Word from the Mouth: Doing Things I Would Never Do! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Another week down and another week of great weather. Right now, it’s looking that way for the next two weekends as well, but today is only Monday and a lot can change between now and then (ed’s note: Tuesday as of this writing and it still looks beautiful for this Saturday at least!). A few seasons ago this past week would have been our last, but with more teams, having the extra week off between seasons, and less (ed’s note: fewer) fields being played on, we had to expand the season by 1 week.

From taking a quick glance at the standings, this week is going to be very chaotic with only a few playoff spots locked in and with all the adjustments of seeding that can take place. One thing is that it will be fun to watch and see how everything ends ups. There are so many questions that need to get answered this week, like who wins D1 since 3 teams are sitting at 5-4 and 2 at 4-4 right now.  D2 isn’t much better with 4 teams competing for 3 spots since Thunder Buddies are locked in a spot, just not sure where yet. D3 is a little different with 3 teams battling for the 5 spot and 3 teams also fighting for the 6 spot and no one being eliminated yet. D4 could turn into a complete cluster fudge with 3 teams fighting for the last spot and anyone from spot 2 to 6 can move up to second since there is a good chance a few teams are tied. D5 all the playoff spots are confirmed, it just comes down to who finishes where other than number 1 which is locked in.

If I’m not mistaken, last year we had a bunch of teams tied and as the tiebreaker we used head-to-head win % amongst all those teams and it was very complicated and everyone felt that the team with the best defense didn’t get in because they lost out on the tie breaker, so the rule was changed. The new rule is if you forfeit a game, you would be put last with all the tied teams and then we would use points against as the tie breaker. Therefore, ending games early to avoid giving up more points always pays if you know what you are doing.

That is all I have for this week before I jump into my recaps, but I’m willing to bet that Willie and Terry will be talking more about this on the podcast, so stay tuned for more.

 

Weekly Recap

 

Division 1

 

Centurions vs Iron Wolves (34-38)

This game looked to be in the bag, or at least getting to that point, before half until Willie tried to get something going with 21 seconds left while being up 3 points. Willie threw a pass short, and it was picked off by Gabriel who then wasted no time scoring on offense with no time left and giving Centurions a 28-25 lead. Second half was more of a defensive battle. Willie led the way for Iron Wolves with Kris and Jerome each scoring 3 times. One thing that needs to change is how fast Stanley comes in as a rusher. I can see this becoming more of an issue against QBs who move around.

 

Gros Coqs vs Trollers (28-18)

In what was supposed to be a tight rematch from last week’s last second win for Gros Coqs turned out to be a walk in the park. Trollers were shorthanded missing Josh, Max, and JC. Simon Blais filled in for Max at QB and played well for his first time in the league, but you could tell the timing was off and there were a few throws that should have been caught by the Trollers receivers. The game opened with Trollers getting the ball and all it took was Andrew running a 1 yard drag and a few defenders missing tackles to open up the scoring. All game long Gros Coqs were having trouble making the first tackle and I thought this would have been their downfall. Lucky for Gros Coqs, Etienne was there to watch because Etienne got hurt halfway through the first half (ed’s note: Wat?) and only being 6 players, they would have had to get an emergency sub or play 5. The last thing I can remember was Dom running around behind the line of scrimmage laughing and talking while the rusher is trying to chase him down. With Dom you want to keep him in front of you and try to let him only run towards one side and, yes, I know this is easier said than done.

 

Division 2

 

Nice TDs vs Spritz Gang (26-20)

The big difference in this game was the fact that Spritz Gang started off slow and couldn’t get any points in the first half. The second half they took long drives and scored on all 3 of their possessions. The biggest play of the game came early and it was a penalty on Jocelyn, making it a first and goal from the 1 instead of a fourth and 2 from their own end. That was able to give Nice TDs their first score of the game and they never looked back after that. Without that penalty who knows what would have happened.

 

Division 3

 

Iron Wolves vs Double Dippers (40-27)

This was a game I was looking forward to seeing until I saw it. Double Dippers have an outstanding roster, but make too many mental mistakes to be taken as a serious threat. Leon threw 2 early picks that Iron Wolves capitalized on and those points were the difference in the game. Iggy did a great job keeping Double Dippers defense guessing all game as to where he was going with the ball, but I would have liked to see Michael get more involved on the offense. Carlos is known for his rushing, but couldn’t get any sacks. He did get a deflection that was picked off by Jon if my memory services me correctly (ed’s note: it does!). Carlos showed that he can make plays on offense catching 6 balls for 48 yards. For Double Dippers their bright spot on defense came from Nico getting a pick on the convert and running it back until getting held by Iggy surrendering the 1 point for a last man back foul.

