropriate window with you request and replacement, then The Commissioner will approve, or veto, the request based on the spirit and precedence of the RICKA Rule and its purpose.
 

2012 RICKA Rule moves thus far…
• Grenadiers drop QB-Hoyer/NE for QB-Hill/DET
• Mayors drop PK-Gano/WAS for PK-Tucker/BAL
• Dogs drop WR-Owens/SEA for WR-Quick/STL
• Mayors drop RB-Addai/FA for RB-Goodson/OAK
• Mayors drop RB-Best/DET for RB-Morris/WAS
• Blitz drop WR-Demps/NE for WR-Briscoe/WAS
• Woosiers drop PK-Brown/NYJ for PK-Graham/HOU
• Gamblers drop PK-Mare/CAR for PK-Medlock/CAR
• Wizards drop WR-Johnson/FA for TE-Clark/TB

• Armadillos drop QB-Garrard/MIA for QB-Anderson/CAR
• Woosiers drop WR-Burris/FA for WR-Ogletree/DAL

New Wildcats get a new look

Out with old and in with the new as the Western Hills Wildcats roar back into the BDFL

GLEN OAKS - Having missed last year with a year's suspension, the Western Hills Wildcats are back in the BDFL for the 2012 season and bring with them some new colors, a new logo and a new attitude. Heaven knows they needed some changes. Adopted are the dark navy and orange from their beloved Chicago Bears along with a touch of gray from the leader of the James Gang and together you have a look that is hard to beat. We'll have to see if the "look good, play good" saying translates well onto the field, but you got to like the spunk in the rejuvenated Wildcat camp. A pep rally is scheduled at Western Hills Mall on the day of the first home game and all fans can ride the public transit to the game afterwards. Northgate High School Head Football Coach Tommy Walburn will be on hand for the team's pep talk and gun show.

Brookside Ball Park

Legendary ball park and athletic program fostered greatness

BROOKSIDE, AL - Whether we like it or not, Brookside, Alabama is part of the BDFL. From the BDFL's original Brookside Dogs to the Fightin' Slovaks to the memorable July 4th horse shoe challenge matches, this small coal mining hamlet of Slovak immigrants in north western Jefferson County has had its impact on the BDFL, Alabama, America and the world. In the day, the central focal point of Brookside's charm and mystic was Brookside Ball Park. Nestled along the long and winding Five Mile Creek, the ball park held a sense of pride for the citizens and was always a tough place for their opponents to visit and play. The park featured unique intricacies such as light poles inside the fencing, a short plate to backstop distance and it held heat and humidity like a modern day dome without air conditioning, or circulation. Supported by the local VFW #64 and other respectable sponsors such as Wayne's Place, Bootie's and Laney's Grocery, "The Ball Park" as it is affectionately referred to by the locals, spawned a generation, or two, of great athletes like the famous Slovensky Brothers (Phillip, Jimmy, Ronnie and Donald) and the Burr Brothers (Mark, Todd and Tony) plus other great individual athletes like Guy Moore, Kenneth Hand, Larry Keedy, Pat Keedy, Kevin "Kelbo" Sanford, Pete Meadows Jr., Phillip Harris, Jerome Hand, Jerome Jackson, Bryan Estis, John Wayne Franklin, Dodie Goode, Jonathan Carroll and Ronald "Hot Dog" Sexton. Pictured above is the 1971 Brookside baseball team that shows Brookside's "pluck and grit" sometimes had to compete with only eight players while taking on nine. Back Row (left to right) Joe Frederick, Kenneth Hand, Luther King, Steve Pickle, Dino Tombrello. Front Row (left to right) Ben Glasscock, David Cupps, Dennis Cupps and David King.

T-Rich is the Top Dawg

Richardson has the Rust Belt dreaming about bringing home their first Super Bowl title

ELYRIA, OH - The Schaefer cans were a poppin' and America's oldest lager (1842) was flowing as the Dawg Pound was celebrating all over the Rust Belt, including down on The Flats, Lake Erie and on the Cuyahoga River, just shortly after the hometown Brownies selected the stud running back out of Alabama. In a marriage made by the football gods, excluding Jim Brown, the city of Cleveland has another Bama man that could re-write the Browns record books. For those who don't know better and who have never been to a game at the venerable Cleveland Municipal Stadium, as the Commissioner did in the '80s with Earl White and his cousins Wayne and Dean, Schaefer was the "house beer" of the Browns and had one of my favorite slogans of all-time, "Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one". With all the Slovaks in Cleveland, you can bet they sold more than one at the old ball park. The Druid City Blitz selected Richardson #1 in the BDFL's annual Pony Draft. Complete details below.

2012 BDFL Genuine Draft  is set

Saturday, August 25th at 6:00pm at the Mayors newest crib in Vestavia Hills

VESTAVIA HILLS - The BDFL has returned the annual Genuine Draft of to the home of the Mayors. This will be the third home of the Mayors to host the illustrious draft since its inception in 1995 when the BDFL started selecting players for league play. The Mayor and his wife always host a wonderful event and this is why the BDFL's annual Spirit Award carries the Arrington family name thus The BDFL's Arrington Spirit Award. The Mayors' new address is 2121 Vestavia Lake Drive - Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216. As always bring what you and your crew plan to drink and plenty of cash to buy pizza for all that will be eating. One last note, if you cannot attend the draft, please make arrangements for somebody to select your team for you and let the Commissioner know your plans for his approval, or risk being left out of the league for a season a la the Western Hills Wildcats in 2011.

