Word from the Mouth: I Got Stabbed! edition

Word from the Mouth: I Got Stabbed! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Hello everyone and welcome back to another fun filled season. I hope you all survived the winter and are ready to shed those extra pounds.

There have been a couple of changes to MFL this offseason. We had Terry and Jon host the league’s second annual refereeing seminar and we had a great attendance with many new referees coming into the league.

Teams will now be penalized at the start of games if their roster numbers set on the site don’t match the numbers they are wearing, though we’re giving a grace period of the first week.

The MFL has also created a women’s division and it should be a great season. The only rule difference is the size of ball allowed.

 

Division Breakdown

 

This time of year, I would normally tell you a bit about each team and what player to keep an eye on, but this season we have a total of 61 teams and it would take me 3 weeks to complete all that.

 

Division 1

 

D1 has 5 teams in it this season with only Busch Boys new to the division, but all have played in D1 before. The division is 5 teams and I have to assume that either 4 make it with 1v4 and 2v3 or only 3 will make it with 1 getting a bye to final and 2v3. I am picking Master Chiefs vs Outlaws Finals.

 

Division 2

 

This is our smallest division with only 4 teams in it. When it comes to playoffs, my bet it’s done like Brossard seasons ago. Where week 10 will be 1v2 winner goes to finals and 3v4 where winner plays loser of 1v2 with a shot to go to finals. Knights vs Respect in the finals.

 

Division 3

 

This is the division that might give you the best games of the year. There are 13 teams in this division and my guess is 7 or 8 make the playoffs, either 1 team gets a game off of no one does. Do not miss games, Phoenix vs RawSauce (Nick wants his rematch @ QB), Sooners 45 vs Villains as both teams are stacked with athletes, and then how do you forget about Jason as he sneaks his way back into D3 with Red Cats as they take on La Horde and their killer defense? Finals Bines vs Villains.

 

Division 4

 

This has to be the largest division in MFL history with 22 teams split into 2 conferences. I am personally not a fan of the 2 conferences. I would have much rather seen 2 separate divisions. The league could have had 2 divisions 1 of 8 teams with a rating over 790 and 14 teams that are under. The next closest team to the 790 is sitting at a 769 rating. I know ratings are not the only thing to go off of and I know from seeing the rosters most teams are comparable. Do not miss games: MTL Cessnas vs Sour Peeps and Improbables vs 28-3 from the Terry conference and from Willie’s you have Bear hood vs Mustard Tigers where we finally get to see who wins in a fight between a bear and a Tiger, and we also have the Action Squad vs Tropic Thunder rematch of winter’s wild card game. Playoffs are going to be 6 teams per conference with top 2 get a game off or 7 teams with only the top team getting the bye. I prefer the 6 teams, but I get that 7 teams means winning conference means more. Finals Mustard Tigers vs Bouchers.

 

Division 5

 

We are now using D5 as a beginner division and any team needed to be approved to play in it. There are 12 teams this season with 8 making it to the playoffs. With the substantial change in cap for this division there are very few highly rated players and the ones that are up there have a weaker support around them. Teams like Titans, Jungle Squad and Slot Machine make that leap and join teams like Binettes, Big Booties, and Soonies 45 as top team. Finals will be Secret Agents vs Titans. I know, not what you expected, but watch and see, I will be right.

 

Women’s

 

This is a first for MFL and it will be exciting to see how it all plays out. There are 5 teams and all 5 will make the playoffs. From the rosters that I have seen and looked over them, there is a bunch of flag experience as players, but not much QB experience. Right now, my finals are Drama Queens vs Déesses du Drapeau.

 

The season starts this weekend and it will be exciting to see how week 1 goes.

 

Predictions

 

The past few seasons the media team of Terry, Willie, Jon, and I have been making picks to see who gets the most games right. Most years it has come down to the last few games and even once to a forfeit the last week that is how close its been. We have not talked about it yet this season, but I am sure everyone will be making their picks again. Just in case they do not make their picks I will be doing my picks and I’ll also be flipping a coin to see who does better. Now to my picks and like always they are in bold and for the coin toss heads is home tails is away.

