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Winter League Registration + New Site

2010-09-23T11:23:00.004-05:00

Well, it's time to say goodbye to Blogspot. The site as served us well the past few years, but we have grown as a community and it's time to move on. Thanks for the good times, Blogger.com. You will be missed...

To check out the new site (which features team pages of Birmingham's traveling teams, a separate league page for all of the important league info, a detailed map listing the playing fields and a brand new forum for all our trash talk, mvp discussions and spam) simply point your browser to www.mudbowl.org.

There is still a lot of work to be done, so be careful around all the wet paint. But hopefully it will be a better experience for us all.

ALSO, it is time to start Winter League! Registration is currently open, so get your credit cards ready because this year, if you don't pay at signup, you won't be registered.

link - Winter League Registration

Winter League Games Poll

2010-09-04T10:22:00.003-05:00

Recently we have been discussing the possibility of moving our winter league games from Sunday afternoon to Thursday evening. Some have stated that this would be a more convenient time for them. Others have said that it may be too cold on Thursday nights in January. While still others have remained neutral and want to see the two opinionated parties have a fight to the death to determine the fate of us all.

In order to appease everyone, we've decided to do this democratically. If you feel strongly one way or the other, please vote in the poll in the right sidebar.

Actually, we're currently exploring all possibilities and other considerations (such as field availability) might affect when we play as well. However, please feel free to let your voice be heard.

The Final Countdown!

2010-08-06T16:35:00.003-05:00

We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown...
The final countdown!

Here are the brackets and schedule for the End of Summer Tourney. Get there on time! Bring water, sunscreen, and your A-game!

Results + More Games!!

2010-07-27T13:45:00.006-05:00

Here are the current standings after last week's games. Everyone's got a win and at least a couple of losses. Also, we have scheduled another week of play for this Thursday. The updated schedule for 7.29 is below. See you on the fields.

7.15.10 Results

2010-07-21T14:36:00.004-05:00

Iron Men Win HuckFest2010

2010-07-21T13:31:00.002-05:00

This past weekend, the Birmingham Iron Men travelled to Huntsville for the 2010 HuckFest. They went 7-0 for the weekend. In the finals, they played Agent Orange from Tennessee with a final score of 15-13. It was a come from behind victory with some amazing D's from Wes Bullock and Justin Thigpen and some great deep shots to Brad Sparks. Everyone played extremely well.

Congrats Iron Men!

7.8.10 Results

2010-07-14T10:26:00.003-05:00

7.1.10 Results

2010-07-06T10:35:00.003-05:00

*UPDATED* 7.6.10

Blue-Tang Clan wins Mid-Summer Tourney

2010-06-28T09:59:00.006-05:00

This past Saturday the Blue-Tang Clan rose from their relative obscurity of a 4-6 season to claim the title of Mid-Summer Champs.

Their day started in a pool with two teams that had previously defeated them, SPF-175 and Mean HO Green. Knowing that the only way to the bracket was to win every game, Blue-Tang took early leads in their pool play games but allowed each opponent to come back and reach universal game point. For three consecutive games they maintained their composure and finished off the opposition by the slimmest of margins.

In the semis, Blue-Tang faced Chilipeno for the first time this season. Being forewarned about the Oaks-to-Oaks connection, the blue team played aggressive defense and managed to win their first game of the day by more than one point.

The finals pitted them against Mike Murphy's Huckamole. By this time the sun was out and it was HOT. Both teams used their share of timeouts and tried their best to play smart, conservative Ultimate. Huckamole took an early lead and maintained it all the way to a 10-7 game point. However, Blue-Tang miraculously managed to get two breaks back and tie it at 10-10. Needing to win by two, the game went into overtime. After a little back and forth, Blue-Tang took their first lead of the game at 12-11. Then, thanks to a big D by Wes Bullock, the blue team marched it down the field decisively for the score; Blue-Tang Clan over Huckamole 13-11.

The most noteworthy performances of the day have to go to Blue-Tang's three women. They played a short rotation through 5 games in some of the hottest conditions Talladega has to offer.

Congrats Blue-Tang Clan.

6.17.10 Results

2010-06-23T09:00:00.003-05:00

Only 1 undefeated team remains. Who's going to be the one to bring them down?

First Annual State Championships

2010-06-21T10:25:00.005-05:00

This past Saturday four teams competed in the first annual state championships. Two Birmingham Teams, Montgomery and Huntsville duked it out for the gold medal. Huntsville took home the gold while the two Birmingham teams took the silver and bronze medals. Congrats to all who participated and kudos to the TD - Steve Millburg!!

The Silver Medal Crew

The Bronze Medal Crew

http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-sports/2010/06/birmingham_teams_win_ultimate.html

Week 3 Results

2010-06-13T09:49:00.003-05:00

Directions to Gardendale Soccer Complex

2010-06-09T09:17:00.003-05:00

From here on out, we will be using the Gardendale fields for those games previously scheduled at George Ward. See the directions below.

Directions to Gardendale Soccer Complex:
Take I-65 N from Birmingham
Take exit 271 for Fieldstown Rd
Turn left at Fieldstown Rd 2.7 miles
Turn right at Jew Hollow Rd
Arrive at Gardendale Soccer Complex

Google Maps

Week 2 Results

2010-06-04T15:22:00.003-05:00

Above are the current standings after two weeks of play. Only three undefeated teams remain.

Did you see any outstanding plays last night? Were there any Callahans? Who deserves MVP nominations? Begin chatter now.

Updated Schedule

2010-06-02T14:17:00.005-05:00

Due to the rain, our summer schedule had to get moved back a bit. Here is the updated schedule as of 6.2.10

UPDATE: new schedule as of 6.4.10. For the remainder of the summer, all George Ward games have been moved to Gardendale (directions to come soon). Also, Comer has been renamed to Lily Field. We are just trying to keep you on your toes.

Week 1 Results

2010-06-01T10:52:00.003-05:00

Here are the current standings after a slightly belated week 1. Feel free to insert your post game analysis and weak excuses in the comments.

Summer Schedule

2010-05-19T09:18:00.002-05:00

Above is the schedule for all the teams this summer. Cap'ns should be emailing their teams but just in case anyone needs a reminder, the schedule is here as well.

See you all out there tomorrow.

SUMMER LEAGUE IS GOOOOOOOOO!!!

Summer League Teams

2010-05-12T15:17:00.007-05:00

The results of the draft are finally available! If your captains haven't contacted you yet or if you are just anxious to see the other chumps that you'll be facing up against, check out the complete summer league teams list.

The full schedule should be posted shortly. In the meantime, I'll leave you with this thought from Chris "I'm on a horse" Acree:

"Hello captains, look at your draft choices, now look at me, now back to your choices, now back to ME. Sadly, they are NOT me. Look down, back up, where are you? You're handling on the field, wishing your popper could pop like me. What's in your hand? Back at me, I have it, it's that sweet hammer you just threw. Look again, I'm in the endzone. Anything is possible when you draft someone like me. I'm on a horse."

Summer League Registration

2010-04-26T16:41:00.013-05:00

Summer League Signup is Closed.

The Draft will be Tuesday Night at Zydeco. You do not have to be present to get drafted.

Captains be there by 5:30. All others who want to come see what team they are on can come by at 7:30. Full team rosters will be posted by Thursday.

First games will be May 20th.

Your captain will contact you via email by this weekend.

Summer League Logo Needed

2010-04-09T08:42:00.002-05:00

From Steve via the BUDA email list:

"Design the BUDA Summer League shirts and discs--and win a fabulous prize!

