Word from the Mouth: I'm A Busy Man! edition

Word from the Mouth: I'm A Busy Man! edition

Kevin Kousaie

With so much going on with my Monday to Friday job (or for the last few weeks Monday to Saturday job), I haven't had lots of extra time to do my articles. So the plan is for the next few weeks until things get back to normal, I'm going to skip the game reviews since they take up loads of my time and will just give you all what you want to read. Plus, you have Matt and Gold on Sunday nights and then Terry and Willie on Wednesday, so putting it out there late Thursday or early Friday seems like a waste, but I'll get back to it in a few weeks once things settle down with work. 


Studs & Duds 

This is what you all want to see. Did you make my list week 1 of the season. 


Studs 


D1

- Guillaume 7 TDs with only 6 incomplete passes. 


D2

- Yvan Desjardins 5 TDs, 122 yards on 9 catches in his 2 games.


D3

- Anthony Drysdale 6 catches, 99 yards, 2 TDs and 2 picks on defense. 


D4

- Kayla Gauthier 2 TDs and a pick on defense.


D5 

- Anthony Evangelista 150 yards,4 TDs and 3 picks on defense as well.


Women's  

- Christiane Panti 2 picks on defense to go along with a TD on offense. 


Duds


D1

- Steve and his 3 picks. 


D2

- Jason Armenti played so badly 7 of 26 2 picks he changed positions for his second game. Some QB of the year we got here. 


D3

- Nicolas Poitevin, you threw 5 picks. 


D4

- John Morris, your defense scored more points (12) then you did on offense 6, and how could I forget about the 5 picks. 


D5 

- Les Last Calls for going 0-2.


Women's  

- Angie Toporowski completing 41.9% of your passes won’t cut it against the top teams. 


There you have it folks, my list for week 1.


Predictions


Time to pick the winners once again. Last week I went 16-19 or 47.5%. That won’t cut it, so you have to start listening to what I'm saying if I'm ever going to be perfect. Here are this week’s picks and like always they are in bold. 


D1


Idaho Udapimp vs Outlaws 

KOLB vs Outlaws 

Pack vs Honor Game 


D2


Him U vs Nice TDs 

Rejects vs Trench Babies 

Double Dippers vs Average Joe's 

Pacemakers vs Bines 

Witching Hour vs Thunder Buddies 

RawSauce vs Witching Hour 


D3 

Drama Club vs Tropic Thunder 

Ducks vs Phoenix NA 

Drama Club vs Phoenix NA 

Tropic Thunder vs Horde 

Gridiron Lions vs Spartans 

LGIT vs Bandits 


D4


Nomads vs Alouettes 

Nothing But D vs Seminoles 

Slicks vs Creeky Knees 

Martin Mystère vs Mustard Tigers 


D5

Last Calls vs MTL Cessnas 

Sax Farm vs Top Shooters 

FAT Players vs Knights 

Hive vs Wong Dynasty 

Hugs and Cuddles vs Action Squad 

Knights vs MTL Cessnas 

Jungle Squad vs Sax Farm 

Titans vs Top Shooters 

Bandits vs Big Booties 

Spartans vs 514

Big Assets vs Wolverines 


Women's 

Mama Jammas vs Drama Queen 

Louves du Nord vs Tigres 

Flag moi la Peche vs Mama Jammas 

Faucheuses vs Unmatched Girls 

Crazy Bs vs Rookies 


There you have it, all my picks for week 2. I hope it's better than last week, I mean it can't get much worse. 


Power Rankings 


Now that we have played week 1, I know there are multiple changes coming to my rankings. 


D1

1- Idaho Udapimp

2- Pack

3- Outlaws 


D2

1- Thunder Buddies

2- Him U

3- RawSauce 


D3

1- FAT Players 

2- Ducks 

3- Phoenix


D4

1- Alouettes

2- Blue Badgers 

3- Seminoles 


D5

1- Titans 

2- Mtl Cessnas

3- Los Politos 


Women's 

1- Tigres

2- Deesses du Drapeau

3- Drama Queens


You can love or hate the rankings, it doesn't bother me in the least. If you think your team should be higher or even in the list, this is only week one and you have 9 more weeks to show me your team needs to be up here. Win some games and I'll eventually notice. 


Finals Thoughts


I really don't have much to say other than only a few more weeks until college and NFL starts and I would say I can't wait for it, but between my new work schedule and taking care of everything for the MFL, I get to see very few games. 

I was supposed to go away to see Boise State and Air Force play in a few weeks and follow that up with a Cowboys game, but decided against it since it’s the Cowboys and who wants to watch them? 

I know that de la Verendrye and Arthur Therrien aren't in the best shape, but in a few weeks we'll be back at Le Ber which has grass on it right now and it's great, then after 2 weeks of use it will be just like the rest of them. 

Is it better to play on grass or turf? For me, it's grass all the way, but that's my preference and I also have cleats for every type of field we could play on so I'm good. I get why you'd rather turf, it's the same conditions all day long, but it worse on your joints, less give. That's just my preference. 

Finally let's all remember we are playing a game, so go out, have some fun, and try not to kill anyone. Have a great day and see you all Saturday.


