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.