Word from the Mouth: Playoffs? Playoffs?! edition

Word from the Mouth: Playoffs? Playoffs?! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth 

By Kevin Kousaie

We made it to the end of the season and what a season it was. Jon ran to Europe and will miss round 1 of the playoffs once again, cute Jon taking vacation during the season. Could you only imagine what would happen if I took vacation during the season? The league would have a mandatory week off because no one is doing what I do. This past week every single one of you would have died if you were me. Let me go over my day and explain. I found out on Friday afternoon, so I needed to arrange so I didn’t have to ref at 9am and only start my ref day at 1030. On top of that I needed to arrange the phones. That was the easy part the hard part was finding time to sleep, I did finally at 7pm. Once that was done now for the long part getting up at midnight to set up fields so I can make it to work for 3am. I worked until 930 did 25k in steps hoped to make 65k all day but only got 53k and change. Then I came to football where I worked all day until 9pm that included playing my game at 430. I finally got home and in bed 1030. Yup that’s right I was up for 22.5 hours straight. Who of you are doing all that? And let's not forget it was 40 degrees outside with minimal wind. 

Recap 

D1

Willie came back from family vacation and lit up KOLB for 7 TDs and in his second game against the Unit threw 4 picks with Andrew getting 2 of them. It looks like Outlaws and Idaho learn how to play defense during the week as both teams combined for 40 points and 3 picks and 4 sacks. What would an Outlaws vs Idaho game be like without someone being upset when the final whistle blows, this time it was Idaho next my bet is its Outlaws. 

D2

Steve kept CIAs playoffs hopes alive with a last second TD passes to Mr. Ben Denis for the win over Double Dippers. Now all CIA needed to do was win as a team and hope Double Dippers lose their second game. Jason did his part throwing 5 TDs with 3 going to Jarrett. CIA won because Dave struggled at the start of the game and this allowed CIA to get up before they made the switch at QB to Mathis who threw 4 TDs and helped start the comeback, but it was too little too late. CIA had their fingers crossed hoping Average Joe's will whoop Double Dippers and they can sneak into playoffs. Well Double Dippers had other plans and walked all over a Joe's team who was missing Jason. Guess Jason was on timeout and wasn't allowed out the corner because of his behavior last week. Dippers won and earned their spot in the playoffs. 

D3

Him U showed they shouldn't be taken lightly after beating Horde by 13, while missing their QB. I guess Joey can do more than just play defense and run drags for them. Horde lost by 13 in their first one and was looking to improve in the second game and get ready for playoffs. They ran into a Thunder Buddies team that was ready for them. Willie had 2 picks in his return holding down the defense and Terry did his job as the QB throwing 4 TDs and no picks, while keeping the defense on their toes mixing in a run here and there. Trench Babies went 2-0 for the week, securing their playoff spot while working out a few kinks, and get all the bickering out the way before the playoffs and what could be a magical run for them as they have all the pieces to do so. 

D4

We added a play in game between 8 and 9 this week to see who gets the last playoff spot. With so many teams fighting for those spots it surprised me to see the 2 teams in that game both lost their last regular season game. Underdogs got beat by Spartans by 29 points. Nothing was working for underdogs, they couldn't stop JF from running all over them and when JF wasn't running he was finding open receivers. Action Squad got dismantled by Bouchers by 12 but it was never close. Gold didn't do a good job maintaining drives, he threw 3 picks and only 3 TDs. In the play in game between Underdogs and Action Squad we all hoped for lots of fireworks instead we got sparklers, it didn’t help that the game was played at 730 after a 40-degree day. It was a hot one. I want to thank everyone on behalf of all those soccer players from us clearing a field for them to play on. I could tell you exactly what happened in this game but by that time of day and being up for 20 plus hours at this point it was all a blur. Gold drove the ball and scored leaving a bit over 3 minutes left and that was plenty of time for Quentin to put something together and he did. I expected to see lots of running from him on the final drive and I’m sure so did Action Squad. With the threat of him running this opened up everything midrange and Quentin picked them apart going 6 of 7 on the final drive and only running twice for 9 yards. If Quentin can play like that in the playoffs with Simon being the leader, he is they'd have a shot at winning it all. 

