So where should I start or how should I go about writing this since it will be my conclusion to the season? I was thinking about only writing about the championship team and how they got there or just write about the weekend as a whole. I will say that the semifinals games were a lot more exciting than the finals were. I understand that teams are missing players, but come on guys, it’s the playoffs. You play all season for this then can’t make the playoffs? All you have done was hurt your teams chances at winning.

Outlaws vs Krakens

I will say this to start that both teams were missing guys and not guys you can easily replace. I mean Outlaws got a text at 10:15 saying their rusher was sick and wasn’t going to be able to make it. Mathieu you got to suck it up and play. It’s called having a pair and not letting your team down. For the Krakens you had one of the Mathieus missing along with nice guy Silvio who was unable to make it back from his new home city in SF. All 3 of those guys could have and probably would have made a difference. This was still a very close game from what I heard from the players after the game. Going into the game I felt that the Krakens were a stronger team, but not by a lot until you pencil in the missing guys and when Steve has to be the guy rushing. I figured that Rob was going to have a field day on their defense. Krakens were able to score on their first possession and then force a turnover on a pick by Francisco to jump out to an early 12 to nothing lead, but then the Outlaws got it together and started playing. On the last play of the half the Outlaws managed to score and make it an 8 point game since they were going to be starting with the ball in the second half that was huge. In the second half both teams were scoring at will, but with 1:45 left in the game Outlaws scored and it was now a 1 point game, but they were unable to get the convert. They still had a chance to get the ball back and win though. They forced a punt and had the ball with 29 seconds left. Steve on first down wasn’t able to connect with anyone and then on second down while trying to gain some field position threw a pick and that was all she wrote on the Outlaws season. Krakens move on with a 1 point victory.

Trollers vs Gros Coqs

This was one of the most exciting games that I have been a part of in the MFL, if not the most exciting game ever for the league. I’m not going to lie, going into this game I was very confident that the Trollers were going to walk away with the win. I know Les Gros Coqs were undefeated and they beat us twice but those other times they beat us we weren’t a full team. The Trollers were able to play some great defense early on in the game and managed to jump out to a 12 point lead, though that didn’t last for too long as the deficit started to get them to play better. Early in the game Andre was having his way with Dom amassing 5 sacks on the day, then Dom decided to start running and that is when this really became a game. Now going in at half time the score was tied at 12 and Les Gros Coqs were starting with it in the second half and had gotten some momentum. 

That momentum didn’t last as the Trollers forced a turnover on downs and then proceeded to score and get the convert and go up 7. We stopped them again and went down and scored to go up 25-12 with just under 10 minutes left. Now all we needed to do was not allow any big plays and the game should be ours. F*cken Dom has to go and throw a 44 yard bomb to Bresse to keep it interesting. He didn’t score but Vince did on the next play. Trollers couldn’t score and put the game away but we did manage to waste almost 5 minutes of clock which was ok but not great. Coqs start to move the ball and bring it real close to endzone where Ben makes a beautiful interception on our 2 yard line with 43 seconds left, now we now that the game is over and we are going to the finals. You should never count your chickens before they hatch. Tommy comes up with a safety to give them the ball back down by 4. Under 15 seconds and Dom throws up a pray and somehow with 3 Trollers around Boris is able to catch it and get into the end zone. 12 seconds left we knew it was over for us but we had time for 3 plays and were going to give it a shot. We cut field in half on first play and Josh caught the ball on the 1 yard line and got in on what was the last play of the game. It was a nail bitter right up to the end. I definitely don’t want to go through that again. 

Final: Trollers vs Krakens

I felt that going into the finals that the Trollers had expelled all their energy and luck against Les Gros Coqs and thought that we were going to come out flat. I will tell you this that no one on the Trollers felt like there was any chance in losing to the Krakens on Saturday. It wasn’t being over confident, but knowing what we were able to exploit. Trollers very rarely huddle up, but right after the first play Max came up to me and said if they leave this defensive match up on me then we were going to take advantage all day long. After each team had one possession I had it in my head that this is going to be a tight game and converts were going to be big, that never came to. This game was a real mismatch, I would have much rather have played the Krakens with their full squad, yes we all want to win but I would like for some drama for the game to be a little closer. Truth of the matter was the Trollers couldn’t stop Smuda all day, but no one else stepped up their game so it was just about not allowing one guy beat us. It also helped that Ben was able to get 3 picks. How I thought going into the game about the Trollers being drained it was more like the Krakens came out strong on first possession, but had nothing after that. I’m not sure of what to write about this game as it wasn’t really a game and both of the semifinal games were much more exciting and way better games. Going into next season teams will be looking to knock us off, but I say bring it we’re ready and waiting.

I want to thank everyone who played, refereed, score kept, or even came out to watch this season without you guys there is no MFL. I hope to see everyone in the fall, but I know that isn’t going to happen as we always lose a few teams for fall season. Remember any team can win any week except Raph’s team winning a title, that will never happen. In case you’re keeping score its 4-0 for Kevin. Just messing with you Raph you’re always competitive even with a weaker roster, though you got a few guys now you just need a few more and a guy to throw them the ball. That’s is it for my writing in Division 1 this season.