Word from the Mouth: Praying for Rain! edition

Word from the Mouth: Praying for Rain! edition

Kevin Kousaie

After 2 weeks off we are back to playing football. This season should be interesting with 70 plus teams and the smallest division being D1 with 8 teams. I’m most impressed by the growth of the women's division growing from 3 teams to 11, let's hope this leads to a lot of games being closer. 

I know this is late, but when you are away and get back to work it’s always time to get caught up on things or in my case run the entire building with 400 employees for the next 3 weeks and that also includes working Saturday before football. Yes, I’m going to be exhausted, but I’ll manage like I always do (ed’s note: my hero!). 

With no games being played last week I can skip my first 2 sections and jump to my predictions.


Predictions 


This week is week 1 and I don’t know all the teams, but I know loyalty of the players and that should help with my picks. Now for my picks and like always they are in bold.


D1


Iron Wolves vs Ranceurs 

Outlaws vs Honour Game

Unit vs KOLB 

Honor Game vs Unit 

Iron Wolves vs Outlaws 

Pack vs KOLB 


D2


Bines vs Witching Hour 

Pacemaker vs Double Dippers 

Rejects vs Nice TDs 

Him U vs Average Joe's 

Trench Babies vs RawSauce 

RawSauce vs Average Joe's 


D3 


Ducks vs Tropic Thunder 

FAT Players vs Iron Trollers 

Drama Club vs Horde 

FAT Players vs Horde 


D4 


Seminoles vs Martin Mystère

Alouettes vs Blue Badgers 

Action Squad vs Mustard Tigers 

Martin Mystère vs Alouettes


D5


Last Calls vs Action Squad

Jungle Squad vs Top Shooters 

Wolverines vs Free Agent 3 

Ledgendaries vs Big Booties 

Titans vs Last Calls 

Top Shooters vs Big Assets 

Bandits vs Spartans 

Wong Dynasty vs Wolverines 

Free Agent 3 vs Knights 

Huddles & Cuddles vs Los Politos

FAT Players vs 514


Women's 


Faucheuses vs Crazy Bs 

Déesses du Drapeau vs Mama Jammas

Unmatched Girls vs Déesses du Drapeau 

Rookies vs Tigres 


There you have it folks, my picks for week 1. I know they won’t be perfect, but I’m going off the rosters and the players I know. By mid-season I should know most of the teams. 


Power Rankings 


With so many teams to look over, doing my rankings should take a while, but I’m only doing Top 3 so you either make it or you have to work harder to get up on my list. 


D1

1- Outlaws

2- Idaho Udapimp

3- Unit


D2

1- Thunder Buddies

2- Pacemakers

3- Average Joe’s


D3

1- Iron Trollers

2- Horde

3- Phoenix


D4

1- Blue Badgers

2- Martin Mystere 

3- Alouettes


D5

1- Last Calls

2- Mtl Cessnas

3- Big Assets


Women's 

1- Tigers

2- Deesses du Drapeau

3- Drama Queen


My rankings were based on season expectations and the roster you have. Just because you won some games last season doesn't mean monkey fun towards this season, let me point that out now because I know someone somewhere is already freaking out about not making my top 3 to start the season.


Final Thoughts 


I've been debating if I should tell everyone that you better hope for some rain. I know last season we started out with the first 5 weeks of rain, but with the heat wave we had you guys are all screwed if we don’t get any before we play. 

I went and checked out the fields and they are dry and rock hard. Because I’m so over prepared for everything I'd be fine for tomorrow, but most of you won’t be. Here is what I would do. Wear short cleats if you have them, but what would work better are turf cleats or a good pair of cross training shoes, not those stupid basketball shoes with no real grip on them. That’s all I’m going to tell you. 

Good luck to everyone playing tomorrow and remember it's week 1 and we are playing a game, so have fun and don’t take it too seriously. See you tomorrow.


Word from the Mouth: The Return of the Ed! edition

Word from the Mouth: The Return of the Ed! edition

Kevin Kousaie

(pre-articale ed’s note! The MFL get together and awards ceremony will be next Friday, August 8th at Champs bar located at 3956 St Laurent Blvd. Hope to see you there!)

 

Only a few more days (or depending on when I finish my article and it ends up on the site, it could only be a few hours) before the finals. Let me start by saying thanks for making the season as great as it was even with the snarf weather.

For most people, it’s that time where they are scrambling around looking to fill out their roster for the fall season. I normally put 2 teams in, but because of how last season ended up and with injuries I was thinking to take season off. Then yesterday before leaving work I made my decision to put 1 team in and I can tell you that on my 15 minute drive home I had put a complete team together that I almost feel bad for putting in, but that’s not my problem. (ed’s note: you’re on the competition committee! It literally is your problem!)

 

Recap 

 

D1 

 

I was able to see the Unit vs Idaho game and it was a bit disappointing. I expected Brady and his team to show up, get up early, and watch Unit crumble. That never happened. Idaho was missing players and needed a sub to bring them to 6. Out of all the players who balled out in this game, James was the one you'd never expect to go off the way he did. The man had 4 TDs on 6 catches to go along with a pick. Once the Unit were up by 2 scores in the second half it was over. Vinnie milked every second off the clock.