D5

We had a green vs green that was a forfeit before it started. Once Lambert got winded then it became a green vs rainbow game, for safety reasons. I tried to give gold a chance in their one with the first ever attempt at a 3-point convert, a no look behind the back pass from 10 yards out where the ball needed to travel the full 10 yards in the air. They lost the game by 7 but still got the W because Improbable forfeit since they were short players. In a battle for the second seed, you had Phoenix and Big Booties. This game came down to the very end with Phoenix pulling it out on a fourth down and 10 play with under a minute left. This gave Big Booties time to try and win it on the last play of the game Jorge was picked off by Brendan. 

Women's 

While did anyone expect anything less from Drama Queen other than a perfect season. Was it even a challenge for them all season? They had a tough game last week against Crazy Bs but this week they took care of business and won convincingly 19-0. In their second game it was a game they could have played around with and tried new things, but decided to stick to the regular plan and blew Supernova out of the water 39-7. 

That’s all I have for you folks. 

Studs & Duds 

I’m not going to waste your time and I’m just going to give you my winners and losers and there are a lot of those to pick from this week. 

Studs 

D1

- Jerome Hovington 4 TDs and 2 picks. 

D2

- Victor Davis 4 TDs.

D3

- Kevin St-Pierre 3 TDs. 

D4

- Lukas Drouin 12 TDs and 1 pick to wrap up his last 2 games of the season. 

D5

- Jeremy Ghio 3 TDs and 2 picks. 

Women's 

- Roxanne Roy 3 TDs passes and a pick in her first game of the day. 

Duds

D1

- Brady Ohanessian only 14 points put up and 2 picks thrown in a game, we all expect more from you. 

D2

- Kayla Gauthier for playing 3 meaningless games and not playing the one game that actually mattered to her team. 

D3

- Rob White for throwing 4 interceptions. 

D4

- Underdogs receivers for letting Mike Jaz have more yards (28) than youth top player

D5

- Max Rosenfeld for saying he was only playing a few drives until they were up 2 or 3 scores and losing the game. 

Women's 

- Drama Queen for not taking it easy in their last game against a free agent team that they would have beaten any which way. 

There you have it you can love it or hate it, but stats and facts are where I got what I got and why I put people where they went. 

Power Rankings 

I’m skipping this section because its playoffs and no one cares where you are ranked it’s you win and you move on or you lose, and you get an extra week or 2 off before next season. 

Predictions 

Time for me to pick my winners and remember my picks are in bold like always. 

D1

KOLB vs Iron Wolves 

D2

RawSauce vs Nice TDs 

Double Dippers vs Average Joe's 

D3

Horde vs Drama Club 

Iron Trollers vs Thunder Buddies 

Action Squad vs Him U 

Trench Babies vs Witching Hour 

D4

Underdogs vs Spartans 

Alouettes vs Bouchers 

Bandits vs Beerhood 

DTS vs Mustard Tigers 

D5

Hive vs Big Assets 

Jungle Squad vs Titans 

MTL Cessnas vs 514

Mimosa Crew vs Big Booties 

Women's 

No games this weekend. 

That’s who I have winning round 1 of the playoffs. I did not pick round 2 games for D5 that weren't already scheduled. 

Final Thoughts 

What a wacky season we had we went rain every week to the extreme heat and we hated all of it. The season is over, and teams are already gearing up for the fall season, you better get in that before we run out of space. 

I said it all year to take it easy and have fun, well that time is over and it’s time to leave it all out on the field. I still expect you to have fun and not kill anyone but taking it easy just can't happen.

Word from the Mouth: Friday Morning! edition

Word from the Mouth: Friday Morning! edition

Kevin Kousaie

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.

Word from the Mouth: Friday Night! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth 

By Kevin Kousaie

The final push for the playoffs is here just 2 weeks left. We have even more exciting news this week where we have a parent vs kids game for all the bragging rights. I’m not sure if we'll change up a few rules to make it a bit more exciting but one thing is for sure Nick is going to get locked down and I’m holding it up on him while I walk over him into the endzone. If you played in the afternoon this week, lucky you, I had at 10:30 in the torrential downpour. This week there were a few forfeits because teams didn't know that in order to get a sub you must be less than 7 roster players. The only exception to this rule is for a QB where you can be as many players as you want minus your QB. Know the rules because forfeits are huge when it comes to seeding for playoffs. Now let's get into this week's action.

