Word from the Mouth: Winning Sans Kevin! edition

Word from the Mouth: Winning Sans Kevin! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Hello and welcome back. I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend, unless you are one of those suckers that had to work, then I feel sorry for you since while the rest of the province got high and drunk to celebrate, you were stuck doing what you do.

Tonight can be big night if someone’s boyfriend’s team can pull off the miraculous comeback from being down 3-0. (ed’s note: spoiler alert, they did not) With that being said its due time the Cup comes north of the border (ed’s note: unless it’s to Toronto, obviously).

I know its early to be looking towards the fall season and I personally hate looking to the next season when I  still have games to play this season, but if you’re looking for a player or two and want to keep it hush hush, come out to Brossard on Sundays and see if you can’t get a few guys to move over to Montreal. I can tell you there are more than a few guys that could play D2 at least.

 

Recap

 

Division 1

 

Busch Boys vs A-Team (32-57)

This was completed one sided and it should have been. Busch Boys were missing a bunch of players, Manu didn’t accept the sub request and I refused to add player at field even with A-Team saying it was ok, so they played with 6. Simon did all he could with what he had out there this weekend. As for A-Team, what can I say? Dave played lights out, spreading the ball, making the right reads, and using his legs when he needed to. Anytime Dave didn’t have the throw he wanted, he had Devin sitting in a hole with no one around all day long. Everyone on the team contributed which is great, but after last week the biggest change for A-Team is the behavior and I’ll say it now, if they play like this every week, don’t be surprised to see them holding the trophy at the end of the season. (ed’s note: honestly, when Dilan keeps everyone in check, this has been the best team in the league for a while now. When the team gets in their own heads though, that’s another story.)

 

Division 2

 

KOLB vs Pocket Rockets (40-39)

 

I know that Pocket Rockets scored with 17 seconds left to go down 1, I just want to know if they went for the win or OT by going for 1 or 2.

 

Division 3

 

Tigres vs Phoenix (20-21) OT

Phoenix was well short of players this week and as the captain I can tell you I was just hoping to field a team and it not be a forfeit. I went with Simon at QB for a few reasons, but mainly because he would be able to play defense if something happened. First half both teams struggled, Simon with the new players and Tigres because Phoenix had a good game plan in place defensively. At half Tigres held a 6-0 lead at half with a 3-yard pass from Hector to Joshua. Phoenix made a few adjustments and were able to score on their opening drive of the second half when Josh scored from 7 yards out. I can tell you that the sidelines weren’t happy he was called  in, and I can tell you from being right where the fans are I would have called him out but from the 15-yard line to the back corner far side I’m not making a call from there. This tied it up at 6 and made Tigres lose focus for a play which was a pick from Hector to JF who scored on the play. This is also the reason I went with Simon at QB, Jose got hurt and wasn’t able to complete the game and with just under 16 minutes left playing 6vs5 with this super athletic Tigres team we would have gotten destroyed. Once the game resumed Tigres had the ball when Hector threw a bomb to Joshua for 42 yards and a few plays later Joshua finished the drive off from scoring from 8 yards out. Both teams traded scores and the game was tied with zeros on the clock. In OT Phoenix started and failed on their first attempt, but so did Tigres. With their second attempt Joshua made a beautiful grab coming along the back goal line. With the game on the line Simon went for 2. JF ran a 10 out from the slot caught the ball on the line. Catch and flag made at same time, but hips were on the line called good, game over and JF the hero once again.

