Word from the Mouth: Water Thieves! edition

Word from the Mouth: Water Thieves! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Let me start by saying if you didn’t sweat your balls or boobs off, did you even show up to play this weekend? It was hot and humid and I hope you drank plenty of fluids so you didn’t cramp up or pass out.

I can tell you between Saturday in Montreal and Sunday in Brossard, I went through 20 Gatorades and 36 bottles of water. I didn’t drink all that myself, which means people aren’t coming to the field prepared for the day. I would get it if we were all kids and no one told you it was hot out and that you need to bring stuff to drink, but were all adults and should know better (ed’s note: I came prepared. Prepared to take Kevin’s water, that is). I wonder what would have happened if I didn’t bring plenty of drinks. How many people might have passed out?

I want to say that Mimosa Crew is lucky to have a guy like Curren on the team. Not only does he bring beer, but water and freezies as well. Now to recaps.

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Centurions (46-20)

This turned into an Andrew and Ashton show on offense with them combined for 12 catches 5 TDs and 217 yards plus a 1-point convert. We need find out what’s faster: Andrew’s mouth or his feet. This is ridiculous in a D1 game for 2 players to put up these numbers and a team does not figure something out. Centurions used to be a great defensive team, but it seems not anymore.

 

Division 2

 

Idaho Udapimp vs Jagerbomb (30-44)

Jerome and Marvin had nice games for Idaho, but it wasn’t enough to get the win for them as they came up short a few times on conversions. Simon didn’t play a perfect game since he threw 2 picks, but what he did well was keep the chains moving and marched the field. Louis went for 2 TDs on 5 catches with 82 yards, but the player that was the surprise was Loic getting 3 TDs on 4 catches and totaling 47 yards.

 

Spritz Gang vs Master Chiefs (13-54)

The game looks one sided and it was, but let me point out it was a must min for Master Chiefs and everything went their way, including the team that showed up to play them. Spritz Gang were missing half their team, were only 6 with a sub and Mario went QB. Owie had a field day throwing for over 300 yards and having 7 TDs. They even let Dilan throw a pass that ended with a 25 yards score for Ashton. Speaking of Ashton, this guy went off for 151 yards on 9 catches and scored 6 TDs along with 2 1-point converts, should have been 3, but he dropped an easy one and made 2 picks on defense.

 

Division 3

 

Mustard Tigers vs Iron Wolves (24-28)

I just caught a few plays of the game here and there. What I thought I saw was Ed Reed flying around picking balls offs. After getting out my binoculars and getting a closer look it was just Iggy who ended the first 3 drives from Mustard Tigers with picks. Iggy played well on offense end the day with 7 catches for 71 yards and 1 TD and 1 2-point convert. Victor is a stud for Mustard tigers getting 3 TDs and almost half of Brian’s passing yards, but after that they needed help. Tom tried, but he can’t do it all from the middle of the field.

 

Red Cats vs Douilles Molasses (6-25)

This Outcome had to be a surprise for everyone, but let me explain. Avery wasn’t there and Ben decided that he would play QB and have Nick Eagly sub at center instead of having Elijah sub at QB. Ben finished the day going 13 of 31 for 113 yards 1 TD and 3 picks. Their defense kept them in with 3 picks. Felix went 8 for 20, 173 yards, 4 TDs and more importantly got the much-needed W. Red Cats should have gotten a sub at QB and not thought twice about it.

 

Mustard Tigers vs Bines (25-8)

David did not have a good day this week. He threw 6 picks, 2 to both Victor and Jie and 1 to Tom who scored on his and Sean who got hurt on his. Bines couldn’t keep a drive going until the game was over. Brian wasn’t much better throwing 3 TDs to 2 picks. The big difference is that Mustard Tigers had short fields most of the day and this could have easily been more one sided than it was.

 

Division 4

 

Airborne vs Black Diamonds (39-13)

In a game Terry should have won in his sleep, he didn’t show up and looked like he was playing for the number 1 overall pick in next year’s draft. I won’t take anything away from Airborne, they played smart as a team. David Bergin did step up his defensive game getting 3 picks and running 1 back for 6.

 

Cyclones vs Iron Wolves (38-21)

All season Cyclones haven’t had a steady QB, but this week they got Yann out of retirement and in his first game back he looked good spreading the ball around. Nick had 2 TDs on 4 catches for 82 yards. Kayla back from Spain scored 3 times on her 5 catches and had 54 yards. On defense they picked Jason off 3 times and made them look easy early in the game. Jason started off very slow missing easy throws to wide open receivers, but once he got on track it was too late.