We need a logo for both shirts and discs (one design or two related designs). Hundreds of people will be wearing your designer outfits (by which I mean "T-shirts"). You'll be famous(ish)!

If you win, you'll get to play Summer League for free. And maybe I'll bake some cookies for you or something.

Please submit your design(s) to Lea Anne Williams:
LeaAnne_Williams@timeinc.com

Deadline is April 26 (which will also be the beginning of Summer League signup).

I'm looking forward to having your very own design close to my heart."

Summer League is Coming Soon!

2010-04-05T15:13:00.002-05:00

Attention Birmingham Flatballers... BUDA Summer League is coming soon! Sign up is right around the corner. If you want to shake some of the dust off your cleats and practice your throws before the season starts, come out to one of our Open Play sessions: Sunday 1pm at Shades Cahaba Elementary School and Thursday 6pm at Gresham Elementary School (map links on the right sidebar).

Look for the sign up to be posted later this month along with all the important dates and field locations.

Open Play Continues

2010-02-26T14:37:00.003-06:00

Yes, we are still having Open Play. The current schedule is set for Sunday - 1pm @ Shades Cahaba Elementary School in Homewood as well as Thursday - 6pm @ Gresham Elementary School. Maps to both of these fields can be found on the right sidebar.

Open Play is open to any and all who like to throw plastic discs to each other by the magic of physics and Bernoulli's principle. Ability to catch, run, or layout for a Callahan is not required to participate.

See you there.

2010-02-08T09:30:00.007-06:00

TANG IT!!
Winter League Champions!

Cold. Wet. Muddy. Those three words pretty much sum up our saturday at EOW. But one team didn't care about any of that as they rose to the top winning five straight games to clinch the Winter League Title. Eight Ballin' and Arm & Hammer held seed and rose out of Pool A while Tang IT and Cap'n Murph's Wenches took the 1 and 2 seeds out of Pool A.

After a bit of pizza and a pbr refresher, Tang It faced off with Arm&Hammer in the semis on Field One. Tang It got to an early lead but A&H would bring it back close until Tang took half. Tang stuck to their zone defense and it paid off in the second half forcing turnovers on impatient throws while Tang steadily worked it down the field. Tang finished off Arm in a capped game to advance to the finals. On Field Two Eight Ballin' had its way with Cap'n Murph's Wenches 13-6.

A pregame ceremony of sorts honored Steve Millburg who has exemplified the BUDA leadership principles (or rather far exceeded them!). BUDA presented Steve with a gift certificate to Bottega for his efforts over the years in furthering BUDA's civic involvement and forming strong bonds with various parks and rec organizations solidifying BUDA's network of supporters in the community.

Finals pitted number one seed Eight Ballin', captained by Brian Loynachan and Ashley Brooks, and number two seed Tang It, captained by Lea Anne Williams and Jay Pigford, in a game that would have been played a week earlier had the rain not canceled the last week of the regular season. Early on 8Ball took control taking a 3-1 lead. Tang brought it back close before 8Ball scored three in a row to take half 7-5. Tang was playing zone while 8Ball used their speed and matched up in man defense. The Tang cup had trouble containing the disc and it repeatedly cut through the cup and then quickly up field for score after score. Having made many comeback runs during the season to win games, Tang was no stranger to this zip code. The pep talk paid off as Tang came out to tie up the game 7-7. Tang then took the lead 8-7 as their zone tightened up and got the turns. 8Ball took care of business on the next point and then got two breaks making it 10-8. Tang returned the favor as they began to figure out the cup D - shutting down the dump passes forced errant throws upfield. Score 10-10. The next few points are blurry as the kegs got lighter and the end got nearer. Next thing everyone knew the score was knotted at 12's win by two hard to 15. Tang calls a timeout to have a rest before the last push. They talk it over in the huddle what to do on D and the decision is made to keep the disc out of Gray's hands at all costs, even on the dump. Force 8Ball to throw it up field and into the wing defenders. Tang received and worked it down to score to make it 13-12. On the ensuing point Tang set its zone cup very tight making every swing and dump pass very difficult. The wings began to pinch in to the middle anticipating the up the gut throw and sure enough Lea Anne slaps down a D in the middle giving Tang a chance to win the game from 20 yards out. An errant throw to the endzone leaves the disc in 8Ball's hands again, but again the Tang cup clamped down on the handlers, this time on their own goal-line. As the dump is denied again and again the count gets high and a desperation dump floats helplessly to the mud for a turnover. Tang it walks the disc to the goal-line and Jesse Touchstone makes a slashing cut to the corner for the winning score. Tang It wins 14-12!!

Great game by all. Great spirit.

Get ready for mudbowl and summer league coming soon.......

End Of Winter Tourney

2010-02-04T14:47:00.003-06:00

Rain or shine, this tournament is still on... and it's looking like rain. That means that games are going to be held at the Eastlake and Wahouma fields. The first game starts at 9am. Semis and Finals are at Wahouma starting at 1pm.

• East Lake Park - 320 83rd Street North, Birmingham, AL

• Wahouma park - 124 71st street north, Birmingham, AL

Check the following schedule to make sure you show up to the right field at the right time.

See you in the Finals!

BUDA - Volunteer of the Year

2010-02-04T12:29:00.001-06:00

Last Thursday, Cahaba River Society presented BUDA with their
Volunteer of the Year Award for creating the Huckraiser Tournament!
Jay Pigford, Beth Sheets, and Brad Sparks attended the CRS Annual
Meeting and accepted the award.

The Huckraiser raised money to support the Shane Hulsey CLEAN
Environmental Education Program. CLEAN (Children Linking with the
Environment Across the Nation) is an innovative program offering
students hands-on environmental education activities while safely
participating in a canoe trip or stream walk in the Cahaba River
watershed. The Cahaba River Society has compiled an interdisciplinary
field and classroom curriculum tailored to local water resources to
encourage critical thinking among students to help them make informed
decisions about water resource issues.

The Huckraiser also introduced the ultimate community to the Cahaba
River Society's mission to protect and restore the Cahaba River, which
supplies half of Birmingham residents with clean drinking water. To
learn more about CRS, please visit their website. www.
cahabariversociety.org

BUDA has tentatively planned the next Huckrasier Tournament for this
October. Plan to come out and have fun while supporting the work
Cahaba River Society is doing for one of the nation's most
biologically diverse rivers!

Week 10 Cancelled

2010-01-30T21:52:00.003-06:00

This just in from the higher ups: All games are canceled tomorrow due to all fields being unplayable. Apparently the rain/snow/sleet/fog lasted longer than predicted. Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news.

I presume we'll get notice about Open Play possibilities tomorrow morning.

Don't forget End Of Winter Tourney: Feb 6

:(

Week 10 Schedule

2010-01-28T13:47:00.003-06:00

Here is the final schedule for week 10's games. These are the last two games of the season so be sure to make them count. If the fields are too wet for play on Sunday, then we may have to move to George Ward fields. Check the site or look for an email from your captains for updates.

Week 9 Standings

2010-01-26T13:07:00.001-06:00

Saturday Games

2010-01-20T10:34:00.003-06:00

As you all should have heard from your captains, this week all games will be held on Saturday instead of Sunday. Each team will be playing 3 games and will be at George Ward. Final details will be determined on game day. Here is the schedule for this week.

See you all out there on Saturday!

Games Cancelled 1.17.2010

2010-01-17T10:10:00.004-06:00

All Winter League games have been canceled for today. Apparently all our playing fields are currently under water and are completely unplayable. We are trying to determine when and where these games will be made up.

As soon as the 15 degree weather slacks up, the monsoon returns...

