Word from the Mouth: The Penultimate Week! edition

Word from the Mouth: The Penultimate Week! edition

Kevin Kousaie

We’re one step closer to the finals. This week we had some hot weather and no breeze for most of the day. The best thing about the season coming to an end is that I’ll finally be able to sleep in on a Saturday once again. Oh wait, I won’t, I’ll be on vacation and need to get my money’s worth so drinking will be starting at 9am. I’m just hoping that I don’t pass out on the beach and the sunshine does something stupid to me to teach me a lesson about day drinking and how it’s supposed to be done.

As of right now it’s looking pretty sub optimal for this weekend with rain, but it’s only Monday right now, so let’s cross our fingers and pray for it to change.

This weekend Simon will be on site doing a BBQ with his company La Licorne de Feu. Now that we know food will be available, who’s bringing the beer and who is acting as security to make sure things stay in order and people throw out their trash?

Aside from it being the finals this weekend, over at Arthur Therrien there is a softball or baseball tournament going on in support of the Make a Wish Foundation. You can go support a good cause or if you want to have a good laugh as Jason will be over there trying to swing the bat and not trip over his feet while running to first if he makes contact.

I have a question for everyone and I’ll be putting this up in the players group to see what you all think. You get 1000 swings of the bat against an MLB pitcher, and you need to get 1 hit in a game or you get 1000 swings of a golf club to get a hole in 1 on 150-yard par 3. Which are you picking for 1 million dollars? (ed’s note: I mean, obviously the MLB pitcher. Am I playing a defense? Like, I need to get on base or I just have to put the ball in play? I’m asking for others as it doesn’t matter for me; out the park first swing when I’m up at bat)

 

Round 2 Recap

 

Division 1

 

Iron Wolves vs Busch Boys (36-24)

All week it seemed like Iron Wolves were going to be short players and Jon was even going to pull a Jazman move and take himself out of the game to get a sub and make them a stronger team (ed’s note: I specifically said I wouldn’t do this!). Jon decided against it, plus Kris played when we all thought he was hurt and out. The first half of the game was controlled by Iron Wolves except they allowed Busch Boys to go down and score as the half expired. The second half started with Busch boys getting the ball and they were able to move downfield, but couldn’t punch it in and cut the lead from 12 to 6. Simon would fight back t get his team into the endzone to cut the lead to 1 score and Will took very little time to take it back up to 2 scores. This was a good game, but it was lost in the first half when Busch Boys started off slow.

 

Division 2

 

Top Shooters vs KOLB (35-47)

The first half flew by with everything going Top Shooters way. After the opening drive Avery settled in and started to move the ball and his go to guy was Marvin who ran drags most of the game, but turned his 11 catches into 127 yards and 3 TDs. From watching this game there were far too many times where Avery took off running when he had players open. Normally you’d tell Avery to run and get those yards, but when you run 10 times and only get 17 yards you need to use that spaghetti arm or yours. When the second half started, I was worried KOLB were just going to collapse and the game would get out of hand. Well, they made a few adjustments, and they were able to move the ball, but it was the defense that made the biggest change. Alex was able to sack Avery 3 times with 1 of them being a safety and Jeremi getting 2 picks and scoring on both of them. What a difference in the 2 halves. It looked like Top Shooters had the game, but it got away from them quickly in the second half.

 

Division 3

 

Sooners vs Tigres (15-7)

I want to say I was trying to learn Spanish for my trip to Mexico, but it was more just in case I was doing this game so I could understand what was being said amongst players. I did walk away knowing that rapido means fast or in this case no huddle. That was my word of the day. Now to the game. Tigres are one of those teams that are very good and will get better over time. The first play of the game, Nestor threw the ball to David 45 yards in the air, but he threw the ball when David was at half, and it just missed his fingertips. I point that out because Tigres were so close on multiple plays to get big gains or scores and the ball wasn’t caught, or it was just a bit too far. On the Sooners side Diego wasn’t there as he was away on vacation with the GFs family, so Elijah was forced to play QB and it might have helped win them the game. Elijah was smart with the ball and was fine with punting it away if the play wasn’t there. After watching the game and looking over the stats, I was most impressed by Sooners rusher Mathis getting 2 sacks and limiting Nestor to 27 yards on 11 runs. When you look at the stat sheet no one stood out. Yes, Jose had 2 TDs, but only had 56 yards total.