 

Division 4

 

Villains vs Phoenix (16-30)

I missed the early fireworks in this one as I had a late start at Arthur Therrien. What I missed was Vince scoring on the first play from 41 yards away. I guess going to school and getting an education isn’t a thing in the Pointe. Connor the field is 45 not 41 yards (ed’s note: Connor has just been instructed, as have all scorekeepers, to reduce all stats for any team a Kousaie is on). Then on Villains first play, Big Dave back from France gets the first of his 2 picks and takes it to the house giving Phoenix a 12-0 lead. By the time I arrived Villains had scored twice (Pat from 7 yards out and Samuel from 2 yards out & Jenna scored a 2-point convert) taking a 2-point led. With Vince scoring his second TD of the game before half, Phoenix was up 18-14. Second half Phoenix started with the ball and with all the attention Vince was getting, this allowed Gab to sneak out on a chair and score a big 23-yard TD. The only points Villains could mustard up (ed’s note: leaving that one in!) in the second half was a safety by Lucas. Nick was able to put the final nail in the coffin when Brian ran what looked like a corner and found a big empty spot to sit in and wait for the ball. This would have been a different game had it not be for Jeremi being hurt earlier in the day.

 

Division 5

 

I missed seeing games in this division. Hope to catch a game or two next week, but that will depend on other ref’s availability.

 

Women’s

 

I missed seeing games in this division. Hope to catch a game or two next week, but that will depend on other ref’s availability. (ed’s note: that’s some copy-paste lazy writing, right there!)

 

Studs & Duds

 

It seems like the last few weeks everyone took it easy and made my picks easy. This week was a bit more challenging, but I managed to figure it out. Now let’s see who I cam up with.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

- David Daoust went 30 of 37 for 252 yards with 7 TDs

 

Division 2

- Jérémi Riendeau-Demers 7 catches for 52 yards, 3 TDs and 1 1-point convert. He also made 2 tackles and returned a pick for 1-point

 

Division 3

- Will Bradford had 4 pick 6s in 1 game that’s all I have to put up

 

Division 4

- Thibault Varin 3 TDs on offense 2 picks and 1 returned for a TD on defense

 

Division 5

- Jorge Hernandez 7 catches 81 yards, 3 TDs and 1 1-point convert

 

Women’s

- Charlotte St-Pierre 10 catches 76 yards, 2 TDs, 1 1-point convert, and she made 3 tackles and 1 sack on defense

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- Manu for not accepting the sub request and stressing Simon out before the game

 

Division 2

- Ryan Dobbs 1 catch 5 yards and I know it was a TD, but the targets need to go up for someone of your talent

 

Division 3

- PO with his 4 TD passes, they just happen to be to the wrong team

 

Division 4

- Sour Peeps captain for breaking roster rules and having their game switched to a forfeit and the possibility of not finishing first now

 

Division 5

- Robert Thomas Gallagher you threw 5 picks and only threw passes towards Biddle

 

Women’s

- Tigres convert attempts, go with your best play. Too many games come down to converts and when you have only a handful successful ones all season, you got to get better if you want to win close games

 

There you go week 8 winners and losers. 

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

I’ll make this quick and to the point and just pick the winners. Last week after the coin gave up, I went 17-11 which means at least 11 team captains didn’t read my article and try to help me out. Now to my picks this week and they are in bold like always.

 

Division 1

 

Outlaws vs Iron Wolves

Busch Boys vs Master Chiefs

Busch Boys vs A-Team

 

Division 2

 

KOLB vs Pocket Rockets

 

Division 3

 

Bines vs Thunder Buddies

Sooners vs RawSauce

Tigres vs Phoenix NA

TDs & Beers vs Villains

Tigres vs Horde

Iron Wolves vs TDs & Beers

Thunder Buddies vs Villains

Red Cats vs Super Friends

 

Division 4

 

MTL Cessnas vs Bouchers

CIA Fusion vs Systemes Urbains

FAD vs Mimosa Crew

100 Genies vs Bandits

Sour Peeps vs 28-3

Chiefs vs Drama Club 

Action Squad vs Ledgendaries

Villains vs Phoenix NA

Bear Hood vs Tropic Thunder

 

Division 5

 

8Ballers vs Titans

Binettes vs Jungle Squad

Nothing But D vs Slicks

Big Booties vs Slot Machines 

Soonies vs Secret Agents

514 vs Slicks

Sniffers vs Binettes

 

Women’s

 

Crazy B’s vs Drama Queen

Déesses du Drapeau vs Tigres

 

Good luck to everyone playing this weekend. Let’s hope the heat breaks.