Updated WL Schedule

2010-01-09T17:37:00.006-06:00

The new winter league schedule from the commish has been posted. Please check the following link or the sidebar for the newest version of matchups. This week, all GW games will be played at JPK.

Updated Schedule

01.03.10 Results

2010-01-04T19:59:00.002-06:00

Here's the latest results from the commish. With 4 weeks till the End of Winter tourney I suppose it is technically still anyone's season. Be sure to check out the team highlights below and post your own in the comments.

Tang It!:
"TangIt! Might rename their team The Comeback Kids....

Our game two vs Murph’s wenches proved that once again, we prefer to be down in the cap. The game saw a couple of plays – one incredible. Midway through the first half TangIt worked it down the field within about 30 yards of the endzone. A Touchstone shot to the endzone slipped through a few folks before it bounced off Carolyn knocking her 90 lb frame to the ground. Just before the disc hit the ground she snapped it up with her ankles for the score.

In the second half TangIt is down 8-7 with the cap on. We work it down to the goal-line only to call a timeout – a turnover in the cap. After some strong D we get the disc back and score to make it 8-8. Game point sees an errant huck by their team in the endzone. Will swings the disc to LeaAnne, who snatches a close one away from the defender. We get the disc to an open Jesse cutting up the line who immediately swings it to his brother Green in the middle of the field who in turn sends a flick huck to the endzone to yours truly for the winning score. Jesse tries to get the team to dogpile me, but thankfully no one is willing.....except him."

The Incredible Huck!:
"It was cold and windy at West Homewood. Our zone D solidified pretty well this week and virtually every player on our team was credited for at least one forced turnover. Our smart and methodical rhythm doesn't highlight hucks as much sharp cuts and control. Veteran wisdom from Brad, Scott, and Joel definitely helped us keep our first game competitive and secured our win in a revenge game against Purple Reign."

Arm & Hammer:
"On a very wintery day at George Ward, a miraculous comeback of the ages occurred. The White Team (Arm & Hammer) was losing in dramatic fashion to the Red Team (Red Rover) 5 - 10. White Team members kept telling each other "don't give up". Even with game point for the Red Team looking us in the face, we told each other that it was not impossible to come back and win. With each pull, Arm & Hammer forced turnovers or got the D and scored point by point. Chipping away at the 5 - 10 deficit, it was soon 10 all! It was agreed to win by 2 or race to 13. Arm & Hammer stuffed and scored 2 more points to win 12 - 10. It doesn't get much more exciting than that. Way to go Arm & Hammer!"

Jan 3 Winter League Field Locations

2010-01-01T15:19:00.001-06:00

The following is from Steve:

"The tentative locations are correct; we'll be at West Homewood and George Ward parks. I'm sorry for the late notice; the George Ward Park guy finally got back to me today about whether we could play there.

At West Homewood, we'll be on the soccer field at the very end of the park road (not the softball/baseball fields). We'll be on the soccer field for the rest of the season. One note: The restrooms won't be open until 3 p.m. For the rest of the season, they should be open at 1, but there's some New Year's weekend staffing issue this weekend.

At George Ward, we've been playing on Fields 1 and 2. Check with the park staffer (usually, it's a guy named Mike) if you want to play on another field instead.

Happy new year, everyone."

Winter League - Sunday, Jan. 3

2009-12-30T14:10:00.002-06:00

Well, it's been a long time coming but it looks like the weather is actually going to let us play a few games this Sunday. This week we will play makeup games from week 4, however the final locations of these games is still to be determined. We will have the final schedule and location set by Friday so be sure to check with your captains.

Sunday, January 3. Winter League is ON!

Hat Tourney Info

2009-12-17T08:25:00.003-06:00

Saturday’s Forecast: 45 and partly sunny – perfect weather for a Hat tournament.

Start pulling out those crazy hats and get ready. Here is a tad bit of information that you might find useful.

Games will be at George Ward Park (directions in right sidebar).

8:00 - Sign in will starts (You must actually sign in next to your name. Sign in closes at 8:40)

9:00 – Games start (make sure you have a hat – ball caps and beanies/scull caps don’t count)

Note: So sorry but there are ABSOLUTLY NO DOGS at George Ward – If you bring your dog you will be asked to take them home.

Bring a light and dark shirt, cleats, and plenty of liquids (the only liquids provided will be the non hydrating kind). We will provide pizza for lunch.

If you are not signed up for winter league:

1. Please make sure to bring $10. You will pay when you sign in.

2. Sign the attached waiver and bring with you to the fields. If you are under 18 you must have your legal guardian sign it for you.

12.13.09 Games Canceled

2009-12-13T08:36:00.004-06:00

Update: Looks like Shades Cahaba is also unplayable. Open play is now going to be held at Crestwood Park at 1p.m. See you there.

Sorry to announce this, but due to the never ending rain today's games have been canceled. The higherups are working furiously to determine when and where we'll be able to make these games up.

Currently Open Play is scheduled for 2p.m. at Shades Cahaba for those who still want to get a little muddy.

Week Five Results

2009-12-09T13:11:00.005-06:00

While this is technically the fourth week of games, due to the rainout two weeks ago it is on schedule with the fifth week. This means that after the new year (jan 3rd), we'll then play the scheduled games for week four. Got it? It doesn't matter really matter - there's not much that can be done to alter the outcome of this season anyway. Eight Ballin' is running away with it and apparently there is nothing anyone can do to stop them.

A few interesting side notes:(1) Besides the black team there is only one other team with a winning record.(2) Due to the parity of the league, the last place team could feasibly be tied for third place if everything works out just right next week. (3) Cap'n Murph and His Sassy Wenches is the only team name that lacks a color reference and/or obvious puns.

Winter League Hat Tourney - Open to All!

2009-12-02T13:22:00.006-06:00

It is time to get things setup for our mid-season Winter League Hat Tournament! If you plan on playing in this tournament on December 19 then you will need to sign up using the following form. You don't have to be currently playing on a Winter League team to play, but if you aren't then there will be a small $10 fee for food, beer, and fields. Whether you are already playing in Winter League or not, you will still need to sign up using this form to let us know that you plan on coming.

After a few days, we'll sort through all the players and assign the teams.

Note: This is a "Hat Tournament" so bring out your best hats people!

SIGN UP CLOSED

Sunday Open Play

2009-11-26T10:39:00.004-06:00

This Sunday, instead of league play, come out to Shades Cahaba Elementary School at 2p.m. for some old-fashioned Open Play. I'm sure we'll all need to run off the turkey from today and the tailgating food from tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving! Spend some time with your family today and teach your grandparents some Frisbee.

11.22.09 Games Cancelled

2009-11-22T11:30:00.000-06:00

From Steve:
"We're going to postpone today's games because of wet fields. I just checked them. George Ward Park is marginally playable (though water is standing on the infields and the fields are wetter than they were last weekend, when we did chew them up somewhat); West Homewood is not playable. With more rain forecast for later this afternoon, it seems best to postpone (and not jeopardize our ability to use those fields in the future. We'll make up today's games later; details to come.

We're off next week because of Thanksgiving. Our next Winter League games will be Dec. 6. I don't know right now whether we'll stick to the Dec. 6 schedule or play what would have been today's schedule on Dec. 6; we'll get an e-mail out to you later about that.

Sorry for the postponement."

Week Three Results

2009-11-17T16:08:00.004-06:00

In week 3, the black team (now known as Eight Ball) is continuing their monumental run towards an undefeated season. Some have suggested that performance enhancing drugs are at work here and are requesting that mandatory drug screenings be administered before next Sunday's games. If such actions are deemed necessary, you will be notified by your captains.