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs Drama Club (21-20) OT

Going into this game I was never worried about Phoenix losing this game and with that in my head it made me do things I would never do in a game where I felt it was going to be close. This is what I am talking about, we started with the ball and with it being fourth down and 7 in our zone I went for it, and we turned it over. Simon was able to score easily, but once I had loosened up after the first drive we started rolling. The biggest play in the first half game when Simon found Remi for the score right before half to make it a 14-12 game for Phoenix. Second half came and Drama Club turned it over on down quickly and Phoenix capitalized to take an 8-point lead. After both teams punted a few times Simon lead Drama Club down the field and Roxanne scored her second TD of the game, then Remi got the 2point convert to tie it with just under 6:30 left in the game. I was able to get Phoenix al; the way down inside the red zone before throwing a pass a little too high and just out of my receiver’s hands and Simon was able to pick the ball off in the endzone leaving Drama Club one play in the game. We went to OT and Drama Club started with the ball and decided to go into the sun. Simon threw a pass to Ben at the back of the endzone and it was knocked away by Rob. Knowing that I could end the game with a convert I called my play knowing it should work if my receiver gets to the spot, so I throw it into the sun not being able to see and Khalil came down with it with no defender within at least 5 yards.

 

Division 5

 

Mimosa Crew vs Phoenix (20-38)

If it wasn’t for an offensive pass interference call on the last play of the half, Mimosa Crew would have had the lead, but instead it was tied at 13. Second half is where the game took a huge turn for Phoenix. Phoenix scored onto open the second half, then Curren threw an interception to Chris which, sorry Kathleen, should have been caught. Phoenix scored a few plays later and at this point they had a 2-score lead and just to put it out of reach Brandon picked off another one of Curren’s passes and ran it back for a score. If it wasn’t for those two picks Mimosa Crew were right there.

 

There you have it this week’s recaps. Terry and Willie will have more for you on MFL Total Access coming out on Wednesday.

 

Players of the Week

 

With this being one of your last chances to make my list there were a few picks that were hard to make and even one that was impossible since most of the big numbers of plays came from players in higher divisions. Without wasting anymore time, here are this week’s winners.

 

Division 1

Offense- Kevin Smuda grabbed 8 passes for 59 yards, 4 TDs and 1 2point convert.

Defense- Nicolas Paquin made 3 tackles all 3 were sacks.

 

Division 2

Offense- Loic Savioz-Seguin caught 5 passes for 59 yards, 5 TDs and 1 2point convert.

Defense- JF Dalzone made 3 tackles and had 2 picks.

 

Division 3

Offense- Iggy was 30 of 39 for 197 yards with 6 TDs and 4 1point converts.

Defense- Simon Beaudoin made 1 tackle which was a sack and had 2 picks.

 

Division 4.

Offense- Robert Prud’homme was 24 of 32 for 180 yards, 5 TDs, 3 1point converts and 1 pick throwing. Rob also ran 6 times for 29 yards and 1 TD.

Defense- NA

 

Division 5

Offense- Sebastien Lucas Alzate caught 7 balls for 131 yards and 3 TDs

Defense- Mathieu Lucas Alzate made 5 tackles and had 1 pick which he returned for a TD.

 

 

There you have it, this week’s winners. If you think you have what it takes to make my list next week is your last chance since it’s the final week of the season. Just remember that if you’re planning on me considering you, I hope you ball out and put up some crazy numbers. There are a lot of teams still fighting for a spot in the playoffs, so you know those players are going to be giving it their all.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 9

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 9

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

Another week down and another last place finish for me. Since we have started doing our picks among the Media team I have either finished first or last and that’s how it is looking again this season. I will say that this week was hard for everyone and only Willie got over 50% of his picks right and I know Jon wants to edit this and say he did, but if you look above I said over 50% not 50% like he got right. This season I have tried a few different ways with my picks and none of them have worked so instead of guessing who is going to win I will be telling you exactly who will win. Here are my picks in bold like always.

 

Division 1

 

Centurions vs Iron Wolves

Even without knowing who is QBing for them this week, after beating Outlaws last week how can I pick against them.