Recap 

D1

The Unit learn the hard way that rules are there for a reason. After blowing out Iron Wolves they heard rumors that it might be a forfeit because they exceeded the roster regulations when it comes to subs. I’m not sure how Outlaws only won by 6, it was the slow start and Steve throwing a pick 6 on their opening drive to go down by 2 scores. By halftime, the score was tied and at that point you knew Outlaws were walking away with this one. 

D2

Phoenix lost both of their games this weekend in the exact same way, pick 6s when they were going down to score and either tie it or take the lead. When things don’t go your way things like this happen or in our case a season like this. Ducks lost another close one, but you won’t win games when you throw 3 picks and complete 50% of your passes. Without Guillaume, Nice TDs kept it close against Dobbs and his Rejects teams. If Guillaume is there then Andrew doesn't have to play QB so losing a game by 4 with your QB missing and your best receiver playing a different position I'd take that as a win. 

D3

Drama Club beat up on an Iron Trollers team that was without Jon at QB and replaced by Marvin. Lesniak was also missing which meant everyone on the defense was able to walk away with 2 good knees. Nomads went 0-2 losing both games by 3 scores and Tropic Thunder also went 0-2 while only losing by 2 scores in each. Trench Babies can score at will, but they can’t seem to figure out converts. They dominated Nomads but against Thunder Buddies lost because of converts. Teams always take them for granted until they look back after it's over how important they are. Horde showed up and decided St. Jean was out at QB and Pier-Luc was in. This turned out to be huge as David went off for over 100 yards and 3 TDs on offense and had 2 picks on defense. 

D4

Les Laveurs might not have a boat load of wins, but they are able to score unlike most new teams. Once Jeremy cuts back on the picks I think the wins will start to pile up, 4 in a close game won’t cut it. Underdogs lost again and from what I saw they are missing a number 2, and they will continuously lose close games when whoever is their number 2 decides to show up and play each week. Beerhood was up on FAT Players by a mile at half that they let up in the second half. What sucks for FAT Players is half the roster was missing or at least their better players. You won’t win games when your QB doesn't show up and your back up throws 4 picks and only 59 yards. Rob and his Alouettes team went 1 and 1 beating a Marcelless Nothing but D team and then getting trampled by JF and his Spartan team. The addition of Mario and Woodley are huge for this team and will provide Rob with 2 reliable players while the inexperienced players learn the game. Rob was almost perfect against Nothing but D having 4 incomplete passes the only thing was 2 of those were picks, Mario had 3 TDs on his 5 catches. 

D5

Slicks pulled out a miraculous win after being down 12. With 3 minutes left Guillaume got a pick and it started from there. Slicks scored a few plays later then forced a 3 and out on Mimosa Crew's next possession giving them the ball back with a minute left. That was plenty of time since it took 3 plays to score. With both teams failing on converts during the game who knew that it would only take 1 shot at it for slicks to punch it in and put the pressure on Mimosa to get theirs, they didn't. Phoenix beat up a team which had 2 players quit at half. I don’t blame them they were getting smoked, and it was when the rain was horrible. I will say that the 4 players that did stick around for Orphans you can play on my team any day of the week. You could have folded and called it a day, but you folks stuck it out and had fun and that’s what it’s a about. Pick 6ers lost to DTS which was closer than some may have expected. The substantial difference for pick 6ers is William 4 TDs and only 1 pick, a few weeks ago we all would have thought this would never happen. Let’s see if he can keep it up, get into the playoffs and make a run they have the defense. 

Women's 

Zuzana with another dominant defensive game, 3 more picks to her total of 8 on the year so far. Supernova are getting better as they can move the ball, but the issue is once they get close, they can't punch it in.

If you want more, you'll have to go elsewhere. I mean if you haven't already seen the latest episode of MFL Total access is up, go enjoy. 

Studs and Duds 

I’m sure there are a few of you after checking the stat sheet you’re looking forward to seeing your name up here. Let’s remember I pick who I put up here not you, so there is a chance you’re going to be disappointed.

Studs

D1

- Marvin Steinberg 100 yards and 3 TDs. 

D2

- Simon Duchesne 2 TDs, 2 picks on defense and scored on 1 of them. 