 

Airborne vs Villains (32-30)

Villains were up 16 with 15 minutes in the second half and had been moving the ball. I mean Will went 13 of 15 for 192 yards and 4 TDs with no picks. Their defense even had 2 picks and scored on 1 of them. This game should have been over at this point. Nope, Guillaume had a little magic left in his arm. They scored on back-to-back drives and were good on both 2-point converts to tie it at 30. Then Villains did the one thing you never want to do as a QB and that is give up a safety and the ball. Guillaume then ran the last 4 minutes off the clock to shock everyone on the MFL Media team.

 

Division 5

 

Improbables vs Legendaries (32-20)

Matt had one of the best performances of his life at QB this week going 20 of 25 with 5 TDs, 4 of them went to my shirtless brother Alex. How could I talk about this game without mentioning the man Goldrick who had 3 picks and ran 1 in for 6? Ben has a good team in front of him and I know playing QB is new to him, but you need to cut those picks down if you want to win games.

 

Mimosa Crew vs Los Politos (33-14)

In the first half it looked like Los Politos might pull off the upset as Curren was struggling to get things going. Second half rolled around, and he picked up his game and so did the rest of Mimosa Crew. Nikhil had 3 TDs and a 1 point convert for them and was most of the damage. On defense is where Jassinth (The Jazz man) and Dag (Dog) each had 3 picks and scored on 1 of them each. I call Dag Dog because that’s what he is and in this case he’s the Big Dog and Jassinth looked so smooth out there on defense that all I could think of was jazz.

 

That’s all I have for you this week hope you enjoyed. I know most of you need more, so go see Willie screw up and Terry having to correct him on the Podcast Wednesday night when it comes out. Also look to see Matt talking about what happened this week in Brossard and who he might have on as a guest.

 

Studs & Duds

 

This week I had a bunch of players show up and ball out and we also had a few players fall flat on their faces. Sometimes players ball out and don’t get the recognition that they might deserve and that’s because occasionally another player goes well above what we expect from them, and they need to be mentioned. Now to this week’s winners and losers.

 

Division 1

- Andrew “I’ll never shut up” Grant went off this week with 8 catches for 148 yards, 3TDs, 1 1point convert and then made 2 tackles and had pick on defense.

 

Division 2

- Jérôme Hovington in his 2 games this week made 18 catches for 259 yards 5 TDs, 2 2point converts and had 9 tackles and 2 picks on defense.

 

Division 3

- Ignacio Valdes-Manzanedo grab 7 passes for 71 yards, 1 TD and 1 2point convert. On defense is why he won this week with 3 picks and 4 tackles.

 

Division 4

- Guillaume Maynard for going 2-0 this weekend while keep his team’s playoff hopes alive. Guillaume was 46 of 69 for 307 yards 8 TDs, 2 1point converts, 2 2point converts, ran 4 time for 15 yards along with a 2point convert and threw 4 picks. He also made 7 tackles had 1 pick which he returned for a TD.

 

Division 5

- Matthieu Demers has come along was since week 1. This week he was 20 of 25 for 150 yards and 5 TDs with 2 1point converts. Matt ran 8 times for 25 yards and on defense was able to make 4 tackles.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- Centurions defense for not being able to get a stop all game when it mattered. Getting one at the end of the game doesn’t really count.

 

Division 2

- Spritz Gang for not showing up with their roster to make what might have been a playoff battle game into a one-sided affair.

 

Division 3

- Benjamin Denis for making the decision to play QB instead of having Elijah play when he was there and willing to go.

 

Division 4

- Terry Babalis, I know you have a bum knee but c’mon 6 picks aren’t acceptable.

 

Division 5

- Quentin Leduc, 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 TD, 1 1point convert and 1 tackle. For a player Simon talks about how good you are I expect a better stat line then that. I get it this might have been your third or fourth game of the day and Simon might have taken it easy on you, but still.

 

There you have you Studs & Duds for week 9.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

Anyone who has been following knows that all of the media picks this season have been crap and we all are hovering right around 60% and that is very embarrassing. This week I plan on doing better by making my picks without even thinking about them. My picks are in bold, like always.

 

Division 1

 

Centurions vs Trollers

They have Ashton and Andrew leading the way on offense and with Dilan on defense they are the better team.

 

Division 2

 

Idaho Udapimp vs Jagerbomb

What is their biggest weakness with the roster they have this week? Kyle, but I’ll take that considering I don’t see him as a liability as a snapper or rushing on defense.