 

Division 1

 

Busch Boys vs Outlaws Coin Outlaws

- Height 

 

Master Chiefs vs A-Team Coin Master Chiefs

- Physical

 

Division 2

 

Knights vs Respect Coin Respect

- Speed

 

Pocket Rockets vs KOLB Coin Pocket Rockets

- Jon makes every throw look easy

 

Division 3

 

Super Friends vs Bines Coin Bines

- Chemistry

 

Double Dippers vs Sooners 45 Coin Sooners 45

- Diego running

 

TDs and Beers vs RawSauce Coin TDs and Beer

- Chemistry

 

La Horde vs Villains Coin Villains

- Speed

 

Iron Wolves vs Tigres Coin Iron Wolves

- Experience

 

Division 4

 

Mustard Tigers vs Action Squad Coin Mustard Tigers

- Tyler is going to feast on Gold.

 

Phoenix vs Sour Peeps NA Coin

- I do not pick my teams games.

 

Bandits vs MTL Cessnas Coin MTL Cessnas

- Stronger QB

 

Drama Club vs Mimosa Crew Coin Mimosa Crew

- Better defense.

 

Legendaries vs Free Agent #1 Coin Legendaries

- Experience

 

Tropic Thunder vs KC Chiefs Coin KC Chiefs

- Experience

 

Warriors vs Hawks Coin Warriors

- This is just Nomades trying to sneak under the radar.

 

28-3 vs Systèmes Urbains Coin 28-3

- Nico is throwing so Systeme Urbains will have 12 picks on defense to go with 18 sacks all in the first half. (ed’s note: got dang, son)

 

100 Genies vs Villains Coin Villains

- Speed

 

Division 5

 

Soonies 45 vs Free Agent #2 Coin Soonies 45

- Experience

 

Binnettes vs Nothing but D Coin Binnettes

- Organized

 

Titans vs Free Agent #1 Coin Free Agent #1

- Knowledge

 

Secret Agents vs Sniffers Coin Sniffers

- They will have the best player on the field.

 

Women’s

 

Crazy B’s vs Déesses du Drapeau Coin Crazy B’s

- Florence and Daphné will be unstoppable.

 

Free Agent vs Tigres Coin Tigers

- They have a roster.

 

There are my picks for week 1. I’m sure that a bunch of them are wrong since it’s week 1 and I don’t know all the teams yet, but as the weeks go on it will get easier and easier. At the end of the day, I just can’t lose to the coin or I might consider retiring (ed’s note: go coin!). Thought about it and I just can’t retire if I lose. (ed’s note: heartbreaker!) What would I do all weekend if I wasn’t at football?

 

Power Rankings

 

We haven’t even played a game yet and I already have my rankings. It’s week 1 and my rankings are based off your team roster as of May 1, 2024. The more I know about a team the easier it is to rank them. Now let’s see how I have the teams going into the season.

 

Division 1

#1- Master Chiefs

#2- Outlaws

#3- A-Team

 

Division 2

#1- Knights

#2- Respect

#3- KOLB

 

Division 3

#1- Double Dippers

#2- Villains

#3- Thunder Buddies

 

Division 4

 

Babalis

#1- Sour Peeps

#2- Bouchers

#3- Phoenix

 

Power

#1- Mustard Tigers

#2- Mimosa Crew

#3- Tropic Thunder

 

Division 5

#1- Secret Agents

#2- Titans

#3- Big Booties

 

Women

#1- Drama Queen

#2- Déesses du Drapeau

#3- Tigres

 

This is how I see the ranking as of today, but next week I can bet you they look different.

 

Final Thoughts

 

Only a couple of days until we all get back out there and after years of being banged up and hurt, I am finally healthyish, so you all better watch out.

Since last season, I’ve lost weight, been kneed in the head, punched in the face, and I was even stabbed (ed’s note: I said I was sorry!).

I do have a witness to the stabbing, but I survived and will be back better than ever (ed’s note: after meeting Kevin, the witness agreed to state under oath that Kevin was, in fact, the stabber).

I have also decided to stop being a nice guy on the field and will start to play seriously this season. I will be talking silly talk and backing it up. I’m going to be Andrew just bigger, stronger, and I’d say faster, but don’t want him to feel inferior to me in multiple ways (ed’s note: or potentially die from laughter).

With this being week 1 and no one playing for the last few weeks or months, you know someone is going to over do it and pull a muscle. This is your reminder that it’s week 1, so take it easy. You still have 9 more games plus playoffs, so don’t get injured in week 1. (ed’s note: nuts to that! Go all out! You only live once, so make it as short and painful as possible!)

Before you go, remember that we are playing a game that is meant to bring us fun and joy, so go out enjoy your time on the field and don’t kill anyone. See you all Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: Just Spreading Out the Delays! edition

Word from the Mouth: Just Spreading Out the Delays! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Let me start by pointing out that this week we had multiple people screw the pooch when it came to their ref or scorekeeping assignments, so not every game has stats (ed’s note: just one in the end).