 

Gros Coqs vs Trollers

Trollers are going to go out and show last week was a fluke and dominate from start to finish.

 

A-Team vs Outlaws

Outlaws are the team that is more composed and will stay calm and not let little things distract them.

 

Division 2

 

Nice TDs vs Spritz Gang

They have the more athletic team and as long as Kris stays calm and doesn’t lose his muffins, they should win this game.

 

Red Raiders vs Jagerbomb

They have more chemistry and that will play a factor in this game, less (ed’s note: fewer) mental mistakes.

 

Marvels vs Thunder Buddies

They are the better team with a more complete roster, plus they need to rebound after last week.

 

Division 3

 

Invictus G vs Master Chiefs

Willie will be back and that should bolster their offense with Ryan back at receiver.

 

Panaches vs Bines

If their complete roster shows up, then this shouldn’t be close with Bines having the better roster.

 

Iron Wolves vs Double Dippers

Double Dippers have the better roster and should win this game, but they haven’t played well all season, but this week they get it right and show up.

 

Division 4

 

Drama Club vs Airborne

Ryan is the best player in this game, and he will show why.

 

Cyclones vs Mustard Tigers

Cyclones will have a new QB and that will cause issues with them this week.

 

Revenants vs Bines Low Fat

Their defense will shut Marvin and his offense down with little trouble.

 

Phoenix vs Drama Club NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

Pocket Rockets vs Randoms

This will be closer than most people will think and that is because Pocket Rockets are missing a bunch of players.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Udaho Idapimps

Udaho doesn’t really have a QB and that will be an issue this week.

 

Division 5

 

Heisenberg vs Sour Peeps

Sour Peeps are no longer a team that you can overlook, they have a few weapons and Jocelyn has gotten much better from the start of the season.

 

Cobra Kai vs Fighting Armadillos

Experience is the key in this game.

 

Les Last Calls vs The Lesniaks

I was going to go with Lesniaks, but knowing Zack isn’t playing safety, Seb will have a field day with no one being able to stop him.

 

Mimosa Crew vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

There you have it this week’s winners. Even if I have to cheat and get some other refs in on it this week, I will be getting every game right, watch and see.

 

Power Rankings

 

With everything that happened this past week I had to make some changes to my list. With two weeks left I thought my rankings were pretty secure where they were then this weekend happened and you will see the results of that in the following list. 

 

Division 1

#1- Outlaws

#2- Gros Coqs 

#3- Trollers

 

Division 2

#1- Thunder Buddies

#2- Tannantes

#3- Jagerbomb

 

Division 3

#1- Idaho Udapimps

#2- Iron Wolves (ed’s note: again, we’re #2, but Double Dippers “have the better roster”?)

#3- Master Chiefs

 

Division 4

#1- Pocket Rocket

#2- Randoms

#3- Revenants

 

Division 5

#1- Fighting Armadillos

#2- Sour Peeps

#3- Vultures

 

There you have my list for this week. I know it’s not perfect and I had to make a few hard choices, but I feel that this is a good list. With only 2 weeks left in the season your team still has time to make it up in the rankings especially if we have another week like last week.

 

Final Thoughts

 

After years of being considered an elite QB, Russel Wilson is no longer any good. After getting traded to Denver everyone thought that they were going to be real contenders and that doesn’t seem to be happening, at least not yet. Wilson seems to have gone blind once he moved there missing easy throws, that is if he even sees them.

As you all know we have 2 weeks left in the season and we were supposed to have moved back to Le Ber to finish the season and as of right now we will be playing at least this week at Arthur Therrien with the possibility of next week as well, but we will have to wait and see on that. Last week I was at both locations and can tell you that Le Ber is in way better shape than Arthur Therrien and if it was up to me, I would finish season off at Arthur Therrien and just do playoffs at Le Ber. Right now, at Arthur Therrien the best field to play on is field 3 because it has the best grass.

I know there are still 2 weeks left in the season and most teams are still fighting for a playoff spot, but let’s not forget at the end of the day we are playing a game and its only for fun. Go out, have fun, and try not to get hurt or kill someone. Thanks for reading and see you all Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: A Crisp Foggy Morning! edition

Word from the Mouth: A Crisp Foggy Morning! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Let me start by saying you all get to get up Saturday morning and come play football and the fields been all set up and ready for you guys to step out and play. This is what I get to see when I arrive at the field (picture above). Getting there and seeing that all I could think of was the Fog game between Philadelphia and Chicago from 1988. I know most of you won’t remember that and some were not even born yet, but all the old guys know exactly what I’m talking about.