 

Marvels vs Nice TDs 

They are just too good.

 

Idaho vs Thunder Buddies

Experience at QB.

 

Spritz Gang vs Master Chiefs

They must win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

 

Mustard Tigers vs Iron Wolves

Iron Wolves just don’t have it all together this season.

 

Phoenix vs Average Joes NA

I don’t pick my game’s, but will tell you if Jason scores late with the game out of reach it will be his last TD of the year. Yes, Jason that is aggressive.

 

Douilles Molasses vs Red Cats

They get back to winning like they were to start the season.

 

Mustard Tigers vs Bines

The old men on Mustard Tigers will be tired and its hard for them to play back-to-back games.

 

Airborne vs Black Diamonds 

Terry gets them into the win column for the first time this season.

 

Iron Wolves vs Cyclones

Cyclones are a mess and will have to rely on Alex at QB which makes their offense weaker.

 

Airborne vs Villains 

They are by far the better team.

 

Bouchers vs RawSauce

They are the more consistent team.

 

Drama Club vs Udaho Idapimp 

They have far too many weapons for Drama Club to stop .

 

Super Friends vs Cyclones

Cyclones have too many holes right now and Oliver should be able to find them with ease.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Sooners 45

Diego. That’s all I have to say.

 

Division 5

 

Improbables vs Legendaries

They don’t have as much top end talent, but they are more balanced as a team.

 

Sour Peeps vs Weekend Warriors

If they have their full squad, they will be very hard to beat as their defense is too strong.

 

Big Booties vs Bear Hood

This team is loaded with talent and Big Booties wont be able to stop them.

 

Mimosa Crew vs Los Politos

The have played well up to now and should continue in this game.

 

Kiss My Pass vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

My Ball Zach Hertz vs Chili Hotdogs

Luca has gotten better each week at QB with his decision making and is picking his times to run and I just cant see Chili Hotdogs stopping it.

 

Those are my picks for this week hope you liked them and will help me get back in the lead.

 

Power Rankings

 

After a hectic week of games and teams not looking like themselves, I had to think long and hard about who I would place in my top 3 and where I would place them.

 

Division 1

1- Gros Coqs

2- Iron Wolves

3- Trollers

 

Division 2

1- Nice TDs

2- Idaho Udapimp  

3- Thunder Buddies

 

Division 3

1- Average Joes

2- Double Dippers

3- Pocket Rockets

 

Division 4

1- Villains

2- Sooners 45

3- Udaho Idapimp

 

Division 5

1- Sour Peeps

2- Bear Hood

3- Phoenix

 

As you can see, I did make a few changes for this week and you know a few more are coming next week. With the season almost over teams are fighting to get into the playoffs and some teams are almost locked in, but that can lead to upsets and rankings getting moved around.

 

Final Thoughts

 

Yesterday was July 4 and to me that means 2 things: fireworks and Nathan’s Hotdog eating contest. I asked the question at work to a few guys about how many hotdogs they could eat in 10 minutes, and someone said at least 20. I was more realistic and said I could do 12 easily, but I wouldn’t be dunking them in water like they do in the contest. I want mine dressed with ketchup, mustard, relish, and onions. I want to enjoy them while I eat.

Now this brings me to my next question: is Joey Chestnut the greatest athlete of all time? He has the most titles (15) and the next closest to him is Bill Russell with 11. Joey ate 62 dogs this week and won by 14, now that’s impressive. For his career he has eaten a total of 1152, not bad for a guy who started in 2005. I know it might sound or look gross, but what’s better than seeing a guy stuff his face followed up by fireworks once it gets dark? 

How many do you think you could eat?

Before I let you go, just know that we are playing a game, so go out, have fun, and enjoy yourself and remember don’t kill anyone. See you Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: Cereal for Breakfast! edition

Word from the Mouth: Cereal for Breakfast! edition

Kevin Kousaie

What is going on with this Fruity Pebbles weather. It looks like rain once again this week (ed’s note: it isn’t!) and this is complete Cap’n Crunch. I’ve been in the league since it was 6 teams and I can tell you we have never had 3 weeks of rain in a season, let alone 3 weeks in a row. They say it’s from Global warming, but shouldn’t it get be getting hotter? (ed’s note: that’s not how that works, and it is) I know that’s not what global warming is (ed’s note: ah) and that it can Cocoa Puffs with the weather in many ways. I know playing in the rain sucks, but I would prefer a little drizzle than play in the extreme heat. For most you’d rather it the other way, but you also aren’t out there all.