Also, I have yet to receive any writeups or MVP nominations this week. If you would like your team's accomplishments to be acknowledged on this super-high traffic website be sure to send all your info in to Steve or LeaAnne.

Games for 11.15.09

2009-11-15T10:55:00.002-06:00

This is just a reminder that all games are at George Ward park today. Tuesday's deluge has left West Homewood unplayable this week.

See EVERYONE at George Ward at 1:00!

Hat Tournament

2009-11-09T16:13:00.000-06:00

Whether you are a new player or a mothballed veteran - plan to be at this great tournament.

Great Music.
Good Food.
Free Disc for the first 150 signups.

Sign up here.....

HECK YEAH HUCKRAISER!!

Week Two Results

2009-11-09T15:40:00.002-06:00

After two weeks there seems to be an amazing amount of parity in this league. With a virtual 5-way tie for second place and no team without a win, this could be anyone's season... if it weren't for the black team. Can Gray and the guys from Anniston be stopped or is every other team just going to lay down for them?

Captains: Did your team do anything amazing this week? Did you see the other team do anything noteworthy? Send in your highlights to let your accomplishments be known.

White:
"Matt Phipps from the White Team had a beautiful layout Callahan D. We had the Orange team trapped on the sideline and Matt followed his defender in and jumped to grab the disc, make the D, and land in the endzone for the score! "

Purple:
"Jennifer on Purple Reign dove into the endzone, into the mud to catch the score! Also, our ladies made the majority of the scores in both games this week."

Green:
"In our first game, patient and consistent handling from Andrea, Beth and Nate pretty much won it for us. But an amazing huck from Tom Culpepper to newcomer Jeremy McDermott certainly helped as well. In our second game (against black) all our scores were hard fought and deserved. Smart cutting in the endzone from Nick Rockwell and an incredible layout from Brian Zirbes for a score really helped keep our intensity up... until we lost."

Red:
Red and Light Blue's second game of the day was an out-and-out battle. Blue went up 8-3. Then Red rattled off 7 in a row. Eventually the game reached universe point. Both teams took shots in the endzone but couldn't pull it out. Finally, a solid D from Amanda McPhail right near Blue's endzone setup a quick pass for the score and the win.

Week One Results

2009-11-02T14:11:00.004-06:00

One week in and there already appears to be some separation amongst the teams. Of course it is still very early in the season but three teams have set themselves apart from the rest of the pack. Is this going to be a sign of things to come or have the top three merely put a target on their backs?

Also, please check out the updated schedule for the latest information about fields and playing times.

Updated Schedule

Field Change for 11.1.09 Games

2009-11-01T11:25:00.000-06:00

From Steve:

The West Homewood fields are too wet (if we play on them, we'll tear them up, which will jeopardize future field use). So today's games scheduled for West Homewood will be played at JPK Fields instead.

This affects teams 5 (Mike Murphy-Gwen Acree, captains), 6 (Jay Pigford-Lea Anne Williams), 7 (Jimbo Tucker-Stacey Brown), and 8 (Brian Loynachan-Ashley Brooks).

Here are directions to the JPK Fields (there's a soccer field and another field next to it; we'll use both of those, as the soccer field is too narrow for two fields to fit on it):

You take Exit 135 (Old Leeds Road) off I-20.

—If you're coming from Birmingham, you'd head toward Atlanta on I-20; Exit 135 is just before the I-459 junction. After you exit, at the end of the ramp, turn right. After about a block, turn right at the T intersection onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (just after the end of the guard rail). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.

—If you're coming from Leeds or someplace south such as Shelby County, Exit 135 is the first exit after I-459 as you head west on I-20 toward Birmingham. At the end of the ramp, turn left and cross over the interstate. At the T intersection, turn right onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (just after the end of the guard rail). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.

See you there.

2009 UPA Club Championships

2009-10-29T13:55:00.008-05:00

As you are certainly aware, the 2009 UPA Club Championships are underway right now in Sarasota, FL. Today is the start of the four day event and scores are already coming in. Real time score updates are available on Twitter by following @UPAnats or by searching for #upa09. If you prefer, streaming video of the daily highlights as well as a few select games will be available starting Thursday afternoon on the Club2009 UPA website.

Get your score updates and watch the ~~country's~~ continent's best Ultimate players do what they love.

Score Reporter:
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Masters
Women
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Winter League Teams & Schedule Posted

2009-10-28T10:30:00.005-05:00

The rosters for the teams along with the schedule for the season has been posted. The links are in the right sidebar and located below.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the draft last night. It was a huge success with little to no bickering, screaming, or drunken knife fights. It seems Steve and LeaAnne are on par for organizing one of the best leagues in recent memory.

Winter League Schedule

Winter League Teams

WINTER LEAGUE 2009|2010

2009-10-15T15:04:00.008-05:00

WINTER LEAGUE signup is closed......

Draft - Oct 27 - location Zydeco
Captains only 7-8:30.....all those not captaining please plan to come by after 8:30.

All Games are on Sundays starting at 1:00 till darkish.

Season - Nov.1 thru Jan. 31

EOW - Feb 6th

See who signed up

EOS Pics

2009-08-18T12:27:00.014-05:00

I found these on facebook. Send me pictures and I'll put some on here for everyone to enjoy.

Hail to the Victors, Milk!

2009-08-18T11:50:00.006-05:00

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Milk,

The leaders and best!

Hail! to the victors valiant

Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes

Hail! Hail! to Milk

The champions over the rest!

Congratulations to Milk on winning the summer league championship!

Week 4...and then there were none

2009-06-17T15:58:00.002-05:00

After week 4 we have no undefeated and no winless teams.

	Team	Wins	Losses	Point Diff
T-1	(16) Milk	7	1	39
T-1	(14) Muchos Grassyass	7	1	36
T-3	(13) Green Eggs & Hammers	5	3	10
T-3	(1) Tommy Two Tones	5	3	8
T-3	(6) Naval Proxy	5	3	8
T-3	(3) Li-Lick	5	3	-1
T-3	(10) Miracle-Gro	5	3	-1
T-3	(8) Hella Yella	5	3	-5
9	(5) Pikachu	4	4	-4
T-10	(12) Chronic Master Bladers	3	5	9
T-10	(2) The Ugly Hucklings	3	5	-11
T-10	(15) Chalula	3	5	-17
T-13	(4) Captain Hook & His Royal Crew	2	6	-17
T-13	(11) I Did My Huck'n Best	2	6	-17
T-13	(9) Cindy & Carter	2	6	-25
16	(7) Swine Blue	1	7	-15

Week 3 MVP - Ryan Miller come on down!!

2009-06-10T18:15:00.008-05:00

Week three’s MVP is Ryan Miller. Ryan is a first year player making a major impact on the league-leading Muchos Grassyass. His callahan last week stood out from the other great performances around the league. What is a callahan you ask? A callhan is when a player intercepts the disc in the opponent’s end zone for an automatic score. Watch a video here (No, it’s not Ryan in the video but I’m imagining his was probably pretty awesome too).

Honorable Mentions:

Dan Chappell. From Dan’s captain - Dan had an amazing night, really stepping it up in both games, but especially in game two when he inspired us all with a turnaround point in which he had a huge D, followed by a sprint down the field and sweet layout catch in the end zone for a score to tie the game. From that point on, there was no stopping us... until the other team won. :(

Mark Van Gerwen. Though Mark would never nominate himself, his impact on last week’s game was abundantly clear. Before Mark’s late arrival the Ugly Hucklings had been outscored 13-7 on the night. Mark arrived early in the second game and entered with the score tied at 2 apiece. He promptly made a game-changing mud-slinging layout D that sparked his team to a 9-5 run and the win. When asked how he felt about turning his team’s fortunes around Mark sternly replied, “I just didn’t want to be outplayed by Christy.”