I also want to point out that Jon, who made the schedule and runs the league, was chilling at home at 8:32am while games were supposed to being played. We ended up getting started late, but in the end didn’t matter since later in the day we needed to wait for teams to change parks anyway (ed’s note: see, I knew this would happen, so I was just spreading out the delays).

It was cold this weekend, but its looking nicer for this upcoming weekend (ed’s note: though predictions have gone from 9 degrees to 4 degrees, ugh), so we should be good to go with no issues.

I know the field is pretty bad at this point, but for all the years the league has been around the field conditions this year aren’t that bad relatively. Just imagine what would have happened if we hadn’t canceled that week due to rain.

 

Recap

 

Division 1

 

Iron Wolves vs Outlaws (36-60)

This game was back and forth in the first half and it looked like it was going to stay that way, but Outlaws made a switch at QB from Brady to Steve and that’s when Outlaws started to pull away. It also helps that Marvin and Smuda both balled their asses off combining for 15 catches, 131 yards, 5 TDs and 6 2-point converts. Remy subbed for Iron Wolves and made his presence felt with 2 TDs on 4 catches and 110 yards. I could go into more details, but I will let Willie talk about it on the podcast this week.

 

Division 2

 

KOLB vs Udaho Idapimp (25-26)

This was a fun game to watch and seeing these 2 QBs make some of the throws they did was remarkable. No team ever pulled away with this game and it ended up coming down to the last few plays of the game. Brady drove the field for a score and gave his team a 26 to 19 lead with just under 15 minutes left. Both teams had a possession that ended on downs. Now with under 8 minutes left Jon led a scoring drive, but on this drive was one of the nicest throws I’ve seen in a while. Jon rolled right and threw an out to the left about 20 yards down field at full sprint. It was a great throw. KOLB scored, but weren’t able to get convert. KOLB now needed a big stop and quickly, but Brady got 2 first downs for Idaho which ended the game and advanced them to the finals.

 

Division 3

 

Villains vs Red Cats (37-36)

This was a fun game to watch and now imagine how much better it could have been if Avery wasn’t hurt going into the game, but he was able to play through it. More than once in the game Avery went down and it looked like he wasn’t going to be able to finish, but he found a way to. Even with a bum leg, Avery was still able to keep his team in the game scoring 2 TDs and a 2-point convert on the ground. Jeremi is a beast no matter where he lines up. This week he was at QB, next week who knows if it will be him or Terry under center. With under 2 minutes left in the game, Red Cats scored on a 5 yard pass to Nick after driving the length of the field, they went for 2 and got it making it a 1 point game. Now Red Cats needed a stop and to use their timeouts to get the ball back. The defense held and on the first play Vincent stepped in front of Avery’s pass and picked it off to end the game and Red Cats season. I’m Sure Willie will talk more about this game on the Podcast.

 

Division 4

 

Drama Club vs Jagys and Chill (32-38)

I was only able to catch the last little bit of this game and saw Drama Club allow Jagys and Chill to tie it at 32 late. Drama Club had 2 possessions after that and the first one ended in a punt and the second ended with Yannick knocking the ball away on the last play of the game in the endzone. I was able to see JF chew up the last 3:30 of the game as he marched his team down the field for what turned out to be the game winning score on a pass from JF to Yavar.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Top Shooters (35-12)

Bines Low Fat was just way too much for Top Shooters in this game. Bines had a 28-0 lead at half, they also started with the ball in the second half and scored on that possession to take a 35-0 lead. Late in the game Top Shooter were able to get on the scoreboard with an 11-yard pass from Mike Jaz to Paul (ed’s note: is this accurate?). That was the highlight for both those players, but it was also a very rewarding for Top Shooters as a team. Paul might not have played a huge role for this team all season, but if it wasn’t for Paul stepping up and playing a few weeks ago they would have forfeited that game and missed the playoffs because of the forfeit.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Jagys and Chill (26-13)

This Bines team isn’t flashy, but makes very few if any mistakes at all. JF does a good job of protecting the ball and the combination of Thomas and Mathieu as receiver is fantastic since they don’t drop balls. Thomas scored on 3 of his 4 catches in this game. On defense is where Bines strive and they managed to get 2 sacks and 4 picks. This team flies to the ball. This defense proved to be too much for JF, he was constantly under pressure and when he was able to get a pass off the defenders were all over it and when he tried to run nothing was there.

