The Bellcows time has finally come...

FIELDSTOWN - "More Cowbell" was a live comedy sketch that aired on Saturday Night Live (SNL) on April 8, 2000. The parody is presented as an episode of VH1's documentary series Behind the Music fictionalizing the recording of Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult (1976). The skit featured guest host Christopher Walken as music producer Bruce Dickinson ("Yes, the Bruce Dickinson") and regular SNL cast members including Will Ferrell as cowbell player Gene Frenkle, whose overzealous cowbell playing annoys his band mates, but pleases Dickinson. The skit also featured Chris Parnell and Jimmy Fallon from SNL. Will Ferrell co-wrote the skit with friend and playwright Donnell Campbell. Ferrell got the idea for the skit from hearing the song over the years. "Every time I heard the song, I would hear the faint cowbell in the background and wonder, 'What is that guy's life like?'” The sketch was submitted eight times before making the show. The skit has been referenced on various episodes of SNL since its inception and it is considered one of the greatest SNL skits of all-time and The Big Daddy concurs. With several classic lines ("I put my pants on just like the rest of you, one leg at a time. Except once my pants are on, I make gold records) and its signature "More Cowbell" has become an American pop culture catchphrase. The actual song was written and sung by Blue Oyster Cult's lead guitarist Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser and was produced by David Lucas who discovered the band and produced their album Agents of Fortune on which "Don't Fear The Reaper" first appeared in 1976. Lucas is on record as being the cowbell player in the song. In 2019, the BDFL added the Fieldstown Bellcows as a new franchise. The team’s patented cheer "More Bellcow!" is a play on the classic SNL skit. The Bellcows finally notched their first BDFL vict'ry in Week 8 by turning back the Magic City Mayors 37-25 after starting their maiden season off with a 0-7 record. 2000 Saturday Night Live (SNL) "More Cowbell" skit.

Final Scores

FRE

JUG

37

13

MAY

BEL

25

37

WIL

BD

9

13

GRE

BLZ

30

21

PS

DOG

18

20

CHE

BUL

7

33

SM

GAM

27

30

DOR

ARM

22

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Local Player Spotlight: Jordan Howard

GARDENDALE - I first heard of Jordan Howard from my good friend Earl White. If Earl had a team in the BDFL, they would be known as the Pineywoods Dukes and have a Robin Hood type motif. This eastern section of Gardendale is actually named "Pineywood", but all the kids we grew up from the area called it "Pineywoods" which actually sounds better anyhow. Earl used to attend the Rockets games when Howard was toting the mail at Driver Stadium while his daughter Leah was attending the alma mater. He told me that Howard was good and that Alabama needed to be recruiting him and looking back, they probably should have signed him out of high school. Howard signed with UAB as part of the the 2013 recruiting class while Alabama signed four running backs - Derrick Henry, Alvin Kamara, Tyren Jones and Altee Tenpenny. Howard played at UAB for two seasons and as a sophomore in 2014, he set the Blazers' school single-season record with 1,587 rushing yards and was ranked seventh in Division I/FBS for the season with an average of 132 yards per game. When UAB Football was shutdown after the 2014 season, Howard transferred to Indiana for the 2015 season where he rushed for 1,213 yards and nine touchdowns in nine games for the Hoosiers. After the 2015 season, Howard declared himself eligible for the 2016 NFL Draft and he was rated as the third best back in the draft class behind Derrick Henry and Ezekiel Elliott. He was selected in the 5th round by the Chicago Bears and played there for three seasons (2016-18) until being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles prior to the 2019 season. Howard has rushed for over 3,700 yards and scored 30 touchdowns in his NFL career, so far. Jordan Howard comes from a long line of talented running backs from Gardendale High School that includes Jimmy Hand, Malcolm Marler, Barry Harrison, Butch Neal, Tommy Todd, Crandall Russell and Joe Mickles. Howard is now the "bellcow" running back for the BDFL's Fieldstown Bellcows.

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