The Bulletin

Week 11:  Certain Sayings, Uncertain Meanings Dot the Past  

What does it mean?

For Week 11 in The Bulletin, here are eleven (11) sayings or quotes that have been around since before the formation of the BDFL. (See below) And, we still don’t know what they mean, at least not a 100-percent understanding.  

The Sayings:

“Tighten’ up – there’s gonna be a layoff…” (1)

“Don’t worry about the mule being blind, just load the wagon.” (2)

“You got man, and you got machine.” (3)

From the desk of Ed Bruce:

“Think of another one.” (4)

“Urinate on it.” (5)

“I’ll tell you what this is. This is a mutiny.” (6)

Ed: “We screwed up.” Coach Cook: “We’s @$$.” (7)

“Put me in and all your troubles will go down the toilet.” (8)

Not Ed, but other coaches:

“You bunch of mullets.” (9) “

He ain’t your go get me suck buddy.” (10)

“Boys, it don’t look good.” (11)  

The Bulletin does try and give some explanations at the bottom of this edition. Now, on to this week’s game recaps, highlights, summaries, and novelizations.  

A.W. One – Commissioner Dooms Dismukes:

It was a week of A.W.’s in the Big Daddy Football League. Sometimes it happens this way, where there are very few close games and a number of @$$-whippin’s in the BDFL. Submitted for the perusal of the multitude of readers in this week’s edition of The Bulletin is a long list of A.W.’s, led by the Commissioner’s spanking of the Shades Creek Sloth Monsters. The Mineral Springs Grenadiers held nothing back in a mangling of the Three Toed Tree Dwellers. The final score was 56-30, and Muke’s point-total would have defeated 10 other BDFL teams in Week 11. But, the Gut Grenades got 30-points from their QB (Josh Allen/BUF), and never looked back in trouncing the Sloths with an epic A.W. Maybe, more importantly… the Grenadiers improved to 6-5 on the season and up to the third overall spot in the Total Points Standings in the BDFL.  

A.W. Two – Freebirds Mash Mayors:

In second place in the overall Total Points Standings are the Fultondale Freebirds. The F’birds also moved to 6-5 on the season, and in copying their Big Brother, they also tallied an A.W. in Week 11 in BDFL action. It was the Magic City Mayors that felt the brunt of the bash and mash from the Freebirds this past weekend. This one was never close as Bocephus and his boys came out strong and hammered the old Cronies for four quarters. The Mayors are now on the brink with their season slowly slipping away. Mayor Arrington has been passing ordinances, making speeches, and orchestrating trades to try to shore up the weaknesses of this team, but the early grades on the Mayors maneuvers are still being formulated, but to this point, they haven’t helped the Cronies in the win-loss category.  

A.W. Three – Armadillos Victimize Vulcans:

The win-loss category is still a problem for the Duncanville Armadillos. Through 11 Weeks of the BDFL season, the ‘Dillos are just 5-6. But, K.P.’s team is surging. The Armadillos got off to a rough start in 2025, but they have been stacking vict’ries and piling up points in the last few weeks. This past weekend in the BDFL, the Armadillos put an A.W. on the North Birmingham Vulcans, 39-10, in an absolute rout. The defending champion Vulcans continue to stagger this fall, and are mired in next-to-last place in both the Green Horn Division and the overall Total Points Standings. (The Bandits are below them in both. So, how bad are the Bandits this season? The answer to that is farther down in The Bulletin fodder.) Meanwhile, the Duncanville Armadillos have rolled over from the dead position, and are now solid contenders in the BDFL, as the stretch run begins in the BDFL.  

A.W. Four – ‘Nauts Slam Sleds:

The Jugtown Juggernauts are hoping the stretch run will get them back into the upper strata of the BDFL. And, the ‘Nauts took a big step in that direction in Week 11 in the BDFL. Allyson’s “bunch of girls” administered an A.W. on the Fairfield PowerSleds this past weekend at Ed Bruce Field at Driver-Rocket Stadium on Mt. Olive Road in Gardendale. Teams from Fairfield – from Metro, to Junior High, to High School – have never had much success in Jugtown over the years. And, that trend continued in the most recent action in fantasy football. Mad Jack’s team was embarrassed with a 36-13 A.W., and the PowerSleds didn’t know which way to turn upon leaving Gardendale, and ending up finally getting home after going through Ensley, East Lake, Wahomma, and Powderly – as the Sleds GPS went completely haywire. Meanwhile, the ‘Nauts celebrated with a trip to Burger King, Pasquale’s, and Big Al’s.  