 

Division 5

 

Mimosa Crew vs Grizzlies (46-26)

Who would have thought that Mimosa Crew would come out and play like this at 8:30 in the morning? Wait, I mean 9 (ed’s note: yeah, yeah, I get it). The game started with Mimosa punting then giving up a quick and easy score before they settled in and got rolling. By halftime Mimosa had picked off Grizzlies 2 or 3 times and scored on every possession and had a 31-12 lead. Mimosa played really good defense getting 4 picks from 4 different players and Dag ran his back for a TD. This was the first time I saw Grizzles play all season and the biggest takeaway is they don’t run plays, they just line up and everyone does whatever they want (ed’s note: not sure this is true). Yes, that will work sometimes, but not against an equally athletic team.

 

Phoenix vs Jungle Squad (13-19)

Jungle Squad did everything they could to pull off this playoff win and it’s their first one in team history. The first half of this game wasn’t very good. Phoenix opens the scoring on their first possession then nothing by either team until the second half. Phoenix struggled inside the redzone to score, being there 2 or 3 times and walking away with zero points. Jungle Squad at half made a few adjustments and they paid off. They switched rushers on defense and started to run more crossing routes on offense. Late in the game with it tied, Jungle Squad was able to march the field and punch one in with under a minute left. Phoenix tried to answer, but there was a drop or two plus a huge sack. With a last-ditch effort, the ball was thrown into the endzone, but was batted away and just like that Phoenix goes home and Jungle Squad advances.

 

That’s all I have for you in the way of recaps. Thanks for reading and see you next week.

 

Studs & Duds

 

I’m only doing Studs this week because anyone who lost already feels bad that they must wait until January just to get back out there and play again.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

I hate to do this and inflate his ego even more, but Marvin Steinberg went off this week with 8 catches for 72 yards, 3 TDs and 4 2point convert plus he also made 5 tackles and had 1 pick.

 

Division 2

Demario Cooper hauled in 8 balls for 105 yards, 1 TD and 1 1point convert. Demario also made 2 tackles on defense.

 

Division 3

Jeremi Thompson O'Reilly this guy was all over the place in this game. He threw for 205 yards while completing 26 of 37 passes, 5 TDs and 1 1point convert, He also ran 7 times for 39 yards and 1 TD. On defense Jeremi made 4 tackles.

 

Division 4

Thomas Cote-Parent in his 2 games made 11 catches for 130 yards, 6 TDs and 1 1point convert. On defense Thomas made 2 tackles and had 1 pick.

 

Division 5

David St Jean went off this week getting 5 sacks on 6 tackles on defense. With the ball in his hand David went 18 of 29 for 164 yards, 2 TDs, 1 1point convert and threw 1 pick. David also ran 11 times for 42 yards and 1 TD.

 

There you have it my studs for week 1 of the playoffs.

 

Predictions

 

My picks were great last week, but that doesn’t matter anymore because we have reached championship weekend and it’s the last games of the season. Here are my picks.

 

Division 1

Outlaws vs A-Team

The winner of this game is the team that goes in healthier and I have a feeling that in this case its Outlaws. I am also assuming that Steve is playing QB and looking to get back at A-Team for them winning it all against them a few seasons ago.

 

Division 2

Idaho Udapimp vs Nice TDs

Nice TDs have been the favorite all season and why would I think any different this week. Nice TDs just have a bit more Dawg in them and that’s why I feel they pull it out.

 

Division 3

Villains vs RawSauce

They are just more athletic, and I have to assume that Jeremi will be under center again this week.

 

Division 4

Bines Low Fat vs High on Audibles

I just have a feeling that their experience and chemistry pulls them through in this one. I’m also thinking Avery won’t be 100% and that should also play a factor late in the game.

 

Division 5

Mimosa Crew vs Legendaries

I give them the edge because of leadership and I can see Ben relying on Ben and Nick early when a play needs to be made and this will allow Gordon to stay under the radar and make plays late in the game.

 

Jungle Squad vs Bear Hood

David is a very good runner and at the end of the day with a possible sloppy field he goes off for 100 yards on the ground.

 

Those are my predictions for championship weekend.