 

Division 4

 

Bouchers vs Sour Peeps (25-20)

This was not a very good game to watch and I’ll tell you why and then you can try and argue with me about it. Sour Peeps made the mistake of having Lambert rush which worked for them last week, but the difference was this week he wasn’t effective at all and when they switched to Jocelyn it still didn’t matter. By having their better defenders rush, it was leaving baby Maynard open, who needs to be called big man Maynard now, who hauled in 17 balls for 109 yards and 2 TDs. All game long Ben was open on a short hook and made the first defender miss. Sour Peeps should have bracketed him with an over under or at least have the short defender jump that hook all game long. Lukas was able to build a 18-6 lead scoring on their first 3 possession, before hitting a few snags and not finding the endzone until there was less than 9 minutes in the second half. It took Sour Peeps a while to get the offense rolling and once, they did they weren’t able to capitalize on turnovers in the middle of the game to take the lead. Late in the game Jocelyn had a chance to drive the field and win the game being down 5 points. The issue was they needed big yards since time was against them. Sour Peeps managed to get 1 first down, but after that there was a drop, a bad pass, a run, and great play by Big Man Maynard.

 

Division 5

 

Binettes vs Slot Machines (0-20)

This was a typical D5 game, both QBs struggled to get drives going and keep the drive rolling, teams played decent defense, but both got lucky with bad drops, and the biggest difference was Slot Machines got the lead early on a turnover on downs to be in the driver’s seat. Both offenses had less than 115 total yards and dealt with drops and inaccurate passes most of the game. One thing I was expecting was Mathieu to depend on Thomas way more than he did. I know he tried to get him the ball a few times, but sometimes you got to go to your dog until they stop it, especially if you are down.

 

Women’s

 

Tigres vs Drama Queen (20-6)

The game started out with Kayla getting her first of two picks on the day and Drama Queens couldn’t have asked for a better start. Then Drama Queen got on offense and you just knew it wasn’t their day. After a completion to Marie for 7 yards on first down, Roxanne struggled to get the ball to one of her receivers as her next 3 passes were all knocked away by a defender. With the turnover, Tigres had a very short field and took no time to punch it in and get the lead. Most of the game both teams couldn’t move the ball as neither QB went over 100 yards. The difference in the game was Tigres are very prepared, take the game very seriously, and have very good coaching on the sidelines telling them what to do.

 

That’s all I have for you this week.

 

Studs & Duds

 

This weekend everyone played their bums off knowing they would be heading home and not playing in the finals this weekend if they lost. You would think with a shot at the title people would want to come out and play their rumps off, well we had a few players that decided they weren’t needed so they showed up and just goofed the goof off and did nothing. Now let’s see who helped their team to the finals and those that might be getting cut after that performance.

 

Studs

Division 1

- William Power 6 TDs no picks.

 

Division 2

- Jérémi Riendeau-Demers 8 catches 125 yards, 2 TDs. On defense he made 2 picks and scored on both to go along with his 2 tackles.

 

Division 3

- Thomas Cote-Parent 8 catches 94 yards, 3 TDs and 2 1-point converts, he also made 2 tackles on defense.

 

Division 4

- Benoit Maynard 17 catches 109 yards and 2 TDs.

 

Division 5

- Marcel Jovani 6 catches 53 yards, 1 TDs and on defense he made 7 tackles had 2 picks and scored on 1 of them.

 

Women’s

- Viviane Plourde 13 of 22 for 185 yards, 4 TDs and 5 1-point converts. She also made 3 tackles and had 1 pick which she returned for a TD on defense.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- Busch Boys defense 0 picks, 0 sacks.

 

Division 2

- Sekure Top Shooters for letting the game get away from them in the second half.

 

Division 3

- Elijah Hicks for not using his center who was open all game on 5 hooks with no defender in sight. Ya, you won the game, but it was closer than it should have been if you used Mike.

