Bloody Murder

The Bullets knock off the Dogs in the BDCS

BROOKSIDE, AL - "Bloody murder" doesn’t usually apply to a murder at all, but rather a metaphor for when someone screams, yells, or complains, in a very loud, or angry way. For example, his political opponents screamed "bloody murder" when he was appointed to office. The use of "bloody" as an adverbial, or generic, intensifier is to be distinguished from its fixed use in the expressions of "bloody murder" and "bloody hell". In "bloody murder", it has the original sense of an adjective used literally. The King James version of the Bible frequently uses bloody as an adjective in reference to bloodshed, or violent crime, as in "bloody crimes" (Ezekiel 22:2), "Woe to the bloody city" (Ezekiel 24:6, Nahum 3:1). "bloody men" (26:9, Psalms 59:2, 139:19), etc. The expression of "bloody murder" goes back to at least Elizabethan English, as in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus in 1591, "bloody murder, or detested rape". The expression "scream bloody murder" in the figurative, or desemanticised sense, is "to loudly object to something" attested and this goes back to the 1860s. In the BDFL, the "bloody" term is still used for extreme instances of triumph and defeat. In Week 16 of the 30th season of the BDFL, the #8 seeded Benton Bullets knocked off the #1 seeded Brookside Dogs (31-15) in a monumental upset that figuratively left bloodshed in the streets of the town. In the other upset in the first round of the Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS), the #7 seeded Juggernauts shocked the #2 seeded PowerSleds (47-23), while the #3 seeded Vulcans squeaked past the #6 seeded Bandits (32-31) and the #4 seeded Bellcows slipped past the #5 seeded Cheetahs (22-21). Sorry for the initial confusion on the seeded match-ups, please don't scream "bloody murder".

Week 18

The reason the BDFL goes the distance

TITLETOWN - Some BS league's start their playoffs in Week 15 and end their season in Week 17. These leagues are not the BDFL and they don't understand football. Football games are endurance contests. Football seasons are marathons. You just can't take the shortcut because you want the easy way out. The BDFL believes that if the NFL is playing games in Week 18, so should the BDFL. The BDFL views Week 18 like any other week during the season. So what if a playoff team decides to rest its starters in Week 18, pretend they are off for the week and go to your bench like it was Week 11. The BDFL doesn't believe in excuses. The BDFL believes in execution. Week 18 in the BDFL is the only week you can actually win the league's championship. While others may take the Week 18 off because of uncertainty, the BDFL is certain to declare it's season-long champion during Week 18. The BDFL has always believed that the best teams in the league shouldn't be determined by one, or two, players. The BDFL has always believed that championships are won through roster management, depth and timely starting line-ups. What better way to prove your worth in the BDFL than in Week 18? So this holiday season when others are talking about their league being over, just laugh to yourself and know that they are in a chicken $#*& league and couldn't make it in the BDFL.