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King Henry
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Donned in purple and gold, former Tider Derrick "King" Henry has earned his way into NFL royalty |
Dogs vs. Cheetahs in Big Daddy Bowl XXIV
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POINTS SOUTH - In the history of
the world, "King Henry" most commonly refers to King Henry VIII, the
Tudor monarch famous for his six marriages and for breaking England away
from the Catholic Church. However, there have been eight King Henrys of
England, as well as several in France and still other King Henrys in
different regions of the world. In the history of football, "King Henry"
commonly refers to former Alabama Crimson Tide running back Derrick
Henry. Henry was a high school legend at Yulee, Florida breaking the
all-time national high school rushing record with a total of 12,124
rushing yards, 153 rushing touchdowns and averaged over 250 yards per
game during his four years with the Hornets. At Yulee, Henry rushed for
2,465 yards as freshman, 2,788 yards as a sophomore, 2,610 as a junior
and an astonishing 4,261 yards, 55 touchdowns and averaged 328 yards
rushing per game his senior year. In 2012, Henry broke Ken Hall's
national high school career rushing record of 11,232 yards, a record
that had stood for 51 years. After high school, Henry committed to
Alabama and played three seasons (2013-2015) for the Crimson Tide,
rushing for a total of 3,591 yards and 42 touchdowns at The Capstone. A
little known fact is Henry wore jersey numbers 3, 27 and his familar #2
while playing for Bama. Henry is second on the Alabama all-time rushing
list, 252 yards behind Najee Harris who played four years at Bama. Henry
won the Heisman Trophy his junior year when he rushed for 2,219 yards
and 28 touchdowns. Down the stretch that season and in College Football
Playoffs (CFP), Henry was unstoppable as Alabama defeated Clemson
(45-40) to win the 2015 National Championship Title. In the 2016 NFL
Draft, all 32 teams passed over Henry at least once including his
current team, the Baltimore Ravens, who passed on him twice and he was
the third player selected by the moronic Tennessee Titans in the second
round at #45 overall. NFL scouts are either stupid, or ignorant, or
both. There wasn't a better football player in America available for the
2016 NFL Draft. Period. Exclamation Point! Bama teammates Ryan Kelly and
Reggie Ragland were drafted ahead of Henry as well as Ezekiel Elliott
and Paxton Lynch. Idiots. On Sunday, December 28, 2025, Derrick "King"
Henry moved into fourth place all-time for NFL rushing touchdowns with
122. Henry is currently ranked 10th all-time in NFL total rushing yards
and we (the BDFL's media experts) predict he'll eventually pass Emmitt
Smith's NFL record of 18,355 total rushing yards. Time will tell. Now onto the semi-finals in the
2025 Big Daddy Championship Series (BDCS). In Week
17 of the 31st season of the BDFL, the #1 seeded Cheetahs raced past the
#7 seeded Juggernauts (45-15) as "King Henry" rushed for four touchdowns
in the BDCS semi-finals rout for the Cheetahs. The #5 seeded Dogs used
some Monday Night Football ferociousness to upset the #3 seeded Wildcats
(34-9) to advance to Big Daddy Bowl XXIV in Week 18 of the BDFL to face
the daunting Cheetahs for the 2025 BDFL Championship Title. In the semi-finals
of the 2025 Big Mullet Series (BMS), the Texas Armada cruised past the
Vulcans (38-20) and da Blitz bombed the Bullets (23-14) and now these
two "Kings of the Dip$#*&$" will meet next week in the Big Mullet Bowl
down on the Gulf of America for the BMS title and 9th place for the 2025
BDFL season.
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Alabama Coach Wallace Wade instructing his team from the sidelines in the 1925 Rose Bowl |
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Remembering the Rose Bowl from 1925 |
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PASADENA, CA - For true Crimson Tide fans, the 1925 Rose Bowl is
part of your DNA as a fan. It was Bama's first significant
national win capping their first college football National
Championship and setting the standard for all University of
Alabama football teams thereafter. The game is immoratlized in
the school's fight song with the line, "Remember the Rose Bowl,
we’ll win then. So roll on to victory, Hit your stride, You’re
Dixie’s football pride, Crimson Tide, Roll Tide, Roll Tide!". Most Bama fans know that it took the team awhile to get to
California from Alabama via train, but what most don't know, or
have a tendency to forget, is how the Tide came from behind (a
Bama tradition in itself) to win this historic game. Alabama
fell 12-0 behind Washington in the first half. At the half, Bama
head coach Wallace Wade altered his game plan,
telling quarterback Pooley Hubert to run the ball more often. It
was in the third quarter that Alabama struck blood. A short punt
set up Alabama on the Washington 42 and the Tide quickly
capitalized with Hubert scoring on a one-yard run to make the
score 12–7. Shortly thereafter, halfback and former Tide
quarterback, Grant Gillis, hit Johnny Mack Brown on a 59-yard TD
pass and suddenly Bama led 14–12. Not long after that Washington
fumbled the ball and Alabama recovered at the Husky 30. Hubert
found Brown for another touchdown pass on the very next play.
The extra point failed, but Alabama still led 20–12. Bama had
struck like lightning scoring three touchdowns in just seven
minutes of game clock time. Washington scored with a touchdown
pass late in the game, but their two missed extra points in the
first half proved decisive as Alabama won the 1925 Rose Bowl,
20–19. The captain
of the 1925 Tide football team was Bruce Jones,
a senior guard from Jasper, Alabama, who led the undefeated,
national championship-winning team under Coach Wade. Jones would
go on to play six seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Newark
Tornadoes and Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football
League (NFL). Alabama finished the season with a perfect 10-0
record with the Rose Bowl vict'ry to lay claim to the Tide's first national championship. Bama
legends on the 1925 team, Brown and Hubert were later inducted
into the College Football Hall of Fame. Coach Wade called
Hubert, "Undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all
time." Hubert later became the head football and basketball
coach at the Mississippi State Teachers College (now known
as University of Southern Mississippi) and Virginia Military
Institute (VMI). Brown went on to a successful acting career in
Hollywood. Alabama's first Rose Bowl vict'ry has subsequently
been recognized as one of the most important wins in Southern
football history, as well, it has been deemed "The game
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