D3

- Shermika Bartley pick 6 for the win.

D4 

- Mathis Thibert-Valade 8TD passes. 

D5 

- O’Javi Ells 3 TDs and 1 sack. 

Women's 

- Katiana Dorvilus 1 TD and 1 pick.

Duds 

D1

- The Unit for not knowing the roster rules. 

D2

- Phoenix for losing both games the exact same way. 

D3

- Jon for postponing his game and not even being here for the peach whooping Simon was handed out. 

D4 

- François Vézina 7 completions for 59 yards with 4 picks. 

D5 

- Mimosa Crew for blowing a 12 nothing leads with 3 minutes left. 

Women's 

- Émilie Anctil 5 picks.

I’m sure I made a few of you happy and a lot more of you mad. Use it as motivation there are only 2 weeks left of the season your time is running out. 

Predictions 

Ok last week was such a good one for me this week I hope will be better. Here are my picks in bold like always. 

D1 

Idaho Udapimp vs Iron Wolves 

Outlaws vs Villains 

The Unit vs Raccoons 

Ranceurs vs KOLB 

D2

Fins up vs Phoenix NA 

Phoenix vs Double Dippers NA 

Fins up vs Average Joes 

CIA vs Nice TDs 

D3

Action Squad vs Witching Hour 

Horde vs Drama Club 

FAT Players vs Nomads 

Tropic Thunder vs Action Squad 

Hog Riders vs LTC

D4 

Bouchers vs Spartans 

Nothing But D vs FAT Players 

Action Squad vs Bandits

Beerhood vs Mustard Tigers 

Underdogs vs Bouchers 

Mustard Tigers vs Alouettes 

D5

Big Booties vs Jungle Squad 

Improbables vs Wolverines 

Orphans vs MTL Cessnas 

Pick 6ers vs The Hive

The Hive vs DTS

Spartans vs Slicks 

Mimosa Crew vs Big Assets 

Women's 

Crazy Bs vs Drama Queen 

With only 2 weeks left ill need some help of I want to get a perfect week. I'll leave or like that see you all Saturday and good luck. 

Power Rankings 

With all the action last did anyone do enough to get on my list and how many teams did I take 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- Horde 

#4- Him U

 D4 (4)

#1- Bouchers

#2- Mustard Tigers

#3- Beerhood

#4- Spartans 

 D5 (5)

#1- Dart Throwers and Smokers

#2- Slicks

#3- Phoenix

#4- Big Assets

#5- Big Booties 

 Women’s (1)

#1- Drama Queen

There isn't much time left if you expect to see your team's name up on my list. At this point of the season if you’re not on my list are you going to make it up on it probably not, but with a huge win or 2 plus maybe a few upsets you can have a shot. Those chances are so slim but hey you can always hope for the best. 

Final Thoughts 

This weekend we are having our first ever parents vs kids. We all know who's winning that one. The parents of course, how the heck you think we’re letting our offspring beat us. I wish I knew who was playing and I also hope Terry listens to me and makes a few minor tweaks to the rules. I doubt he will, but we can hope. I hope it's nice tomorrow for this game. I have something planned but if it’s raining it won’t work. It’s too bad Barbara won’t be there to put another whooping on Kayla but I’m also glad at the same time because it keeps my streak of not playing on the same team as her going and really that's my goal never to play on a team with Barbara. Hope you're enjoying your vacation and see you when you get back. That’s all I got for you but remember that we are playing a game so go have fun, enjoy yourself and try not to kill anyone. Have a great one and see you tomorrow.

Word from the Mouth: No Edits! edition

Word from the Mouth: No Edits! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth 

By Kevin Kousaie

We made it through another week and only a few more touches go until playoffs, and I can't wait for the time off. After weeks of us complaining about the rain the last 2 weeks we have been dying from the heat and humidity. I'll take the rain over the heat any day. Most if not, all would prefer the heat but when you’re out in that weather for 14 hours the sun kills you. The NBA is over, the NHL is done all we have is baseball which sucks peaches to watch it’s too dam slow and the CFL. Wait there is one more league you’re forgetting about ELF, Its stands for Europe league of football. I mean it’s not NFL if that’s what you’re expecting but it isn't half bad and it gives you your fix so I’m ok with it. 