 

Power Rankings

 

Now we get to see if your team did enough last week to move up my list or not. With a lot of big games last week my list could get a shake up. Let’s see what happened.

 

Division 1

#1- Outlaws

#2- Busch Boys

#3- A-Team

 

Division 2

#1- Respect

#2- Pocket Rockets

#3- Top Shooter

 

Division 3

#1- Double Dippers

#2- Tigres

#3- Horde

 

Division 4

 

Babalis

#1- Sour Peeps

#2- Phoenix

#3- Cia Fusions

 

Power

#1- Bear Hood

#2- Hawks

#3- Drama Club

 

Division 5

#1- Slot Machines

#2- Nothing But D

#3- Slicks

 

Women

#1- Drama Queen

#2- Déesses du Drapeau

#3- Tigres

 

Those are my rankings after 7 weeks of games. You might not like my list, but all you can do is play better and show me that my list isn’t complete if your team isn’t on it.

 

Final Thoughts

 

Skip Holtz has won 3 straight titles with the Birmingham Stallions, 2 in the USFL and this year in the UFL and it’s been with different players each time. I know that it’s not the NFL, but don’t tell me someone somewhere couldn’t use a winner. I mean Mockingjays you can fire Alex and hire this person.

I don’t watch soccer other than the World Cup, but if you’re into that the Euro Cup has started. I’d watch since I’m off this week following surgery, but I see enough players flopping on Saturday and Sunday in the MFL.

I want to know who the parakeet kisses it takes 2 hours and 45 minutes for a round trip from Point Claire to Saint Mary’s Hospital at 4 in the afternoon. I could have gone to Kingston in that time. The city needs to stop with all this construction baisers d'oiseaux where lanes get closed off so some developer can build more blue jay snuggling condos. They destroy the roads with the heavy equipment and then leave and everyone in the area gets hummingbird hugged because of it. (ed’s note: close the roads! Bike lanes and tram lines everywhere!) 

I’ll be there Saturday, though not playing. Let me try to remind everyone before I let you go that we are playing a game for fun, so take it easy on the other team, the refs, and your team as well. Okay, does everyone get it? Before you make a scene, take a step back, a big breath, and ask yourself ‘am I a grown up playing a game or am I a child thinking that this is my life and all I have?’. (ed’s note: 100% the latter for me)

Word from the Mouth: Ain't Misbehavin'! edition

Word from the Mouth: Ain't Misbehavin'! edition

Kevin Kousaie

My last week of football before surgery and boy was it eventful.

We had a team not show up once again for the second or third time in a row. It is crazy that a team just won’t show up, it sucks for the team that is supposed to play against them.

With the school year ready to end in a few days, I’m wondering if we will be setting up the kid’s league again this season. I hope so, but I also know it is a lot to get done and we would need more coaches to help run drills and organize a team.

The one point I make every week is that we are playing a game for fun, but I guess some players think that MFL is a stepping block to the NFL. You all need to settle the sea monkeys down and come out and enjoy yourself. Everyone blames the refs for bad calls or missed calls, but I want to point out that the NFL is a multi billion-dollar company and has the same issues and they have replay to look back at and make a correct call. If you think refereeing is easy, go see Terry on Saturday and you can find out how little fun it is to get berated all game from certain players that want and need everything to go their way.

 

Recap

 

Division 1

 

Master Chiefs vs Outlaws (32-40)

With Vinny and Steve both under center you expect to see a lot of great balls being thrown, but the best and most surprising throw of the game came from Mike Jaz. It was fourth down and 15 yards to go, Jaz drops from center and Vinny throws him the ball and instead of throwing it back to Vinny he threw a dart to Avery who was coming across the field. Mike hit him in stride and in traffic. I was just as shocked as everyone that Mike threw that pass. Master Chiefs had a few too many drops in the game that hurt them early and then late in the game they weren’t on the same page. No Smuda, no Svetna, no Jaf? No problem is what Steve said. Max was sure handed on offense, but made his presence felt on defense snagging 2 picks. Josh had a big game scoring only once, but grabbing 10 passes for 95 yards. Steve was able to have his way with Chiefs defense since he was able to avoid baby Maynard rushing him all game except once which allowed him time to look at multiple receivers before throwing the ball.