 

Division 4

- Jocelyn Ouellette under 50% completion along with 3 picks thrown.

 

Division 5

- Mathieu Roy-Caissy 8 of 31 under 100 yards with no TDs, can’t be putting up numbers like this in the semifinals.

 

Women’s

- Roxanne Roy for going 17 of 42 and less than 100 yards.

 

There you have it my Studs & Duds following round 2 of the playoffs.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 12

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 12

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

Well, it’s that time of the year when your team wins and you move onto the finals. With that being said, last week we had tons of lower seeds winning and advancing. This is the week that you need to show up, unless you want your season to end and start your vacation early. Last week I went 11-3 and this week I plan on getting them all right. Now for this week’s winners and, like always, my picks are in bold.

 

Division 1

 

Outlaws vs A-Team

 

Division 2

 

Top Shooters vs KOLB

 

Division 3

 

Villains vs Bines

Tigres vs Sooners

 

Division 4

 

Tropic Thunder vs Drama Club 

Bouchers vs Sour Peeps

 

Division 5

 

Binettes vs Slot Machines 

Slicks vs Nothing But D

 

Women’s

 

Tigres vs Drama Queens

Crazy B’s vs Déesses du Drapeau

 

That is who I have winning and advancing to the finals next week.

 

All-Stars

 

Last week I “the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie’d” up by missing 1 player that should have made my team and I also added 1 player that shouldn’t have been there since they play in a higher division.

With that being said, I have removed Jason McAleer as the middle and replaced him with Nico Poitevin.

The other person I have to remove will definitely lose his “1994’s Double Dragon movie” when he finds out. That player would be none other than Kris Hope, who I had as a safety, but was told he played in D1 as well, so Kris was replaced by Justin Salonga as the second safety for D3. Sorry for the mistake guys, but with so many players on multiple teams it’s bound to happen.

 

Final Thoughts

 

With the spring season winding down and the fall season about to start in a few weeks, it’s time to start planning your fall team. For the fall season we have lowered some of the division caps and this will create more parity amongst teams.

For the first time ever, we had a women’s division and we are looking to grow it so we can make divisions and get parity in there as well. I wonder if and or when the MFL will try a co-ed division where it would be 3 women minimum on the field at one time (ed’s note: you gotta let this go, Kousaie!). I think a co-ed division helps grow the women’s division as well. That’s just my feeling towards it and not the rest of the league.

Last, but not least, please remember we are playing a game for fun, so go out and enjoy yourself and don’t kill anyone.

Thanks for reading and see you on Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: The First of the Worst! edition

Word from the Mouth: The First of the Worst! edition

Kevin Kousaie

What a weekend for Playoffs! Weather was great, a bit windy, but for the people who are at the field all day, I mean me, it was nice. We had loads of games that came right down to the end and even a few surprises.

My plan was to take Friday off and play NCAA all day and night, but I had to work and stupid Nick (ed’s note: famously the second worst of the Kousaie’s) was playing it all day and into the night. I then needed to wait until Sunday when my significant other spends the day with her other man and 1 of her 6 kids to get on the game (ed’s note: we’ve entered into a place I dare not tread). 

I faced a tougher choice in the game with what team to go with than going for 2 on the last play to win the game and advance to the next round.

After a long sweltering day at Brossard, I was able to get 2 games in going 2-0 with the Ragging (ed’s note: leaving it in!) Cajuns from Louisiana. I would have rather been 0-2 in the game and 2-0 on the weekend, but sometimes the refs just screw you and that’s not necessarily the case here (ed’s note: I feel like we are witnessing a complete mental break). I know everyone always blames the refs for their mistakes, so I figured its time I do the same.

No, really, the refs do the best they can. We’re not professionals and even if we were, they make mistakes as well and get to have replay to help them make their calls and we don’t.

