Word from the Mouth: The Return of the Ed! edition

Friday, August 1st Kevin Kousaie

(pre-articale ed’s note! The MFL get together and awards ceremony will be next Friday, August 8^th at Champs bar located at 3956 St Laurent Blvd. Hope to see you there!)

Only a few more days (or depending on when I finish my article and it ends up on the site, it could only be a few hours) before the finals. Let me start by saying thanks for making the season as great as it was even with the snarf weather.

For most people, it’s that time where they are scrambling around looking to fill out their roster for the fall season. I normally put 2 teams in, but because of how last season ended up and with injuries I was thinking to take season off. Then yesterday before leaving work I made my decision to put 1 team in and I can tell you that on my 15 minute drive home I had put a complete team together that I almost feel bad for putting in, but that’s not my problem. (ed’s note: you’re on the competition committee! It literally is your problem!)

Recap

D1

I was able to see the Unit vs Idaho game and it was a bit disappointing. I expected Brady and his team to show up, get up early, and watch Unit crumble. That never happened. Idaho was missing players and needed a sub to bring them to 6. Out of all the players who balled out in this game, James was the one you'd never expect to go off the way he did. The man had 4 TDs on 6 catches to go along with a pick. Once the Unit were up by 2 scores in the second half it was over. Vinnie milked every second off the clock.

The Outlaws once again cruised to the finals, beating KOLB again by 19. Smuda might be coming back from an injury and he might not even be the same player he was a few seasons ago, but the one thing you can count on is Steve getting him the ball in the redzone. The guy scored 2 times on 4 catches and only had 25 yards. Max pretty much sealed it for Outlaws with the start of the second half TD then a pick 6 on the next play.

D2

Fins up collected an easy win over Double Dippers who most were surprised made it that far. In the game that came down to the wire Nice TDs pulled it out late and sealed when Ben got the safety after they went up 5 with 15 seconds left. That’s not even the big story from the game the big issue is Ice TDs didn’t have a QB for the first half as Guillaume was MIA and when he showed up in the second half and got on the field it was a 12 all game. Guillaume you have to do better at showing up they almost took Simon as a sub.

D3

Both of these games weren't really close. Thunder Buddies were able to keep David from running and this meant he was going to beat them throwing, not when one of your first pass is a pick to Terry which they capitalize on to go up 2 scores and they never looked back after that. In the other game we had Witching Hour vs Him U this game was close in the first half but in the second half it was all Him U.

D4

My nomination for crap game of the year had to be Bandits vs Alouettes. This game was slow and by that, I mean nothing happening and felt drawn out. There was a crazy number of sacks, 9 in the game. Yaseen racked up 5 of them for Bandits, Alexis had 3 and Rob got 1 as well for Alouettes. After getting sacked 5 times Rob need to get at least 1. This game all changed with 1 pass that went off a receivers hands and right into the waiting arms of Mario. This happened right after Alouettes scored to cut the lead to 12-6. They scored easily from there to tie it up. From that point on it was let's not screw up and see who makes the first mistake and that was Bandits with a pick coming off the receivers hands. That was the play that changed the game in Alouettes favor after that it was no looking back for them. I missed the other game but what I seen was DTS getting off to a slow start like they have in a few games this season the only difference was Underdogs built up a big lead by the time they got going.

D5

Milan has gone from a kid who looked like he didn’t know what was going on at the start of the season to a kid who knows when to tuck it away and run but better than that how to protect the ball by throwing it away than forcing a bad pass. This was the difference in the game, oh and Lambert dominating on defense with 2 picks and also scoring 1 Td on offense. My bet is that Big Assets would have loved a playmaker like Lambert in their game. L I really thought it was over when Justin leads a 7-minute drive that ended with a score on fourth down. Instead, Big Assets gave up a 45-yard TDs with no one around, and I mean no one. Luca had time to walk around to waste time before someone got close and he walked in for the score.

Studs & Duds

Well, its playoffs and everyone should be bringing their A game, but we all know there are a few outlines that need to be placed in the dud section. Let’s see you I picked as my Studs and Duds.

Studs

D1

- James Colley had 4 TDs and a pick as well.

D2

- Damien Balla 2 picks and 2 TDs.

D3

- Terry Babalis 6 TD passes and only 3 incomplete passes.

D4

- Quentin Leduc 3 TD passes, 3 rushing TDs and 4 picks.