 

Division 2

 

Missed D2 this week hope to be back next week.

 

Division 3

 

Phoenix vs Thunder Buddies (45-18)

Thunder Buddies lost David due to injuries and we have known for a while now, but this week he was replaced on the roster by Brady which is huge. Brady is a fantastic defender and a solid receiver. I knew going in that it was going to be a struggle and it was. Opening drive Terry picked us apart and drove to score. Phoenix looked to answer and after a few drops Phoenix was left with a fourth and ten from midfield. I knew we had to go for it, but I wanted to punt because we had just dropped a few passes and wanted to play smart, but at midfield you have to go for it. I threw a post to Alec who stretched out and brought it in with his fingertips. After both teams traded TDs, Terry went for it on fourth in their zone and with the turnover it put Phoenix in a great position to go up a TD. With time running out in the half Phoenix had a 20-12 lead with Thunder Buddies driving, but the half ran out of time without them scoring. Second half rolled around and Phoenix started with the ball and everything I said at half came true. We went down and scored, defense was going to get a pick and we were going to score again and go up 3 scores. After that, the game was all but over. There were a few plays that if made would have made the game different. I threw a pass to Josh, but I was too trigger happy and let it fly to early and Ryan made a great jump on the ball that if he caught might have been for 6 points. Oh, and I was told to mention how Nick is still waiting for his father’s day card from Willie after taking ownership of him on Saturday.

 

Division 4

 

100 Genies vs Phoenix (0-25)

This game was actually 13-19 but got switched to a forfeit because Genies had a sub that was above the sub cap limit. It sucks balls, but rules are rules. 100 Genies were missing Gabriel and not only is he their QB, but he is also one heck of a defender. Othmane Karamat is their next best player and yes, he did get 3 sacks which is great, but on offense we locked him down to only getting 2 catches for 15 yards. Vince dominated this game on the stat sheet scoring twice, over 100 yards and getting 3 picks, but most of those yards were on his 2 big TD catches. With 6 minutes left Phoenix was down 13-6 and they hadn’t moved the ball much all day and it was do or die time. Phoenix scored but missed the convert and with 3 minutes left Phoenix needed a stop and to have any chance at getting the win. After 100 Genies started moving the ball, I decided to go rush for a play to mix it up and confuse the QB. Guillaume felt he was going to have a chance at a big play, but the ball was a bit high and he had to jump which gave me time to get to him. I sacked him and on the next play he threw the ball quickly where Vince got his third pick of the game. Phoenix did score to take a 5-point lead with 30 seconds left. We went for 1 and the play was huge since it would put us up 6 and give us a buffer sort of. Kat ran her route and without anyone around her she pulled the ball in to put us up 6. With 30 seconds and all their timeouts 100 Genies were able to get past half, but nothing after that.

 

Division 5

 

Slicks vs Jungle Squad (32-13)

Guillaume had a game to warm up before and was ready to go once the first whistle blew. Guillaume is a good D5 QB, but he could become an exceptionally good high division rusher as well. Scott runs that defense and makes sure that everyone knows what to do and where to be in every situation. Luca is a payer teams need to watch out for he is fast, but that’s not what will beat you its his shiftiness that you need to look out for. You have heard of stopping and changing direction on a dime, they coined that after watching him do a few drills. Jungle Squad has been screwed by injuries in the past and let’s hope that Jérôme can comeback and that it was just a little tweak to his knee. With the way Slicks are I won’t be surprised to see them make a deep run in the playoffs.