Some people think it might be cool to play in that fog and I can tell you that it wouldn’t be. For QBs, you can’t see more than 10 yards down field, receivers wouldn’t be able to track the ball and on defense you won’t see the ball coming and as for the refs we would have a hard time seeing flags being pulled or where to spot the player down.

This week the football world went crazy or at least the fans in Tennessee. You had the fans ripping down the goal post and parading it through the town and let’s not forget the people who were ripping up the checkered endzone as a souvenir for beating Alabama for the first time since 2006.

Then let’s talk about the NFL and how the teams in New York are both sitting at 5-1 and 4-2, more wins then they both had last season. Then you have the two teams from last years Super Bowl sitting at 3-3 each and considering both of those teams were supposed to dominate again this year it’s a bit of a surprise. Is it possible we get an all–New York Super Bowl? Yes, but it’s probably unlikely. The city of New York would love it and get to plan a parade no matter who won.

 

Weekly Recap

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs (46-47)

This was a very fun game to watch with both teams matching scores in the first half and Gros Coqs getting the final score in right before halftime to take a 27-21 lead. Second half we saywa little more defense with score 27 all and after a stop by the Trollers Max looked to take the lead and keep momentum, that was until Tommy stepped in front of a pass and ran it in for a score to give Gros Coqs a lead. After Haney gets 2 picks on back-to-back drives and Trollers forcing a turnover on downs, Max hits Max on a short dump off that he ran 33 yards for a TD and gives them a 12-point lead with 2 minutes left. Dom throws a 45-yard TD to Alexandre they get the convert and are now down 5, they force a quick 3 and punt, leaving 1:36 on the clock. On the second to last play of the game Josh gets two penalties, one for contact to the head and then an unsportsmanlike for arguing the call. This puts the ball on the 3-yard line and the last play of the game. Dom looks left then goes back right, but the defender gets a hand on the ball. Alexis the receiver falls as the ball hits his hands, hits his legs, pops up, and he is able to grab it and win the game.

 

Division 2

 

Red Raiders vs Marvels (44-43)

With the score going back and forth most of the game, Andrew had a chance to get a pick and maybe seal the game. For a guy who talks so much he might want to start listening. Thinking it was a convert he knocks the ball down and it was only second down. Marvels scored to take the lead. Red Raiders down 6 with the last play of the game, Dilan calls his number for a jump ball and gets up over Francis for the tie. On the convert Dilan dropped what looked like a catch and we head to overtime. In OT, Mike goes for 2 to end the game and with a reverse to Dilan throws it to Andrew who was wide open at the front cone.

 

Division 3

 

Master Chiefs vs Invictus G (38-43)

No Willie, no Problem. Or at least that was the word before the game. Ryan didn’t play poorly in this game, and he shouldn’t get all the blame, the defense was soft and allowed conversions on long yardage for first downs, it also didn’t help that they recorded zero sacks and zero picks as well. For Invictus, Karl played great relying on Louis for big plays and Dagher was the guy when they need a first down who always seemed to get just past the bags. With the score 31-37 for Invictus, Ryan took a huge sack for a loss of 11 yards by Sandra and with second down and 21 he threw a deep ball up and it was picked off by Dagher. After two incomplete passes Karl finds Louis for a 48-yard TD and it was 43-31 with 2 minutes left. Master Chiefs scored, but it was too late and all Invictus needed to do was gain a first down and the game was over. Stay tuned for the rematch this week.

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs Randoms (28-39)

The game started without me under center as I was coming over from another location and with Phoenix starting with the ball Rob was playing QB. After moving the ball down field, Avery who was subbing for Randoms picked the ball off and returned it for a score, not a good way to start the game. Rob from Randoms was able to punch it in right before half to make it a 14-12 game Phoenix. In the second half, in a span of a minute it became a 26-14 game for Randoms. I threw 3 picks on 3 consecutive throws and Randoms scored on all 3 of them making it seem like this game was out of reach. Felix then gives Phoenix some hope getting a pick 6 and making it a 33-28 game for Randoms. Phoenix gets Randoms into a third and eight and it looked like phoenix was going to get the ball back and have a chance to win it with around 2 minutes left or we at least thought that. There was a broken coverage and Rob found Erik wide open down the sideline for a 44-yard score and that sealed the game as Phoenix wasn’t able to score fast enough to try and get the ball back.