D5

- Guillaume Malo 3 TD passes and 1 sack on defense.

Duds

D1

- Idaho players that didn’t show up this weekend.

D2

- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin for showing up super late and letting the team down at the beginning of the game. I would have kept you on the bench.

D3

- David St-Jean he threw 3 picks and couldn't figure out how to get his best player the ball more than 4 times.

D4

- Matt Bergamin throwing 2 picks and getting sacked 4 times won’t cut it in the semifinals, especially when your about quick passes and ball possession.

D5

- Big Assets defense.

There you have it my Studs and Duds from round 2 or the semifinals depending on what you want to call it.

Predictions

By now I know all the teams, so I figure anything less than 5 out of 6 is a bust. Now to my picks.

D1

Outlaws’ vs The Unit

D2

Fins up vs Nice TDs

D3

Thunder Buddies vs Him U

D4

Alouettes vs Underdogs

D5

Slicks vs MTL Cessnas

Women's

Drama Queen vs Crazy Bs

That’s who I have winning. Sorry if I didn’t pick you to win, you’ll get over it, unless you're Gold, he takes it personally. I’m joking, he always points it out when I pick against him, and when they win he says it motivation.

Final Thoughts

This weekend MFL is live broadcast the finals thanks to Ben and Gabriel. They did it a season or two ago and have offered to do it once again. You know what that means we're going to get Andrew being loud and obnoxious all just to get on camera (ed’s note: yeah, cause Andrew is really quiet when there are no cameras). Now tell me I’m wrong about that.

It's supposed to be nice on Saturday so you should come out to watch the games and either cheer for your favourite team or for a certain team to lose, whichever you prefer.

It’s the last week of the season before 2 weeks off. All that time with no football, what is there to do? Time off getting some sleep and let's hope lots of sun.

It’s the finals so leave it all out there, but keep it safe and remember we're playing a game so have fun and enjoy yourself. See you Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: Always go for 2! edition

Friday, July 25th Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth

By Kevin Kousaie

Well round 1 of the playoffs are in the books only 2 more weeks of the spring season. This is just a reminder that you still have time to put a team in for the fall season (Email the league at MTLflagfootball@gmail.com). I prefer the fall season over summer just because the weather is better or at least cooler. I hate playing in the heat especially when my games are in the late afternoon, and I've been there all day. Last week we played at Leber and if you noticed there was actually grass on the field all day long, guess that happens when you only use it 3 or 4 times all season. Now we just need a few more years of using it this way before we have a full field of grass and no bald spots. If the city would get me a truck load of dirt in the first 2 weeks of October, I'd level the field off and put so much seed down that next June the grass would be so plush and soft that you wouldn't mind getting knocked down onto it. If any of you ever played tackle on a new grass field that’s the best but they won’t last long because the city doesn't maintain them properly.

Recap

D1

We had 4 vs 5 in round 1 and this game had loads of offense. Both Willie and Simon put up similar stats except Simon had 50 yards on the ground. With zeros on the clock Iron Wolves scored to go down 1 with the convert extending the half by 1 play. Now the choice was 1 for the tie or 2 for the win, Willie elected to go for the tie which is out of the norm for him and seems like they were settling. Right then you knew it was over for the Wolves.

D2

Man, were there ever some fireworks this past weekend in D2. You had Double Dippers who snuck into the playoffs beating Average Joes by a wide margin. I mean the game started off great for Double Dippers scoring then getting a safety on their first defensive snap before turning the change of possession into a score as well. It was a quick 17-0 lead. After a few more picks Jason hung it up and walked off to take a seat. At that point it was over for Average Joes and by half it was 50-0. The Nice TDs vs RawSauce ended up being a good game because the first half was all defense, with only 6 points being scored by RawSauce. At half both teams decided it was better to stop playing defense so we can get some excitement out of this game. Jerry-Pierre picked the ball off in the endzone for Nice TDs with no time left. This allowed Guillaume time to get 1 play and we all know he has a big arm. The only thing is will he have time and who's fast enough to get there if he doesn't. He had a bit of time and he had Damien barreling down the field where he out jumped the defense to come down with it for the win.

D3

I saw the Witching Hour vs Trench Babies game and if it wasn't for Vincent Marotte Trench Babies might have been moving on to round 2. Vincent had 2 huge picks on defense that would have been TDs. I heard that Simon choked against Horde, I mean getting sacked 5 times and getting picked off with it going back for 6. I don’t know how Drama Club let David do whatever he wanted to in this game. He threw 4 TDs, ran one in, and had a pick 6 as well. Terry relied on Willie to move the chains and Nick when they needed a big play. Was it a smart move having Nick score late in a 45-yard play.