 

514 vs Big Booties (6-27)

This game might get changed to a forfeit, not 100% since 514 was only 3 players and used 3 subs including 1 that was well above the limit and Max threw 4 passes, 3 incompletes, and a pick to Alex the sub who is over cap. I will just make a few pointers about this game and leave it like that. Remi Faugere just takes the easy throws and listens to Max as he played QB for years and years and knows what he is talking about when he says run a play. As for 514, Lesniak you need to show up, lol. Jean-Philippe Larouche as a first time QB it will get better than that. 6 picks is rough, but with a few simple adjustments you can cut that in half easily. Most, if not all, your passes were thrown into the middle of the field where there is more congestion. Try using the sidelines, have players run drags or outs give yourself easy throws and don’t force anything stupid. One player that impressed me in this game was Charles Schiller. If you could have seen him a few seasons ago, he had no clue about to run routes, catch the ball, play defense, or even rush which is what he has done up to now. In this game Charles made a few good catches, made some tackles, and made his first ever pick. For me, the most impressive thing he did was body placement. Meaning that instead of sticking out his arms to make a catch where the defender can make a play on the ball, he is moving his body into place to protect the ball from the defender. It’s plays like that when you see them you can see that he is figuring it out and once you can just react without thinking is when you become a dangerous player.

 

Women’s

 

Missed you ladies this week hope to be back next week.

 

That’s all I have for you this week. If you want more MFL news, look for MFL total Access with Terry and Willie on Wednesday morning now instead of at night. If you need more MFL news, tune into MFL after the flag with Mat and Gold and that is out normally Thursday.

 

Studs & Duds

We had a few big Studs this week and a bunch of Duds and I have no clue where I should start, but guess we should start with the good before the bad and I’ve thought about adding in the ugly, but I’d need a complete player list to do that.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

- Brady Ohanessian 3 TDs and 1 pick in 2 games.

 

Division 2

- Stephen Harripersaud as many incomplete passes as TDs 14 in 2 games.

 

Division 3

- Jean-François Lawrence 1 TD, 1 1-point convert, 2 picks and returned 1 for a TD

 

Division 4

- Vincent Martel 2 catches, 2 picks, 0 runs and 4 TDs. Figured it out yet. He scored on both his picks.

 

Division 5

- Marcel Jovani 3 more TDs on the season plus another pick as well

 

Women’s

- Julie Gauvin 7 catches 41 yards and a TD on offense but Julie stepped up and dominated on defense with 3 picks

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- The children for their behavior and you know who you are

 

Division 2

- Pierre-Olivier Tremblay-Agelakos 19 of 41 with 3 picks is tough and why you see your name up here

 

Division 3

- Thunder Buddies defensive stat line of 4 tackles as a team, plus giving up 45 points as well

 

Division 4

- Brian Mustard 5 picks gets you on the list automatically

 

Division 5

- The Sniffers for not showing up again after saying you were going to be there

 

Women’s

- Roxanne Roy going 8 of 27 for 40 yards

 

Those are your winners and your losers following week 7. I had lots of picks to make, but think the ones I made were well deserved. 

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 6

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 6

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

Right now, I’m so much better than the Coin that it tried to hitch a ride with Jon to Europe. I had a 10-game lead coming into last week and now hold a 16-game lead. That is, it the coin is done and no longer wants to participate in this beat down. The Coins final words were I’ll be back since Jon thinks its too many games to pick each week. Now to my picks and like always they are in bold.

Division 1

A-Team vs Master Chiefs

- Focus

Outlaws vs Iron Wolves

- Better QB

Master Chiefs vs Outlaws

- Desperation

Division 2

KOLB vs Top Shooters

- I know what I’m getting

Pocket Rockets vs Respect

- Consistency

KOLB vs Respect

- Consistency

Division 3

Thunder Buddies vs TDs & Beers

- Terry goes short chews clock and protects ball

Tigres vs TDs & Beers

- Nestor running will be the difference in the game

Thunder Buddies vs Phoenix NA (ed's note: boring...)

