The Juggernauts go for the jugular

GARDENDALE - Before Remember the Titans there was “Goin’ for the Jugular”. In 1979, the Gardendale Rockets were a two-platoon football team for the first time in the history of the program. With 22 seniors and a stable of qualified underclassmen, the Rockets trotted out 11 starters on offense and 11 more on defense. There were a couple of players who had spot duty during the season playing both ways, but for the most part, two independent first team units existed at GHS for the first time ever. In a stoke of genius, or from the begging of a few, head coach Ed Bruce and assistant head coach Dale Cook would pit "Ones vs. Ones” during Tuesday scrimmages. These full-speed scrimmages became known as “Goin’ for the Jugular” events which the whole team looked forward to each week because this was a chance to show which starting squad was actually the best. These scrimmages couldn’t have been more than 15-20 plays per week, but they were always intense and they helped build a hard-nose foundation for a program that would go on to be the winningest high school football team during the 1980s in the State of Alabama. “Goin’ for the Jugular” is a phrase meaning to attack quickly and savagely in the most vicious and effective way possible. This idiom comes from the fact that one very effective way to kill someone quickly is to sever his jugular artery, allowing the victim to quickly bleed out. While “Goin’ for the Jugular” may be used in a literal sense, it is most often used in a figurative way. The word jugular comes from the Latin word “jugularis” meaning neck, or throat. In Week 11 of the BDFL, the Jugtown Juggernauts went for the jugular to defeat the Altadena Dorians 37-17 at Driver Stadium, the original battleground for the 1979 “Goin’ for the Jugular” legendary scrimmages. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam (1969)  

Final Scores

BEL

FRE

18

9

GAM

CHE

12

24

BUL

PS

10

18

ARM

GRE

18

3

SM

BLZ

17

18

DOR

JUG

17

37

BD

DOG

26

27

WIL

MAY

13

27

Waiver Wire Week is well underway

TITLETOWN - The rich seem to be getting richer with the BDFL's annual Waiver Wire Week. The league leading Dogs were the first to the food bowl picking up the Colts' talented wide receiver Zach Pascal. Next to the trough was the Grenadiers replacing the former Falcons placekicker Matt Bryant with the South Korean wonder Younghoe Koo, his replacement in Atlanta. Now is the time for you to make your Waiver Wire Week move. Just email the BDFL league office with the player you would like to drop along with the untaken player you want to add. This is a first come, first serve opportunity, so don't get your feelings hurt if some other team beats you to the punch. Trust me, there is still plenty of undrafted talent waiting to join a BDFL roster for the rest of the year.

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W7-Under Dogs   W8-More Bellcow   W9-Blitzkrieg Bop   W10-Bad to the Bone   W11-The Jugular