 

Playoff Recaps

 

Division 3

 

Phoenix vs Bines (19-20)

This was a game of missed opportunities for Phoenix and the start of what should have been a long playoff run. Phoenix started with the ball being the lower seed and it didn’t take long for Alec to beat them deep down the sideline for a 27-yard TD on fourth down. JF then found Thomas wide open down the middle of the field for a 32-yard TD to tie it up. After the game starting with fireworks it cooled off and both team’s defense settled in. Bines grabbed a 7-point lead when JF found Mathieu for the 7-yard TD and the 1-point convert. With time left in the half Phoenix was able to get the ball all the way down to the 1-yard line before a penalty pushed them back and they weren’t able to score before the half expired. At half, Bines were up 13-6. Second half was controlled by Phoenix as their defense stepped up and got the ball back for the offense. With 3 minutes left, Phoenix scored to make it 19-13 when Nick scored his second TD of the game, but the bigger and more important play was the out from JF in the slot that pushed the defender off the goal line and allowed him to make his break and have green grass all around him. This put Phoenix up 6. With the game on the line and it being fourth down and 4, JF hit Simon on a quick slant to gain 5 yards and a first down. Bines scored on a 13 yard play to Mathieu, but failed on the convert and this left 24 second and we went to OT. In OT Phoenix started on offense, failed, then Bines failed before Thomas came down with what was the winner. Phoenix went for 2 and the win, and on the play it looked as if Josh was going to come down with the ball, but a little bump forced the ball a little loose and his momentum forced him out of bounds. Game over, Bines moved on to round 2.

 

Division 4

 

Bandits vs Sour Peeps (12-18)

Jocelyn was out this week for Sour Peeps and Tristan Bigonesse filled in. Bandits started with the ball and it didn’t take long for Lambert to make an impact as he got a sack and this forced a punt. Tristan came out early to warm up and looked good throwing the ball against no defenders, but now that there was a defense, on his first pass Emmanuel picked it off and scored giving Bandits a 6-0 lead. It took Tristan 2 drives before he was able to get those points back and he did it when he saw Simon streaking down the sidelines for a 26-yard TD. We head to half with it being 6 all. In the second half Lambert started to rack up the sacks, totaling 5 in the game, but also preventing any passes in the middle and only allowing time for short passes. Sour Peeps opened the second half with 2 long drives capped off with Benji scoring on both drives. With 11 minutes left and being up 2 scores, Sour Peeps played defense and made Bandits work for every inch. Yes, Bandits did score to make it a 1 score game, but they didn’t have enough time to get the ball back.

 

Bouchers vs 100 Genies (37-27)

Before this game started, I was hoping to play Bouchers because of the matchups, but once I saw what 100 Genies were doing and who they had I was really hoping to play them. For example, how do you have the top rusher in the division and have him start on the bench when you’re on defense? Then on offense most passes were deep when the wind was taking all the balls out of bounds. Baby Maynard had a great game with 9 catches, 100 yards, and 2 TDs and Felix also made big plays getting 2 picks on defense. The score was 25-13 at half for Bouchers and they looked to be running away with it, then the second half started, and 100 Genies got rolling. They scored on their first 2 possessions of the second half to go up 27-25. The way the game was going you figured that Bouchers were finished. Well they responded quickly to being down to score and go up 31-27. Gabriel tried to get it back for Genies, but 3 straight incompletes forced a punt and gave Bouchers the ball with little clock left in the game.

 

Bouchers vs Phoenix (19-18)

I wont talk long about what happened in this game because Bouchers did what no one ever expected them to do and that was control the clock and keep the ball away from Phoenix. Phoenix had issued all day with timing and that caused a bunch of issues on offense. Phoenix also came in with the number 1 defense and yes, they only gave up 19 points, but they weren’t able to get off the field. Baby Maynard had 9 catches for 55 yards and Felix had 6 catches for 50 yards and 2 TDs. Bouchers came out with a plan of spreading the ball and by doing this it prevented Phoenix from keying in on certain players and taking them out of the game. Late in the game Phoenix drove down to score on the last play of the game to set up a game winning convert. On the convert I threw a corner to Nick, but it was a bit too far for Nick’s out reached arms and even with his diving effort he still couldn’t bring it in for the win.