- I don’t pick my team Games.

Iron Wolves vs Double Dippers

- Iron Wolves need a mentor to help keep them organized and focused

Bines vs Red Cats

- Jason only puts up points and it will be hard for Bines to keep up

Sooners vs Horde

- Defense will cause problems for Diego

Division 4

Systemes Urbains vs MTL Cessnas

- Experience

100 Genies vs Phoenix NA

- I don’t pick my teams Games

Improbables vs 28-3

- Stronger roster

Action Squad vs Drama Club

- More experience

Sour Peeps vs Cia Fusion

- Staying calm cool and collective

Hawks vs Ledgendaries

- Stronger roster

Bouchers vs Bandits

- Chemistry

Chiefs vs Bear Hood

- Better roster

FAD vs Hawks

- Lesniak sucks as a QB 

Chiefs vs Warriors

- Better defense

Tropic Thunder vs Mustard Tigers

- I have no clue what the donkey Tropic Thunder is doing this season

Division 5

Slicks vs Jungle Squad

- Stronger defense

Sniffers vs Soonies

- Not sure if Sniffers will show up once or not

Nothing But D vs 8Ballers

- Marcel Jovani has balling all season and that continues this weekend

514 vs Big Booties

- Max isn’t losing to Lesniak

Women’s

Mockingjays vs Déesses du Drapeau

- Youth

Drama Queen vs Tigres

- Chemistry and coaching

Mockingjays vs Crazy B’s

- Better than their record

Those are my picks for week 7. Good luck to all and see you Saturday.

Power Rankings

Heading into week 7 I have my standing like this, but we all know that apple will change after some of these weeks games.

Division 1

#1- Busch Boys

#2- Outlaws

#3- A-Team

Division 2

#1- Respect

#2- Pocket Rockets

#3- Top Shooter

Division 3

#1- Double Dippers

#2- Tigres

#3- Sooners

Division 4

Babalis

#1- Sour Peeps

#2- Phoenix

#3- 100 Genies

Power

#1- Bear Hood

#2- Hawks

#3- Action Squad

Division 5

#1- Slot Machines

#2- Nothing But D

#3- Slicks

Women

#1- Drama Queen

#2- Tigers

#3- Déesses du Drapeau

Ranking are hard because I have to look at everything like schedule, margin of victories, roster for some of those game. I know everyone thinks that it all off team records and that has to play in but its not always about that.

Final Thoughts

After hours of arguing with the city and having a fight to the death with the soccer guys we have been informed that we have Darcy McGee for the rest of the season. I want to say last week but it could have been the week before, but the CFL kicked off and the Als won to open the season in a Grey Cup rematch against Saskatchewan (ed's note: Winnipeg?). While I was flipping through the channels, I stumbled across a USFL game and was like at least its 4 downs thing season just started nope, championship is next weekend. (ed's note: let me know if any of you understand that part) A spring league really does need to come along provide good football and have it marketed. I’d watches it if it was on tv regularly. I don’t know about this season but last season you’d watch a game them no games for 2 or 3 weeks. I know this has to do with tv channels. In Canada you get TSN 1-5 where in us you get ESPN 1-8, and they cover everything, and I mean everything. That’s my rant for the week but before you go remember we are playing a game for fun so go out have some and don’t take it too seriously.

Word from the Mouth: New Ed for the Week!

Word from the Mouth: New Ed for the Week!

Kevin Kousaie

After 2 weeks at Darcy McGee, we went back to Leber and did a number on the grass that was there. We should be incredibly lucky that it didn’t rain until the last slot of the day. Looks like we are back at Darcy McGee this week but for how much longer. Guess we have to see how much these soccer players are little cry babies and complained to city. Those mean people from weeks ago want to start something that they don’t know they can’t win. I can be as petty as the next person; I am a vegetarian for the last 6 years out of spite. I can be there at 7am to set up and then the field is ours since it would be first come first serve if they won’t take reservations on the field. Best part about Saturday and being at Leber was being able to send one of the field lovers to go over and get Pizza for me and I guess Nick as well, damn kids can’t do anything on their own.