Nirmal "the Flash" Choradia for his lightning fast moves down the field, popping up exactly wherever the other team didn't want him to be, shutting down their poppers, intercepting their throws, and generally smoking all of their guys. The other teams were impressed!!!

Brandon Bates. **Breaking News** Actual quote from an opposing captain: “We'd actually like to nominate Brandon Bates for a night of exceptional plays and surprisingly good sportsmanship. It helped make for an intense but enjoyable game.”....I promise I didn’t make that up.

Spencer Davis. He stepped up and played above and beyond his usual standards.

Evan Thomas for his willingness to sacrifice his body including the use of his face to make a defensive play and then multiple layout catches for scores, including one to end the first game.

Andrew Butler. From Andrew’s captain - He is always a solid player with great spirit, but tonight in our second game he outdid himself. He made some phenomenal catches while being contacted by the opposing team. He was knocked around and knocked down and still caught the disc. He took an elbow or knee to the neck on one play. Got up, shook it off and after taking a moment, completed a pass. Turned right around on the next possession and made a huge "D" on the opponent's goal line as they were about to score.

Other players getting some love:

Jorge Pino, Dan Chappell, Stephen Rhea, Jimbo Tucker, Justin Thigpen, Mary Beth Brown, Ashley Brooks, Christy Dettmer, Richard Phillips, and Mary McWhirter.

Week 3....and then there was one

2009-06-09T23:59:00.003-05:00

Here are the standings after three weeks of play. Muchos Grassyass is now the only undefeated team.

	Team	Wins	Losses	Point Diff
1	Muchos Grassyass	6	0	31
T-2	Milk	5	1	33
T-2	Tommy Two Tones	5	1	16
T-2	Green Eggs & Hammers	5	1	17
T-5	Naval Proxy	3	3	6
T-5	Pikachu	3	3	0
T-5	Li-Lick	3	3	-7
T-5	Miracle-Gro	3	3	-8
T-5	Hella Yella	3	3	-12
T-5	Chalula	3	3	-12
T-11	Chronic Master Bladers	2	4	4
T-11	Captain Hook & His Royal Crew	2	4	-10
T-11	Ugly Hucklings	2	4	-11
T-11	Cindy & Carter	2	4	-17
15	I Did My Huck'n Best	1	5	-15
16	Swine Blue	0	6	-15

MVP - What's better than ice cream?

2009-06-01T13:32:00.007-05:00

What's better than getting ice cream?.....being MVP and getting ice cream from Dairy Queen!

That's right, each week beginning this week BUDA will be crowning a weekly MVP. The MVP will enjoy all of the fame and glory that comes from being featured here on the BUDA blog as well as winning a Blizzard or other yummy dessert from Dairy Queen!! (The Brownie Batter Blizzard is the Blizzard of the Month for those you who were wondering)

How to win: Captains will send a short paragraph highlighting one player from their team or an opposing team or telling the story of something that happened during the games and why that player should be the week's MVP. MVP's will be announced here on the blog and the best nominations will be posted each week.

If anyone takes pictures or videos before, during, or after the games, I can certainly post some of those here on the blog. Pictures of anybody jumping over Jay Pigford and winning the disc are automatic MVP winners.

Special Shout-Out to Hesston (4-0) for providing the DQ gift cards.

See ya'll on the field,

Scottie

Results & Standings

2009-06-01T13:31:00.006-05:00

After week #2, the standings are as follows:

	Team	Wins	Losses	Point Diff
1	(16) Milk	4	0	31
2	(14) Muchos Grassyass	4	0	24
3	(1) Tommy Two Tones	4	0	15
4	(10) Miracle-Gro	3	1	7
5	(13) Green Eggs and Hammers	3	1	4
6	(8) Hella Yella	3	1	-5
7	(5) Pikachu	2	2	-1
8	(3) Li-Lick	2	2	-5
9	(15) Chalula	2	2	-8
10	(12) Chronic Master Bladers	1	3	0
11	(6) Naval Proxy	1	3	-1
T-12	(4) Team 4 votes this week	1	3	-9
T-12	(2) The Ugly Hucklings	1	3	-9
14	(11) I Did My Huck'n Best	1	3	-11
15	(7) Swine Blue	0	4	-12
16	(9) Cindy Brown & Carter Laney	0	4	-20

JPK Fields

2009-05-28T12:14:00.002-05:00

A map to JPK fields has been posted on the right. Here are some written directions:

You take Exit 135 (Old Leeds Road) off I-20.
—If you're coming from Birmingham, you'd head toward Atlanta on I-20; Exit 135 is just before the I-459 junction. After you exit, at the end of the ramp, turn right. After about a block, turn right at the T road onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (the road is a little hard to see, but it's right after the end of the guard rail; you'll see an electric substation in front of you after you turn). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.
—If you're coming from Leeds or someplace south such as Shelby County, Exit 135 is the first exit after I-459 as you head west on I-20 toward Birmingham. At the end of the ramp, turn left and cross over the interstate. At the T road, turn right onto Old Leeds Road. Take the first right onto Appaloosa Drive (the road is a little hard to see, but it's right after the end of the guard rail; you'll see an electric substation in front of you after you turn). Follow Appaloosa Drive until it ends at the fields.

Full Schedule (Updated 6/22)

2009-05-26T16:32:00.003-05:00

The full schedule is now available. The link can be found on the right side of this page.

Thanks,

Scottie

Summer League 2009 Roster

2009-05-18T09:25:00.001-05:00

Here's the roster for Summer League 2009 for your downloading enjoyment.

Week 1

2009-05-18T01:51:00.002-05:00

Games begin this Thursday (May 21st) at 6:30. You should be getting an email from your captains shortly if you have not already. Please be at the fields around 6:00 to meet your teammates and warm up. Games will begin at 6:30 - not 6:45 or 7:00 - games will begin at 6:30.

**Make sure to bring a LIGHT and a DARK jersey with you.**

Thanks,

Scottie

P.S. Congratulations to Chris and Stacey Browning who tied the knot this past Saturday (and to Rev. James Tucker, III for not messing it up)!

Registration is Closed, BUT....

2009-05-08T16:39:00.002-05:00

If you missed sign up and still want to play, you can email me directly at budacommish @ gmail.com and depending on what kind of mood I'm in at the time, I may still let you sign up and play.

Scottie

Registration Closes Friday!!

2009-05-04T11:22:00.003-05:00

This is the last week to sign up for Summer League 2009! Don't miss out. Here is the link to register.

We need women players especially.

-Scottie

Dates to Know

2009-04-23T09:33:00.003-05:00

Important Dates:

May 8th - End of Registration

May 12 - Draft

May 21 - First week of play

June 27 - Mid-Season Tournament

August 8 - End of Season

Here is the link to sign up.

Remember to encourage new players to sign up.

Summer League Registration is Open!!!

2009-04-16T09:41:00.012-05:00

It's that time of year. Summer League is just around the corner!

Registration is officially open. Tell your friends. Here is the link to sign up. Prices have not gone up.

$60 - Returning BUDA players

$50 - College players

$35 - First time players / High school players

Returning players - In order to incentivize you to recruit new players and fresh talent into the league, BUDA has decided to refund $10 of your registration price back to you if you recruit a new player to play. Remember, we are always in need of female players. Ladies, get your girlfriends to sign up and play!

In order to qualify for the refund, the new player must include the returning player’s name during their registration sign-up (there is a new field to do so, not to be confused with the spot where “baggage” is listed). The money will be refunded back to the returning player after the season begins.

