Word from the Mouth: A Crisp Foggy Morning! edition

Word from the Mouth: A Crisp Foggy Morning! edition

Kevin Kousaie

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

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

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

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

 

Weekly Recap

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs (46-47)

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

 

Division 2

 

Red Raiders vs Marvels (44-43)

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

 

Division 3

 

Master Chiefs vs Invictus G (38-43)

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

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs Randoms (28-39)

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

 

Division 5

 

Phoenix vs Sour Peeps (19-25)

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

 

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

 

Player of the Week

 

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

 

Division 1

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

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

 

Division 2

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

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

 

Division 3

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

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

 

Division 4

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

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

 

Division 5

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

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

 

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

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 8

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

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

 

Division 1

 

Trollers vs Gros Coqs

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

 

Iron Wolves vs Outlaws

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

 

Division 2

 

Red Raiders vs Marvels

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

 

Jagerbomb vs Spritz Gang

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

 

Jagerbomb vs Tannantes

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

 

Nice TDs vs Thunder Buddies

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

 

Division 3

 

Master Chiefs vs Invictus G

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

 

Idaho Udapimps vs Double Dippers

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

 

Bines vs Panaches

They are the stronger team with a higher talent level.

 

Iron Wolves vs RawSauce

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

 

Division 4

 

Mustard Tigers vs Drama Club

They are the better team even being older and slower.

 

Airborne vs Bines Low Fat

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

 

Revenants vs Randoms

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

 

Pocket Rockets vs Udaho Idapimp

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

 

Randoms vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my teams games.

 

Division 5

 

Les Last Calls vs Mimosa Crew

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

 

Phoenix vs Sour Peeps NA

I don’t pick my team’s games.

 

Sour Peeps vs Vultures

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

 

Cobra Kai vs TD Hunters

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

 

Fighting Armadillos vs Heisenberg

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

 

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

 

Power Rankings

 

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

 

Division 1

#1- Outlaws

#2- Trollers

#3- Gros Coqs 

 

Division 2

#1- Thunder Buddies

#2- Jagerbomb

#3- Red Raiders

 

Division 3

#1- Idaho Udapimps

#2- Master Chiefs

#3- Iron Wolves

 

Division 4

#1- Pocket Rocket

#2- Bines Low Fat

#3- Randoms

 

Division 5

#1- Fighting Armadillos

#2- Vultures

#3- TD Hunters

 

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

 

Final Thoughts

 

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

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

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

Word from the Mouth: Thankful for the Cold! edition

Word from the Mouth: Thankful for the Cold! edition

Kevin Kousaie

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

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

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

 

Weekly Recap

 

Division 1

 

Centurions vs Outlaws (46-71)

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

 

Division 2

 

Nice TDs vs Red Raiders (32-33)

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

 

Division 3

 

Invictus G vs Double Dippers (6-44)

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

 

Panaches vs RawSauce (20-25)

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

 

Division 4

 

Cyclones vs Phoenix (24-18)

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

 

Division 5

 

The Lesniaks vs Phoenix (26-31)

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

 

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

 

Players of the Week

 

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

 

Division 1

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

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

 

Division 2

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

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

 

Division 3

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

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

 

Division 4

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

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

 

Division 5

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

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

 

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

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Predictions and Power Rankings Week 7

Kevin Kousaie

Predictions

 

It seems that Terry is clearly cheating somehow. He is slowly pulling farther ahead of Jon, Willie, and myself, so with only a few weeks left my goal is to stay ahead of Willie and not finish last because that would be a shame going from first to last in just one season. It would almost feel like I was on the Cowboys going into the season with the hopes of winning it all and falling way short of my goal.

Since nothing seems to be working for my picks, I think I’ll try something new and allow my puppy to pick my games for me. That will mean I might have to pick against Willie and his teams, since he can’t get my dog’s name correct.

 

Division 1

 

A-Team vs Gros Coqs

Losing Dave for the season is a big loss and the team just isn’t the same without him.

 

Centurions vs Outlaws

Better QB play.

 

Division 2

 

Jagerbomb vs Thunder Buddies

JF is too important to the team and him missing will make the difference.

 

Nice TDs vs Red Raiders

Their QB is more consistent and will keep his cool.

 

Spritz Gang vs Tannantes

More athletic.

 

Division 3

 

Double Dippers vs Invictus G

Too talented and have the more reliable QB.