 

Division 5

 

Phoenix vs Sour Peeps (19-25)

Before this game began there was word that Jocelyn might not play because of sore ribs. I can tell you from watching him play that those ribs looked fine. The way the game started was just how the game played out. Phoenix went 3 and punt, then Jocelyn hits a wide-open Oliver for a big score and on both drives you could see that no one on Phoenix was focused and ready to play. There were bad routes being run and lapses on defense and this happened all day for Phoenix. Jocelyn and Sour Peeps played their game and were able to find the holes and march down and score easily. Phoenix fought back and towards the end of the game had a chance to go down and tie it up. Mental mistakes reappeared once again. With Sour Peeps calling a time out and being 20 yards down field, the offense was lined up and ready to go once the play was blown in. This should have been a free play and a good gain as well, but instead of waiting for the ball to be snapped one of the receivers jumped off side and was called for a false start, a few plays later another bad route was run and where the receiver should have gone in front of the defender decided to make his break behind the player and the ball was already out of my hands and end up in the hands of Alexia who sealed the game.

 

There you have this week’s recaps. If you want more, look out for Terry and Willie on MFL Total Access on Wednesday night.

 

Player of the Week

 

The end of the season is coming up fast and after another great week of football this is who I picked as my players of the week.

 

Division 1

Offense- Alexis Ferrand grabbed 7 passes for 38 yards and 3 TDs.

Defense- Thomas Lemay made 2 tackles and had 1 pick which he took back for 6 points.

 

Division 2

Offense- Vincent Dion was 20 of 36 for 270 yards, 7 TDs and 2 1point converts.

Defense- Thomas Iribarren made 3 tackles and had 2 picks.

 

Division 3

Offense- Karl Lavallee-Rodrigue was 21 of 36 for 300 yards and 7 TDs.

Defense- Justin Gerin-Lajoie had 2 picks, and both were taken back for 6 points.

 

Division 4

Offense- Marvin Steinberg was 15 of 23 for 151 yards, 3 TDs and 2 1point converts. He also ran 8 times for 77 yards and 2 TDs.

Defense- Benoit Maynard made 2 tackles, made 3 picks and ran 1 back for a TD.

 

Division 5

Offense- Jocelyn Ouellette was 42 of 63 for 372 yards, 8 TDs, 3 1point converts, 1 2point convert, also threw 1 pick. Jocelyn also ran 5 times for 34 yards. This was in 2 games both wins and while being hurt.

Defense- Stefano Scalzo made 3 tackles, had 3 picks and ran 2 back for TDs.  

 

There you have it this week’s winners. There are only two weeks left of the season so if you want a shot at making my list you don’t have much time left. Congratulations to all of this week’s winners and for those who didn’t make it, better luck next week.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

Another week down and another week of Terry winning and me being stuck on the same level as Wille and that is at the bottom. After weeks of struggling with my picks and trying out different ways to make them I have decided to just pick from my gut. I know it might be too late to catch Terry, but I’m not leaving it up to a team forfeiting in week 11 to win or lose like happened last season.

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs

Gros Coqs need it more, but Trollers will come out on top because Max won’t want to fall a game back of Outlaws.

 

Iron Wolves vs Outlaws

Outlaws should and will walk all over Iron Wolves and it won’t be pretty when the final whistle blows.

 

Division 2

 

Red Raiders vs Marvels

Just like last time Marvels will pull this off. Every week Red Raiders is missing someone and who know who it might be this week.

 

Jagerbomb vs Spritz Gang

The battle between alcohol and in this case, I’m taking Jagerbomb since they are the more complete team.

 

Jagerbomb vs Tannantes

This should be close and I still have to take Jagerbomb because in all the games I’ve seen from Tannantes they make a late game comeback and Jagerbomb are too experienced to let that happen.

 

Nice TDs vs Thunder Buddies

They are the better team that won’t start arguing amongst themselves.

 

Division 3

 

Master Chiefs vs Invictus G

They are stacked and shouldn’t have much trouble winning this game.

 

Idaho Udapimps vs Double Dippers

I know what Idaho team will show up I can’t say the same about Double Dippers.

 

Bines vs Panaches

They are the stronger team with a higher talent level.

 

Iron Wolves vs RawSauce

Iggy gets it done this week against a team that has played poorly most of the year.