Other important information:

Mid-Season Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 27.

End of Season Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, August 8.

Let’s grow the league and get more people interested in ultimate!!

Thanks,

Scottie

SL Commish ‘09

P.S. Before anyone asks, NO we will not have cotton jerseys.

More Chickin'

2009-03-08T20:37:00.004-05:00

The economy is bad, and times are rough...

Turn up your volume and smile, please! True love is free.

http://www.mrothillustration.com/video.html

Disclaimer:
(administrators...feel free to remove this post and send in the drones if this is not "relevant Buda" material.)

MUDBOWL '09

2009-02-09T09:31:00.000-06:00

It was sponsored by:

http://www.goodpeoplebrewing.com/

We'll have more shortly.

Winter League Recap

2009-02-09T09:30:00.005-06:00

Since Winslett was absent Saturday afternoon (his son turned two and he made the better decision to forego our heckling to spend time with the fam) I’ll try to recap for those not present in body or mind.....

The pre-semis pitted Club Royale against Blue-Footed Boobies and Greener Weiner against Double Stuffed. The top seeds from pool play – Black and Purple – had a bye (genius move!).

The boobies and weiner prevailed to reach the semis and face the two powerhouses from the regular season.

Grapes of Wrath had eecked out a win against the boobies earlier in the day at eastlake, but the tide turned and the blues came out on top with tenacious defense and steady churning of the disc into the endzone.

Black Liquorish defeated the weiners ina contest that I did not see any of...so no report or heckle there.

The finals were assumed a foregone conclusion by a lot of the crowd but the Boobies (backed by a raucous heckling crowd) had their own ideas. Going up early Black took half 8-5. The boobies gained steam as Scottie Stone’s huck was stuffed by Will Marble’s collarbone on his 38th layout of the game. The game stayed within a couple points and the boobies were able to pull within one at game point 14-13, but Black prevailed 15-13.

Congrats to both teams for a well-played finals that provided a lot of heckling opportunities.

Kudos to Big Country, Chris Winslett, for a smooth-sailing Winter League. We’re all looking forward to Summer League!!!

End of Winter 2008

2009-01-19T14:26:00.002-06:00

EOW 2008 will be this Saturday at Eastlake and Wahoma (Jan 24th). Play will start at 8:30. And we will have Spaghetti for lunch.

An EOW schedule will be out by Wednesday, so check back then.

Final Standings Winter League 2008

2009-01-19T14:24:00.000-06:00

Team	RECORD	PD
Black Liquor-ish Featuring...	19 - 1	105
Grapes of Wrath	13 - 7	57
Blue Footed Boobies	13 - 7	33
Greener Wiener	10 - 10	-1
Royal Blue	8 - 12	-49
Double Stuffed	6 - 14	-24
Red Light Disc-trict	6 - 14	-49
Yellow Snow	5 - 15	-72

Spin Ultimate

2008-12-20T10:30:00.003-06:00

Some Atlanta guys started an ultimate gear/apparel company called Spin Ultimate. They emailed me asking to post some information about them on our site. First I told them I'd do it for a million dollars. Then I went to their site, and saw that they had a lot of good stuff. I liked it so much I even ordered some for the holidays. You should too.

http://www.spinultimate.com/collections/all

Week 4 Results

2008-12-01T20:44:00.004-06:00

Hat Tourney December 20th

Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/2008-buda-hat-tourney
Pay at http://tinyurl.com/6eyuqu (Free for BUDA Winter League 2008 Players)

Rankings

Purple 7 - 1 37
Black Liquor-ish Featuring Furious-Lee 7 - 1 23
Yellow Snow 5 - 3 11
Greener Wiener 5 - 3 8
Blue Footed Boobies 3 - 5 2
Royal 3 - 5 -27
White 1 - 7 -15
Red 1 - 7 -39

We've moved back to BSC, and we are playing at the Soccer fields at West Homewood! AWESOME FIELDS, ROCK ON!

Winter League Week 3

2008-11-18T08:09:00.002-06:00

NOTICE FOR WEEK 4: BSC Games will be at Eastlake. See schedule on right for details.

Standings through Week 3

Black 6 - 0 31
Purple 5 - 1 29
Gold 4 - 2 5
Green 3 - 3 - 1
Royal 3 - 3 - 8
White 1 - 5 -11
Navy 1 - 5 -19
Red 1 - 5 -26

Results from Week 2

2008-11-10T08:58:00.004-06:00

It was a day colder than it felt. Not the kind of cold that hits you right off, but gnaws at you like your mother-in-law.

Black, 4 - 0, 22
Purple, 3 - 1, 14
Gold, 3 - 1, 8
Green, 2 - 2, 4
Royal, 2 - 2, -4
White, 1 - 3, -6
Navy, 1 - 3, -12
Red, 0 - 4, -26

Rankings After Week 1

2008-11-05T14:06:00.003-06:00

Thank you for everyone that was flexible in moving from Walhoma to West Homewood Park. This week games will be at Birmingham Southern College and West Homewood Park. See schedule on right.

Rankings

Green, 2 - 0, +13
Black, 2 - 0, +12
Purple, 1 - 1, +6
Gold, 1 - 1, +5
White, 1 - 1, -2
Royal, 1 - 1, -5
Red, 0 - 2, -13
Navy, 0 - 2, -16

Overview

I would bet Mike Murphy hucked it a lot. Will Lewis made a hella-awesome run for a swilly hammer. David Driskill picked up Jay's trash, etc.

Congrats to Doug on making it to the National Finals

Teams, Schedules, etc.

2008-10-31T08:36:00.004-05:00

Teams -- 8 teams, colors: Royal, Gold, Dark Green, Red, Purple, White, Black, Navy
Schedule -- Right now at Eastlake and Walhoma, Steve Millburg has lined up some awesomo soccer fields in Homewood. We will move there shortly.
Waivers -- EVERYONE must sign one.
Shirts -- http://www.teamsportswear.com/product/13208, gunning to get them by November 23rd.
Discs -- ordering ASAP.

Winter League 2008/2009

2008-10-14T08:49:00.003-05:00

Winter League is here! To get signed up, follow this link. Here are some important dates:

11/2 – week one
11/9
11/16
11/23
12/7
12/14
12/21
12/27 – hat tourney (or could be 12/20 whichever is open for fields)
01/04
01/11
01/18
01/24 – EOW

The cost is the same as summer. $60 for returning players, $50 for new players and $35 for students. Signup ends October 24th.

EOS and Summer League Final Thoughts

2008-08-06T15:34:00.006-05:00

Congratulations to Mustachio for winning the End of Season tournament! Mustachio took the final game, 6-3 over Grite to win the championship.

Though weather was apparently unfortunate, I think we can all agree that this year's tournaments were both successes.

Congratulations to Token for taking the Season Champions title!

Congrats to all teams for having an awesome, fun, successful summer league. Thank you all for your spirit and for making BUDA the great organization that it is.

A major thanks to Cory Casella for his work commissioning this year. Those will be hard shoes to fill next year! Thanks to all the BUDA officers and captains for their help and dedication. For everyone who volunteered, thanks for making this season run so smoothly. From finding fields to getting kegs, food, making schedules, drafting players, and setting up cones, every little bit helped.

Cheers to everyone, and stay tuned for information about Winter League. Look for sign-up notices in late October. And as always, open play will still carry on every Sunday at 2:00 PM.

Ultimate!

2008-07-29T10:53:00.001-05:00

Updated standings: Thanks to Chad Blackmon for pointing out the mistake.

Week 8 (real):

Week 7 (real):

All MVP votes still stand and only a couple of teams were affected by the mistake. Sorry for any confusion!