D4

Underdogs won their playoff game but then needed to face the number 1 seed in the first round, and we all expected them to be done after this game. If it was for Simon and his 13 catches keeping drives going and Arnaud getting 4 sacks and preventing JF from running this could have gone the other way. Mustard Tigers should have taken control of the game after Victor took a 1 point convert attempt back for a 26-25 lead with 4 minutes left. They had the ball and just needed to get a few first downs. That never happened and they were forced to punt and gave DTS another shot at it. After marching the field, it came down to the last play of the game and Matt was able to connect with Justin on an out at the goal line where the defense backed off the line and allowed them the easy score and the win.

D5

Big Assets beat Hive because they weren't able to stop Justin from running, don’t worry Phoenix had the same issue in their second game. Titans were lucky Ben was there as he held down the defense getting 2 picks and making sure everyone was in the right position. Cessnas beat a 514 team that was missing players and it was an easy game for them. Mimosa moved on to round 2 because Booties had players missing as well. Phoenix was knocked out in round 1 once again but had nothing to do with the way they played, had to do with a few calls (ed’s note: excuses!) that weren't called the same for both teams and the fact that they couldn't contain Justin when he decided to run (ed’s note: so, it did have to do with the way they played then?). Slicks and Titans had lots of defense considering there were 66 points scored.

Studs & Duds

Well, it was week 1 of the playoffs and we got some great and some horrible performances. Now it’s time to see if you made my list.

Studs

D1

- Simon Duchesne 7 TDs in the air plus 50 yards on the ground.

D2

- Damien Balla game winning 45-yard TD with no time on the clock.

D3

- James Langshaw 20 of 23 with 5 TDs.

D4

- Yianni Mitsianis 1 TD and 2 picks but had all the attention of the defense on the final play.

D5

- Justin Salonga for using his legs and getting the job done to move on to round 3.

Women's

- Crazy Bs for coming out having a practice and watching a few games as well.

Duds

D1

- Willie for going for 1 at the end of the game.

D2

- Jason Armenti for walking off on his team and then coming back in a few drives later like nothing happened.

D3

- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin 1 tackle in a d3 playoff game, thought you were better than that but guess not.

D4

- Bouchers for getting beat by an inferior team missing their best player on top of it.

D5

- 514/Big Booties for them not having their team there for the playoffs.

Women's

- No duds for the ladies this week since they didn’t have any games.

There you have it my list for round 1 of the playoffs.

Predictions

There are only 10 games to pick this week so let's get right to it and see who I have going to the finals. Like always my picks are in bold.

D1

Unit vs Idaho Udapimp

KOLB vs Outlaws

D2

Double Dippers vs Fins Up

Nice TDs vs Rejects

D3

Horde vs Thunder Buddies

Witching Hour vs Him U

D4

Underdogs vs DTS

Alouettes vs Bandits

D5

Big Assets vs Slicks

Mimosa Crew vs MTL Cessnas

Those are my picks for the semifinals.

Final Thoughts

I know it’s that time of the year when people are taking vacations but it's playoffs time. You play all season just to fuck over your team when playoffs roll around. Do what JF and I did and booked our trip for the day after the finals. That was my plan the last 2 years and will do the same next season. The question is where am I going to go and who am I going to invite to come along with me. I made a joke that we should plan an MFL trip but who has time to organize all that when you know that 1 person is going to be upset about location or something like that. Then there is the fact that none of you will be able to tolerate me being my true self for an entire week. Only 2 games left to play this season well if you win this week. Go out play your ass off and have fun because at the end of the day we're playing a game for fun. Good luck to everyone this weekend.

Word from the Mouth: Playoffs? Playoffs?! edition

Friday, July 18th 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

Friday, July 11th 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

Friday, July 4th 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.

	Teams	GP	W	L	D	PTS
1	OUT	0	0	0	0	0
2	IDA	0	0	0	0	0
3	UNIT	0	0	0	0	0
4	PAC	0	0	0	0	0
5	KOLB	0	0	0	0	0
6	HG	0	0	0	0	0
7	IW	0	0	0	0	0
8	RAN	0	0	0	0	0