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From underneath a rock in Media Void
“High Five – After 5; one 5-0 team, one 0-5 team” And a Steve Cohen sighting
Wooden Warriors Stronger than Vidalia Onions Well, just as an aside, the weather hasn’t turned cold yet. But that being said, the Black Creek Wooden Warriors are still “staying hot” in Fantasy Football, and for a change – we are talking about this league (the BDFL) and not one of Jaimie’s many “other” online fabrications. At any rate, 5-weeks into the season the Wooden Warriors are still undefeated. The Tribe eked out a one-point win over the PowerSleds this past Sunday to remain perfect on the young season (that is now more than one-quarter complete). Mad Jack’s Sledheads lost a close one mainly because they didn’t come out focused and with a single purpose this past weekend, and because they are looking forward to next week – Throwback Week 2011– when they get to dress up like the Real Mean Machine (from the original movie – The Longest Yard).
Mayors Just Barely Beat 0-5 Slovaks Most people might not guess who would start out the season 5-0 (see Woodies, above), but if you polled the millions of Fantasy Football players nationwide, you’d probably have a consensus on which team would begin 0-5. That’s the Oak Mountain Fightin' Slovaks, who don’t seem to have any “fight” this season. The Slovaks are bad, again. But, in this match-up in Week Five, one of the two 0-4 teams in the BDFL had to win. And, the Magic City Mayors were more than happy to etch their first “W” of the season in a big, old hunk of Government Cheese. The old, proverbial BDFL “Spirit Award” may be the only thing Adam wins this season.
Blitz Roars Past Juggernauts Don’t look now, but there’s a mean and nasty bunch of Yuppie-Spangled Homewood boys who are looking to prove something in 2011. That’s right, the Druid City Blitz means business this season. In Week 5, the Blitz hammered the Jugtown Juggernauts, 44-27. The Blitz is “mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore.” Jerry Fritz has gone from Tea Party to “Occupy” Party to Tailgating Party, and his Blitz is edging toward respectability in the ever-tough, non-forgiving, history-razing BDFL. If he can throw off the heavy-laden, yoke of past disappointments, J.F. has a very good chance of finishing this season above .500. (Anything more would be just a bonus.)
Woo Crew Edges Bonehead Merlin In Week 5, the Smoke Rise Woosiers beat the Pasco County Wizards by five down in Tampa Town. Why is Parks getting to play every week at home in Raymond James Stadium with all of the pirate/buccaneer stuff? Maybe it is because he can’t get his car out of the nearby K-Mart parking lot. Raise your hand if you’ve heard enough references to that this season in the Bulletin. Well, Old Bonehead – as the Bulletin is now referring to Parks whether he “earns” that award each week, or not – is simply not very good this season. Now, he’s not all to blame, as someone else selected his team, but he seems to always “over coach ‘em” and ends up practically playing the wrong guys each weekend. After the ex-Bucs and ex-Auburn coaches refused to help him, Parks has now turned to T.K. Morton for coaching advice. So, look for the Wizards to start “throwing the barrel at the ball” next week, win or lose.
Alert the Presses – Cheetahs Lose (Again) You know times are tough for the defending and unprecedented 4-time BDFL Champions when they lose two games in a row. This past weekend, the Benton Bullets got the best of the Champion Cheetahs by a touchdown, 30-23. Now, it is never a disgrace to lose to the Bullets (who have the most vict’ries in BDFL hist’ry). But, it’s not a lot of fun either. Because if the “pen is truly mightier than the sword,” then reading about it here (in the Bulletin) can be tough. And, you just know Bullet is going to go on and on about how his team over-achieved and rose above the adversity to deal your team a defeat in the valley of vict’ry. And, he’s going to write about how your team got out-coached and intimidated, and that they basically choked under pressure. So, for those reasons (and many more) it’s not a ideal situation to lose to the Benton Bullets on any given Sunday.
Commissioner Loses, but Gains the Respect of (oh sorry, never mind) There’s a not-so-old saying that kind of goes like this, “so go the Packers, so go the Gamblers.” Well, the Green Bay Packers are still undefeated this season, and the Gamblers ain’t doing too bad. This past weekend, the so-called Dixie Mafia (at least the new millennium, kinder and gentler version) ventured to Mineral Springs (that’s between Coalburg and Fieldstown, actually between Dogtown and Jew Holler) to take on the Commissioner-led Grenadiers. The Real Deal delivered a 10-point vict’ry to his constituents and the Commish took home the “Toilet Seat Team of the Weak” award.
Sloths Steal Milk, Chips, and a Win from Dogs Once upon a time, in one of the worst roommate trades in hist’ry, the bunch at 14th Avenue Townhouse Apartments (Bates Manor) traded Bullet for Mukes. They went from one ratchet-jaw to the Son of Slim. They went from one loud obnoxious broadcaster to one almost-as-loud, obnoxious criminal justice major (who – self admittedly knew more about the penal code that the rest of his roommates, and was constantly “packing heat.”). So, maybe the trade wasn’t that loud in retrospect. Thirty years later, things sure have changed (haven’t they?). Well, maybe not. But at least we now have new-Barry to kick around. Speaking of 30-years ago…
Where are they now? Steve Cohen – That’s Steve “You gotta wheel” Cohen. Steve Cohen, a cousin of Alan Arrington. Steve Cohen, who played football at Fort Payne in the late 1970’s and walked on at Alabama (and this is the 1st we’ve heard of this). Anyway, he’s alive and well and coaching in the high school ranks for his 22nd straight year. According to Steve, he’s the Offensive Coordinator at Courtland in North Alabama. Old Steve was spotted in his usual place Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium (that’s the North-West corner, standing along the fence). Both the Bulletin staff and Jaimie Hand can verify his existence. Old Steve looks the same and sounds the same. “I couldn’t get away from him,” said Jaimie. Some things never change and it appears Steve is in that category. |
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