Word from the Mouth: Disappointing the Ladies! edition

Word from the Mouth: Disappointing the Ladies! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Week 1 went well other than playing 2 games over at Le Ber, but at least those were the last games this year over there. The rest of the season is at Georges Saint-Pierre Park, which is synthetic and not grass. 

I personally prefer to play on grass but this late in the year you’ll just ruin the field for next year. 

I really hope that the city does some work on Le Ber, Arthur Therrien, and De La Verendrye since they closed off those parks. My bet is that they don’t since they closed off De La Verendrye for a few weeks during the season and only put down seed.

 

Studs and Duds 


Week 1 of the playoffs is down and I know we had multiple players ball out, but what's surprising is the number of players that stunk up the place. Now let's see who I went with and where I put them. 


Studs


D1

- Victor Davis 3 TDs on 4 catches. 


D2

- Geoffrey Mubengaie 6 TD passes.


D3

- Jason McAleer 3 TDs and a pick on defense. 


D4

- Thomas Znoj 100 yards, 1 TD and 1 pick on defense. 


D5

- Mather Warsame 4 TD catches. 


Women's 

- Gabriela Fagnan Bizzarro 3 TDs and 2 picks on defense. 


Duds 


D1

- Kevin Thibert 1 catch 4 yards. 


D2

- Jeremi Thompson-O'Reilly for the penalty that extended the game by 1 play, which turned into being the winning score. 


D3

- Josh Levine 4 catches 25 yards in a D3 playoff game, you have to do better or else your gold jacket might get taken away. 


D4

- Guillaume Malo threw 4 picks.


D5

- Jean-François Lawrence 5 picks and only 6 competitions. 


Women's 

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Predictions 


Winner gets to move on to the finals and let's see who I have moving on. 


D1 

KOLB vs Outlaws 

Iron Wolves vs Idaho Udapimp 


D2 

Nice TDs vs Him U 

Witching Hour vs Trench Babies 


D3 

Gridiron Lions vs Phoenix NA 

Bandits vs Ducks 


D4

Mustard Tigers vs Alouettes 

Creeky Knees vs Seminoles 


D5

514 vs MTL Cessnas 

Last Calls vs Wong Dynasty 


Women's 

Drama Queen vs Leftovers 


Power Rankings 


No more rankings. I am working on my all-star picks but that won’t be out until next week so stay tuned. 


Final Thoughts

Slowly, but surely, we are getting to the end of the season and for some of you wish it could go an extra few weeks. I get it, love of the game, but I could really use some time off. I've had 1 Saturday off since April and that’s a long freaking time. 

With 2 weeks to go, let's pray for sun and warm weather, which might not be happening this weekend so bundle up. I know I'll be warm. I'll have on plenty of layers, plus I might even bring my heater so I’m good and so will my team be. I also have a few other tricks up my sleeve. Yes, I will be wearing sleeves on so all the ladies you’ll be disappointed if you expected to see me shirtless. I might not be there all mentally, but I’m not stupid enough to not wear clothing to stay warm in the cold. 

That’s all I have for this week, rest up and get ready for the semifinals and like always, I’ll remind you that we are playing a game that is for fun, so go out, enjoy yourself, and try not to kill anyone. See you on Saturday.


Word from the Mouth: Soylent Green is Refs! edition

Word from the Mouth: Soylent Green is Refs! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Another season in the books and now it's time for the real season to begin, playoffs. 

I hope by the time you’re reading this that the city has decided to wait a few weeks before fixing up Le Ber and closing it off for the year. We have been playing at Le Ber for years and years now and I think maybe 5 times I've seen them do repairs. I mean all things considered, Le Ber looks great for this time of the year, but that has more to do with the fact we haven't used it that much. Let's just hope we can finish the season where we started it. (ed’s note: we’re finishing at Georges St Pierre on synthetic turf, so no more damage to Le Ber!)


Studs and Duds 


Here are my picks for the final week of the season. Either you made it from your hard work or because you played like crap. 


Studs


D1

- Jonathan Svetna 3 TDs over 100 yards, 2 2-point convert along with 2 picks on defense. 


D2

- Terry Babalis 6 TD passes, only 5 incomplete passes and he also had 2 rushing TDs as well. 


D3

- Antoine Bussieres 2 TDs and 3 picks on defense which he returned 1 for a TD. 


