The Historic 30th Season of the BDFL Begins:

The Big Daddy Football League (BDFL) is now in it’s 30th year of existence and excellence. The premiere league in all of Fantasy Football has set the trends for three decades, but has also maintained tradition, continuity, camaraderie, and competition. It’s a face-to-face league, and the BDFL doesn’t apologize for being in your face. The league has always featured an in-person draft and most years a Super Bowl party. In maintains a points only format and as far as The Bulletin can determine, the only Pony Draft of college players – before – they are even selected into the NFL. As the 30th season begins, you can expect the same level of commitment from The Commissioner of the BDFL (Iron Hand) right down to the lowest member of the old, proverbial, “rank and file.” The Bulletin is saluting the 30th Anniversary Week One with a tribute to Southern Rock icons: Molly Hatchet, and their Classic "Flirtin’ With Disaster". Over the last 40 years, this song has climbed the list of Vintage Southern Rock songs, appearing as high as Number 4 behind such classics as "Freebird", "Ramblin’ Man", and "Sweet Home Alabama". So, enjoy The Bulletin for Week One of Season #30, with a little Hatchet.  

Dogs Bark the Loudest in Week One Action:

“I’m travelin’ down the road, and I’m flirtin’ with disaster.” The best beginning to the 2024 season belongs to the Brookside Dogs. “Mark’s Mutts” wasted no time demonstrating that they will be a force to be dealt with this year. The Sloth Monsters didn’t know that they would be flirtin’ with disaster when the schedule was first released. But, the Three Toed Tree Dwellers soon found out that the former Super Banker turned Rubber Maker Tycoon is on a mission this time around. The Dogs put up a top score of 47 points in Week One in the BDFL, and they were rewarded with a vict’ry, and an A.W. to set the tone for the Big Daddy Football League’s 30th Anniversary Season.  

Young But Naïve Vulcans Burn daBlitz:

“I got the pedal to the floor, my life is runnin’ faster.” The North Birmingham Vulcans had an inaugural season to remember last year, making it all the way to the Big Daddy Bowl, before losing in the championship game. In 2024, Nic’s Statue Ironsmiths got off to a great start with a 43-27 win over the defending champion Druid City Blitz. With the Week One vict’ry, the Vulcans served notice to the graybeards of the BDFL, that they are not going to go away any time soon. As for the “Gritz Blitz,” they avoided any references to being “one and done” (almost) by scoring a respectable 27-points in a defeat that could almost be interpreted as a moral vict’ry… except… moral vict’ries do not exist in the BDFL and everybody knows it.  

Bellcows Whip Wildcats:

“I’m outta money. I’m outta hope. It looks like self-destruction.” The Western Hills Wildcats in Week One avoided the old, proverbial reference to the Mildcats (almost) with a decent performance against the Fieldstown Bellcows. The “James Gang” put up a good battle by scoring 31-points, however, they still fell two touchdowns short against David Belrose’s fired up Fieldstownians. The Bellcows came to play in the 2024 opener, and head coach and general manager D.B. was impressed with his team’s output. “They really showed me something,” said Belrose. “We scored 44 points, which is hard to do, and we had the second-highest point total in Week One. So, I’m happy. There’s room for improvement, but we showed ‘em something. And, we have Mahomes.” {30th Anniversary Tidbit: the BDFL started in 1995, the year quarterback Patrick Mahomes/KC was born.}  

Bullets Upset Mayors in Week One’s Closest Game:

“How much more can we take with all of this corruption?” The Benton Bullets got off to a fast start – like a speeding bullet – with a super effort from his “Boys in Brazil,” as the NFL’s first game in South America helped the Bullerino. The Bullets quarterback (Jordan Love/GB) got off to a big start and running back Saquan Barkley had an even bigger night for his new team (Philadelphia Eagles – 15-points). The hot start in Sao Paulo, Brazil, propelled the Bullets to a big lead. On Sunday, the Magic City Mayors battled back and had a chance to win it in the 4th Quarter, but the Old Cronies fell four-points short in the closest game of the week in the BDFL. The vict’ry was costly for the Bentonites as they lost one of their starting wide receivers (Puka Nacua) and their aforementioned QB. [Note: the Bullets pulled off the first trade of the 30th Anniversary Season by shipping Mac Jones/JAX to the Duncanville Armadillos for Daniel Jones/NYG]  

