
Word from the Mouth: Friday Morning! edition
Word from the Mouth
By Kevin Kousaie
Hope everyone is having a good week, I can tell you I’m not. I got so many people off this week at work, I’m covering for 2 other supervisors as well and this leaves me in charge of 350 people each day and loads of work. I’m hoping to have my article in by Thursday and for that to happen I’m going to keep it short this week. It’s the last week of the season and there is still so much to be decided. We have a play in game at 7:30 PM for D4 so we'll have to stick around and see who makes that last playoff spot.
Recap
D1
What do I say about a game that broke the scoring record, or at least in my mind since I’m not looking it up. There were 133 points scored in the Unit vs Raccoons game and I can tell you this game dragged on forever. We all want to see big plays and lots of scoring, but this was ridiculous 3 or 4 play drives were long for these teams. Iron wolves were the big lovers this week being the only team to score under 40 points and it was well under (27), does Willie make up those 2 scores.
D2
We had Phoenix playing a doubleheader win both get some help and they would make playoffs. They got it done in the first game against a Fins up team no Willie and no Steve. In their second game against Double Dippers Victor scoring his 2 of 3 TDs on 45-yard bombs. Well, when it comes to Phoenix you can count on 2 things giving up the big plays and pick 6s when there driving to tie it or win it late. If you haven't figured it out by now, they, did it again this week. Average Joe's were in an uproar after the Fins up game again. In case you don’t remember Joe's won it on the last play a few weeks back. This time around, they weren't able to get their convert with 19 seconds left. This led to them complaining about a bad call or something like that. Average Joe's are sore winners and are even worse losers at the end of the day you want to blame the ref for a call that cost you the game play better and don’t let it get to that.
D3
Action Squads winning streak since Avery took over has ended at the hands of Witching Hour. Not only was Witching Hour able to pick Avery 3 times, but they also prevented him from running. How the heck were 107 points scored in the Action Squad and Tropic Thunder? Rob threw more TDs 7 to incomplete passes 6 and lost the game. I would have said because of his picks 6 but by the 10-minute mark of the first half the score was already 20-0. Nomads won the game until it was figured out (ed’s note: it wasn’t “figured out” as they let us know they wouldn’t be enough roster players but still managed to get a game going), they broke roster rules and that gave FAT Players a fighting chance at the playoffs.
Sorry D4, D5 along with the women's division I’m jammed for time and wanted to get this in before I get yelled at from Terry and Jon, I've had enough of that this week at work.
Studs & Duds
Now everyone gets to see who I picked as my player of the week and not the rest of the media team. I do my list a bit differently and now let’s see who I picked.
Studs
D1
- Mason Miller 4 TDs on 6 catches.
D2
- Victor Davis 4 catches 107 yards and 3 TDs.
D3
- Simon Valiquette more TDs passes 6, than incomplete passes 5.
D4
- Matt Bergamin 6 TD passes plus a pick 6 on defense.
D5
- Samuel Driver 8 tackles, 1 sack and 3 picks on defense. Then on offense all he did was score 1 TD.
Women's
- Kayla Gauthier 2 picks on defense and a score on offense.
Duds
D1
- Every team for their defense not showing up. A total of 397 points were scored. Great job keep it up.
D2
- Jason for his behaviour after the game, and we all know which Jason I’m talking about.
D3
- Nomads for forfeits (ed’s note: they should be a stud for still getting a game going and not no-showing!)
D4
- Mustard Tigers for going 0-2 and continuing to spiral downwards.
D5
- Pick 6ers for that lack luster defense, no sacks no picks.
Women's
- Alexane Gosselin 1 catch 4 yards and 1 tackle won’t cut it in a tight game like this.
There you have it my picks for last week. You only have 1 week left to make my list so you better ball the heck out if you want to make my list before season is done.
Predictions
Well, we made it to the end of the season, and I’d say I did a decent job on my picks, but I still haven't reached 100% yet, guess this is the week. Now to my picks and like always they are in bold.
D1
Iron Wolves vs KOLB
Villains vs Raccoons
KOLB vs Idaho Udapimp
Unit vs Iron Wolves
Raccoons vs Ranceurs
Outlaws vs Idaho Udapimp
D2
Fins Up vs Double Dippers
CIA vs Ducks
RawSauce vs Rejects
Average Joe's vs Double Dippers
D3
Him U vs Horde
Tropic Thunder vs Trench Babies
Action Squad vs Drama Club
Horde vs Thunder Buddies
Trench Babies vs LTC
D4
FAT Players vs Bouchers
Underdogs vs Spartans
FAT Players vs Lauvers
Bouchers vs Action Squad
Spartans vs Bandits
Mustard Tigers vs Creaky Knees
Alouettes vs Beerhood
D5
MTL Cessnas vs Improbables
Mimosa Crew vs Titans
Slicks vs Pick 6ers
Hive vs Wong Dynasty
Improbables vs Jungle Squad
Ledgendaries vs Slicks
Spartans vs DTS
Phoenix vs Big Booties NA
Women's
Drama Queen vs Crazy Bs
Drama Queen vs Supernova
Those are my picks for this week. Can you all hook me up and make my picks happen.
Power Rankings
Lets see if your team did enough to make it onto my list or if your team fell off.
D1 (3)
#1- Outlaws
#2- Idaho Udapimp
#3- KOLB
D2 (3)
#1- Rejects
#2- Fins up
#3- Average Joes
D3 (4)
#1- Thunder Buddies
#2- Drama Club
#3- Him U
#4- Witching Hour
D4 (4)
#1- Beerhood
#2- Spartans
#3- Bouchers
#4- Bandits
D5 (5)
#1- DTS
#2- Slicks
#3- Phoenix
#4- Big Booties
#5- 514
Women’s (1)
#1- Drama Queen
That is my list headings into the last week of the season.
Final Thoughts
This past weekend we did a family game parents vs kids and it was a huge success. This gave me an idea of doing a family day. We used to use Canada day to do our HOF, but it’s been a while since we've done that. I say we make Canada day our and family day. We do a HOF game with those guys and follow that up with a type of pro bowl event for the parents vs kids before that game. Keep it simple punt, pass, kick and let's add a 40-yard dash as well. Oh, and how could I forget what terry had mentioned to me was adding a Brossard vs Laval game which I have been bugging them about. Jon you better make this happen and yes well let you play in the game you in the HOF. Have a great rest of the week and remember on Saturday you’re out playing a game for fun so go have some and try not to kill anyone.