 

Final Thoughts

 

In the pros, players walk off and retire after winning a championship, but I’m not sure it has every happened in the MFL (ed's note: Max Rosenfeld retired at QB after winning a championship!). The only players I can see doing this after winning are a few players on the Outlaws. Steve has been around since the beginning of the league has won more than enough championships along with numerous individual awards over the years and has nothing left to prove plus I think he likes having his weekends free (ed’s note: he did retire, but pulled a Brady!). I can also maybe see Smuda walking away as well for the same reasons, but also dealing with more and more injuries over the years. Realistically both will be back next spring because they both love the game and will miss it if they are away for too long. (ed’s note: yeah, why are you talking about retirement!)

Before last season playoffs were set up differently with games being played in between rounds in some divisions. The way the games are now has each division getting their own time slots and games played back-to-back. It is so much better. I’m glad it’s done like this now, as this way us old folks don’t have to worry as much about pulling muscles, because of getting hot and cold repeatedly.

That’s all I have for you this week. Hope you enjoyed the article and had fun this season. Even with this being the last week of the year, we are still playing a game, so go out, have fun, and try not to kill anyone. See you Saturday.

Predictions and Power Rankings Playoffs Week 1

Predictions and Power Rankings Playoffs Week 1

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

We have reached the playoffs and it’s sad to announce that Willie won the media picks for the first time getting 65% of his picks. With his win Willie had the largest margin of victory ever at 4.1%. I will only be picking the games that are already scheduled since we know those games are happening. (ed’s note: I didn’t realize that picking games that didn’t exist was an option! Otherwise I would’ve picked games like the Philadelphia Eagles over Phoenix or the NY Jets over Lockdown. Kidding! I would definitely pick Lockdown over the Jets. Easy money.)

 

Division 1

 

Iron Wolves vs Outlaws

I know that their team will be there to play.

 

Lockdown vs A-Team

With this roster if they play their game and don’t get in their own heads they should be able to win convincingly.

 

Division 2

 

KOLB vs Idaho Udapimp

Somehow KOLB is always missing players when it comes to playoffs and that could happen again this week.

 

Thunder Buddies vs Nice TDs

This game will be a shootout and I just feel that Nice TDs will make 1 play on defense that will swing the game their way.

 

Division 3

 

RawSauce vs Double Dippers

They are too strong for RawSauce who are dealing with a bunch of injuries.

 

Villains vs Red Cats

I know Willie is going to be huge in this game, not only as a player, but as a leader and motivator.

 

Division 4

 

Drama Club vs Jagys and Chill

Their defense is solid and will cause Simon issues.

 

Udaho Idapimp vs Trolling Holers

I said it on the Podcast, Mason will be huge in this game. Watch and see.

 

Iron Wolves vs High on Audibles

There is too much fire power and experience on this team to crumble in round 1.

 

Top Shooters vs Bines Low Fat

Way more experience and their defense is hard to score on.

 

Division 5

 

Slot Machines vs Big Booties

Rob should be able to control the ball on offense and Max should end up getting a few picks on defense.

 

Low Expectations vs Les Last Calls

The connection between Guillaume and Seb will be too much for Low Expectations to stop.

 

Mimosa Crew vs Grizzlies

If this game was at 10 am I might go Mimosa, but since it’s at 8:30 and Mimosa isn’t a morning team, I cant see them pulling this one off.

 

Jungle Squad vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my team’s games, but I can tell you it won’t be a forfeit this weekend.

 

Power Rankings

 

Heading into the playoffs, rankings don’t matter anymore because if you lose you go home.

 

All-Star

 

Let me point out the criteria for making my All-Star team so you all know what’s what. You can only make it for the highest division you play in, unless you play a different position and you can only make it at 1 position on offense or defense. The defense I have picked to go with is a 3-2. Now let’s see who made my teams.

 

Division 1

 

Offense

QB- Brady Ohanessian

WR1- Alex Szalipszki

Slot1- Manu Allard-Roy

Center- JF Daloze

Slot2- Kevin Smuda

WR2- Avery Kilmas

 

Defense

Rusher- Tyler Znoj

CB1- Lazar Atanackovic

Middle- Leo Aubert

CB2- Ariel Librati

Safety1- Jeremy Rooney

Saftey2- Marvin Steinberg

 

Division 2

 

Offense

QB- Vinny Gualano

WR1- Jeremi Reindeau-Demers

Slot1- Remy Nguyen

Center- Rob White

Slot2- Josh Levine

WR2- Victor Okoro

 

Defense

Rusher- Khalil Agrebi

CB1- Alex Gonzalez

Middle- Nicolas Potevin

CB2- Geoffroy Vigneault

Safety1- Gabriel Boucher

Saftey2- Max Rosenfeld

 