Recaps 

D1

Raccoons once again looked out of place in D1 getting smoked by Iron Wolves lead by Willie. Avery was finally used by Guillaume or at least for big plays but once they were close it was Dave St-Jean on a drag for the score. In their second game Raccoons finally pulled out a victory over Villains on the last play of the game. Who says punting is a terrible thing, only Willie. After cutting through everyone like a hot knife in butter Idaho got a reality check when they faced Outlaws. They had a tough time stopping or even slowing down the combo of Max and Marvin who each scored 3TDs. In the final d1 game of the weekend came down to the wire with KOLB pulling it out over The Unit by 1 point. 

D2

Ducks snatched their holiest win of the season over Phoenix. Ducks came out fast and hard to start the get jumped out to a big lead before Phoenix woke up and started to play. Phoenix made a game of it in the second half, but it wasn't enough as Phoenix keeps sliding down. Average Joe's are looking average at best, ever since that last second win against Fins Up. Nice TDs keep rolling as they pull out another close one. Rejects beat a RawSauce team that was missing Avery because of their defense having 4 picks in the game. CIA struggled at times in this game but also at times looked like they might pull it out. This Fins up team can beat you in so many ways. This week it was the combo of ben and max. Ben for the big plays and max for short and first downs. It’s their defense that was more impressive 5 sacks totaled by 3 different players. 

D3

Somehow someway Nomads pulled off the win against Thunder Buddies. Nomads were outplayed but got away with it because Thunder Buddies couldn't stop the run. F.A.T. players went 0-2 this weekend but after their second game were considering a name change to formally F.A.T. Players. You're going to lose any game that you give up 42 yards rushing to Jon, it’s in the rulebook. The funny thing is in their second game they only allowed Avery 32 yards on 2 extra carries. 

D4

It what we all have been looking forward for weeks now the clash of the big 2 in the division turned out to be a flop. Mustard Tigers were looking to stay undefeated, but they were without their QB among other players. Baby Maynard singlehandedly beat Mustard Tigers scoring 4 TDs and getting 2 picks on defense. The rest of the D4 games were blowouts except the Bandits verse Nothing but D. That game lacked excitement. Matt leads a Bandits team that is very efficient offensively and depends heavily on the defense. Nothing But D struggled all day to move the ball. 

D5

After getting trampled by 514 in the morning Wolverines rebounded and got their first win of the season over Phoenix. This game came down to the very end with Sylvain scoring the winner with 11 seconds left and without Brendan being there for Phoenix there was slim to no chance they were going to score in 2 plays. Later in the day Phoenix got to play their second game of the day and looked to snap the 2-game losing streak they are on. In their first game Phoenix struggled to move the ball and that carries over into the second game. The truth of the matter is that if Mimosa crew had their second string QB had been there they would have won the game. Phoenix got away with one because Chad had never thrown a ball before. Pick 6ers won and this time it was because of their offense. William threw 3 TDs and only 1 pick those numbers are normally reversed. 

Women's 

I missed all the women's games but the word around the field was Angie killed it throwing 5 TDs and Zuzana was equally as important getting 2 TDs and 2 picks for Crazy Bs. Drama Queen was led by their defense getting 4 picks and scoring on 2 of them. 

That’s all I have for you this week. 

Studs and Duds 

I’m late getting this in and I’m in a bit of a rush so let's see who balled and who should have stayed home. 

Studs

D1

- Jonathan Lyristis 3 TDs and 2 sacks. 

D2

- Eric Namts 2 TDs and 2 picks. 

D3

- Thomas Canavese 2 picks and a TD in a close game. 

D4

- JF throws 5 TDs, runs one in as well and gets 2 picks on defense.

D5

- Yianni Mitsianis 3TDs, 2 1point converts, 1 sack and 2 picks on defense. 

Women's 

- Zuzana Sichova 2 TDs and 2 picks. 

Duds 

D1

- Brady for throwing 3 picks. 

D2

- Kris Hope with his 5 picks.

D3

- Simon Valiquette for taking the weekend off and his team going 0-2.

D4

- Brian Mustard for ruining what should have been the game of the year in D4. 

D5

- Wong Dynasty for losing so many close ones all season. 

Women's 

- All the ladies on Drama Queen running the score up on those nice women on Supernova. 

There you have it folks my list. 