Captains need to make sure that anyone they want eligible for playoffs has 5 games played or gets an exception in writing from the league so that they can play. After working 9 games this week and walking 45000 steps or 45km this week I’m glad I have Monday off to relax and ice my busted leg and get ready for the long week at work I’m going to have. Now with nothing more to ramble about I’ll jump to this week’s recaps of games.

 

Division 1

 

Outlaws vs Trollers (20-35)

This game was fun to watch, but not fun to listen to. Svetna made everyone on the Trollers look like little children. On his first TD Vinny jumps the route and was in great position but Svetna high pointed the ball then strolled in for a TD, which was TD number 3. He did the same thing but between 2 defenders and for his second TD he just found the opening and sat in the hole. Steve and his receivers didn’t seem to be on the same page and more than once ran wrong routes. On the Trollers side of things, Andrew was his typical self and never shut up and that’s not the Andrew you want to be playing against. Andrew only scored 1 TD on his 8 catches, but gained 106 yards and was always making something happen when Trollers needed it. This was a very good game for Trollers, and I hope not a thing that happens regularly for the Outlaws. I know Smuda is a big part of their team, but with your roster you should be able to keep rolling, but it hasn’t seemed like it.

 

Gros Coqs vs Centurions (31-25)

I was at this game and after looking over the stats can’t believe that Gabriel went 40 of 55 on the day, but that’s not the surprising part of it. Centurions had 3 receivers with 10 plus catches in the game, Louis 10 catches for 95 yards with 2 TDs, Yvan 10 catches for 68 yards with 2 TDs, and Vincent with 15 catches for 64 yards. That must be a first in the league. Francis had the hardest job on the day rushing Dom, but was able to get 2 sacks and put pressure all day long. With all those short passes from Gabriel the short defenders for Gros Coqs had a day making every tackle and not giving up any YAC. Etienne made 9 tackles, Alexis made 7, Bresse and Vince both made 5. Bresse was the most dependable receiver for Gros Coqs but Alexis had the big 45 yard TD to break the tie at 25 and give them the lead and what turned out to be the game winner. This was a good game to watch with it being tight all game with neither team every looking like the game was theirs until the final whistle.

 

Division 2

 

Thunder Buddies vs Master Chiefs (41-38)

How does this keep happening to Master Chiefs who sit at 1-5 and have a -1 point differential? With them adding Dilan this week to the roster I thought it would sure up the defense and get them a few extra possessions, that wasn’t the case this week with no sacks or picks all game. Owie had a good game but relied heavily on Ryan who had 7 catches for 98 yards along with 1 TD, Ashton had 8 catches for 96 yards and a whooping 5 TDs. Last week I pointed out that Steve has that magic in his arm because when you looked at these 2 rosters Thunder Buddies shouldn’t have had a chance in this one. They had Simon dropping deep once to cover Ashton 1 on 1 and you won’t believe this, but Simon locked it down and knocked the ball away. Josh had an above average game for him this week scoring twice on 10 catches, but the big difference in this game for Thunder Buddies was Simon turning those 1- or 2-yard catches into 6 and 7 yards almost every time. With just under 7 minutes Owie led a TD drive take a 38-35 lead. Then Steve ate the clock down to 1:14 left before hooking up with Jaf to take the lead and win the game as Master Chiefs were only able to move the ball just past half before the game was over.

 

Division 3

 

Red Cats vs Average Joes (19-30)

I won’t sugar coat it at all, so here is the truth about this game. Oliver won the game for Average Joes. I know he only had 2 sacks, but Avery threw 3 picks and it was because of the pressure. Out of Averys 35 throws he might have had good footing on 5 of them, the rest were back foot or jump throws and yet he still managed to get the ball 25 to 30 yards down field in the air. Flood was the guy Jason counted on most of the game getting 6 catches, 100 yards and 3 TDs. Jason couldn’t put up 45 like he has all season, but he did score with under 1 minute left to make it a 2-score game. This game was close and if Avery hadn’t thrown 3 picks might have turn out differently.

 

Double Dippers vs Bines (36-12)

Double Dippers were missing Simon at QB, so they had David fill in. I will tell you that David looked good going 22 of 35 with 6 TDs. Manu went off for 3 TDs on his 10 catches, then you had Alex who people say might be the best receiver in the division getting 5 for 35 but he also dropped at least 3 and that is probably low. Bines struggled all over, their defense was soft and couldn’t slow Manu down and then on offense their best player was Simon who is playing with a busted finger and can’t close his hand properly. Double Dippers have a very good team, but David should have been able to do more against them, going 15 of 33 just won’t cut it.

