
Word from the Mouth: I Love Ties! edition
Who wants a tie? I'm glad the MFL doesn't stand for that crap, a tie is like kissing your cousin and only counts in the deep south.
The NFL is crap with all these rules that favour the offense. Let them play, allow a player to get hit, let them practice. All these players are soft nowadays and I'll say that to any of them (ed’s note: I think we could get some money together to arrange for Kevin to meet a current NFL D-lineman or linebacker and say this to their face).
Anyone seen the stat that showed Derrick Henry and Emmitt Smith’s carries over their playing careers? Henry has just under 2600 in 10 years and Smith had 4400 in his 13 seasons. This is a huge difference and just shows you the differently the game was played in the 90s.
Growing up I was an ND fan, but after Fran Brown made his entire team run wind sprints after a game because they played poorly, I may be a Syracuse fan now (ed’s note: I added that last bit as the sentence made zero sense otherwise!). They did them with fans still in the stands watching. Imagine if a coach tried that in the NFL, he won't last a week after that the players union would have a field day with grievances.
Players are soft and it's not just in the pros. I got a friend I know that coaches high school and they aren't allowed to practice more than 2 hours at a time and no more than 2 times a week, plus practices aren't allowed to have multiple contact drills in the same day. How the bucking broncos are you supposed to get better with molly coddling like that?
This is why anytime that can run the ball well and play really good defense, you have a chance to win it all. Stop paying the QBs all the money since half are crap anyways and build a team from the line out and see where that gets you.
Studs and Duds
Let's jump right into it and see who balled out and who had incontinence issues in the bed. See what I did there, Jon? I corrected *a word* to *to a different word* and yet I still wrote *a word* anyways. (ed’s note: I don’t know) Now to it.
Studs
D1
- Justin White 4 catches equal 4 TDs in this man case and lets not forget his to picks on defense. Shermika I know you reading this and being like see I told you see what did I say. I’m not wrong, am I?
D2
- Geoffrey Mubengaie 6 TD passes over 250 yards and he added a pick on defense as well.
D3
- Dave Lepine 8 TD passes.
D4
- Kyle Baker 2 picks and a TD.
D5
- Sébastien Lucas Alzate 2 TDs on 5 catches plus a pick 6 on defense.
Women's
- Sara St-Germain 3 TDs and 3 sacks.
Duds
D1
- James and Jeremy you 2 combined for 16 catches 143 yards and a total of 2 points. You get in the endzone 1 time and you guys win the game.
D2
- Jason Rossie can't be throwing 5 picks when you studs all around, don't be the weak link you’re better than that most days.
D3
- Robert White for throwing 2 of the nicest TDs I've seen in my life, too bad they were for the other team.
D4
- Olivier Watier 5 picks and going 0-2 for the day.
D5
- Jean-François Lawrence 1 TD pass to 3 picks while completing 50% of your passes.
Women's
- Tigres 76 points at some point you got to take the foot off the gas ladies.
Those are the folks that I picked by myself without help from a computer program. It is based on a bunch of different things that are above my pay grade, so I'll leave it at that. (ed’s note: you base it off of things that you don’t have clearance to know?)
Predictions
Time for me to tell you who I have winning and after going 24-10, I guess it's best to use your judgment if you think I pick your game is right or not. Now to my picks and like always they are in bold.
D1
Honor Game vs Ranceurs
Honor Game vs KOLB
Unit vs Outlaws
Pack vs Iron Wolves
D2
Witching Hour vs Rejects
Nice TDs vs Pacemakers
Thunder Buddies vs Double Dippers
RawSauce vs Pacemakers
D3
Drama Club vs Bandits
Phoenix vs Spartans NA
Horde vs Gridiron Lions
Phoenix vs Bandits NA
Tropic Thunder vs Spartans
Ducks vs Gridiron Lions
D4
Mustard Tigers vs Creaky Knees
Nothing But D vs Slicks
Creaky Knees vs Martin Mystère
Blue Badgers vs Mustard Tigers
Action Squad vs Nomads
D5
MTL Cessnas vs Big Assets
Los Politos vs Knights
Spartans vs Hugs and Cuddles
Sax Farm vs Bandits
Ledgendaries vs 514
Women's
Crazy Bs vs Drama Queen
Louves du Nord vs Déesses du Drapeau
Drama Queen vs Tigres
Flag Moi la Peche vs Faucheuses
Those are my picks and if you feel disrespected that I didn’t pick you to win, just do what Bandits did and use me not picking you as motivation.
Power Rankings
Let's see who ended up where after last week. I know some teams really choked hard and others showed a little promise, but at the end of the day it's what have you and your team done to impress me lately and maybe crack my list. Now for my list.
D1
1- Idaho Udapimp
2- Outlaws
3- Ranceurs
D2
1- Him U
2- Double Dippers
3- RawSauce
D3
1- Ducks
2- Gridiron Lions
3- Phoenix
D4
1- Action Squad
2- Alouettes
3- Mustard Tigers
D5
1- Titans
2- MTL Cessnas
3- Big Booties
Women's
1- Tigres
2- Drama Queen
3- Leftovers
That's my list heading into this week if you want to make my exclusive list you and your team needs to step it up.
Final Thoughts
It's that time of the year when NFL bye weeks are happening and let me say as a Packers fan, having week 5 off in an 18-week season sucks. My team has to play 13 consecutive games before the playoffs and yes, my team is making the playoffs, we’re not the cowboys.
The NFL isn’t the only league that has scheduling issues, just look at the MFL schedule. You have teams playing doubleheaders in the morning then again late in the afternoon. That’s fine for the higher divisions where a bunch of players play on multiple teams, but for those lower division teams it's not cool. Do you really want to show up at 9 to play a D5 in the rain, get whooped then have to come back at 430 for your second game also in the rain? I think not. Once you had your ass handed to you, you’re more than likely not showing up for that second game.
At least you only play 1 day a week unless you’re playing in Brossard or Laval. I still think we need a north vs south game to see who's better. I've asked Terry and Jon about this and it doesn't seem like it's going to happen, so I'll ask the real person in charge and see what he says. Willie, make a north vs south game to crown the best of the best off island.
That's it for this week, but remember we are playing a game for fun, so go have some and enjoy the last few weeks of nice weather before the snow.