Week 8 Standings

2008-07-28T15:50:00.006-05:00

We have a new leader as of Week 8. Mustachio Pistachio comes from 3rd to bump off Brian's Fire in the Regular Season Standings. This is the first week that Brian's Fire has NOT been in first place.

Other notables:

Sweet Pink made a huge jump from last week putting themselves right outside of the top 8 teams.

Token has made it 8 straight games without a loss

Grite remains unbeaten since before the MidSummer Tournament.

Toxic Sushi finally claws its way out of last place.

Sparkle Motion snaps a multi-week losing streak

Orchid Orgasm wins both it's games in a week for the first time since Week 1.

The Red Rockets are by far the most stylish team in the league, sporting hats designed by yours truly. If you haven't seent them yet, I will make sure I turn mine backwards before we play your team. That way you can get a good look at it while you are chasing me to the disc.

Giang's own daughter betrayed he and Kirstin by cheering for the super stylish Sweet Pink team. And you guys were mad at me for picking that color out? Come on.

This week, the competition was stiff for MVP, but after hearing the story, this week's MVP has to go to Lauren Tong, slasher of familial ties and recoginizer of superior style. Originally brought to the field to cheer on her parents' team of Giang's Last Stand, little Lauren became enamored with the Sweet Pink Delicious jerseys and switched her alliance. Giang and Kirstin, unable to cope, ended up losing the game 11-4, and contributed to Sweet Pink's meteoric rise up the leaderboard from 12th to 9th place.

Congratulations Lauren. Something tells me you might not be invited to join your parents for EOS, so if you're reading this, follow your heart and never listen to what your parents tell you.

EDIT: due to a captain (DENNIS) submitting late MVP Votes, they were not included. Those not pictured: Austin Guthrie, Jimbo Tucker, and Kate Gaston.

EDIT 2: Due to my being an idiot, I forgot to submit my own teams MVP nominations: Sammy Raviv, Tyler Lewis and Jason Yearout

Week 7 Standings

2008-07-28T15:48:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the delay. Week 7 standings...

Congrats to Chris Acree, Week 7's MVP!

Sorry for the delay:

Field Change REVISED***

2008-07-21T10:44:00.002-05:00

Due to losing the Eastlake fields to peewee football, games at Eastlake and NOT Patriot Park will be moved to George Ward Park for the remainder of the season.

I apologize for any confusion, but please relay this information to your teams.

The teams that will be at GW park this week will be:

Mustachio Pistachio (Meredith and Scottie)
Toxic Sushi (Claire and Jay)
Hucky Charms (Gwen and Mike Murphy)
Margarita (Joanna and Darren)

Token (Lee Lavette and Josh Thigpen)
Sweet Pink Delicious (Mary Kearney and Marc Bell)
Giang’s Last Stand (Nicole Hill and Giang Tong)
It’s a Boy (Liz and Brian Terrell)

Again, EASTLAKE games and NOT PATRIOT PARK will be moved to George Ward Park.

Apologies for any confusion, but this is the way it has to be.

Discs have been shipped and should be in this week. If they are not, they will definitely be in by next week’s games and also for EOS.

-CC

Summer League Announcements

2008-07-20T10:23:00.004-05:00

Summer League:

****Edited 7/21/08****** This information has been updated.

For the remainder of the season, the locations of Ellard and Easklake are now changed to George Ward Park in Homewood. George Ward is located HERE
This only applies to Ellard and Eastlake. Patriot and Comer games stay at Patriot and Comer.

The End of Summer Tournament will take place August 2nd, as scheduled, at Talladega.

See you on the field!

Midsummer Champs Team Picture

2008-07-16T10:28:00.002-05:00

Congratulations Grite, Midsummer Champions!

The End of Summer Tournament will commence August 2nd. Which team will take the glory spot away from Grite and win the season? .....

Field Change

2008-07-15T10:54:00.002-05:00

For this week's play, games at Ellard will be MOVED to George Ward Park's softball fields. For NEXT week's play (not THIS week) both Patriot Park and Ellard will be moved to George Ward for the remainder of the season.

Teams playing at Ellard this Week:
Team 3: Red Rockets (Megan and Matt)
Team 16: Mustachio Pistachio (Meredith and Scottie)
Team 6: It's a Boy (Liz and Brian Terrell)
Team 9: Token (Lee and Josh)

George Ward Park Entrance

Thanks to Paul Dorsey for making this happen.

In short:
THIS week, Ellard plays at George Ward Park Entrance
NEXT week and from then on, Patriot Park and Ellard both play at George Ward Park.
Paul Dorsey is awesome.

-Commish

Summer League Week 6 Standings AND a Correction

2008-07-11T18:42:00.005-05:00

Due to a slight flub on my part, the Season Point Differentials were a little off for the Week 5 Standings. They have been corrected.

Also, in Week 6, I have gone into a little more depth with the analysis of teams, highlighting (read spoonfeeding) for you the teams with the best weekly offense, defense, and point differential, AS WELL AS the teams with the best seson offense, defense and point differentials.

As you can see, Brian's Fire took a slight hit, losing both games this week. they are still number 1, but Mustachio Pistachio is nipping at their heels.

At the bottom, Toxic Sushi commands the dredges of Summer League, capturing all three titles for WORST season point diff, points scored AND points scored against. Ouch.

At the bottom for the week, Sparkle Motion continues to slip down the leaderboard, with two more losses this week. I can just hear Paul Dorsey screaming "I just don't think you are dedicated to Sparkle Motion!" (Donnie Darko reference, for those of you who dont know)

In other news, The Red Rockets jumped 4 spots on the leaderboard with two wins this past week. Red Rockeeeeeeeetttsss!

MVP of the week: Brian Terrell

Honorable Mention: Nate Schmidt

Best Couple to both be voted for MVP in the same week: Cory and Megan

Now the best couple must be going on their date. Gotta shower!

Leave your comments!

Week 5 Standings

2008-07-10T13:41:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the delay SL'ers! Here are the results from Week 5.

Charity Mudbowl Alert!

2008-07-07T16:27:00.006-05:00

BUDA Summer League:

This message is to announce Charity Mudbowl, this Saturday July 12th at George Ward Park. Information is below. Even if you aren't playing, it would be great to have a big BUDA showing to cheer, participate, and make this event a success as it has been in years past.

If you are interested in playing with a team, please contact Paul Dorsey as soon as possible to sign up. You will be informed of what team you're playing with after Thursday night's Summer League. Playing is free, with the only obligation being that you show up at 9 a.m. on July 12th and play with spirit.

If you want to be drafted on a team, please contact Paul asap at paul.dorsey@gmail.com or 482-5239

Below is the flier for Charity Mudbowl:

(click to enlarge)

MIDSUMMER MADNESS

2008-06-30T10:24:00.005-05:00

Bienvenu BUDA,

The MidSummer Tournament went out with a bang this year! Congrats to Grite for taking the cake, beating Mustachio Pistachio 13-9.

Grite fought through the ranks, beating Toxic Sushi in the quarters and Brian's Fire in the semis. Mustachio dominated the Red Rockets and Giang's Last Stand to land in the final game.

In the final matchup, Jimbo Tucker made a monumental layout D, landing in bounds by the very skin of his toenails. A huge layout-D response was brought by Ben Pendergrass of Mustachio to steal some momentum from Grite. In the end, Grite took the game and reserved a spot as Mid-Summer Champions. Mustachio Pistachio reserves a spot for BEST TEAM NAME EVER.