 

Division 4

 

Sooners 45 vs Udaho Idapimp (52-26)

Sooners doubled up on Udaho with Diego looking like Cam Newton in 2015 tearing it up with his arm and Legs. Udaho needs to figure out how to stop this guy because they will meet again in a few weeks once playoffs start.

 

RawSauce vs Iron Wolves (12-45)

RawSauce is a mess with no QB, and Iron Wolves are coming along as the father to son connection is working, but when it’s not Jason still has Josh to depend on.

 

Airborne vs Drama Club (25-19)

Both teams were missing players and that didn’t seem to effect Airborne as Guillaume was able to get it done with what he had. Simon was without a few key players and you could tell as he struggled to keep drives going and mustard up points.

 

Bouchers vs Bines Low Fat (27-23)

If you told me Bouchers were going to win without Lukas at QB I would have laughed in your face before the game. Simon went QB and played a very smart game going short and spreading the ball. JF throwing 2 picks and giving up a safety will cost you in a close game.

 

Black Diamonds vs Super Friends (14-43)

Terry was 33 of 60 with 14 of his completions going to Rob who couldn’t even score once. How did Terry throw 60 passes in a game and lose by 29 points? Earlier in the week Terry asked me about Super Friends and I told him watch out for Alex at WR and their center Alex. Those 2 players caught 12 of 15 completions from Oliver for 208 yards and 7 TDs. It seems I do know what I’m talking about sometimes.

 

Division 5

 

Legendaries vs Jungle Squad (25-12)

I was shocked at how close this game was for the most part. With the roster that Legendaries has I figured it would have been a blowout. Ben at QB just looks weird to me at least the first time seeing him back there. On the first drive he ran a few times and had a few passes and that what I was expecting to see all game, but it was after the initial drive he settled in and just spread the ball around. Ben Mallet was his main target getting 3 catches for 48 yards and a TD. Mallet did his damage on defense getting 3 picks and running one back in. Seeing Nick rush at half speed and still getting 3 sacks is impressive, but what’s more impressive is that Nick also had a pick 1 and a pick 6 in the game. We all knew Jungle Squad was going to struggle this season, but they have come a long way since April when my team scrimmaged against them. Jerome put up good numbers on a solid defense and with a little more experience will be able to cut those picks down which will lead to closer games and maybe a few more wins. Michel is their best player, and he does whatever is asked of him as he plays WR, runs the ball as a RB or even goes QB from time to time. Then on defense he is their leader and is always around the ball. I know they are coming back in the fall, and I expect them to be in a lot more games now that they have gained some experience.

 

That’s all I have for you on recaps, but if you’re needing more look for Terry and whoever he has with him this week on the podcast on Wednesday night. If you’re from Brossard go give Matt a watch, he is funny and its always entertaining to see who he might have on as a guest. One of these weeks maybe he’ll have me on, and I might surprise a few people with my francais (ed’s note: oh god).

 

Studs & Duds

 

I’m running late with this week’s article and Jon is probably pissed I have used so many words, so without wasting much more of your time let’s see who shined and who blew chunks in week 8.

 

Studs

Division 1

Kris Hope, we all might hate him because he whines and cries over everything (ed’s note: I don’t hate you, Kris!), but he sure can play football, especially for an old broken guy. This week all Kris did was catch 11 passes for 78 yards and 4 TDs and he also decided to play some defense getting 2 tackles and 1 pick.

 

Division 2

Philippe Charpentier is a player last season who was in D5 and has made the jump up and is still balling out at a high level. Phil scored 2 TDs on 4 catches and had 44 yards he also had 1 2-point convert. On defense all he did was make 1 tackle and had 3 picks.

 

Division 3

Ryne Flood, other than being the best-looking player on Joes, he makes plays when the team needs him to. This week he went off for 100 yards on 6 catches and scored 3 TDs. On top of that he had 3 tackles and 1 pick on defense.

 

Division 4

Alex Noivo, what do you say about a guy like this? He plays center and Oliver likes the way the ball gets to him. It’s not every week you see a center getting over 100 yards in a game and this week Alex got 129 on 9 catches and scored 5 TDs. Since he felt he still needed to contribute to the team he then went and made 7 tackles and had 1 pick while taking it easy on defense.

 

Division 5

Dag Wiesbrok, thought his name was Dog Westbrook from taking a quick glance at the stat sheet, but he really is a dog. Dag was the leading receiver for his team with 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 TD and 1 1point convert. Where Dag made the bigger impact was on defense when he made 5 tackles and had 2 picks.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

Outlaws as a team for going 0-2 on the weekend.

