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WEEK 12 |
Tide & Tiger
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Jalen Hurts knows about the Tide & Tiger rivalry, but nothing about the Tide & Tiger Lounge |
The Mayors deliver a dagger to the heart
BIRMINGHAM -
No trip to the Iron Bowl was ever complete without a stop at the Tide
& Tiger. Officially named the Tide & Tiger Lounge it
was the quintessential sports dive bar located at 409 Graymont
Avenue just across the street from the south end zone of venerable
Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The business was founded in the
late 1930s by A.D. Likis as a restaurant called Ramona's which
served barbecue and beer. In 1946 Alec Gulas bought the restaurant
and remodeled it with the classic football-shaped windows. It
re-opened on April 6 of 1946 as the Quarterback Drive-Inn Diner.
The name remained the same when Likis purchased the restaurant back
from Gulas in 1951. Dolly and E.W. Green operated the business for
Likis as the Stadium Drive-Inn until 1959 when they ran
into some trouble with the Birmingham City Commission. Lucian
Simonetti (from St. Augustine's in North Birmingham) and Fred Russo
purchased the business in 1959 and donned it the Tide & Tiger.
They continued to serve meals through the 1970s and 80s and later
added liquor to the sports bar's offerings. The hey-day of the
Tide & Tiger was undoubtedly before the 1990s when the Alabama
Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers still played some bigtime home
games at Legion Field including the annual Iron Bowl rivalry match.
Any tailgate in the world these days, falls short of tailgating at
the Tide & Tiger. You had to be a pretty big man, just to
get in the place and walk out with four beers. It's where Belrose
held the umbrella for the Hand Brothers before an Iron Bowl and it's
the home of other countless great football tailgate tales. There
were no extravagant tailgate plans back then, all you had to say
was, "We'll see you at the Tide & Tiger" and that was enough. If you
never got to tailgate at the iconic Tide & Tiger, I feel
sorry for you. Your life will never be complete. If you're lucky,
you may can still find it open for an occassional new USFL game, the
Birmingham Bowl, a Magic City Classic, or for a BDFL game held at
the stadium. In Week 12 of the 2023 BDFL season, the Magic City
Mayors delivered a jagged dagger through the heart of the Altadena
Bandits with a roaring (56-10) win. Afterwards, the two-time
straight defending BDFL Champions celebrated their sixth vict'ry of
the season at the Tide & Tiger.
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WEEK 12 |
Final Scores
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THE BDFL NEWS |
The WORM Hole
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The Detroit Lions' Sam LaPorta was the key find in the WORM Hole during the 2023 BDFL season |
The WORM Hole has closed for the season
TITLETOWN
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The BDFL's patented WORM Hole has closed for the season. There was a
record 45 transitions during the 2023 season proving the Weekly One
Roster Move (WORM) Rule has been another successful policy handed down
my Iron Hand, The Commissioner of the BDFL. According to the BDFL's
media experts here is your All-WORM First Team for the 2023 season:
QB-Dobbs/MIN, RB-Williams/LAR, RB-Moss/IND, TE-LaPorta/DET, WR-Dell/HOU,
WR-Collins/HOU and PK-Patterson/DET. All-WORM Second Team for the 2023
season: QB-Bagent/CHI, RB-Mitchell/BAL, RB-Foreman/CHI, WR-Nacua/LAR,
WR-Reed/GB, TE-Parham/LAC and PK-Dicker/LAC. Looks for the WORM Rule to
come back to the BDFL for the 2024 season with some minor tweaks to make
it easier and more fluid for all the teams and the league office.