Predictions 

Time for you to see who I have winning and, in some cases, motivate a team to screw me over and prevent me from getting 100% on the week. Here are my picks and like always they are in bold. 

D1 

Iron Wolves vs The Unit 

Outlaws vs Ranceurs 

Idaho Udapimp vs The Unit 

D2

Ducks vs RawSauce 

Phoenix vs CIA NA 

Rejects vs Nice TDs 

Phoenix vs Average Joe's NA 

Fins up vs Ducks 

D3

LTC vs Tropic Thunder 

Him U vs Action Squad 

Horde vs FAT Players

Drama Club vs LTC 

Tropic Thunder vs Witching Hour 

Nomads vs Trench Babies 

Drama Club vs Iron Trollers 

Trench Babies vs Thunder Buddies 

Nomads vs Horde 

D4

Creaky Knees vs Les Laveurs 

Action Squad vs Underdogs 

Beerhood vs FAT Players 

Nothing But D vs Alouettes 

Spartans vs Alouettes 

D5 

Slicks vs Mimosa Crew 

Orphans vs Phoenix NA 

MTL Cessnas vs Jungle Squad 

Hive vs Spartans 

514 vs Improbables 

Wolverines vs Big Booties 

Pick 6ers vs DTS 

Slicks vs Titans 

Women's 

Supernova vs crazy Bs 

There you go folks my picks for whatever week we are in now. There have been so many and with teams playing a different number of games it’s all confusing. 

Power Rankings 

Time to look and see if your team has made it into my rankings or if you were able to stay in them at all. 

D1 (3)

#1- Outlaws 

#2- Idaho Udapimp

#3- KOLB

 D2 (3)

#1- Rejects

#2- Fins up

#3- Nice TDs 

 D3 (4)

#1- Thunder Buddies 

#2- Him U

#3- Iron Trollers 

#4- Drama Club 

 D4 (4)

#1- Bouchers

#2- Mustard Tigers

#3- Beerhood

#4- Spartans 

 D5 (5)

#1- Dart Throwers and Smokers

#2- Slicks

#3- Phoenix

#4- Big Assets

#5- Titans 

 Women’s (1)

#1- Drama Queen

 Final Thoughts 

In case you didn't already know it is calling for rain tomorrow so yeah to me who gets to be there all day getting wet. At least I play early and won’t have to play in sloppy conditions. Maybe I'll pull a Jon and just screw terry over to finding a time to reschedule the games and not do what they did and schedule it at the same time as another game I must play. Yes, this happened look it up. I won’t give names, but we know who it is. I’m going to leave it like that and let you go but before I do remember we are playing a game for fun so go out have some fun and don’t try and kill anyone. I've been hit enough over these last few weeks that I don’t need any more brain damage. Have a good one and see you tomorrow. Breaking news games from Leber have been moved over to Darcy McGee this weekend.

Word from the Mouth: What's with the Double Articles?! edition

Word from the Mouth: What's with the Double Articles?! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth

By Kevin Kousaie

Oh man, who would have guessed it? 2 weeks in a row with great weather. I would have preferred it if there was a breeze, but it’s better than the rain. What I can't believe is that I left Saturday with water and Gatorade left in my cooler. Guess it pays to have a bigger cooler or that Marvin wasn't at the same field as me.

For the longest time everyone thought I was an ass (ed’s note: you say this like people no longer think this), now people think I’m a nice person. This needs to change. I’m going to start charging for drinks and food. 

I saw so much football this weekend I'd better get to my recaps before my head starts hurting again and I forget what I seen. 

 

Recaps 

 

D1

 

I missed out on seeing Willie become the new Jon with his slow boring drives or Vinny borrowing my shorts and obviously the skill set as well for his game against Idaho. I also wanted to see if Nicolas Boucher could repeat that ridiculous 1 handed catch along the sideline from a week ago. Smuda made his season debut and only scored 2 TDs, that extended off season seems to have upset the chemistry with Steve. 

 

D2

 

Nice TDs are looking like a team that you don’t want to play against. After working through stuff and building chemistry over those first 2 weeks, they are now on fire. For their opponent Double Dippers, they are on the decline after starting out hot. It didn't help that David was absent once again and his replacements threw 4 picks this week.