 

Iron Wolves vs Bines

Iron Wolves look to be down way too many players.

 

Panaches vs RawSauce

They aren’t the better team, but that have been playing better this season.

 

Master Chiefs vs Idaho Udapimps

With the roster they have they should pull it off, but it will be a close game even with Idaho missing a few players.

 

Iron Wolves vs Invictus G

They are more athletic and should be able to use that to their advantage.

 

Division 4

 

Drama Club vs Pocket Rockets

Won’t even be close. Pocket Rockets are too strong for this division.

 

Revenants vs Cyclones

This is tough as it will come down to who is the better QB between Marvin and Yann and who wins the matchup between Alex and Marvin. I think it goes 1-1, but Yann will find other ways to move the ball and that’s why they win this game.

 

Bines Low Fat vs Randoms

Their defense is fantastic and don’t give up many points.

 

Airborne vs Udaho Idapimp

Ryan and Ben ball out and get another win this week.

 

Cyclones vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my team games.

 

Division 5

 

Mimosa Crew vs Heisenberg

With their new starting QB Ryan, they should be able to get the win and have fun doing it.

 

Lesniaks vs Phoenix NA

I don’t pick my team games.

 

Vultures vs Les Last Calls

They are the stronger team, but will need to figure out how to stop Seb if they want to win.

 

Mimosa Crew vs TD Hunters

The 6 hours between games is what will kill Mimosa in this one, that is way too much time for them to be drinking between games.

 

There you have it, Maple’s picks for the week. He made the picks and I gave the reasons why. If you want to thank him for picking your team to win, he accepts dog treats and bones. Good luck to everyone and have fun.

 

Power Rankings

 

The end of the season is right around the corner and teams are doing everything they can to secure their team’s playoff spots. This also means we should be seeing the best from each team and maybe we even get a few upsets that will make me rethink my rankings.

 

Division 1

#1- Outlaws

#2- Trollers

#3- A-Team

 

Division 2

#1- Thunder Buddies

#2- Jagerbomb

#3- Nice TDs

 

Division 3

#1- Master Chiefs

#2- Idaho Udapimps

#3- Bines

 

Division 4

#1- Pocket Rocket

#2- Bines Low Fat

#3- Phoenix

 

Division 5

#1- Fighting Armadillos

#2- Vultures

#3- The Lesniaks

 

After looking everything over, I think that this week’s rankings are pretty spot on and of course you have teams that didn’t make my list, but feel they should be on it. Don’t worry about my rankings, just keep winning games and over the last few weeks your team might make the list.

 

Final Thoughts

 

Hope everyone remembers that this week we are playing at Arthur Therrien again. This weekend is a long weekend and on Monday will be when the league does their annual Al’s game. If you want to go and haven’t bought tickets yet, I’m sure you still can.

Here is the link to follow.

This week Jon also sent an email out to captains about the upcoming winter season. Games will be played on Saturday night, first game starts at 6pm and last game will start at 10pm and all the games are played at Concordia Stinger Dome on Sherbrooke in NDG. If you want in and don’t have a team, you can let Jon know and I’m sure he will be able to get you on a team in the division you belong.

That is all I have for the week, so enjoy the rest of the week and on Saturday go out, have fun, and enjoy yourself. It’s only a game.

 

 

Word from the Mouth: 12 Second 40! edition

Word from the Mouth: 12 Second 40! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Okay, let me start by saying it was nice to be back at Le Ber, at least for this week. Le Ber is great because we have the field lines and it makes it easier for everyone to judge the yardage and where you are on the field, but after being there this week the field isn’t that even with holes and bumps all over place. Yes, there was grass there at the beginning of the day, but as you played on it more you started to notice the big chunks of grass flying as players were making their cuts. Since we are trying to keep Le Ber in good shape for the playoffs the league has decided to move back to Arthur Therrien for at least the next two weeks.

I know everyone is thinking about how bad the parking is, but I have mentioned numerous times if you can’t find parking go and park behind the school by the baseball field.

Okay, so now I just want to point out a couple of little things. For a TD to be scored only one flag on a player’s hips needs to break the goal line (ed’s note: actually, any part of the players belt must contact the plane of the endzone, but basically correct) and the ball doesn’t have to be in the endzone.

Another thing that players and officials should know is that a push out is left up to the ref’s discretion if the player would have come down with the ball inbounds or not.

That is all I have for this week and now will get to my recaps from this past weekend.

