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The Bulletin - Week 10

From underneath a rock in Media Void

Gamblers 48 - Woosiers 28: Dixie Mafia Continues to Roll

It has been a long time since the Gulf Coast Gamblers won the BDFL Championship. However, they are the overwhelming favorites at this point in 2011. The Dixie Mafia continues to “fire” on all cylinders. There was “fire on the mountain and lightning in the air,” this weekend up in Smoke Rise, as the Gamblers lit up the night sky, walloping the Woosiers by 20. Tommy T.’s team is now staggering and getting close to being eliminated (by virtue of the Bullet Rule) from the Big Daddy Championship Series. The Gamblers: they are “flying high and feeling mean.”

Bullets 38 - Blitz 26: Bullets Win and Clinch Winning Season

The Benton Bullets clinched a “winning season” during Week 10 with a resounding vict’ry over the Druid City Blitz. The old Bullerino may just have an average team this season, but they received a few breaks from the “schedule maker,” and they’ve been able to take advantage of it. This past weekend, the Bullet took advantage of the oldest player in the NFL, Place-kicker Jon Kasay, who scored 17-points to earn “Big Daddy” of the week honors and help the Bullets top the Yuppie-Spangled Blitz. Now, the Boys from Benton have their sights set on hoisting The Grand Daddy, once again.

Wooden Warriors 38 - Wizards 16 (AW): Woodies On the Warpath 

Another team that has virtually clinched a spot in the BDCS is the Black Creek Wooden Warriors. Chief Kawliga & Company ran roughshod over the woeful Pasco County Wizards this past Sunday. This one was never close. It seems the “coaching” Hime received at Troy State from (the Amazing) Chan Gailey, Robert Maddox, and Charlie Bradshaw out-weighs the tutelage Parks received on the Plains from Pat Dye, Neil Calloway, Herb Casey, and Larry Blakeney (because we know they received the same coaching at GHS from “Daddy Eddie & Company”). At any rate, this could be the year for the Wooden Warriors, and “fingers are crossed” on the reservation.

Note: The Pasco County Wizards have been eliminated from the Big Daddy Championship Series by virtue of their 8 losses this season.

Mayors 38 - Sloth Monsters 21: Mukes Slugged by Cronies

The Magic City Mayors can celebrate… at least for a week. In a very forgettable season, the Cronies received some (Southern) Comfort in Week 10 with an Alabama Slammer win over the Lake Cyrus Sloth Monsters. This one was not pretty (you know, the aging, over-50 Arrington and Mukes in drag). But, in the end, when the final whistle sounded, when the fat lady started singing, when it was all over but the shouting, the Mayors could as least say, “we beat Mukes.” Both of these teams are still mathematically eligible for the “Big Dance,” but it’s an uphill climb. For A.A. like getting to his old house in Pelham; and for Mukes, like the hill behind Mike’s to Albert’s old house.

Cheetahs 29 - Slovaks 28: Sin Wagon Sideswipes Slovaks

What happens when a defending and 4-time Champion takes on perhaps the worst team in the hist’ry of Fantasy Football? Well, it simply doesn’t end well for the perennial “cellar dwellers.” In most instances, a one-point loss would be a moral vict’ry for the Fighting Slovaks. It could have been this time around, except the loss sends the EuroTrash Talkers to the Mullet Series. As for the Cheetahs, they keep their title hopes alive, but they’ve done only an “average” job with the Championship Hardware (The Grand Daddy) this season. So, it is probably time to let somebody else wield Excalibur, er, the Helmet O’ Silver.

Note: The Oak Mountain Fighting Slovaks have been eliminated from the Big Daddy Championship Series by virtue of their 8 losses this season.

PowerSleds 29 - Juggernauts 26: Mean Machine Edges Rice Rockets

(Just like in the movie, The Longest Yard) Paul “Wrecking” Crew led the Mean Machine to an early lead with an impressive first half showing. Then, for some reason (the warden’s warning and threats) things started to fall apart in the second half. However, after a change of heart (disregarding personal danger and the threat of more years in prison), the old QB turned things around and got his team in a position to win. And, then on the last play of the game, he led the Mean Machine to the “longest yard,” one-yard touchdown to top the opponent. They only thing different about this one is that the Mean Machine (PowerSleds) won by three over the Jugtown Juggernauts. In the movie the prisoners beat the guards by one, 36-35. (The movie was on this week, and we saw it all.)

Dogs 29 - Grenadiers 8 (Toilet Seat): Marks Mutts Put A.W. on Commissioner

The Brookside Dogs could be inching closer to ending their “15-year losing streak.” Now, unless you’ve spent some time in Fieldstown, Jew Hollow, Republic, Mineral Springs, Dogtown, Brookside, or Cardiff, you can’t really understand this rivalry. The people in Cardiff hate Brookside. Brookside folks do not get along with the Dogtown people and Mineral Springs can’t stand their rivals to the east (Republic) or west (Dogtown and Brookside). Jew Hollow folks never leave their “home-20” and they hate everybody. Fieldstown is the elite area, home of the Hand’s, and doesn’t take a second fiddle to anyone (but that’s not really important). Suffice to say, Brookside reveled in giving Mineral Springs a big A.W. this weekend, more so than any of you can imagine.

Note: The Mineral Springs Grenadiers have been eliminated from the Big Daddy Championship Series by virtue of their 8 losses this season.

Where are they now?

Danny Blackman – Goes by “Dan” now. Well, he played the “Daddy Dan” position at GHS (MLB - Class of ’83). He’s big time now (not that he wasn’t in Coach Cook’s 6-1, “pro” read defense). He’s the president of Edmonds Engineering, Inc. in Birmingham and lives in Hoover with his wife, 15-year-old son, and 17-year-old daughter. He deer hunts regularly down in Wilcox County, and his company has a big tailgating ten in Lee County.

   He also had some “Metro” memories from his time with Central Park. He and Joe Blakey led his team, while Lee Blakey and Greg Blackman anchored the team 2-age-groups up that dealt Bullet’s teams so many troubles. “Hoover knocked us out of contention almost every year for the Shug Bear Bowl. But, the one year we did make it to Legion Field. We got killed.” His Central Park team also featured future country music star, Barry Fish (with his dad, Mr. Fish, coaching on several occasions).

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