 

Division 4

 

Mustard Tigers vs Drama Club

They are the better team even being older and slower.

 

Airborne vs Bines Low Fat

Their defense is great when they are there, and I think figuring out a way to stop baby Maynard won’t be difficult for them.

 

Revenants vs Randoms

They have the better QB right now and if they can stop Marvin from running and keep the ball away from him on offense, they should be able to win.

 

Pocket Rockets vs Udaho Idapimp

This D3 team is too strong for the division and unless Alexis isn’t there should be at least a 2-score game.

 

Randoms vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my teams games.

 

Division 5

 

Les Last Calls vs Mimosa Crew

They are a very good team that has way more experience than Mimosa Crew.

 

Phoenix vs Sour Peeps NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

Sour Peeps vs Vultures

They have the better team overall and unless Phil plays horribly, they should win this game.

 

Cobra Kai vs TD Hunters

I think this will be closer than most people think, but TD Hunters have played a lot of close games and found ways to win.

 

Fighting Armadillos vs Heisenberg

PO is killing it this season so expect more of that this week.

 

There you have this week’s predictions. I hope some of you have read this and will help me out with my picks this week.

 

Power Rankings

 

Now you can see what I think about your team and if they have what it takes to make my top 3. We had a few big matchups this week that could make my rankings look a little different. Here they are after 8 weeks of the season.

 

Division 1

#1- Outlaws

#2- Trollers

#3- Gros Coqs 

 

Division 2

#1- Thunder Buddies

#2- Jagerbomb

#3- Red Raiders

 

Division 3

#1- Idaho Udapimps

#2- Master Chiefs

#3- Iron Wolves

 

Division 4

#1- Pocket Rocket

#2- Bines Low Fat

#3- Randoms

 

Division 5

#1- Fighting Armadillos

#2- Vultures

#3- TD Hunters

 

This week I only had to make a few little changes to my rankings, but with the season coming to an end soon and a lot of big games left to play these rankings aren’t set and I can see a few changes being made after this week depending on what happens.

 

Final Thoughts

 

I know most of us are football fans and that’s why we play the game, but the NFL needs to get their refs on the same page. Brady getting sacked is a roughing the passer penalty, Chris jones stripping the ball from the QB and falling on top of him while he the defender has the ball is roughing the passer, Mahomes getting hit the exact same way as Brady no penalty and then at the end of the raiders game Carr getting killed no call. The refs in the NFL are bad and just like in most leagues the refs could all use a refresher course.

I feel that all our refs should at least read the rule book once before the season starts and ask questions on what they aren’t sure of, and they should at least know what yards are marked off for penalties. There have been too many times I have been in games where there have been mistakes and I’ve had to correct the ref and I know you all think I only do it when it[s in my favor, but I have done it numerous times where it has hurt my team as well.

Now with all that said, let’s remember that we are all out to have fun and enjoy ourselves, so remember it’s just a game, so relax a little.

Word from the Mouth: Thankful for the Cold! edition

Word from the Mouth: Thankful for the Cold! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Hope everyone enjoyed the long week and had a great Thanksgiving. This past weekend was the first time it was cold and everyone need to bundle up. The cold weather might have caused a few issues with some players, but it was much worse for the refs who weren’t running around.

We still had a few players that were dressed the same way in shorts and a t-shirt. I can tell you that I wasn’t one of those people. I am there early every week to set up and I have gone until November doing it without a shirt, but this week I had wished I brought a jacket with me. As the day went on and when the sun was out it was very nice and enjoyable. Hope everyone is getting ready to be playing in the snow because its coming very soon.

I know I will be since I have a few tricks left to use and I can tell you that everyone will want to get in on it, but if you’re not on my team you will have to deal with it. As of right now it seems that this coming week is the last week of us playing at Arthur Therrien (ed’s note: it is not) and that will make some people happy. At this point with what the city did by putting grass seed down with rocks and no soil means that Le Ber is the better option, it just means that in April next year I will have to spend more time fixing up the field so that it is playable to start next season.

 

Weekly Recap

 

Division 1

 

Centurions vs Outlaws (46-71)

46 points should be able to win you games most time, but when you give up 71 it just means you need to correct a bunch of things on your defense. David balled out for Outlaws scoring 4 TDs on 8 catches and Smuda and Marvin dominated on the defensive side each picking off 2 passes. Steve must have set a record with 10 TDs. Everyone says defense wins championships, but not when you have an offense like Outlaws do.