 

Week 7 Recap

 

Division 1

 

Gros Coqs vs Outlaws (42-49)

This game was all about the offense and had next to no defense being played and looked like it was going to be decided by converts. By now teams should have figured it out that in order to beat Steve and any team he is throwing on you need to go for 2-point converts when you score because he is going to, and he gets them quite often using a halfback as a second passer. At half, the score was 28-27 Outlaws, the only stop was when Gros Coqs were got the ball after an Outlaws TD with 13 seconds left. The start of the second half had Outlaws beginning with the ball and if Steve could get a score and a 2-point convert it would give them a 2-score lead and an almost guaranteed victory. Instead, Steve wanted to keep it interesting and threw a pick to Alexandre to start the half. With the short field and the way they moved the ball in the first half, it was just a matter of time before they found the endzone. Except Marvin had other plans and on fourth down he was able to get a hand on the ball and knock it away from the receiver and force the turnover. That was the chance Gros Coqs needed to take control of the game. Rest of the game went back and forth with teams exchanging TDs. With a minute and a half-left Gros Coqs were down 7, they had all their timeouts and didn’t need to panic, at least not for time. They were able to move it all the way down to the 10-yard line of the Outlaws before running out of time. One thing that I would like to happen, but never will, is implementing what the NCAA does in the final 2 minutes of a half where time is stopped on first downs to allow the bags to get set up. This would have allowed Dom more time to think about what plays he wanted to call instead of running up with the bags to get an extra play or two.

 

Division 2

 

Tannantes vs Red Raiders (14-24)

This game was hard to watch as there were a bunch of things wrong with it. Let me start by saying Mike didn’t look good, but it wasn’t completely his fault. He had guys running wrong routes, not making the correct adjustments, and just flat-out dropping balls on him. Defensively Red Raiders also couldn’t catch a few picks that hit them in the hands as well. Tannantes just had a hard day all together. Vincent was off all game long either throwing it too far and out of his receiver’s reach or being inaccurate and not giving his receiver’s a chance at the ball. With 2:40 left in the game Red Raiders scored and looked to seal the game with a 2-point convert, but it was picked off by Simon and returned for 2-points, making it a one-point game. After a few incomplete passes and a penalty, it was down to the last play of the game and Tannantes went with a throw back to another player to allow more time for the receivers to get down field and Devin came up on the play and got the sack and a safety to end the game.

 

Spritz Gang vs Marvels (26-33)

For the roster Max has with Marvels they should be blowing teams out and not having many issues with teams that they should be better than. All of Mario’s teams are the same, they play tough defense and hope to be able to score points. This week JS looked good and his players caught everything that hit them in the hands. Spritz Gang scored with 5:35 left in the game to make it a 7-point game and all they needed was the defense to force a stop to give them a chance to get their first win of the season. Max drove the field and ate the clock and ended the game with the ball.

 

Division 3

 

Invictus G vs Idaho Udapimps (15-21)

This was a tale of two halves. In the first half Idaho was in complete control and had no issues moving the ball. Brady’s numbers look good, but he needed to do more than feeding the ball to Kyle and Jason. In the first half Brady was able to get Jason the ball who scored 3 times and made it look easy, especially with a 1-yard TD followed by a 2-yard TD. His first one he actually had to get by the defender and catch the ball in his stretched-out arms before running it into the endzone. In the second half Jason was gone and this made Brady go back to good old faithful Kyle the rest of the game. Invictus ended up making a few adjustments at half and were able to force a few punts to get themselves back into the game. For me the difference was Brady having a boat load more experience than Karl that made the difference in the end. Invictus is a very solid team that with a more experienced QB will light teams up.

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs Revenants (26-12)

