The Bellcows trounce the Freebirds

BLACK CREEK, AL - Over the years, there have been some pretty big and nasty high school football rivalries in Alabama's North Jefferson County. The classics, such as  Gardendale vs. Minor, Fultondale vs. Mortimer Jordan and Warrior vs. Corner come to mind first. However, there were other rivalries in the area back in the day that were less known, but were just as vicious like New Castle vs. Hooper City and later Tarrant vs. Pinson Valley. Due to AHSAA re-classifications, mergers and closings, some of these fierce rivalries have died out which is a shame. There are many different intrinsic rivalries interwoven into the BDFL schedule each week and the Dreaded Schedule Maker (DSM) has done his part to preserve the North Jefferson football rivalry tradition with the league's own annual classic "backyard brawls" such as Brookside vs. Mineral Springs, Jugtown vs. Snow Rogers (Mt. High) and Black Creek vs. Fieldstown. More on the latter rivalry later. Due to the BDFL's extensive media coverage, most fans know that the BDFL hands out four Weekly Awards each week - The Big Daddy, Top Gun, Master Jedi, Bonehead and the Toilet Seat Team of the Weak. Occasionally, the BDFL's media experts will hand out an unofficial "Champ-to-Chump" or "Chump-to-Champ" distinction during the season, if a team goes from best-to-worse, or worse-to-best, from one week to the next. It doesn't happen a lot, but interestingly enough, both of these honors have been awarded to North Jefferson County rivals over the last four weeks. The Black Creek Freebirds earned the "Champ-to-Chump" in Week 9 and during Week 11 of the BDFL, the Fieldstown Bellcows moseyed on over to the Black Creek Reservation to trounce the home-standing Freebirds (38-34) and captured the much more rewarding "Chump-to-Champ" award to keep this rivalry brewing along U.S. Highway 31 for years to come. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting by Elton John (1973)

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Last Chance U can improve your lot

TITLETOWN - Now is the time to improve your roster with the BDFL's annual Waiver Wire Week. Unlike the traditional Supplemental Draft which runs in an orderly manner, this deal is an email "free-for-all" which began after all Week 11 games were completed. This is an unrestricted "name it and claim it" process in which all teams may partake on a first-come, first-serve basis. This is your proverbial "last chance" to improve your team for the last three weeks of the regular season (Weeks 12-14) and get set for the playoff portion of the BDFL season (Weeks 15-17). In an ever-tightening race for the "Elite Eight" post-season positions of the Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS), these Waive Wire Week acquisitions could be the difference makers in determining the 2020 BDFL Champions. Good luck and good riddance.