Recap

Division 1

Iron Wolves vs Chiefs (49-18)

Both teams were without their starting QB, but Chiefs were missing their backup as well. This mean Elijah needed to step up and play lights out, throwing 5 picks won’t cut it. Chiefs had a bunch of drops, blown coverages on defense and just were out of it by half. Willie did a great job of spreading the ball and taking what was open by the defense.

Busch Boys vs A-Team (32-28)

I know nothing of this game, but I’ve been informed of a name change. It’s now Busch Men not Busch Boys (ed's note: didn't get any memo about this yet, but it also doesn't have the same ring to it).

Division 2

Missed this division this week (ed's note: make sure to tune in to MFL Total Access for full coverage of every game from D2!).

Division 3

Sooners vs Bines (22-6)

This was a shit game to watch. Both teams struggled to do anything with the ball. Diego missed on 3 or 4 fourth down attempts going long when he had players open short. Bines couldn’t get 2 first downs on a drive. The only thing that worked well in this game was Julien Bertrand getting 4 sacks and only allowing Diego to gain 22 yards with his legs. Total yards in this game for both teams was 136.

Phoenix vs Iron Wolves (39-19)

What can I say about this game that Jon was so scared of that he had to plan a trip over the pond to get away from me. Without Jon, Andrew subbed in, and did a decent job. Andrew was 15 of 30 for 104 yards, 3 TDs and 1 pick, plus he added 33 yards on the ground as well. Game started with Phoenix marching inside the redzone before the wind (ed's note: this sounds like an excuse...) took what looked like an easy TD into a pick by Conner who almost scored on it. This gave Iron Wolves great field position and an easy score. After a turnover on downs and Iron Wolves going up 13-0 Phoenix woke up and got things going. Phoenix then went on to score on their next 6 possession and built a big lead. Phoenix knew going in that they need to stop Kris if they wanted a chance to win and I guess holding Kris to 8 catches, 67 yards and a TD was enough since no one else stepped up. Alex was had put a nice game together scoring a TD before getting hurt and leaving the game. Hope you’re ok Alex.

RawSauce vs Horde (13-45)

RawSauce is a mess missing players left right and center, needing to rush players back from injuries just to field a team. Horde on the other hand are firing on all cylinders. Simon has a true number 1 target in St-Jean along with a 1b in Guillaume and the rest of the team isn’t bad as well.

Guillaume had 6 catches for 116 yards and 1 TD, but all those catches and yards don’t have bananas on the 1 handed pick he made. Simon was able to double dip by scoring to end the half and then started the second half with the ball and scoring again. Now the score was 26 nothing and at this point RawSauce was just trying to make a game of it by scoring. Their defense then gave up an easy score and it was back to a 26-point difference. At that point RawSauce had enough and were just out there to finish the game they knew was out of reach.

Division 4

Phoenix vs Improbables (19-6)

We played for colors, winner was going to get the rights to wear green no matter if they are home or away. This was a slow game with both QBs using every tick of the clock and the going short all game. All game form sideline you can hear put me in coach I can get it done and after getting down 19-0 coach decides he had enough from his sideline and threw the chirper out there to see what he could do. Well after the QB tried to fake a handoff to him and Jacob looked back and just takes the ball out of the QBs hands and decided to run. He went left then right, had time to stop take a break signa few autographs for his fans then proceed to run the rest of the way for a TD. Afterwards goes up to Matt now what was so hard about that, I told you give me the ball and get out of my way. Jacob for MVP. Gab had a big game for Phoenix scoring twice on her 3 catches. (ed's note: I'd like to add that Jacob is the youngest player in MFL history to score a touchdown!)