Division 3

 

Offense

QB- Ludovic Goulet

WR1- Alec Gregoire

Slot1- Antoine Theroux

Center- Simon Valiquette

Slot2- Jeremi Thompson O’Reilly

WR2- Mason Miller

 

Defense

Rusher- Benoit Maynard

CB1- Sydney-Taylor Jordan

Middle- Jose Antonio Espinosa

CB2- William Plante

Safety1- Ali Issa

Saftey2- JF Lawrence

 

Division 4

 

Offense

QB- Robert Prud’homme

WR1- Kris Hope

Slot1- PO Tremblay-Agelakos

Center- Mathieu Roy-Caissy

Slot2- Erik Emond

WR2- Mathieu Gratton

 

Defense

Rusher- Andre Bertrand

CB1- Cooper Guay

Middle- Flavie Rivard

CB2- Yavar Ashrafi

Safety1- Connor McAleer

Saftey2- Zack Goldig

 

Division 5

 

Offense

QB- Benjamin Mallet

WR1- Sebastien Lucas Alzate

Slot1- Kordell Holness-Lightbody

Center- Jeremie Desrochers

Slot2-  Jesse Haakman

WR2- Justin White

 

Defense

Rusher- Julie LeBlanc Goulet

CB1- Louis Britton

Middle- Gabriel Hernadez

CB2- Samuel Gernet

Safety1- Oliver Waiter

Saftey2- Guillaume Dubuc Lacombe

 

There you have your MFL All-Stars for the 2023 fall season. Congratulations to everyone who made the teams. I will say that this year making my picks was very difficult because there are so many of you that play in multiple divisions and sticking to my rules was hard, but I think I managed.

 

Final Thoughts

 

We are heading into the second weekend of November and up to now the weather has held up, but that looks to be changing. Over the next day or two they are calling for 2-4cm of snow. It should be gone by Saturday, but it looks like it might still be cold.

One thing I’m glad about for this weekend is that my game is early in the day, so the field conditions should still be good at that point, but using 2 locations and rotating fields at Le Ber should keep it good for most of the day.

Next week for the finals might be a different story, but that’s next week’s problem (ed’s note: and I heard next week is a jerk anyway).

I shouldn’t have to tell you this, but by now you understand we are playing a game, so go have fun while giving it your all. You don’t want to be that player that didn’t give their all and your team loses (ed’s note: I am always this player and I am 100% fine with it. Sleep like a baby).

Good luck to everyone playing this weekend and even if you’re not playing and are bored at home missing football, you can always come out and cheer for your favourite team or player and if you want to stir the pot you can come heckle anyone and everyone if that’s more your style. 

Word from the Mouth: 10 TDs and a Forfeit! edition

Word from the Mouth: 10 TDs and a Forfeit! edition

Kevin Kousaie

We have made it through the season and now we are on to the fun part of the year where we get to crown new champions (ed’s note: do you not have fun during the season?).

Let’s hope we can get 2 more weeks of good weather so we aren’t playing in the snow. I know that a few players think it might be cool and fun to play in snow, but I can tell you from experience that playing flag football in a blizzard isn’t good for anyone.

Right now, we are still trying to figure out what the plan is for this weekend and if we are going to be playing all games at Le Ber or if we are splitting the games up and having some at Arthur Therrien (ed’s note: we’re splitting).

We will plan better than last week, so teams don’t have to change locations in the middle of the game because the lights didn’t come on. See what happens when Jon is back and running one of the fields on his own? Fames can’t be finished on time, teams had to move locations, and you know or at least I do, that he bamboozled the field bag up for me completely like he always does (ed’s note: this is intentional).

I painted the lines last week and I know they aren’t perfect, but it was my first time doing it and I was drinking while doing it so that might be why they aren’t perfectly straight.

 

Recap

 

Division 1

 

A-Team vs Outlaws (18-54)

A-Team looked good on their opening drive when they scored with ease, but then hit a roadblock and weren’t able to score again until midway through the second half. It just seemed like every time A-Team needed short yardage, the ball ended up going deep and falling incomplete. Brady looked great in this game picking the A-Team defense apart with ease. A-Team seemed a step behind on defense and didn’t do a good job tackling. Ariel and Jerome both scored 3 TDs for Outlaws.