‘Dillos Deal Disaster to Bandits:

“We’re flirtin’ with disaster. Ya’ll know what I mean. And, the way we’ve run our lives it makes no sense to me.” Speaking of the Armadillos, K.P.’s “opossums on the half shell,” waddled out of the gate strong in Week One. The Dillos were rewarded with an A.W. vict’ry over the over-matched Altadena Bandits, by the final score of 39-17. The Bandits tried to use the penal code and file a writ of habeas corpus to get the A.W. overturned, but that was turned down by Iron Hand, the BDFL Commissioner (for all 30 seasons). Meanwhile, in Duncanville, Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina… the partisans of the Armadillos are enjoying a long celebration.  

Freebirds Drop Juggernauts:

“We got our sights set straight ahead, but I ain’t sure what we’re after.” Legend has it that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s original lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, was set to produce another Jacksonville, Florida Southern Rock bands second album, entitled “Flirtin’ With Disaster.” That’s right, production of Molly Hatchet’s best-selling record was delayed after the tragic death of Ronnie Van Zant. Hatchet was devastated by the Skynyrd plane crash in October of 1977. Molly Hatchet decided to go on, pay tribute to Skynyrd with a lyric-less version of “Freebird” at all of their “live” shows, and try to carry the torch. In the BDFL, the Fultondale Freebirds got off to a good start in 2024 with a 32-23 vict’ry over the Jugtown Juggernauts. Allyson could not make it to the Genuine Draft, and her team – while drafted accurately and fairly by Butch Neal – was not ready for Week One, and they were exposed and ultimately defeated by the Freebirds.  

Cheetahs Bomb Grenades:

“Speedin’ down the fast lane, baby, we’re playin’ from town to town.” Butch did a good job with his team at the draft, and the dividends paid off in the opening weekend of the BDFL and NFL season. The Cheetahs bombed the Mineral Spring Grenadiers, 38-22, in a game that was never close. In fact, the Commissioner’s team was finished when the “Sin Wagon” rolled off the bus, or got off the wagon. Old Iron Hand has done a good job of running the BDFL for three decades, but his work as a head coach and general manager for the team once known as the “Hand Grenades,” has left something to be desired. The Commish has just one title. Meanwhile, the Cheetahs have multiple championships under their belt and they are off to a good start in 2024.  

Gamblin’ to Vict’ry – Dixie Mafia mashes Mean Machine:

“When we gamble with the times, we choose our destiny.” The Gamblers consistently “gamble with the times,” but in Week One it paid off with a vict’ry over the Fairfield Powersleds. Maybe it was because the “Mean Machine” was awful in the inaugural week of the 30th season of the BDFL. How bad were the PowerSleds? Well, Mad Jack’s team picked up the “Toilet Seat Team of the Weak” award with the lowest point-total in Week One. The Sleds also didn’t start a kicker who scored closed to 30. That dubious distinction garnered Jack with the “Bonehead” award to begin the season. So, after just one week, the PowerSleds are in full panic mode, “flirtin’ with disaster,” while the Gamblers are flyin’ high, and feelin’ mean, and conjuring up ideas of their glory days and the full return of the power of the Dixie Mafia.  

Week One in the JrBDFL – “It’s all about the kids.”  

“No time to turn my head away… bop, bop, bop, Yeah!” The Bulletin didn’t receive much information from the Junior League this week. The JrBDFL has ten teams with half of those offspring of BDFL members. Their Commissioner is Matthew Hand, who came from behind to win his team’s opener… Meredith Hand also won… and Milton Hand lost “by one point,” to Ben Hand – son of Jaimie and brother of Nic. “It’s all about the kids.”