This was a matchup that according to Marvin I wanted no part of last season. This was all in his head, and he had to think that way since we all know he would have gotten an ass whooping then. We waited a season for this one to happen and with a few lucky bounces it was closer than it should have been. Marvin won the coin flip and elected for us to start with the ball, wrong move right off the bat. I was able to put together a long-time consuming drive that was capped off by me running it in from 13 yards out, where was the run defense I guess they couldn’t see me with that 12 second 40 time. When Marvin got the ball, he was only able to get 4 yards before turning it over on downs. We were put into a first and goal and it looked like this one was going to be over quickly, but instead of playing smart I tried a few different things with none of them working and us giving the ball right back on downs. Then Marvin had his nicest throw of the game a 37-yard TD to David and now we had a game. I turned the ball over on a pick that was off the receiver’s hands and could have been caught. Marvin did nothing with the ball again before losing it on downs. This is where I settled down and started to find the weak spots and took advantage of them. The drive was ended with another rushing TD this time it was 9 yards. With time running down Marvin threw his first pick of the game to Rob leaving 1 play before half. With the score 13-6 at half and Revenants starting with the ball it was close and on the first play of the second half Khalil forced Marvin to the sideline and Marvin threw it and it was picked off by Rob once again except this time Rob made 2 or 3 players miss as he ran it in for a TD. We go back and forth for a few possessions before Marvin hits Diane for a 16-yard score right after Rob told him that she was open. Phoenix scored a few plays later and that was it for the game. Better luck next time Marvin.

 

Division 5

 

TD Hunters vs Fighting Armadillos (25-38)

 

With 7 players coming from the Pocket Rockets who are currently first in D4, the choice of the winner was obvious to make, but nobody expected that match to be so close especially with the absence of Michael Halevy. Fighting Armadillos won by two touchdowns, but you had to be there to realize they had to work hard to earn the win. Having trouble stopping Goldrick when he runs, Pierre-Olivier (most passing touchdowns in D4) and Philip (3rd in receiving yards in D4) had to join forces to defeat the TD Hunters. However, it should be noted that TD Hunters had their chances, because without that drop pass in the endzone, it could have been 25-7 with 7 minutes left in the half. But the game is about what you accomplish on the field and Fighting Armadillos have accomplished more. It all started with 41 yards from Goldrick on two carries for the touchdown. After stopping the opposing attack, the TD Hunters scored a touchdown in addition to adding a pick 6 on the next play. It was 19-0. This is where the P-O/Philip show began. Add in the fact that the Fighting Armadillos defense did a good job of limiting passing options and everything was in place for a superb comeback. At that point, Goldrick should have play it simple and wasted more time, but he instead threw an interception with 10 seconds left to give the Fighting Armadillos a lead before the half. In the second half, both teams wanted the win, but on one side the TD Hunters seemed to panic and couldn't cross half the field anymore. On the other side, the Fighting Armadillos who knows each other’s very well continued to take risks that paid off. With that said, we can't ask a free agent’s team like TD Hunters to be perfect, so congrats on your performance.

 

There you have it, this week’s recaps. Hope you enjoyed and if you want more stay tuned for Terry and Wille on MFL total Access on Wednesday.

 

Player of the Week

 

Last week we had a first, are we going to get another one this week? I can spoil it all for you now as we did have another first and it might shock you as to what that first is, so keep scrolling down and you will see.

 

Division 1

Offense- Gabriel Archambault was 26 of 34 for 279 yards, 6 TDs, 2 1point converts and 1 2point convert.

Defense- Dilan Daoust made 2 tackles and had 2 picks.

 

Division 2

Offense- Will Power went 22 of 27 for 277 yards, 7 TDs and 2 2point converts.

Defense- Kevin Marcil-Cardinal made 2 tackles, had 2 picks and ran 1 back for a TD.

 

Division 3

Offense- Jason Edwards caught 5 passes for 55 yards and 3 TDs.

Defense- NA. After looking over all the stats I couldn’t find a single player that really stood out on defense that earned this week’s award. 1 pick or a single sack just won’t cut it, I need to see more than that.

 

Division 4

Offense- Benoit Maynard or as Willie calls him Baby Maynard hauled in 9 passes for 116 yards and 1 TD.

Defense- Sydney-Taylor Jordan made 6 tackles, had 1 sack and picked off 1 pass.

 

Division 5

Offense- Sebastien Lucas Alzate only caught 5 passes for 136 yards and 3 TDs.

Defense- Zack Goldig made 1 tackle and added 4 more picks to his league leading total of 17 on the year. Zack also returned one of them for a TD, oh he also had a pick 2 as well.

 

What I have come to realize is in the higher divisions different players are winning each week and, yes, we have had a few players win multiple times, but in the lower divisions it just seems like I keep getting the same few names to pick from and I want to mix it up and get a bigger selection of players into the pool, but those players keep balling out and I cant penalize them for being studs.

Congratulations to all of this week’s winners and for those who haven’t made my list, you still have 4 more weeks to make it, so ball out and next week and it might be your turn to make my list.

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