 

Division 5

 

Titans vs Slot Machines (12-41)

Even without their starting QB Slot Machine put up 41 points. This was a close game in the first half as Robert was able to find holes in the Slot Machines defense and score 2 first half TDs. With the first half being a 13-12 score for Slot Machines, the second half is where the game got away from Titans. Robert allowed Marie-Ève Beaucher to take over the game as a rusher. She sacked him 6 times, all because he wanted to hold the ball and look for the big plays. The game was close and might have stayed that way, but Titans changed the plan and cost them any shot at moving onto round 2.

 

Women’s

 

Mockingjays vs Crazy B’s (12-19)

Zuzana Sichova, this woman tried to carry her team into round 2, but fell a bit short. I say she tried because she did a bit of everything for Mockingjays. Not only is she their QB, but she is also their leader on defense racking up 9 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 pick which she scored on. The one thing I did notice is the Crazy B’s have the height to win every jump ball with Anna-Belle Paquin Martinez who scored both offensive TDs for Crazy B’s. Both teams had subs in this game Roxane on Crazy B’s and Kayla on Mockingjays. Kayla looks like she won the sub matchup grabbing 7 balls for 45 yards  and a pick, except Roxanne had a pick as well and she scored on hers and that was the difference in the game.

 

That’s all I have for this week in way of recaps. You can look for Terry and Willie on MFL total Access on Wednesday, I want to say morning, but it could be in the afternoon.

 

Studs & Duds

 

It’s playoffs so that means you better have won your game or games, because I’m not putting any losers up here even if you did ball the Rainbow Brite out and put-up crazy numbers. It’s playoffs and it’s all about moving on. Now let’s see who I ended up picking for round 1 of the playoffs.

 

Studs

 

Division 3

- Michael Tola Denis 5 sacks.

 

Division 4

- Lambert Paquette 9 sacks in 2 games and how many PDs.

 

Division 5

- Marie-Ève Beaucher 6 sacks on her first day ever as a rusher.

 

Women’s

- Anna-Belle Paquin Martinez 2 catches 2 TDs.

 

Duds

 

Division 3

- Red Cats defense for giving this up to Mike Jasenovic 6 catches 74 yards and 1 TD.

 

Division 4

- Mimosa Crew for going on vacation and not having a complete team. The players that did show up, you put up a great fight.

 

Division 5

- JF 5 picks thrown.

 

Women’s

- Zuzana Sichova too many passes inside when the WR were left all alone.

 

Those are you round 1 winners and losers. 

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 11

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 11

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

For this season not only did I make the Coin quit at the halfway point (ed’s note: Kevin’s greatest achievement to date! Shots fired, Nick!), but because everyone didn’t put their picks in a I also won the Media survivor pool.

Before I get to this week’s picks, let me tell you I went 20-7 last week. I know it’s not perfect, but I’ll take it. Now to see who I have picked for the playoffs round 1 and like always my picks are in bold.

 

Division 3

 

Villains vs Double Dippers

Phoenix vs Bines NA

Tigres vs Horde

Sooners vs Red Cats

 

Division 4

Villains vs CIA

Bandits vs Sour Peeps

Mustard Tigers vs Tropic Thunder

Mimosa Crew vs Action Squad

Bouchers vs 100 Genies

Hawks vs Bear Hood

 

Division 5

Titans vs Slot Machines

Secret Agents vs Nothing But D

Soonies vs Slicks

Binettes vs Big Booties

 

Women’s

Mockingjays vs Crazy B’s

 

I won’t pick round 2 for D4 since it is all up in the air at this point. I could also go ahead and give you every possible match up, but that would be really long and Jon would just edit it out. (ed’s note: I’m considering editing out that sentence just for a demonstration of power!)

 

Power Rankings

 

At this point of the year no one cares where I have you ranked. All that matters is that your team is playing this week with a chance to move on and play next week.

 

All-Stars

 

I’m going to tell you what it took to make my teams. For starters, it’s based off the top division you play in unless you play a different position, you can also only make it on 1 side of the ball, and finally it’s all based off stats. For my defense I went with a standard 3-2 base alignment.