 

A-Team vs Jagerbomb (25-20)

After the way the first game turned out for A-Team there were talks that they would just forfeit the game, but Dave said gosh darn, let’s finish the season off strong and with a win. Jagerbomb wished they had forfeited the game, because they would have been in the playoffs. For a D1 game there were more drops than you like to see and way too many missed tackles as well. This game was close from the start and late in the game Jagerbomb made it a 5-point game when they scored and got their 2-point convert. They had timeouts and were set up for a chance to win if they got the ball back. After a few plays and 2 first downs, time was running out on Jagerbomb’s season. Then the one thing you don’t want to happen happens and it cost them the opportunity for a comeback. Kevin rushed and was on top of Dave preventing him from stepping up and following through on his pass. Flag was thrown for roughing the passer, first down given and game over.

 

Lockdown vs Centurions (45-24)

Centurions started the game going 3 and punt, but once they were on defense, Jon who was subbing picked off Simon’s first pass of the game and walked in for 6. After that there wasn’t much going on for Centurions. They dropped more balls than usual, they didn’t play good defense, and they knew going into it that their season was over. Lockdown was gearing up for the playoffs and needed to win to get in. Simon relied on Alex and Manu who combined for 202 yards and 4 TDs on 16 catches. Defensively Lockdown didn’t do anything other than watch Centurions drop passes.

 

Division 2

 

Thunder Buddies vs Nice TDs (54-63)

What an offensive game this was. 117 points. Guess teams forgot they are allowed to play defense. I guess I was mistaken as both teams combined for 6 picks, 4 for Nice TDs and 2 for Thunder Buddies. Andrew is trying to win his second straight triple crown but this time in D2. He finished the day with 8 catches for 151 yards and 5 TDs. Dilan had 4 for Thunder Buddies which is great unless someone gets 5. Very late in the game with Nice TDs being up 3, Nico jumped a pass from Steve and was able to walk in and seal the win for them.

 

Division 3

 

Phoenix vs RawSauce (62-39)

All week all I had to hear at home was how Nick was going to end my career and force me into retirement. Well that isn’t going to happen, at least not this time around. Once both teams settled in, they traded scores and it looked like whichever team made a mistake it would cost them. With 5 minutes left in the first half, RawSauce punted the ball giving Phoenix the chance to get the lead before half. They marched down and scored leaving 22 seconds on the clock. Now for the play that changed the game and blew it wide open. On first down Jose jumped a route and picked the ball off giving Phoenix back the ball 10 yards out. Alec scored 1 of his 5 TDs to end the half, the kicker here is Phoenix was getting the ball to start the second half. When the second half started Phoenix was able to score giving them a 3 TD lead. At this point the game is all but out of reach. Both teams kept pushin,g but each time one team scored the other answered right back. I want to point out that I’m against violence, especially when it’s with a child (ed’s note: it’s weird how often Kevin needs to state this), but in this case the ass whooping I handed down to Nick was well deserved. Oh, did I mention that the new all-time TD record in 1 game is now 10 set by me? All you haters can suck it. (ed’s note: I think for the greater good, we need to strike this game from the record books)

 

Division 4

 

I couldn’t see any D4 games this week since we were missing a bunch of refs and I was tasked with working the higher division games this week.

 

Division 5

 

Jungle Squad vs Phoenix (0-25)

This game got turned to a forfeit because I used an illegal sub who was above the cap limit for 2 series while one of my players showed up late, so we were only 5 and had another player get hurt while we were only 5. It’s almost better this way. Gold was subbing at QB for Jungle Squad and he was able to use Julien to do most of their damage. Julien scored 2 TDs and had 92 yards on 5 catches. At half Jungle Squad was up 6-0. The first half was a half Phoenix wishes it could have back, they dropped 3 maybe 4 TDs and were shutout. Second half rolled around, and I knew someone needed to provide a spark for us. Kat stepped up making big catches and moving the chains. Twice she got the ball inside the 5-yard line where Vince was able to punch it in from. After Phoenix scored to make it 12-8 for Jungle Squad, Gold threw a pass that was picked off and returned for a TD, giving Phoenix their first lead of the game. On their next drive, Jungle Squad was put in a fourth and long and Gold made his best throw of the day, a deep crossing route that Julien caught and took to the house giving them a 19-15 lead. But then Vince scored his second TD of the game to give Phoenix back the lead. Late in the game Jungle Squad had a fourth down and 1 inside the red zone that they couldn’t capitalize on and gave Phoenix the ball back, needing one first down to end the game. Two plays later they had the first and the game was ended.