Now the game I wanted to see was the Rejects vs Average Joes, only to see Jason and his team get walloped after acting like fools last week.

Then there was the Phoenix vs RawSauce game which I played in and a game that very few big plays were made, but the ones that were one on the defensive side of the ball. It was Marc-Antoine Léveillée with a pick 6 and the one that was the nail in the coffin for Phoenix was a pick 1 on the first OT possession by Gabriel for the win. It sucked to lose that way, but what can you do about it? Sometimes a guy just makes a play on the ball and you can't do squat about it. 

 

D3

 

I was live and present for 3 of these 4 games and at least 1 of them was great. I will say I've never seen a player throw the ball on 1 team while simultaneously playing defense on the other team and getting the PD, well done Mr. Louis Vranderick at 1:01 on the play by play. Now to the games I saw.

Action Squad dismantled La Horde 54-20 and I think if Gold was the QB they whoop them. That wasn’t the case as Avery was the QB and he threw 7 TDs with only 9 incomplete passes. The only thing that stopped Avery was the extended uniform he had on. Glad to see the dreads didn't get ripped off.

I was hoping to see a better game from LTC, but they were missing a few players and it took Cesar a little while to figure out Max was on the other team. LTC’s top receiver had 5 catches and Max had 4 picks.

For the game of the week (minus Joey, so if Him U wants we can put an asterisk beside this one for you), Him U could have easily won this game, but 2 mistakes cost them. It was the overthrow from James and allowing Terry to bleed 5 and a half minutes and score on the last play of the game.

I should charge as a motivational speaker or, in this case, writer. Got you wondering what is he talking about? Last week Benjamin Mallette was the dud and this week he showed up to play with 3 TDs and a pick. If that isn’t enough for you, then I don’t know what to tell you. 

 

D4

 

Bouchers were too much for a QBless Nothing But D team to handle as they got shutout 20-0.

Mustard Tigers are firing on all cylinders as they cruise to another easy win over Action Squad.

Rob should know the Bandits team since he plays with most of them in Laval. Rob threw 3 picks as he was outplayed by Matt who only threw 4 incomplete passes all game long.

Bouchers went 2-0 this weekend beating Creaky Knees 33-27. I only mentioned it because all the blame for the loss falls on Alex and the 1 drop. It wasn't for a TD or anything, I just happened to look over and saw it.

 

D5

 

Mimosa Crew's defense set the tone early and often getting 9 picks in the game leading to a 44-0 shellacking of Legendaries.

In there second game Mimosa took the beating at the hands of MTL Cessnas 46-26. Milan torched them with his legs (72 yards) but also through the air (228 yards) and 6 TD passes.

Improbables pulled off a close one which was decided by a convert. You never think about it during the game and only afterwards realize how important they are.

Phoenix put up a goose egg this week as Nick’s favorite target was Guillaume with 5 picks. The Slicks defense was all over the place and Phoenix couldn't move the ball on offense or get a stop on defense.

I finally got to see DTS play and after seeing them, I think Justin Khouzam might be their best player, not Yianni Mitsianis, but I could be mistaken because of their situation.

Wong Dynasty played the best game of their season this weekend and had a chance late to win it all. Matthew Lazaris struggled early with a few picks (3), but after settling in he got rolling, plus he had 2 picks of his own. This DTS team is really athletic and will be dangerous once they gain some experience and knowledge. Ryan Wong at times looked like he was in full control directing the offense up and down and then there were times it looked like he had no clue what was going on. This game shows you that despite their record, Wong Dynasty shouldn't be overlooked. 

 

Women's 

 

I know nothing and I heard nothing, but if I had to put money on it at 1 point in the game Kayla was crying (sorry, asking) about a call or why it wasn't called. I could do the research, but who has time for that? This is MFL news I make it up as I go along. I learned from Fox News.

 

That’s what I have for you in the way of recaps. I figured I'd try something different this week and see how it goes.

 

Studs & Duds

 

It’s the time to see if I think you did enough to crack my list. Not everyone could make my list and a few of you made my picks harder than they needed to be and some were so simple that if it took 2 seconds to name that person, I’m the one with the problem then. Now let's see who I put on my list good or bad. 

 

Studs

 

D1 

- Brady Ohanessian 9 TD passes and only 8 incomplete passes. 