New BDFL Schedule announced

It's Back to the Future with a 16 team schedule and a new twist to the annual Throwback Week

AUDUBON - With the league back up to 16 teams, the BDFL had to revamp the regular season schedule this season and went back to the 2010 model. Each team will play all other BDFL opponents except one during a 14 game regular season to ensure the most balanced schedule for overall records. The Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS) and the Big Mullet Series (BMS) will start in Week 15 as in most seasons while Week 16 will be the seeded semi-finals leading up to the Big Daddy Bowl in Week 17. Other highlights of this year's schedule includes the Week, 1 RICKA Rule, Week 6 Throwback Week featuring former NFL/AFL teams that no longer exist, a la the Houston Oilers, Canton Bulldogs, Baltimore Colts, etc. and the popular Supplemental Draft in Week 8 and the Wavier Week in Week 11.

Here comes the Armadillos

The new Armadillos and the old Wildcats join the fray for the 2012 BDFL season

DUNCANVILLE - Grave Diggers, Road Killers, Hoover Hogs, Poorman's Pigs, or Possums on the Half-Shell. It really doesn't matter what you call them, just don't call them late for a midnight diner in the middle of the road. With that disclaimer, the BDFL welcomes the 21st franchise in league history. From the Lone Star State by way of Tuscaloosa, Huntsville and Charlotte, comes the new Duncanville Armadillos for the 2012 season. Joined by the Western Hills Wildcats after a year-long hibernation, the BDFL will be back to 16 teams and four divisions for this upcoming fall. The Armos will be headed up by Kurt Prewitt who has many ties to several of the existing BDFL members through his years at the University of Alabama, Harry's Bar and other credible establishments. For much is given, much is expected and the BDFL expects the Armadillos to be a model franchise.

BDFL Pony Draft results

Some of this year's crop of rookies could make an immediate impact in 2012

NO MAN'S LAND - In the BDFL, we draft college players into our league before the NFL. We've been doing so for years now. This ingenious idea came from the BDFL's own Bullet Hand and has been copied by fantasy league's all over the world, but it did start at the BDFL. The Pony Draft lends a "hot stove" element to the league's off-season and provides the league's under performers a much needed shot of adrenaline heading into the new season. Here is how the one-round annual BDFL Pony Draft played out for this year's stable of ponies...

2012 BDFL PONY DRAFT RESULTS
	BLITZ #1 | RB - Trent Richardson/CLE – Richardson will be a star in Cleveland from day one and will give the Dawg Pound and the Gritz Blitz something to celebrate soon.
	JUGGERNAUTS #2 | QB - Andrew Luck/IND – Luck was a cod lock to go to the Colts with the first pick in the NFL Draft, but fell to the #2 selection in the BDFL's annual Pony Draft.
	FIGHTIN' SLOVAKS #3 | QB - Robert Griffin III/WAS – If there was any question that Griffin would be a bust in the NFL, it is for certain now that the Slovaks have tagged him as "the franchise".
	GRENADIERS #4 | WR - Justin Blackmon/JAX – Jags are gambling that Big 12 defenses live in the AFC South and they could be right. G-Men take the proverbial "best athlete available".
	MAYORS #5 | QB - Ryan Tannehill/MIA – Miami and the Mayors are hoping that Tannehill is the real deal to provide the Fins with their first decent QB since Dan "The Man" Marino.
	WOODEN WARRIORS #6 | WR - Michael Floyd/ARI – Floyd was overshadowed in this draft by Blackmon, but he could be the best receiver in the draft and 'Zona will know how to use him.
	WIZARDS PASSED BUT COULD HAVE HAD... #7 | RB - LaMichael James/SF – James is not very high on many team's draft boards, but neither was Darren Sproles. The Wizards missed the boat at this year's Pony Draft.
	SLOTH MONSTERS #8 | WR - Ryan Broyles/DET – In what many BDFL media experts tabbed as the reach of the day, the Sloths got their man in Broyles with the hope he can stay healthy
	DOGS #9 | WR - Kendall Wright/BAY – Wright was RG3's main squeeze at Baylor and helped his Heisman campaign. The Dogs are are also hoping for Big 12 defenses in the AFC South.
	WOOSIERS #10 | WR - Alshon Jeffery/CHI  – Jeffery will be a monster at the next level. Teamed with Brandon Marshall, the Bears have a formidable one-two punch. Woo is grinning.
	GAMBLERS #11 | WR - Stephen Hill/NYJ – The Gamblers are thrilled with the athletic Hill, but just like at Georgia Tech, who can get can get him the ball with the Jets?
	CHEETAHS #12 | RB - David Wilson/NYG – You do not become a four-time BDFL champion by chance. This pick shows why the savvy Cheetahs are the BDFL's proverbial Lion Kings.
	BULLETS DROPPED #14 | WR - Joe Adams/CAR – Adams is definitely a sleeper, but the Bullets like his big play potential and he could be the deep threat they need in 2012 to get over the hump.
	POWERSLEDS #15 | WR - Rueben Randle/NYG – Randle was a "no show" in the big games vs. Bama and the BDFL experts question his toughness, yet the Sleds still took him with their pick.
	ARMADILLOS DROPPED #15 | RB - Lamar Miller/MIA – Armos make the best of a tough draft position by selecting the talented Miller, regarded by many as the second best back in this Pony class.
	WILDCATS DROPPED #16 | WR - Marquis Maze/PIT – Undrafted by the NFL, but was drafted by the BDFL's stepchild. He'll have to contribute as a Steeler free agent to help out the hapless Mildcats.

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