Mimosa Crew vs Ledgendaries (28-19)

Both QBs struggled to keep drives going as they only completed 13 passes each which is well below the 50% completions and they each threw 3 picks. Ilias had a pick 6 as the rusher which is what kept Mimosa Crew in the game since up to then nothing went their way. With a roster like Ledgenadires (ed's note: I wonder how good they'd be if their team name was Legendaries) you expect them to be unstoppable, well that isn’t the case. Ben scoring all 19 points and James had all 3 picks for them, who else stepped up and made plays. They will need that if they want to make waves in the playoffs. On the Mimosa side of the ball if it wasn’t for the pick 6 and a 36 yards TD run from Curren they were mediocre at best and got away with one. A lucky win is better than a pretty lose any day of the week (ed's note: actually, if you ask Willy, mama always says "an ugly win is better than a pretty loss").

Systèmes Urbains vs 100 Genies (18-39)

Gabriel Mercier might be the best player or at least QB in the division and here is why. It was pouring rain when this game was being played and he was throwing 40-yard bombs down field like it was bright and sunny day, then there are his legs where he runs with speed and power. Now if he can cut down on the bad picks, he is all set. It wasn’t a great offensive game for them this week with only Othmane gaining over 40 yards through the air. It was the defense that showed up getting 6 picks and scoring on 1 of them. Systèmes Urbains aren’t a great team, and we all know it (ed's note: ouch), but they do have a few good players and in time they will get better. This is the second time I’ve seen them play plus the time I played against them, and I can tell you they are improving every week (ed's note: nice save). JF had 2 TDs for Systèmes Urbains and Vincent had a sack while rushing and a pick which he returned while playing safety. This Vincent kid will be come a true gamechanger once he learns the ins & Outs of the game.

Division 5

I missed this division, hope to be back catching some action next week (ed's note: make sure to tune in to MFL Total Access for some coverage of some D5 games!).

Women’s

I missed this division, hope to be back catching some action next week (ed's note: make sure to tune in to MFL Total Access for full coverage of every game from the Women's Division!).

I spent a bunch of time in D4 this week and it was nice to see other teams play and get to talk about them. My goal is to talk about each team once and with us using multiple locations in the day sometimes it hard.

Studs & Duds

Just past the halfway point in the season and most player are getting into midseason form and putting up crazy good numbers, but we still have those few players that just show up strap up their cleats and thing its just going to be hand to them. Now let’s see who did what and if they made either of my list.

Studs

Division 1

- Marvin Steinberg pulled in 8 balls for 106 yards, 3 TDs, 1 1-point convert (ed's note: game winning OT convert). Then made 4 tackles and picked Willie once.

Division 2

- Joey Notaro 64 yards on 5 catches and 2 TDs including the winner that put them up 8.

Division 3

- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin 1 TD, over 100 yards receiving plus 2 picks on defense.

Division 4

- Antoine Bussieres 4 TDs on 6 catches and over 100 yards oh and a pick on defense.

Division 5

- Jonathan Beaudin 4 picks.

Women’s

- Anne-Marie Côté for coming in with under 9 minutes left down 7 and leading your team on 2 scoring drives and

getting a pick to help your team get their first win of the season.

Duds

Division 1

- That defense for the Chiefs looking like Swiss cheese out there with all those holes.

Division 2

- Kerano Johnson 3.67-yard average catch, you’re a big play guy and that just isn’t going to cut it (ed's note: two of his 6 catches were 1 yard touchdowns, really tough to gain more than 1 yard in those situations...).

Division 3

- Diego Castro Arellano the way mike talks about you 64 yards in the air and 22 yards on the ground just won’t cut it even if you get the W.

Division 4

- Michael Lesniak 6 picks.

Division 5

- Soonies Offense for having 3 different QBs and none getting over 30 yards and putting up no points.

Women’s

- Déesses du Drapeau for half your team not showing up to a big gamer like this.

There you have it my Studs and Duds for week 6. If you’re expecting to see your name in my article you better ball, out put up some considerable numbers and hope that you did more than the other guy. Or you can just come out and play like Dog water and make my list that way.

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