Thanks to all who volunteered to help out with the weekend. Shout outs to:

Hoa for delivering the kegs to the fields!
Steve Millburg for supplying cones and helping with setup/take-down
Annie Mayhew for post-finals cleanup and lost-and-found management
Jay Pigford for organizing and fronting the money for your Saturday eats
Cory, Chris, Elizabeth, and Megan for waking up super early and helping set-up.
Paul, Brad, and everyone else at the camper for getting super drunk and supplying entertainment to the worker-bees.
Anonymous Pranksters for putting duct-tape on Cory's tires. I have a wonderful scrape on my knuckles which was well worth it for the opportunity to peel tar-covered tape from the tires on the side of the highway.
Gwen for taking excellent pictures! View them HERE (You'll need a Snapfish account)

EVERYONE in this organization for showing up, playing with spirit, and helping make this tournament a blast all around.

Note:

There are no games this Thursday due to July 4th weekend. Games commence next Thursday, July 10th.

Discs will be ready in 3 to 4 weeks.

Go to Sauce on the Side and look at my bombtastic t-shirts.

If you have other finals highlights you'd like mentioned in this post, you can email me at meroth3@gmail.com.

ULTIMATE!

Week 4 Standings and MVP's

2008-06-23T14:46:00.003-05:00

After week 4, Team 1 is still rolling, even with the absence of their superstar, Gray Lloyd. On the other end of the spectrum, every team in the league has recorded at least one win. The Red Rockeeeeeeeeeeets made a jump from dead last by winning both games last week.

Mustachio Pistachio is making a run towards the top with two very convincing wins in Week 4. They are the first team this season to record 22 "Points For" in one week.

Write ups to come later.

Week 4 was apparently an off-week for several of the captains in the league. We had very few submissions for MVP of the week. The most convincing write-up was for the MVP selection for Week 4, Jennifer Bryson. She had to be marked by a man on the Black team to keep her out of the endzone. She was apparently displeased by this, but it did earn her MVP for Week 4.

Mid-Summer Tournament!!!!

2008-06-23T11:11:00.007-05:00

Summer Leaguers:

Saturday, June 28th is the Mid-Summer Tournament.

Games will be played in Talladega across the street from the Talladega Superspeedway.

Games begin at 9:00 A.M. sharp!

Captains meeting occurs at 8:30 A.M.

There will be three pool-play games, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals.

Beer and food will be provided in the afternoon, but bring plenty of water and snacks for the morning.

Let's all make a big effort not to leave trash on the sidelines as we move from field to field.

And may the best red team win!!! ;)

Jewelry at Summer League

2008-06-20T12:51:00.000-05:00

Due to an unfortunate incident last night at open play, I am going to make it mandatory to remove all jewelry before playing Summer League games.

Last night, Chris Yearout suffered a nasty cut that lacerated some of his forearm muscle, required a trip to the hospital and eight stitches. The cut was thought to be caused by the ring of another player.

Please, to avoid future incidents, remove all your jewelry before games. Thank you for your understanding.

-CC

Summer League Week 4

2008-06-18T11:43:00.003-05:00

Summer Leaguers,

Tomorrow night week four games commence! Your captains will have your shirts ready tomorrow night before games begin. Discs will arrive soon.

Teams: Don't forget to pick an MVP from your own team as well as one from each team you play tomorrow night. Captains should send your teams' votes to Cory at ccasella3@gmail.com. Don't tell him at Zydeco - he's not going to remember.

Play hard and have fun!!

Week 3 results and MVP Nominations

2008-06-14T20:10:00.003-05:00

Below are the results from Week 3 play. Dennis and Jessica Vincent are still rolling towards that undefeated season... Will any team be able to stop the Spike to Gray combination?

On the low end, there are still two teams that are 0-6, including my own. Will they be able to break out of the funk?

As some of you may know, this week I asked each captains to submit 3 MVP nominations for the week: one from each team they played and one from their own team. Below is the list of names submitted for Week 3. Congratulations to David Hilgemann, this week's MVP. He had a ridiculous layout Callahan on universe point to win the game for his team against Jeff Elliot and Lilla's "David HasselHUCK."

Stay tuned for next week and come back to the blog for more write-ups from week 3!

Summer Tournaments

2008-06-09T15:07:00.003-05:00

BUDA:

Dates have been set for our two tournaments.

Mid Summer : Saturday, June 28

End of Summer: August 2nd

Both tournaments will be held at the Talladega Superspeedway, across the street from the track.

Your captains will keep you apprised of the details as the dates near. Cheers!

***Edit***

IN OTHER BUDA NEWS:

Summer Leaguer and many-year BUDA Ultimate veteran Lee Green and his wife invite everyone to the art opening at Naked Art taking place this weekend, Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Lee's wife, Delaine, will be presenting her personal show, "Retropolis," a collection of functional and funky modern artwork for which she has become well known in the Birmingham Community. Come out this weekend to enjoy Delaine's artwork, complimentary wine and food, and a thriving community of artists.

Friday night, June 13th, 5-9 pm
Saturday June 14, 1-6 pm

Naked Art Gallery
3612 Clairmont Ave.
(right next to Silvertron)

Week 2 Standings, (With colors)

2008-06-06T16:04:00.002-05:00

Teams were sorted by number of wins, then by overall point differential for the season. If you would like to see my statistical model of the rest of the season, MIT will be publishing it in their July issue of "Stat Rat."

-CC

Week 2

2008-06-05T15:09:00.002-05:00

All teams have picked colors and shirts should be in in two weeks, discs by mid-summer tournament.

Captains, don't forget to have your new players sign wavers!

Zydeco, after games tonight. $5.00 pitchers on all draft beer, food can be brought over from Roly Poly next door.

See you all on the field! :-D

Summer League 08 Schedule!

2008-06-03T14:40:00.002-05:00

SL Week 1 Results!

2008-05-30T15:53:00.004-05:00

The results for Week 1 are above. Let the heckling commence!

The schedule for the rest of the season will be posted on Monday. Have a great weekend!

-the Commish

FIELDS!

2008-05-28T22:47:00.003-05:00

Yo Summer Leaguers....

Here's the Field Schedule for tomorrow night. Find your captains underneath their respective location. Drive there. Play ball.

Eastlake Park
Jessica/Dennis
Meredith/Scottie
Mary/Marc
Lee/Josh

Comer Elementary
Annie/Chris
Nicole/Giang
Lilla/Jeff
Gwen/Mike

Patriot Park
Megan/Matt
Joanna/Darren
Liz/Brian
Mieke/Paul

Ellard Park (Irondale)
Deb/Elliot
Mischa/Brad
Cheri/Steve
Claire/Jay

Eastlake: 116 84th ST. N, Birmingham, AL 35206
Patriot Park: 816 Grove Road, Homewood, Alabama 35209
Ellard Park: http://www.brainygeography.com/features/AL.park/ellardpark.html
Comer: take 8th Avenue(University) until it turns into Clairmont Road. From the golf course follow another 1.7 miles, take a left onto 50th place. Take an immediate left onto 50th Street. Follow around to Redmont School (less than a mile), field is behind the school.

Summer Leage Draft

2008-05-27T09:01:00.003-05:00

BUDA PLAYERS:

Summer League Signups are officially over! Please do not sign up on the late signup link past this point - it will simply be a difficult process of trying to get you your money back, since the draft lists have already been sent to captains. :-D

TONIGHT is the Summer League Draft.

Players my show up at Zydeco AFTER 9:00 PM. Please do not show up before 9:00 PM. You will most likely be sent away.

Come to Zydeco After 9:00 PM tonight to find out which team you're on and meet your captains and teammates!

If you need directions to Zydeco, go to their website: http://www.zydecobirmingham.com/

See you all after 9:00!