D4

- Guillaume Malo 5 TD passes on just 9 completions. He also had a pick on defense. 


D5

- Nicolas Cloutier 5 TD passes, no picks, nice way to finish off the year. 


Women's 

- Sabrina Renaud 3 TDs and 2 picks on defense. 


Duds 


D1

- Idaho for scoring 123 points in 2 games that weren't even close. 


D2

- The league for allowing Simon Valiquette to throw for RawSauce, with playoffs on the line for multiple teams. 


D3

- Leon Holder can't throw 5 picks with playoffs on the line. 


D4

- Justin White 1 TD and 1 pick in a total of 2 games expected more from you. 


D5

- Jorge Hernandez 5 completions, 22 yards and 4 picks. 


Women's 

- Emma Svoiski 5 picks. 


If you made my list for the right reasons, then way to go and if you messed the bed and are on my list for that, you’ll have to live with it all year knowing you were the final dud. 


Predictions 


Now that we made it to the playoffs, making my picks might be harder than normal since only good teams are left. Here goes nothing and, like always, my picks are in bold. 


D1

Ranceurs vs KOLB 


D2 

Nice TDs vs Thunder Buddies 

Pacemakers vs Trench Babies 

Witching Hour vs Double Dippers 


D3 

Gros Iron Trollers vs Bandits 

Spartans vs Gridiron Lions 


D4

Mustard Tigers vs Action Squad 

Slicks vs Creaky Knees 


D5

Knights vs Wong Dynasty 

Hive vs Last Calls 

514 vs Spartans 

Bandits vs Action Squad 


Women's 

Rookies vs Tigres 

Faucheuses vs leftovers

Crazy Bs vs Drama Queen 


Power Rankings 



Who cares about power Rankings at this point of the year, it’s playoff time and that means you win and you move on, standings don’t mean monkey fun at all anymore. 


Final Thoughts


Looks like we might be playing in the rain and that isn’t good for the teams playing late in the day, but it's also not good for us if we have to play on the same field the next few weeks as well. It’s been arranged that most games will be played at Georges Saint Pierre Park, apart from 2 games that will be at Le Ber. 


It's playoffs and that means win and you play next week, lose and you're stuck waiting until January to get back out there. Knowing that it could be your last game, better leave it all out on the field, but that doesn't mean you can play recklessly, people still need to work on Monday. 


Last thing we are playing a game, so go out, have fun, and don’t kill anyone. And be nice to the refs, we are people too (ed’s note: more or less). 


Word from the Mouth: Pulling Cars in the Parking Lot! edition

Word from the Mouth: Pulling Cars in the Parking Lot! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Final week of the season and that means it's time to get ready for the playoffs. For those of you not making the playoffs, it's time to start thinking about the winter season.

Space is limited for the winter season, so you better be ready to submit your rosters once we open it up. Games are played at Concordia stinger dome with a few in Brossard, and yes the dome will be open and we have been given confirmation that it has been replaced with a new one. 

The past few seasons the games have been on Saturday night between 6 and 11 and that would be my bet again this season. (ed’s note: there will be some Sunday games in Brossard in the morning and afternoon as well)


Studs and Duds 


You only have 1 week left to make my list if you haven't made it yet. Here are my picks for this week as my Studs and Duds. 


Studs


D1

- Manuel Allard-Roy 3 TDs and a pick on defense. 


D2

- Terry Babalis 7 TD passes and 1 on the ground. 


D3

- Justin Salonga 6 TD passes and 2 runs. 


D4

- Guillaume Malo 2 TD passes, 2 TD runs, 2 picks on defense and a sack. 


D5

- Ian Carlo Herrera going 20 of 29 for 244 yards and 6 TD passes, he also ran for 44 yards as well. 


Women's 

- Ingrid Brassard 10 catches for 124 yards with 5 TDs and she also picked off a pass and ran that back for a TD as well. 


Duds 


D1

- QB play from the 4 guys who tried for the Pack this weekend throwing a total of 8 picks. 


D2

- Joey Notaro 3 catches 12 yards, we all know you can do way more than that on 1 leg so do more. 


D3

- Drama Club for getting Simon to throw, breaking cap, and taking the forfeit instead of sticking it out the last 2 weeks. 


D4

- Mustard Tigers for getting 3 subs and making the game a forfeit. 


D5

- Hugs and Cuddles for not showing up and handing Titans a free win. 