A.W. Almost – Bullets Belt Blitz:

Following four A.W.’s in Week 11, the Benton Bullets came up one-point short of notching another in the BDFL. The final score on the scoreboard read: Bullets 28 – Blitz 8. So, that’s a 20-point margin of vict’ry, which is not quite an A.W., but it was still a big win for the Bullets, getting them over the .500 mark at 6-5 on the season and just 8-points behind daBlitz in the Total Points Standings, while the Fritz Gritz Blitz also sits at 6-5. While the Blitz dodged the A.W., they did not escape taking home the “Toilet Seat Team of the Weak” award.  

Cheetahs Win Cat Fight vs. Mildcats:

In the category of win-loss, no team is better than the Southside Cheetahs through 11 Weeks in the BDFL. The Sin Wagon is rolling with an overall mark of 8-3. Butch Neal’s team got to that record with a very workman-like, 26-16 vict’ry over the Western Hills Wildcats. The Cheetahs also have the Top Point Total at 381, so they definitely look like the team to beat in the BDFL, as the season gets closer and closer to the Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS), which will ultimately end with one team hoisting the Helmet O’ Silver – the Grand Daddy Trophy.  

Gamblers Go Down to Dogs:

The Brookside Dogs are in a position to get their paws on the championship trophy at the end of this season. Mark’s Mutts defeated the Gulf Coast Gamblers 18-10 in Week 11. The win improved the Dogs to 7-4 on the year, and to the Top Spot in the Yellow Hammer Division by two points over the Mildcats. Despite the loss, the Dixie Mafia is still in good position for the post-season, even though the Gamblers have been over-taken for the Top Spot in the Rugged Red Neck by the surging Armadillos. This looks like it could be one of the most competitive races ever for the top eight playoff positions in BDFL hist’ry.  

Beleaguered Bandits Beat Again as Bellcows Win Close One:

The Altadena Bandits are flat out bad. Old Barry’s Banditos are now 1-10 with the lowest point total in the league. In the closest game of the weekend in the BDFL, the Fieldstown Bellcows beat the Bandits 19-16. According to outside sources and simple mathematics, the Bandits are the first team to be eliminated from the BDCS in 2025, and the first team this season, to drum up the age-old “Bullet Rule.” The rule roughly states that no team with a losing record can compete in the tournament for the championship and the Grand Daddy Trophy.  

“It’s all about the kids.” - Week 11 in the JrBDFL:

As The Who would say, and sing, “the kids are alright.” So, everyone in the Junior Big Daddy Football League appears to be okay after eleven weeks of action. The Bulletin – however – didn’t receive any confirmable information before its increasingly early deadlines, for Week 11 in the JrBDFL, so this publication and web-based data system is just reporting that “the kids are alright.”  

Old Sayings – Partial Explantions:

“Tighten’ up – there’s gonna be a layoff…” (1) attributed to Uncle Ray Fields, no idea, “do something to win the game.”

“Don’t worry about the mule being blind, just load the wagon.” (2) John Madden, “just do your job, and don’t worry about anything else.”

“You got man, and you got machine.” (3) – Donald Slovensky, no idea, “there are differences in people and things.”

From the desk of Ed Bruce:

“Think of another one.” (4)  Ed’s reply to Bullet who said, “my dad ate 12 hot dogs.”

“Urinate on it.” (5) Ed’s cure for a small injury.

“I’ll tell you what this is. This is a mutiny.” (6) Coach Bruce to his team upon learning they were trying to start a “G-Club” without his express written consent.

Ed: “We screwed up.” Coach Cook: “We’s @$$.” (7) Coach Bruce after he ordered an 11-on-1 assault that resulting in a broken ankle to Tommy Kinney… and Coach Cook’s reply.

“Put me in and all your troubles will go down the toilet.” (8) Not Ed, but to Coach Bruce. Attributed to Les Nichols on how to win the game… simply by putting him in…

From other coaches:

 “You bunch of mullets.” (9) Legendary Metro (Little League) football coach Mac Sanderson to his team… to demean them, while at the same time, to motivate them…

“Alan ain’t your go-get-me suck buddy.” (10) Coach Tommy Morton to his baseball team to let ‘em know that the manager of the team was not their personal atache.

“Boys, it don’t look good.” (11) via Chris Allman as an alleged quote from his Huffman High School head coach upon reading the names, and weights of Gardendale’s staring offensive line: Dismukes 220, Hudson 200, Stephenson 225, Burkett 240 and Jarvis 260…"Boys, it don’t look good."