 

Division 2

Master Chiefs defense for 0 sacks, 0 picks and losing another 1 score game.

 

Division 3

Ryan McSweeny with 2 catches for 12 yards. When you’re averaging 11.63 yards a catch, step it up or go have a seat on the bench and let someone else show you how it’s done.

 

Division 4

Rob White for that poor defensive play calling allowing 2 players to destroy your team the way they did.

 

Division 5

Étienne Simard, you threw 5 picks and lost the game by 13 points. You can’t be doing that down the stretch while fighting for a playoff spot.

 

There are your ballers and bums for the week. Remember if you want to make my list you only have a few weeks left, so you need to pick up your game or take a few steps back, but one way or another you need to do something.

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

I don’t know what I did to win last week, but I’m embarrassed to tell you I won by getting 50% of my picks right. That should never be the case. Every one of us making picks just can’t seem to figure it out. Maybe this week someone will win by getting 75% of their picks right. It’s going to be me since I need to turn it around. Here are my picks this week and like always they are in bold.

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Outlaws

Outlaws are missing players this week and I’m not sure who will be rushing for them and because of that Max will pick them apart.

 

Centurions vs Gros Coqs

They have the better QB and the more complete roster.

 

Outlaws vs Iron Wolves

Too many pieces missing for Outlaws and not sure who will be subbing for them since they are only 6 players.

 

Division 2

 

Spritz Gang vs Nice TDs

They have too much speed.

 

Spritz Gang vs Pocket Rockets

PO has been struggling in D2 and Mario knows what he is doing when calling a defense, I expect to see 3 picks in this game.

 

Thunder Buddies vs Master Chiefs

They are overdue for a win and adding Dilan should improve their defense dramatically.

 

Division 3

 

Bines vs Douilles Molasses

Douilles Molasses are missing half their roster so I can’t see this being a close game.

 

Iron Wolves vs Pocket Rockets

They are just too strong in this matchup.

 

Red Cats vs Average Joes

Avery says they are going to win this one, but his play over the last 2 weeks hasn’t shown that, plus Jason is playing great up to now.

 

Double Dippers vs Bines

Double Dippers are without a QB this week, so I expect to see a committee of them trying it out or at least Alex and Manu.

 

Division 4

 

Sooners 45 vs Udaho Idapimp

I think that Diego gets the team back on track after missing last week.

 

RawSauce vs Iron Wolves

I can’t pick a team to win when I have no clue who their QB is.

 

Drama Club vs Airborne

After last weeks miracle win over Sooners 45, Airborne comes back to reality and loses this one by 2 scores.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Bouchers

They are more athletic.

 

Super Friends vs Black Diamonds

Terry will have an issue this week with Super Friends defense their rusher is quick and Alex knows where to place his players to take away that short crap.

 

Division 5

 

Phoenix vs Los Politos NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

Legendaries vs Jungle Squad

Just based on experience they should win, but it will be close.

 

My Ball Zack Hertz vs Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder can’t stop the run and Luca can run.

 

Titans vs Big Booties

Ben if he is there will be the difference maker and is the best player among these two teams.

 

Chili Hotdogs vs Mimosa Crew

All Curren has to do is protect the ball since his team has more playmakers on it.

 

There you go, my picks for week 8.

 

Power Rankings

 

After how a few teams performed last week, the rankings are getting a shuffled around. I’ll get right to it, so you could see if your team moved up on the list or fell off the list completely.

 

Division 1

1- Outlaws

2- Gros Coqs

3- Iron Wolves

 

Division 2

1- Nice TDs

2- Idaho Udapimp  

3- Thunder Buddies

 

Division 3

1- Average Joes

2- Double Dippers

3- Bines

 

Division 4

1- Villains

2- Bines Low Fat

3- Udaho Idapimp

 

Division 5

1- Sour Peeps

2- Bear Hood

3- Phoenix

 

I can’t make everyone happy with my rankings, if you want your team up here play better win some games and hope for a few teams to lose.

 

Final Thoughts

 

More BS (ed’s note: Banana Sprinkles) weather this weekend and that means whoever is playing at 5pm good luck trying to stay on your feet.

I’m not playing so I don’t have to worry. I’ll be heading home and getting my baby to bring back with me. It’s my dog. I’m too old to be having kids at my age. Before Willie starts telling everyone he is named after the Leafs. He is not, he is named after the Ice cream Maple Walnut. I have more respect for myself, and I wouldn’t do that to him since he is a winner unlike that hockey team in Toronto.