Women's 

- Rosalie Carle throwing 4 picks and only completing 36% of your pass will end you up here. 


Congratulations on making my list, but you have only 1 week left, so better get on it and fast. 


Predictions 


Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always. 


D1


KOLB vs Pack 

Outlaws vs Ranceurs 

KOLB vs Iron Wolves 

Unit vs Idaho Udapimp 

Idaho Udapimp vs Honor Game 


D2 


Nice TDs vs Trench Babies 

Bines vs Double Dippers 

RawSauce vs Him U 

Rejects vs Bines

Thunder Buddies vs Trench Babies 

Pacemakers vs Rejects 


D3


Ducks vs FAT Players 

Bandits vs Gridiron Lions 

Gros Iron Trollers vs Phoenix NA 

Drama Club vs Gros Iron Trollers 


D4


Blue Badgers vs Action Squad 

Creaky Knees vs Action Squad 

Seminoles vs Nomads

Alouettes vs Nothing But D 

Slicks vs Mustard Tigers 


D5


Jungle Squad vs Action Squad 

Last Calls vs Ledgendaries 

514 vs Big Assets 

Wolverines vs los Politos 

Big Booties vs Wong Dynasty 

Hugs and Cuddles vs Bandits 

Spartans vs Sax Farm 

Los Politos vs Titans 

Unnamed Champions vs Knights 

Big Booties vs Hive 


Women's 


Drama Queen vs Faucheuses 

Louves du Nord vs Leftovers

Crazy Bs vs Unmatched Girls 

Rookies vs Déesses du Drapeau 

Tigres vs Leftovers 

Unmatched Girls vs Flag Moi la Peche 


There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend. 


Power Rankings 


D1

1- Iron Wolves 

2- Outlaws

3- Idaho Udapimp 


D2

1- Him U 

2- Trench Babies 

3- Thunder Buddies 


D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Phoenix

3- Ducks


D4

1- Seminoles

2- Alouettes

3- Action Squad 


D5

1- MTL Cessnas

2- Titans

3- FAT Players 


Women's 

1- Tigres 

2- Déesses du Drapeau 

3- Leftovers 


Final Thoughts


It's your final chance to get everything in order for the playoffs, that is if your team is making it. If not, well you get one last game before 2 months of no football. I also hope that we have nice weather, and everyone shows up for their games. 

I know that we added an extra time slot this week at 7pm. I know this is nuts and the lights better come on or else we're old schooling it and pulling cars onto the field for lighting. 

With this extra slot I’m only going to be at the field for 14 or 15 hours. I’m glad I’m not working this weekend or I'd be screwed. 

If you haven't started, get to planning for the winter season so when registration opens you can get in quickly and not miss out. (ed’s note: last year we booked up in about a week after opening registration!)

Even though it's the last week of the season and you might have to play your ass off to make it into the playoffs, we are still playing a game for fun, so go have some and heads up be nice to the officials. If you’re not, it might cost you and your team. Have a great rest of the week and see you Saturday. 


Word from the Mouth: Dinosaur Breath! edition

Word from the Mouth: Dinosaur Breath! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Let me start by saying hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving or turkey day as some call it (ed’s note: or Friendsgiving!). 


What a great weekend. We had a lot of football, it was cool in the morning, and by afternoon was nice and warm. We know that the fields aren't in great shape, but we have 2 weeks left of the season and 3 for the playoffs, so we have to stick it out. 


With playoffs right around the corner, players and captains need to be aware that they need 5 games played to be eligible. Captains, get your players out and gearing up for that run for the playoffs and a shot at the title.


Studs and Duds 


It's that time of the week where we find out who I picked this week as my Studs and Duds. 


Studs


D1

- Jean-Baptiste Otshudi 2 picks on defense and took 1 back for 6 to go along with 55 yards and a TD on offense. 


D2

- Jeremi Thompson-O'Reilly 4 TDs and a pick on defense.


D3

- Vinny Gualano 3 picks on defense plus a TD on offense playing limited snaps. 


D4

- Alexandre Bresse 6 TD passes 


D5

- Julien Shabazz 6 TD passes plus 2 picks with 1 returned for a score on defense.


Women's 

- Gabrielle Mongrain 2 TDs on offense 3 picks with 1 going back for 6 on defense. 


Duds 


D1

- PO for throwing 4 picks. 