 

Division 1

 

Offense

QB- Simon Blais

WR 1- Ashton Thibault

Slot 1- Marvin Steinberg

Center- Devin Daoust

Slot 2- Andrew Grant

WR 2- Gabriel Boucher

 

Defense

Rusher- Chris Uzelac

CB 1- James Colley

Middle- Dilan Daoust

CB 2- Jeremy Rooney

Safety 1- William Power

Safety 2- Manuel Allard-Roy

 

Division 2

 

Offense

QB- Jonathan Plourde

 

Defense

Rusher- Zachary Lemaire 

 

Because D1 and D2 have almost all the same players in them I decided that I’d only do the 2 positions that my picks didn’t play in D1 as well.

 

Division 3

 

Offense

QB- Simon Valiquette

WR 1- David St Jean

Slot 1- Joshua Hernández

Center- Oliver Quinn

Slot 2- Thomas Cote-Parent

WR 2- Mason Miller

 

Defense

Rusher- Xavi Borbolla

CB 1- Cesar Garcia

Middle- Jason McAleer

CB 2- Jean-François Lawrence

Safety 1- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin

Safety 2- Kris Hope

 

Division 4

 

Offense

QB- Louis Vranderick

WR 1- Eliott Bourque

Slot 1- Thomas Znoj

Center- Michael Halevy

Slot 2- Antoine Bussieres

WR 2- Louis Britton

 

Defense

Rusher- Othmane Karamat

CB 1- Thibault Varin

Middle- Gary McMahon

CB 2- Jose Milien

Safety 1- Jonathan Cloutier

Safety 2- Gabriel Mercier

 

Division 5

 

Offense

QB- Giovanni Antonacci

WR 1- Marcel Jovani

Slot 1- Hugo Stien

Center- Perry Njie

Slot 2- Yavar Ashrafi

WR 2- Austin McMahon

 

Defense

Rusher- David Castro Arellano

CB 1- Frederick Tobin

Middle- Marie Nielsen

CB 2- Scott Fulton

Safety 1- Kyle Martel

Safety 2- Eric Namts

 

Women’s

 

Offense

QB- Viviane Plourde

WR 1- Daphné Maurais

Slot 1- Tabitha Thomas

Center- Charlotte St-Pierre

Slot 2- Sabrina Renaud

WR 2- Saory Judith

 

Defense

Rusher- Rochelle Bethelmy

CB 1- Daniela Gomez

Middle- Zuzana Sichova

CB 2- Emma Sinclair

Safety 1- Élisabeth Pelland

Safety 2- Sabrina Renaud

 

Those are my spring 2024 All-Stars. I know most of you feel you’re stars, but if you didn’t see your name up here you might be lying to yourself and that’s not a good thing. Or better yet, take the Cowboys approach and remember next season is your season.

 

Final Thoughts

 

If you don’t know what’s happening Friday, then where have you been these last few weeks? This will be the first time since the MFL started that NCAA football is coming out and boy I can’t wait. I’m rebuilding the PAC12 and making it an elite conference, think SEC but only better. I know what conference I’m going with I just have to pick a team. I’m thinking to do the unspeakable and start my career at Vanderbilt and win the SEC year 1. I have also though about winning the Heisman with a kid that goes to Wisconsin and played Bantam and Midget with Nick. I know they very rarely give it to a defensive player, but I’m going to lead the nation with double digit picks and might add a few sacks just to pad those stats. (ed’s note: this is important information, people!)

There is a chance I’m exhausted on Saturday, but one thing you can count on is that I make sure everything is done and on time. Please check the schedule and make sure you know what time your games are at and this week all the games are being played at Le Ber.

Last thing before I let you go, even though we are in the playoffs, take it easy as we are playing a game so have fun.

Word from the Mouth: 28-3 Defeats Phoenix! edition

Word from the Mouth: 28-3 Defeats Phoenix! edition

Kevin Kousaie

The final whistle of the season has been blown and now we get to see some playoff football.

After weeks of playing at Darcy McGee and Arthur Therrien, we get to go back to our old stomping ground over at Le Ber and no one is happier than Willie. Yup, Willie will be eating pizza all day to make up for those lost weeks.