We have another long weekend and that is great. This is the time of the year where we would have a league get together and play a few games by forming a few different teams like Canada, Quebec, and a world team. It didn’t really worked out last time we tried as it was well over 40 degrees and no one wanted to move. I think Goldrick won the 40-yard dash, but he was racing by himself. We would also be inducting new players into the HOF, but that has been moved to be include with the end of season awards.

That’s all I have so I hope you enjoyed see you Saturday and remember we’re playing a game for fun, so don’t take it too seriously.

Word from the Mouth: Smoking on St Jean! edition

Word from the Mouth: Smoking on St Jean! edition

Kevin Kousaie

These last 2 weekends haven’t been the best to play in, depending on your team’s time slot. I was hoping that it would get better for this week, but that doesn’t look like it will happen. I know it’s only Monday while I’m writing this, but it’s calling for rain and thunder storms all weekend. This doesn’t mean it wont change between now and then and I hope it does.

Did anyone go out on Sunday and see all that smog, worst air quality in the world. It was bad but compared to how NYC looked a few weeks back, it was nothing (ed’s note: literally one sentence after saying it was the worst in the world…). After Jon forcing me and a few other refs to work in those conditions we’re all suing him if we get cancer, and it doesn’t matter what kind it is (ed’s note: seems fair). I figure the brain tumor I end up with still counts and proves I have one to begin with.

Hope everyone survived all the drinking they did to celebrate St-Jean. Some teams (okay, only one team) in Brossard came to the field on Sunday still hungover and if you didn’t already know it was 28-3.

 

Week 7 Recap

 

Division 1

 

Outlaws vs Trollers (39-35)

Outlaws jumped out to a 14-0 though it could easily be tied if Svetna didn’t pick off a pass in the endzone. Later in the game I made a joke with Marvin about the logo on his shorts and how it was supposed to be Wonder Woman, and on the next play he catches a 45-yard pass that looked out of reach even with him at full speed, but I guess his lasso came in handy on that one. I don’t know where Steve gets it, but it just seems like with under a minute he always finds a way to march the field and score before the half ends. He did it to end the first half this week with 14 seconds left. Second half Trollers picked it up and made it a game and even took the lead 35-33 with 21 seconds left. You guessed it, Steve pulled it off once again finding Svetna on 35-yard play and putting the ball on the 5-yard line with 1 play left. Steve then found Svetna open in the endzone for the game winner.

 

Division 2

 

Pocket Rockets vs Nice TDs (14-36)

Everyone knew this wasn’t going to be a good game early in the week as Pocket Rockets were missing too many players and it would turn out to be one of those game you just play and forget. PO started the game by throwing a pick 6 to Demario. The first half was dominated by Nice TDs with it being 30-6 at half. Pocket Rockets just couldn’t figure out how to stop Demario as he threw 3 TDs, ran 2 in and had 2 picks and took 1 for 6. Both teams traded TDs in the second half and that’s all that happened.

 

Division 3

 

Mustard Tigers vs Phoenix (20-14)

When this game was played, it was the worst weather of the day and it showed by the number of bad passes dropped balls or in my case the ball just slipping and sliding out of my hands all game long. The game opened with Tom letting me know he was out for revenge for last season when our teams played. Phoenix was smart on defense and had Nick play man on Tom which worked the first half, but Brian was smart and figured it out after a few drives. The only points in the first half were on big plays. Sean from Mustard Tigers had a 41-yard TD where he made a few players miss tackles and Phoenix scored on a pick 6 by Rob. Half time rolled around, and the score was 8-7 Phoenix. Late in the game with Phoenix holding a 14-13 lead, Brian threw a pass that was in Cory’s hands and in dry conditions it’s a pick all day, but when he squeezed the ball it slid out and into the hands of Jie for the winning score. Phoenix got the ball with 3 plus minutes left, it was plenty of time to go down and score. It all came down to a fourth down where Nick ran a quick out, and the ball was thrown to him, and it was dropped (ed’s note: blaming the receiver, true leadership on display). He says it was behind him, but it was right on his body and needed to be since Tom was playing short and crashing on the play. In better conditions and not playing on a fractured leg this is a totally different game, especially with the rosters that were there this week. But at the end of the day Mustard Tigers played a better game and earned the win.