D2

- Lambert Paquette 1 catch 6 yards and a PD on defense get your head out of your ass and play football you can do better than that. I mean I really hope so, fingers crossed. 


D3

- Matt Bergamin for coming out of hiding and showing his true talent with 4 picks, but don't worry if the guys ran what they were supposed to, they would have been 4 TDs from my understanding. 


D4

- Brian Mustard, you threw 5 picks. 


D5

- Matthew Newell for throwing 5 picks. 


Women's 

- Émilie Anctil 5 picks. 


Those are my winners and losers for the week. 


Predictions 


Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always. 


D1


Honor Game vs Outlaws 

Idaho Udapimp vs Pack 

Ranceurs vs KOLB 

Iron Wolves vs Unit 


D2 


RawSauce vs Thunder Buddies 

Average Joe's vs Witching Hour 

Trench Babies vs Bines 

Pacemakers vs Him U 

Double Dippers vs Nice TDs 


D3


Drama Club vs Ducks 

Tropic Thunder vs FAT Players 

Spartans vs Gros Iron Trollers 

Bandits vs Tropic Thunder 

Gros Iron Trollers vs Gridiron Lions

Horde vs Phoenix NA 


D4


Mustard Tigers vs Seminoles 

Nothing But D vs Action Squad 

Creaky Knees vs Nomads 

Alouettes vs Slicks 


D5


Big Assets vs FAT Players 

Hive vs Unnamed Champions 

Wolverines vs Knights 

Action Squad vs FAT Players 

Wolverines vs Unnamed Champions 

Knights vs Ledgendaries

Los Politos vs Big Booties 

MTL Cessnas vs 514

Hugs and Cuddles vs Titans 

Top Shooters vs Bandits 

Jungle Squad vs Last Calls 


Women's 


Déesses du Drapeau vs Faucheuses 

Tigres vs Crazy Bs 

Leftovers vs Unmatched Girls 

Mamma Jammas vs Faucheuses 

Drama Queen vs Louves du Nord 


There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend. 


Power Rankings 


D1

1- Iron Wolves 

2- Ranceurs

3- Outlaws 

  

D2

1- Him U 

2- Trench Babies 

3- Thunder Buddies 


D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Phoenix

3- Ducks


D4

1- Alouettes

2- Seminoles

3- Mustard Tigers 


D5

1- MTL Cessnas

2- Titans

3- FAT Players 


Women's 

1- Tigres 

2- Déesses du Drapeau 

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


Fall is my favorite time of the year. We get football back, you get cooler weather, the leaves changing colors, and you also get to go apple picking and other fall activities. 


One thing isn’t changing anytime soon and that’s football being back, the others are and let me explain. It was 30 degrees the other day then went down to 0 overnight, where is the chance for our bodies to acclimate? It's nuts. 


I went up north for Thanksgiving hoping to see all sorts of beautiful colors, but there were nothing but bare trees and all the leaves on the ground were brown. This is some serious BS. And I just found out that if you want to go apple picking for McIntosh, better make it soon as they are going extinct. 


Jon is going to say global warming and he might be right (ed’s note: I say it’s captured dinosaur breath in the atmosphere preventing heat from escaping the ozone layer!), but we never want Jon to be right so we're going to say it has to do with the earth spinning faster or slower which ever makes more sense. 


With so little time left in the season and teams fighting hard for a playoff spot, players still need to remember that we are playing a game for fun, so go out, have some fun, and enjoy the time out there because in a few weeks it will all be gone. 


Word from the Mouth: Ruining a Bunch of Crab! edition

Word from the Mouth: Ruining a Bunch of Crab! edition

Kevin Kousaie

We made it through another week and that only leaves a few lefts before playoffs. All the games were at Le Ber this week and if you were lucky enough to play early you got to play on a nice green field of grass, but if you played late in the day it was dusty and not so green anymore. If we want to play at Le Ber for playoffs, then we need to avoid it for the next few weeks, so we have grass to play on. 

I will say that this season using 3 different locations has made the conditions the best we have had in a very very long time. I think that if we don't damage it too much, then next spring we should be playing a thick patch of grass. I plan to put seed down one more time before the winter, but I will also be doing lots of soil and seed in the spring as well. I'd love for the city to get me a truck load of soil and loads of seed so I can level it off and over seed the crap out of it. I might even shovel the field during the winter so I can have access to it earlier in the spring since I won’t have to wait for all the snow to melt. I have to stay in shape somehow over the winter. 