It’s been torture the last few weeks with the gosh darned heat and this weekend doesn’t seem to be much better, but it is only Monday and this turkey weather will change between now and then. I’m so burnt out from this heat, I can’t even put words to screen at this point, so Ill just jump into my recap for the week, which is just a rundown of D4 since that’s where I spent most of my day.

 

Recap

 

D1

 

Missed the 1 game being played.

 

Division 2

 

Missed out once again on a few exciting games.

 

Division 3

 

Phoenix vs Bines (13-39)

Ok, let me start by pointing out this was the last game of the day and we knew what needed to be done to get what we wanted in the playoffs. This game started with Bines scoring with ease from 33 yards out by David. Phoenix responded with a 31 yards TD to Justin with big scores from both teams, it looked like we might get a shootout. With their next drive, JF decided to show he could work the field and ate 7:30 off the clock while running 11 plays to score again. This is where I made a boo boo and cost Phoenix the game. To open the drive, I ran a play (ed’s note: bold strategy!) and on second down I thought the same route combination was going to be open on the other side, but it wasn’t. Albert and Simon switched what they were doing and because I stared the play down, it made an easy pick for Albert that he thought he was scoring on, but he got flagged on the 1. After Bines scored to make it a 20-7 game, I was thinking its OK we will go down score and get the ball to start the second half. That was all true except I left 27 seconds on the clock, which was enough time for Bines to score and put Phoenix over the 21 points so they could move up the rankings. At this point, the score was 27-13 Bines and with the second half underway I was trying different things, knowing it wouldn’t have any influence on the standings unless we gave up 58 points. Second half was a wash and didn’t matter for either team. (ed’s note: classic loser talk)

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs 28-3 (18-19)

This game was a shame as Phoenix had nothing to play for except beer that Nico pushed back until next season. Everyone knew nothing was on the line for us and when we went down and scored on our opening drive, in my head I was like this is easy and then 28-3 started to move the ball and make a few plays and before I knew it, they held a 19-6 lead with under 16 minutes left. After trading picks, Phoenix got back on track and scored on a 7 yard catch and run from Dave to cut the lead. Phoenix then forced a punt to get the ball back with under 8 minutes. This was a complete Vince drive, knowing I needed to get down and score but have time if we didn’t get the convert to get ball back. Vince scored his second TD of the game with 3:17 left. Time to play defense and get a stop to have a chance at it. When Nico ran for 7 yards to start the drive, it was a matter of letting clock run and allowing a first down on the next play then hope for a stop and use timeouts. That’s what we did, and we were able to get the ball back, but on the last play of the game Nico knocked the ball out of the air to get the win for 28-3.

 

Improbables vs Bandits (13-32)

Winner gets into playoffs and loser gets to stay home on Saturday and play NCAA 25 all day. Emmanuel put up a nice stat line going 13 of 19 for 129 yards with 3 TDs and 1 pick. What really helped Bandits win was their defense, Julian had 2 sacks and Franky and JP combined for 3 picks with each returning 1 for a TD. It also helped that they were able to double dip, meaning score before half and score to start the second half as well. This made the score 20-7 Bandits. As for Improbables, they didn’t go down without a fight. Mat did what he could and had it not been for those pick 6s the game was close. The game started to change in favor of Improbables when Nico started to rush for them. He got there fast with his hands up and ready to rack up a few sacks, two to be exact.

 

Drama Club vs FAD (27-24)

FAD has a new QB in Tristan who other than his 1 pick that Simon had and scored on was able to pick apart this Drama Club defense like it was government cheese (ed’s note: I have no idea what this means) as he completed 14 of 27 passes for 162 yards and 4 TDs to 1 pick. Ok, what makes it even worse for Drama Club was all the damage was done by Andre who scored 4 TDs and had 126 yards. An experienced team shouldn’t allow this. When it comes to Drama Club offensively they didn’t look great dropping a few key balls and not taking advantage when they should. What really worked for them, and it might be because FAD doesn’t have enough experience, but Simon was able to run at will and most of the times he ran there was green grass in front of him. I’ll tell you now that if FAD had more experience and knew what to do in key situations, they might have won this game.