 

Division 2

 

Nice TDs vs Red Raiders (32-33)

This game looked to be over very quickly. Mike stunk it up for the first 10 minutes of the game and this allowed Nice TDs to go up 18 points and looked like it was going to be an easy win for Nice TDs. Mike put a drive together and took Red Raiders down for a score. Then came the play that changed the game, at least in my eyes. Kris threw a pass, and it was caught by long time teammate and favorite target Andrew AKA Flash who showed off his speed on his break for the ball and then easily walked it in for a score. After giving up 27 straight point Nice TDs scored on back-to-back drives to take a 32-27 lead with only minutes left. Mike took his time and drove the field finding open players as he led Red Raiders down and finding Dilan on a quick out for the score.

 

Division 3

 

Invictus G vs Double Dippers (6-44)

Double Dippers started with a 12-point lead since Invictus only had 4 players to start then played almost the entire first half with only 5 players. By the time they were 6 the game was all but over. Leon played lose and carefree knowing he had a big lead early.

 

Panaches vs RawSauce (20-25)

With RawSauce missing a few key players Felix still had a hard time completing passing and moving the ball. For RawSauce Rob was in at QB and relied heavily on Gabriel to do most of their damage. Gabriel also came up big on defense knocking a few passes down at the line of scrimmage when it looked like Felix was going to run. RawSauce was able to take the lead back with 3 minutes left and then relied on their defense to get the stop and seal the game.

 

Division 4

 

Cyclones vs Phoenix (24-18)

I don’t want to take anything away from Cyclones and the way they were able to come back and take the lead towards the end of the game and they deserved to win. I can also tell you that on the last play of half there seemed to be an early flag on what should have been a TD and, I get it, the ref sees it as being a bang bang play, fine. In the second half Phoenix got sloppy with route running and I threw a few balls that end up getting picked off because of it, but that’s on me for throw to a spot and not to the receiver. I can tell you this, if we played them again, we won’t take them lightly.

 

Division 5

 

The Lesniaks vs Phoenix (26-31)

Going into this game knowing that Avery was subbing for Lesniaks I wasn’t to hopeful of us pulling it off. Then I got a message, and a player was able to make it out and now I was like we have a chance. Lesniak has a big arm and loves to show it off and when his team catches it often it’s a TD. With 31 seconds left we were down in the game with 45 yards to go and 3 timeouts. I was able to hit Khalil on a big play that put us in the red zone before I found Trenton for the winning score. This game turned out to be way closer than it really should have been. If you take into consideration that Phoenix dropped 1 TD and had 1 called off on fourth down, plus the dropped 2point convert that would have put us up 9 near the end of the game (ed’s note: yes, team’s will win by more if they never drop a pass and always get in the endzone!). Overall this was a fun game to play and it’s always nice to beat an old teammate.

 

There you have this week’s wrap up. If you want more look for Terry and Willie on MFL Access on Wednesday night.

 

Players of the Week

 

This week was a cold one for whoever played early, and it did have an impact on some player’s stats and others seemed to play even better in the cold. Here are the players who made my list this week.

 

Division 1

Offense- Steve Harriperrsaud was 35 of 38 for 411 yards, 10 TDs, 1 pick, 3 1point converts and 3 2point converts.

Defense- Nicolas Paquin made 4 tackles all 4 were sacks.

 

Division 2

Offense- Vincent Anctil snagged 5 balls for 72 yards, 2 TDs and 2 1point converts.

Defense- Benjamin Lepetit made 2 tackles and had 2 picks.

 

Division 3

Offense- Gabriel Boucher caught 5 passes for 100 yards, 3 TDs and 1 1point convert.

Defense- Michael Tola Denis made 3 tackles all 3 were sacks.

 

Division 4

Offense- Erik Emond grabbed 7 balls for 85 yards and 3 TDs.

Defense- Oliver Watier made 5 tackles, had 3 picks and ran 2 of them back for 6 points.

 

Division 5

Offense- Josh Pottel made 5 catches for 57 yards and 2 TDs.

Defense- Trenton Porter made 1 tackle and had 2 picks.

 

There you have it this week’s winners. Their names will be added to the growing list of players already on it. With only a few weeks left you still have time to make it onto my list but you need to show me why you should be given a spot. Go out, ball out, put up some good numbers and maybe next week you will see your name up here.

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