 

Studs & Duds

 

Last chance of the year to make my list unless your team made the playoffs. Now to this week’s winners and losers.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

- Simon Blais completed 28 of 44 passes for 299 yards, 7 TDs and 1 1-point and 1 2point convert. 

 

Division 2

- Maxime Plourde made 14 catches for 153 yards, 4 TDs with 1 1point and 1 of 2points. On defense he made 3 tackles and had 1 pick.

 

Division 3

- Kevin Kousaie 10 TD passes. (ed’s note: Jesus…)

 

Division 4

- Ezra Barette caught 4 passes for 40 yards, 3 TDs and 1 2point convert. On defense he had 1 pick which he returned for a TD.

 

Division 5

- Justin White pulled in 9 balls for 122 yards, 3 TDs and picking off 4 passes and scoring on 2 of them.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- Marvin Steinberg 2 catches for 23 yards, for someone who considers themselves one of the big dogs in the league these stats don’t show it.

 

Division 2

- Will Power 4 catches 8 yards. Those numbers earned your spot this week.

 

Division 3

- Pocket Rockets as a team for scoring a total of 36 points in 2 games with playoff spot on the line.

 

Division 4

- Trolling Holers for going 0-2 last week of the season and entering the playoffs cold.

 

Division 5

- Kevin Kousaie for using an illegal sub and having their game changed from a win to a loss.

 

 

With it being the last week of the season, some players really showed that they are that guy and, in some cases, it was a bit too late.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 10

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 10

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

This season my picks have been horrible and I have no shot at winning this season and to have any shot at it (ed’s note: wat?), I need to get every game correct and hope that everyone else only get a few correct. Since I have no shot at it (ed’s note:…), I decided to just flip a coin to see if that works better for me.

These picks are from when we cancelled a week due to rain and I could have left my picks, but figured I’d try something different this week, so here goes nothing.

 

Division 1

 

Lockdown vs Centurions

Iron Wolves vs Lockdown

A-Team vs Outlaws

A-Team vs Jagerbomb

 

Division 2

Thunder Buddies vs Nice TDs

Nice TDs vs KOLB

 

Division 3

Mustard Tigers vs Double Dippers

RawSauce vs Phoenix NA

Villians vs Pocket Rockets

Pocket Rockets vs Villians

Double Dippers vs Red Cats

 

Division 4

Trolling Holers vs Iron Wolves

Drama Club vs Trolling Holers

Jagys and Chill vs Udaho Idapimp

Airborne vs Bines Low Fat

Jagys and Chill vs Top Shooters

Udaho Idapimp vs Sour Peeps

Royale with Cheese vs High on Audibles

Cyclones vs Royale with Cheese

 

Division 5

Nomades vs Dancing Zebras

Low Expectations vs Blue Badgers

Slot Machines vs TD Hunters

Mimosa Crew vs My Ball Zach Ertz

Grizzlies vs Bear Hood

Grizzlies vs Ledgendaries

Jungle Squad vs Phoenix NA

Los Politos vs Les Last Calls

Slot Machines vs Big Booties

Tropic Thunder vs Binettes

 

That is who the coin picked to win this week. If anyone wants to help out so Willie does win for the first time, just forfeit your game if I picked against you.

 

Power Rankings

 

Here we are, last week of the season before the playoffs and these are the rankings for the last time this season.

 

Division 1

1- Outlaws

2- A-Team

3- Iron Wolves

 

Division 2

1- Nice TDs

2- Idaho

3- KOLB

 

Division 3

1- Double Dippers

2- Red Cats

3- RawSauce

 

Division 4

1- High on Audibles

2- Bines Low Fat

3- Trolling Holers

4- Jagys and Chill

5- Drama Club

 

Division 5

1- Blue Badgers

2- Ledgendaries

3- Bear Hood

4- Phoenix

5- Grizzlies

 

There you go, your last week of rankings for this season.

 

Final Thought

 

I hope everyone enjoyed Halloween and had fun taking their kids out in the cold. This past weekend we had Chrissy dress up like the Podcast, Brian as Jon (but much better looking), and Jordana dressed up as me. I wish my kids were still little because dressing up and going out in a family costume used to be fun. (ed’s note: next year you should force Nick to dress up and go trick or treating with you. I will pay for video of that.)

This weekend it should be good weather, but you never know.

Before I let you go, I have to remind you that even though this is the last week of the season and teams are still fighting for their playoff spots, we are still playing a game and it should be fun, so go out enjoy yourself and don’t kill anyone. See you Saturday.

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