 

Bouchers vs 100 Genies (19-32)

Felix had a monster game this week hauling in 13 passes for 80 yards along with 2 TDs and 1 1-point convert to go with his 3 tackles and 1 pick on defense. Gabriel Mercier was a beast once again throwing 5 TDs, running with power looking to truck a few defenders on his way to gaining 48yards on 5 carries, he also had 1 pick on defense. What makes Gabriel so dangerous is his arm as he can throw it 45 yards on a rope while running and you might think that he can only go deep, well when he goes short the ball is normally on target, it’s just a matter of if his players catch it or not. I don’t remember this, but the stats don’t lie, Clara had 2 picks on defense. Othmane is a force you need to be worried about on both sides of the ball. He collects sacks as if they were cans on the street. This week he was held to none, but made his presence felt scoring a 45-yard bomb to make it a 25-12 game with under 2 in the half. Lukas was able to march the 45 yards to score to make it a 6-point game for 100 Genies at half. Second half was boring no big plays and the only score was Kim from 6 yards out.

 

Mustard Tigers vs Warriors (30-12)

Let me start by giving a big shout out to Scott who turned 112 last week and looked good. Not only did Brian want to get him involved in the game, he was thinking he might get him his first ever TD. Well Brian ruined it and got Scott 2 TDs and from what Elliot was telling me, Scott hasn’t shut up about his impressive performance and its been 3 days since its happened. Look, at the end of the day Warriors made this a game in the first half because of their defense scoring twice on picks. Then in the second half they made a change at QB, and the backup ended up throwing 4 picks and kept giving Brain and his team a short field. Best play of the game had to be the pick by Olivier who as the rusher picked the quick slant off and was able to walk in for the score since we all know Brian isn’t chasing anyone down. Next season if Warriors come back, they need to pick who will be QB and leave it like that because switching in game doesn’t help anyone out.

 

Division 5

 

Missed out once again on a few exciting games.

 

Women’s

 

Missed out once again on a few exciting games.

 

Sorry about missing so many divisions this week. I was passed around so much in D4 this week that I now know (ed’s note: the rest of this sentence is redacted)

 

Studs & Duds

 

If you were expecting to see your name on my list this week you better have done something remarkable and stood out from the rest of the players. That or you can take the Hope route and just have senior moment and forget what you are doing temporarily. Yes, Kris, I’m calling you old. Now to see who made my list.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

- Alexis Ferrand 8 catches 85 yards, 1 TD, he made 2 tackles and had 2 picks on defense.

 

Division 2

- Alexandre Vallières 4 TDs and 100 yards on 8 catches.

 

Division 3

- Lucas Coveyduck 4 TDs on 11 catches for 63 yards.

 

Division 4

- André-Philippe Bertrand 4  TDs, 126 yar

ds and on defense he had 1 sack and 2 picks as well.

 

Division 5

- Remi Faugere 5 TD passes no picks and over 150 in the air as well.

 

Women’s

- Élisabeth Pelland 4 catches 4 TDs, 2 1-point converts with 76 total yards.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- Rob White only getting 1 PD and wearing a shirt all day so his fans aren’t happy about that.

 

Division 2

- Stephen Harripersaud for monkeying up what could have been perfect game and throwing a pick to start the second half.

 

Division 3

- Kevin Kousaie for throwing 3 picks and not staying focused on this game and not looking towards next week.

 

Division 4

- (ed’s note: this was blank for some reason, so I will Kevin Kousaie is the D4 dud for leaving this blank)

 

Division 5

- Sniffers once again with the forfeit for not showing up.

 

Women’s

- Drama Club as a team losing 3 straight going into playoffs.

 

These are the last Studs of the season, but don’t worry, if your team made the playoffs and you ball the Canada goose out you might get to see your name on the list next week. Or you can not show up at all and just phone it in. Either way someone is going to ball out and someone is going to suck balls, who it will be depends on you and your performance. 

Leagues
Montreal Flag Football League