 

Division 4

 

Super Friends vs Bines Low Fat (26-33)

This game started out with a bang. JF hits Thomas on short route and Thomas takes it 45 yards for the score on the very first play of the game, it took Oliver about 3 seconds to respond with a deep ball to Alex for 45 yards and in less than a minute each team had scored once. On the next Super Friends drive Oliver threw a pick 6 to Michael which he didn’t see him as he made a great jump on the ball. With nothing seeming to work for Oliver, he took it upon himself to get them back in it and took off running on first down and he just kept making players miss with a juke here and a juke there and topped it off with a spin before reaching the endzone for a 45-yard TD. Before half, JF was trying to widen the lead 5 play scoring drive after Simon picked off a pass as Super Friends were driving. Half time score was 26-13. In the second half they traded punts and picks for a while, but Oliver was able to tie it up at 26 with 8:30 left. After the defense was playing great in the second half when they need a stop and the ball, they allowed Bines Low Fat to put a drive together along with a TD and convert. Now down 7, Super Friends were moving the ball and with 2 plays left Oliver had his pass picked off by David to seal the win and end the game.

 

Division 5

 

Phoenix vs Chili Hotdogs (37-34)

This game wasn’t pretty for either team. Simon was subbing at QB for Chili Hotdogs and in the first half nothing could go wrong for him. He was able to pick the defense apart with drags from Hugo who picked up lots of yards after the catch as well as throwing it up to Gustavo Andres Cruz for big chunks of yards. I can tell you from guarding Gustavo he has strong hands and can go up and high point the ball. On one of his TDs I hit the ball, pulled his arm, and then tried to rip the ball out and yet he still walked away with the TD. As for the defense for Chili Hotdogs, they just seemed to be in the right place at the right time all first half. They picked me off 2 times and other than one play from Gregory, they played a perfect half. To start the second half the score was 20-6 and right off the bat Kenny takes a pass 45 yards for an easy score. At half we talked and made a few adjustments on defense, and it paid off by forcing a quick 3 and punt from Chili Dogs, but they got it back after a pick by Cam. Simon made us pay for that pick extending the lead to 27-13. After that Phoenix took control of the game with a score followed by a pick another score and another pick and another score. Suddenly Phoenix was up 31 to 27 with 5 minutes left. Simon had plenty of time and knew what he needed to do to pull off the win. He used the intermediate routes to march down and take the lead back and left under 2 minutes left. After a quick check down to Roxanne for a few yards, I hit Gregory on a quick slant that he took 37 yards for a score and giving us back the lead. On the last drive I made the move to put James at rush because of his height and he was able to force quick throws and knocked a few balls down on the last play of the game from the 14-yard line Simon had to get rid of the ball fast and it was caught but only for 2 yards and the game ended.

 

That is it for this week, hope you enjoyed.

 

Studs & Duds

 

I’m running a bit late on getting my article done this week, so I’ll just jump to what you all want to know and see.

 

Studs

 

Division 1

- Dominic Lefort was a terror this week going 29 of 32 for 314 yards, 7 TDs, 1 1point convert, 3 2point converts as well as throwing 1 pick. Dom also ran twice for 40 yards, 1 TD, he also made an appearance on defense making 1 tackle.

 

Division 2

- Demario Cooper did a bit of everything this week, going 24 of 30 for 220 yards, 3 TDs and 1 pick. He also ran 6 times for 28 yards and 2 TDs. On defense all he had was 2 picks and scored on 1 of them.

 

Division 3

- Geoffroy Vigneault had 4 catches for 66 yards and 4 TDs and made 3 tackles on defense. I need to know how many of those catches were 1 handed.

 

Division 4

- Julian Sablowski had himself a game in his teams second game of the day. Julian made 7 catches for 110 yards, 4 TDs and 2 1point converts. On defense all he did was make 3 tackles and have 1 pick.

 

Division 5

- Gregory Chevry going into the game had 2 catches for 9 yards on the season. In this game he had 9 catches for 126 yards and 4 TDs. Defensively he made 5 tackles.

 

Duds

 

Division 1

- The Trollers defense for giving up game winning scores on the last play of 2 different games this weekend.

 

Division 2

- Owie for his 3 picks and not having that magic to get it done in another close game on the last drive.

 

Division 3

- Jason Armenti for being a stat lady of the night and scoring with 26 seconds left while having a 17-point lead at the time.

 

Division 4

- Cyclones for putting Alex at QB when he is your best receiver.

 

Division 5

- Eduardo Fuentes Contreras 5 picks and your vacation plans get you on the list.

 

Hope you’re happy with this week’s list. Some players make it very easy to put them on the list and then you have teams that just can’t figure it out and might need a wake-up call. If you made the list congratulations, if not try harder next week. 

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