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BDFL WORM Rule Transactions |
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ADDED |
DROPPED |
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1 |
Bandits |
RB-Hubbard/CAR |
RB-Gaskin/MIA |
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1 |
Sloth Monsters |
QB-Browning/CIN |
QB-Siemian/CIN |
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1 |
Freebirds |
PK-Ryland/NE |
PK-Badgley/TEN |
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2 |
Bullets |
WR-Bourne/NE |
TE-Washington/PIT |
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2 |
Blitz |
RB-Hill/BAL |
RB-Dobbins/BAL |
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2 |
Mayors |
RB-Williams/LAR |
RB-Penny/PHI |
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2 |
PowerSleds |
RB-Hunt/FA |
RB-Brown/CIN |
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2 |
Freebirds |
QB-Dobbs/ARI |
QB-McCoy/ARI |
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3 |
Grenadiers |
WR-Reynolds/DET |
WR-Metchie/HOU |
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3 |
Bandits |
WR-Nacua/LAR |
WR-Thomas/NO |
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3 |
Mayors |
WR-Mims/DEN |
WR-Gallup/DAL |
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4 |
Mayors |
RB-Dowdle/DAL |
RB-Kelley/LAC |
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4 |
Bandits |
QB-Winston/NO |
QB-Rodgers/NYJ |
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4 |
Freebirds |
TE-LaPorta/DET |
WR-Williams/LAC |
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4 |
Bullets |
QB-Willis/TEN |
QB-Zappe/NE |
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5 |
Grenadiers |
WR-Collins/HOU |
WR-Reynolds/DET |
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5 |
Bullets |
RB-Kelley/LAC |
RB-Johnson/IND |
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5 |
Mayors |
RB-McLaughlin/DEN |
RB-Dowdle/DAL |
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5 |
Bandits |
RB-Moss/IND |
RB-Hubbard/CAR |
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6 |
PowerSleds |
RB-Mason/SF |
RB-Chubb/CLE |
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6 |
Blitz |
TE-Parham/LAC |
WR-Renfrow/LV |
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7 |
Grenadiers |
RB-Demercado/ARI |
RB-Harris/BUF |
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7 |
Mayors |
PK-Hopkins/CLE |
PK-Dicker/LAC |
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7 |
Wildcats |
PK-Patterson/DET |
PK-Brown/FA |
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8 |
Bandits |
QB-Walker/CLE |
QB-Winston/NO |
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8 |
PowerSleds |
QB-Bagent/CHI |
QB-O'Connell/LV |
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Grenadiers |
RB-Henderson/LAR |
RB-Spears/TEN |
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8 |
Mayors |
RB-Foreman/CHI |
RB-McLaughlin/DEN |
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9 |
Blitz |
WR-Shakir/BUF |
TE-Knox/BUF |
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9 |
Grenadiers |
WR-Shaheed/NO |
TE-Henry/NE |
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9 |
Juggernauts |
PK-Havrisik/LAR |
PK-Maher/LAR |
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9 |
Vulcans |
RB-Freeman/LAR |
RB-Conner/ARI |
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9 |
Mayors |
QB-O'Connell/LV |
QB-White/MIA |
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10 |
Armadillos |
QB-DeVito/NYG |
QB-Lance/DAL |
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10 |
Bullets |
WR-Dell/HOU |
WR-Bourne/NE |
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10 |
Grenadiers |
RB-Mitchell/BAL |
RB-Demercado/ARI |
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10 |
Bandits |
PK-Dicker/LAC |
PK-Fairbairn/HOU |
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10 |
Mayors |
RB-Conner/ARI |
RB-Fournette/BUF |
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10 |
Cheetahs |
QB-Wentz/LAR |
QB-Richardson/IND |
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11 |
Grenadiers |
QB-Winston/NO |
QB-Jones/NYG |
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11 |
Mayors |
QB-Robinson/CLE |
QB-Trubisky/PIT |
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12 |
Grenadiers |
RB-Murray/BUF |
RB-Akers/MIN |
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12 |
Mayors |
WR-Reed/GB |
WR-Mims/DEN |
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12 |
Armadillos |
QB-Boyle/NYJ |
QB-Trask/TB |
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12 |
Bandits |
QB-Huntley/BAL |
QB-Watson/CLE |
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2023 Season Flashbacks <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< |
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| W1-The Family | W2-Bloody Sunday | W3-The Big One | W4-One Ranger |
| W5-Bar The Door | W6-Shock & Roll | W7-Third Sunday | W8-Nuthin' Fancy |
| W9-Death Knell | W10-Dark Horse | W11-Knebworthy | W12-Tide & Tiger |
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