Bellcows win again by rallying versus Freebirds:

The Fieldstown Bellcows seem to be riding a wave of emotion and borderline stellar play in recent weeks. Submitted for your approval, a Week Nine comeback for the ages. You’re traveling in another dimension. It’s a dimension of space and substance, but based on time and relativity… the signpost up ahead says, “Welcome to the Twilight Zone.” (Submit spooky Twilight Zone music here) Do, do, do, do, - - - do, do, do do… This game was written down and in the record books after Sunday afternoon in the NFL and the BDFL. It was ironically written in invisible ink, or more precisely, disappearing ink. The Freebirds were the victims. They were victims of their own demise. They were victims (like Tennessee and LSWho) of the comeback. When the spooky music ended, and Rod Serling finished his black and white monologue, the Bellcows had completed the improbable vict’ry over “Jammin’ Jaimie’s” Freebirds and Hime turned off the TV to end the nightmare, but the TV stayed on and haunted him in dreams… dreams of vict'ry… turned to visions of defeat in the flickering dusk of the BDFL’s Twilight Zone.  

Sleds freefall continues with loss against Gamblers:

Portrait of a losing side, proof positive that you can’t outpunch machinery, you can’t fight city hall, and you can’t play bad in the BDFL and still win. No matter what the future brings, man’s capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. His potential for tenacity and optimism continues, as always, to outfight, outpoint and outlive any and all changes made by his society, but in BDFL games – there’s a winner and a loser – with or without the Twilight Zone verbiage or references. Witness the Fairfield PowerSleds… powerful and strong, with a proud tradition, knowledgeable ownership and good players. And, they lost. In Week Nine, the Gamblers held the right cards, exhibited wisdom on knowing when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em, and in the end the Dixie Mafia came up with a big, narrow win over the Mean Machine on the road, just before dark.  

Commissioner fights loser label but flops versus Blitz:

Tune in your black & white television and turn up the volume. If you have to, fix the horizontal hold. Sit down and pay attention to this: There’s a sickness known as losing. It’s not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ. But a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don’t look for it in the Twilight Zone. Look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether. The Commissioner is now fighting this evil trend. To be comfortable with a loss, or too mad to adjust. In the BDFL, no one wants to lose. No one wants to be saddled with the “Toilet Seat Team of the Weak,” but the Grenadiers find that on their mantle this week, with a loss to the Druid City Blitz. Meanwhile, da Blitz appears to be fat and happy for a week and able to watch Hogan’s Heroes, My Three Sons, and Gilligan’s Island while celebrating a fantasy football win.  

Wildcats resurgence continues as Sloths slide:

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. Whatever you call it, the Western Hills Wildcats welcome it. The “James Gang” won again in Week Nine, and they’re comfortable at dawn, mid-day, dusk, and midnight. The Sloths found out by giving up points to the ‘Cats in the NFL’s noon hour, the 3 p.m. games, and the night games. “Irony is so ironic.”  

Cheetahs dump Dillos:

The Bulletin will take a one-game break from the Twilight Zone theme and just let it’s readers know that the Southside Cheetahs defeated the Duncanville Armadillos in Week Nine in the BDFL. It was a pretty close game, with the Sin Wagon rolling to an eight-point vict’ry. The loss did not bother the Armadillos in the least. The ‘Dillos and their fearless leader – KP – are still on “Cloud Nine” after week Nine even though they lost, and that’s because the Texas Rangers, his boyhood, hometown team, finally won the World Series.  

Mayors mesmerized – Defeated by Dogs:

We know that a dream can be real, but who ever thought that reality could be a dream? We exist, of course, but how, in what way? As we believe, as flesh-and-blood human beings, or are we simply parts of someone’s feverish, complicated nightmare? Think about it, and then ask yourself, do you live here, in this country, in this world, or do you live, instead — in The Twilight Zone? Well, the Magic City Mayors feel like they are in the Twilight Zone after a mesmerizing loss by one-point to the Brookside Dogs. As for Mark’s Mutts, they are comfortable in an alternate, cyber reality, where Brookside is a normal city, he had a normal upbringing, and his fantasy football team can excel in a normal, “points-only,” league.  

Bandits beat Bullets in alt universe:

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call "The Twilight Zone.” In Week Nine in the BDFL, the Bandits saw the light, and the Bullets faced fears and were subjugated to a defeat in a dimension of online, cyber, make-believe football, that drew the Bullerino’s attention away from work, family, recreation, fellowship, knowledge, power, patience, and respectability. Meanwhile, old Barry was glad to get a win and plans to deal with the burden of success.  

Jugtown rocks – ‘Nauts roll:

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone! Young, but naïve Nic Hand was cast into a land without substance, a land of shadows, and a land of a loss in the BDFL. A promising start for the rookie has seen some defeats, and that could well be a harbinger of things to come at the fantasy football season meets to loss of Daylight Savings Time. Across the field, the Jugtown Juggernauts were more than happy to deal a defeat to the North Birmingham Vulcans, while at the same time advance their cause to try and reach the Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS), while at the same time avoid the dark tinges of the Big Mullet Series.  

Week Eight in the JrBDFL – “It’s all about the kids"

”A Hand Brother Bowl,” took place in Week Nine in the JrBDFL. Milton’s Lowndes County Labs defeated the Selma Southpaws in a close game. That’s all the Bulletin has this week in the Junior League.  

The Fourth Hand Brother – Part 8:

The Bulletin goes with Bellcows owner David Belrose this week for the 4th Hand Brother feature. Belrose grew up in Fultondale but moved to the Hand’s home of Fieldstown in the mid to late 1970s. His Dad was friends with the Hand Brothers Dad. He landed with Bullet at Bragg Junior High School, but really fell in with the Hand Boys by playing with all of them on the Pony League (13-14) Yankees. Belrose got the winning hit in the championship game with Chris and Bullet’s Yankees that finished 27-1 behind Mark Cornelius & Company (Booger, Woo, Greg Graves, Von Hagel, Brian Reid, Keith Russell, and Chuck Tumlin). The next year on Bullet and Jaimie’s Yankees they won less games, but still rallied to win the championship tournament. But, the biggest notable factor for Belrose was “holding the umbrella” outside the Tide & Tiger (or All Red’s next door) for the Hand Brothers to tailgate before Bama games at Legion Field. He did a stellar job. The Hand Brothers never got wet. He went on to play church basketball for years with Jaimie on legendary St. E. teams. His tailgating picked back up with the Hands after a long run on the Quad with Gaddy, Manasco, Estes, and Murphy and many other members of the “Misfits of 81” from GHS. “We never lost a party,” said Belrose. The icing on the cake for Hand Brother status, the Commissioner invited him to join the BDFL.