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The Bulletin

Week 17

Ch, ch, ch, Champion Cheetahs: “Fo, fo fo!”

7^th Seeded Cheetahs Win 4^th BDFL Championship

(To the tune of Michigan’s “Hail to the Victors”): “Hail to the Cheetahs, Champions. Hail to the conquering Sin Wagon. Hail, hail, to Butch Neal, the Champion of the BDFL!”

(Or, to the tune of Oklahoma’s “Boomer Sooner”): “Chee-tah, Chee-tah… Chee-tah, Chee-tah...Chee-tah, Chee-tah…”

The Riverchase Cheetahs have climbed to the summit of the Big Daddy Football League for the unprecedented 4th time in league hist’ry. That’s two more than anyone else. The Cheetahs won yet another championship coming from the 7th seeded position in the BDCS, and beating the rival Gray Beard Division, Magic City Mayors in the Big Daddy Bowl in a Championship Game that was not-near-as-close as the score would indicate. Actually, it was exactly as close as the final score indicated, 28-19. The one distinguishing factor in this championship for the Cheetahs, is that they will get to hoist the greatest trophy in Fantasy Football, the venerable “Helmet O’ Silver,” the prestigious Grand Daddy. And, they will get to display it on their mantle, take it with them on trips, and sip Champaign out of it, and display it on the runway at Sammy’s next to one of the silver poles (not to be confused with the Festivus aluminum pole). The 2010 season was truly one for the ages for the Cheetahs, who are now firmly entrenched as the BDFL’s only dynasty. Don’t miss the annual Super Bowl Gala February to witness the “Transfer of the Trophy.”

Woosiers Win, Contemplate What Could Have Been

Tommy Todd’s Smoke Rise Woosiers were practically unstoppable in 2010. The Woo Crew had the best record in the BDFL. The Smoke Risers in the Sky had the most total points in the league. The Hayden Haymakers captured the number one seed, and had the best path to the Big Daddy Bowl. But, a strange thing happened on the way to their coronation. The Woosiers were upset. They never made it to the championship game. They never got to play for the coveted Grand Daddy trophy. However, in the consolation bracket, they took out their frustrations in Week 17 against the woeful Wizards of Pasco County, Florida. The Woo Crew put an A.W. on the Wizards that they won’t soon forget. The final score was 41-7, but it could have been much, much worse. Old Merlin had no business in the BDCS to begin with, but be-that-as-it-may, Parks took his A.W. like a man taking a page out of the Brent Fullwood paperback on how to deal effectively with adversity.

Dogs Derail Commissioner to End of a High Note

“It was a banner year at the old Burr house, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.” Yes, the Brookside Dogs finally had what they could call a ‘successful year’ in the BDFL. Mark’s Mutts made it to the BDCS – a huge accomplishment for the moribund franchise – and, they ended on a high note by knocking off the defending champion Grenadiers in the last week of the season. So, now the Dogs will probably have an invigorating off-season, brush up on the potential Pony selections, review their patented best-seller “How to Lie, Cheat, and Steal,” and be ready when the Miller Genuine Draft rolls around in August (or not). As for the Commissioner, he could not duplicate his 2009 ‘fluke of the universe’ deal this year, even though he had a pretty good team, and will head to the off-season stinging from a one-point loss to the Dogs, and facing astronomical problems from the BDFL’s rank-and-file if he doesn’t find the Grand Daddy.

What’s an A.W.? – Slovaks Show the Nauts

Speaking of other members of the Null Set Club (those franchises without BDFL Championships: Wooden Warriors, Dogs, Juggernauts, Blitz, Bootleggers, Wildcats, and Slovaks – you know who you are), two of those team squared-off in Week 17 in of all places the BDCS, albeit a battle for 7th place. It turned out to be the Slovaks, who rose to the occasion to put an A.W. on the Jugtown Juggernauts. With that beatdown, 2010 becomes an unmitigated success fro the Fightin' Slovaks. When your past is as bad as the EuroTrash Talkers… making it to the BDCS, and putting an A.W. on someone (other than the Gamblers) is reason enough to celebrate. As for Allyson, the end – three straight losses – puts her in the same category as previous years; going to the off-season wondering if she will ever get to hoist the Grand Daddy as the only girl in the BDFL.

Meanwhile in the Mullet:

In a big surprise, the Western Hills Wildcats captured the slimy fish by winning the Big Mullet Series. The James Gang closed the season on a high note with a two touchdown vict’ry against the Silver Lakes Sloth Monsters.

The Wooden Warriors closed a strong season (strong as you can get, and still be in the BMS for the post-season) by whipping the league’s surprisingly new whipping boy, the Gulf Coast Gamblers, by a 14-point margin.

In the next-to-last game, the North Canton Bootleggers managed a smidgeon of respect, make that a pinch of good cheer, or a fraction of an “atta-boy” by beating the Benton Bullets to close out the season.

And, last but not least – well, actually very least – the Fairfield PowerSleds captured the “Toilet Seat Team of the Year” by losing in the Toilet Seat Bowl to the Edgewood Boulevard Blitz, 14-3. Yes, three points in the finale sums up a terrible, terrible, horrible, horrid season for the Mean Machine. It’s back to Atmore for Jack and Company to regroup with Paul “Wrecking” Crew, Ben Davidson, Ray Nitschke, and Joe Capp to try and find the magic again in 2011 for the once-powerful Sleds.