 

D2 

- Gabriel Boucher because of his picks 1 in OT.

 

D3

- Benjamin Mallette 3 TDs along with a pick on defense.

 

D4 

- Marc-Antoine L'Hérault-Paré 3 TDs and 2 picks. 

 

D5 

- Guillaume Malo had 5 picks on defense plus threw 4 TDs also.

 

Women's 

- Rochelle Bethelmy 5 sacks. 

 

Duds 

 

D1 

- Vinny Gualano he threw 4 picks and got benched for Ashton. 

 

D2 

- Jason Armenti because of his 3 picks plus why not. 

 

D3

- Michael Lesniak for not knowing how to stay up on his feet. 

 

D4

- Rob White for getting out played by Matt and not being able to beat his own Laval team. 

 

D5 

- Nick Kousaie for throwing 6 picks.

 

Women's 

- Barbara Donais for running 39 yards and not getting in for the score. 

 

Those are the players I came up with, love it or hate it, I don’t care. Want to make my list? Play better or play worse, guess it depends on which list of mine you want to make. 

 

Predictions 

 

I haven't been keeping up with how my overall has been, but last week I went 17 and 8 which is not great but it’s still a pass. Now to this week's picks and like always my picks are in bold.

 

D1

 

Raccoons vs Iron Wolves 

Raccoons vs Villains

Idaho Udapimp vs Outlaws

Unit vs KOLB 

 

D2

 

Nice TDs vs Average Joe's 

Phoenix vs Ducks NA

Rejects vs RawSauce 

CIA vs Fins Up 

 

D3

 

Thunder Buddies vs Nomads

Him U vs Drama Club 

Iron Trollers vs F.A.T Players

LTC vs Witching Hour 

Trench Babies vs Drama Club 

Action Squad vs F.A.T. Players

Iron Trollers vs Hog Riders 

 

D4

 

Bouchers vs Mustard Tigers 

Action Squad vs Alouettes 

Underdogs vs Les Laveurs 

Beerhood vs Creaky Knees 

Bandits vs Nothing But D 

F. A.T Players vs Spartans 

 

D5

 

514 vs Wolverines 

Ledgendaries vs Spartans 

Titans vs Big Assets 

Big Booties vs Wong Dynasty 

Phoenix vs Wolverines NA 

Slicks vs DTS

Big Booties vs Free Agents 3 

Mimosa Crew vs Phoenix NA 

Pick 6ers vs Wong Dynasty 

 

Women's 

 

Drama Queen vs Supernova

Crazy Bs vs Supernova

 

There you have it my winners for week 7 or 8, not sure anymore which week we’re in, but I do know that at least 3 teams are bopping up the chance for me to be perfect. The question is will it be your team that screws me or will it be someone else?

 

Power Rankings 

 

With everything that happened last week I had to make a few changes to my list. Let’s see who I kept on my list and who I booted off.

 

D1 (3)

#1- Idaho Udapimp

#2- Outlaws

#3- KOLB

 

D2 (3)

#1- Rejects

#2- Fins up

#3- Average Joes

 

D3 (4)

#1- Thunder Buddies 

#2- Drama Club

#3- Him U

#4- Action Squad

 

D4 (4)

#1- Mustard Tigers

#2- Bouchers 

#3- Beerhood

#4- Action Squad

 

D5 (5)

#1- Dart Throwers and Smokers

#2- Slicks

#3- Titans

#4- Phoenix

#5- Big Assets

 

Women’s (1)

#1- Drama Queen

 

Final Thoughts 

 

Should they allow NFL players to play flag football in the Olympics or should they let the flag players go instead? I say monkey sandwich that, let the flag guys go and show what they can do, plus the Olympics are for amateurs not professionals. Don't worry I feel the same way about the NBA and the NHL players as well (ed’s note: phew, I was worried!).

 

I can tell you that if I’m on the national flag football team and I’m good enough to represent the country 50 weeks of the year, but not the 2 weeks the Olympics are going on, well, I guess I’m not representing the country those other 50 weeks as well. Let the pros go. Wait they can’t, they have other jobs. They want the pros for the fans and so people will watch and then maybe flag football will become an official sport.

 

Before you go remember we play flag football for fun, so take it easy out there, have fun, enjoy yourself, and try not to kill anyone. See you all on Saturday. 

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