For those wondering, yes, I'll probably end up doing it shirtless as well. Just because there is snow on the ground doesn't mean it's not hot out. 


Studs and Duds 


It's that time of the week where we find out who I picked this week as my Studs and Duds. 


Studs


D1

- Andrew Grant 3 TDs over 100 yards and a pick 6 on defense. 


D2

- Brian Tinning 2 45-yard TDs in the same game. 


D3

- Conner McAleer 5 catches 114 yards 3 TDs and a pick on defense.


D4

- Guillaume Malo 3 rushing TDs to go along with 3 sacks. 


D5

- Leo Salonikios 4 TDs and 2 picks on defense.


Women's 

- Gabrielle Mongrain 5 TDs on offense and 1 pick on defense that she returned for a TD. 


Duds 


D1

- Honor game receiving core for dropping way too many balls for Dave that hit them in the hands. 


D2

- Josh Levine 1 catch for 4 yards won’t cut it for a HOF player especially in a 1-point game. 


D3

- Nathan Lambert 8 picks thrown. 


D4

- Alec De Lafontaine-Jovani threw 4 picks. 


D5

- Mario for really thinking his MTL Cessnas teams should be playing in D5 and not D4. 


Women's 

- Isabelle Poirier 3 picks thrown with only 9 completions and a total of 45 yards passing and minus 9 rushing. 


Predictions 


Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always. 


D1


Ranceurs vs Honor Game 

KOLB vs Idaho Udapimp 

Iron Wolves vs Idaho Udapimp 


D2 


Witching Hour vs Trench Babies

Double Dippers vs Rejects 

Thunder Buddies vs Him U 

Trench Babies vs Double Dippers 

Average Joe's vs Thunder Buddies 

Bines vs Nice TDs 


D3


Gros Iron Trollers vs Tropic Thunder 

Banditti’s vs Spartans 

FAT Players vs Drama Club 

Phoenix vs FAT Players NA


D4


Creaky Knees vs Nothing But D 

Nomads’ vs Martin Mystère 

Action Squad vs Seminoles 

Seminoles vs Blue Badgers 

Mustard Tigers vs Alouettes


D5


Wong Dynasty vs Last Calls 

Hive vs los Politos. 

Unnamed Champions vs Sax Farm 

MTL Cessnas vs Wolverines 

Top Shooters vs Hugs and Cuddles 

Big Assets vs Last Calls 

Wong Dynasty vs Spartans 

514 vs Titans 

Ledgendaries vs Action Squad 

Banditti’s vs Jungle Squad 

FAT Players vs Ledgendaries 


Women's 


Faucheuses vs Louves du Nord 

Leftovers vs Rookies 

Drama Queen vs Déesses du Drapeau 

Tigres vs Flag Moi la Peche 

Unmatched Girls vs Mamma Jammas 

Déesses du Drapeau vs Crazy B’s 


There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend. 


Power Rankings 

It's that time of the week to see who's on my list and who fell off my list. 


D1

1- Idaho Udapimp 

2- Outlaws 

3- Ranceurs   

 

D2

1- Him U 

2- Double Dippers  

3- Witching Hour 


D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Bandits 

3- Phoenix 


D4

1- Alouettes

2- Mustard Tigers 

3- Seminoles 


D5

1- Titans

2- MTL Cessnas 

3- Big Booties 


Women's 

1- Tigres 

2- Déesses du Drapeau 

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


Man, old age catches up quickly and ruins a bunch of crab (ed’s note: leaving that in!). I’m still dealing with a neck injury and not sure if I'm playing this week or if I'll be able to play moving forward. Who am I kidding? We all know I’m going to probably end up playing and that’s just because of the love of the game and the fact that the season is almost over and we won’t be playing for 2 months. 

I know most players probably have not thought about the winter season, but you might want to because once the details are final for the winter season it will fill up real quick because we are limited on the number of teams we can have. I think it's between 24 and 32, but those numbers might be wrong. 

Big thanks to all that participated in the charity tournament a few weeks back. It was very successful and really helped out. I’m sure we will be doing something like this again next year and maybe this time it will be bigger. 

That’s all for now and before you go remember we are all out there playing a game we love for fun, so please take it easy and try not to kill anyone. See you all tomorrow or at least the players coming to de la Verendrye. 


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