 

The Outlaws once again cruised to the finals, beating KOLB again by 19. Smuda might be coming back from an injury and he might not even be the same player he was a few seasons ago, but the one thing you can count on is Steve getting him the ball in the redzone. The guy scored 2 times on 4 catches and only had 25 yards. Max pretty much sealed it for Outlaws with the start of the second half TD then a pick 6 on the next play. 

 

D2

 

Fins up collected an easy win over Double Dippers who most were surprised made it that far. In the game that came down to the wire Nice TDs pulled it out late and sealed when Ben got the safety after they went up 5 with 15 seconds left. That’s not even the big story from the game the big issue is Ice TDs didn’t have a QB for the first half as Guillaume was MIA and when he showed up in the second half and got on the field it was a 12 all game. Guillaume you have to do better at showing up they almost took Simon as a sub. 

 

D3

 

Both of these games weren't really close. Thunder Buddies were able to keep David from running and this meant he was going to beat them throwing, not when one of your first pass is a pick to Terry which they capitalize on to go up 2 scores and they never looked back after that. In the other game we had Witching Hour vs Him U this game was close in the first half but in the second half it was all Him U. 

 

D4

 

My nomination for crap game of the year had to be Bandits vs Alouettes. This game was slow and by that, I mean nothing happening and felt drawn out. There was a crazy number of sacks, 9 in the game. Yaseen racked up 5 of them for Bandits, Alexis had 3 and Rob got 1 as well for Alouettes. After getting sacked 5 times Rob need to get at least 1. This game all changed with 1 pass that went off a receivers hands and right into the waiting arms of Mario. This happened right after Alouettes scored to cut the lead to 12-6. They scored easily from there to tie it up. From that point on it was let's not screw up and see who makes the first mistake and that was Bandits with a pick coming off the receivers hands. That was the play that changed the game in Alouettes favor after that it was no looking back for them. I missed the other game but what I seen was DTS getting off to a slow start like they have in a few games this season the only difference was Underdogs built up a big lead by the time they got going. 

 

D5

 

Milan has gone from a kid who looked like he didn’t know what was going on at the start of the season to a kid who knows when to tuck it away and run but better than that how to protect the ball by throwing it away than forcing a bad pass. This was the difference in the game, oh and Lambert dominating on defense with 2 picks and also scoring 1 Td on offense. My bet is that Big Assets would have loved a playmaker like Lambert in their game. L I really thought it was over when Justin leads a 7-minute drive that ended with a score on fourth down. Instead, Big Assets gave up a 45-yard TDs with no one around, and I mean no one. Luca had time to walk around to waste time before someone got close and he walked in for the score. 

 

Studs & Duds

 

Well, its playoffs and everyone should be bringing their A game, but we all know there are a few outlines that need to be placed in the dud section. Let’s see you I picked as my Studs and Duds.

 

Studs

 

D1

- James Colley had 4 TDs and a pick as well. 

 

D2

- Damien Balla 2 picks and 2 TDs. 

 

D3

- Terry Babalis 6 TD passes and only 3 incomplete passes. 

 

D4

- Quentin Leduc 3 TD passes, 3 rushing TDs and 4 picks. 

 

D5

- Guillaume Malo 3 TD passes and 1 sack on defense.

 

Duds

 

D1

- Idaho players that didn’t show up this weekend. 

 

D2

- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin for showing up super late and letting the team down at the beginning of the game. I would have kept you on the bench. 

 

D3

- David St-Jean he threw 3 picks and couldn't figure out how to get his best player the ball more than 4 times. 

 

D4

- Matt Bergamin throwing 2 picks and getting sacked 4 times won’t cut it in the semifinals, especially when your about quick passes and ball possession. 

 

D5

- Big Assets defense. 

 

There you have it my Studs and Duds from round 2 or the semifinals depending on what you want to call it.

 

Predictions 

 

By now I know all the teams, so I figure anything less than 5 out of 6 is a bust. Now to my picks.

 

D1

Outlaws’ vs The Unit 

 

D2

Fins up vs Nice TDs 

 

D3

Thunder Buddies vs Him U 

 

D4

Alouettes vs Underdogs 

 

D5

Slicks vs MTL Cessnas 

 

Women's 

Drama Queen vs Crazy Bs 

 

That’s who I have winning. Sorry if I didn’t pick you to win, you’ll get over it, unless you're Gold, he takes it personally. I’m joking, he always points it out when I pick against him, and when they win he says it motivation. 

 

Final Thoughts 

 

This weekend MFL is live broadcast the finals thanks to Ben and Gabriel. They did it a season or two ago and have offered to do it once again. You know what that means we're going to get Andrew being loud and obnoxious all just to get on camera (ed’s note: yeah, cause Andrew is really quiet when there are no cameras). Now tell me I’m wrong about that.

 

It's supposed to be nice on Saturday so you should come out to watch the games and either cheer for your favourite team or for a certain team to lose, whichever you prefer.

 

It’s the last week of the season before 2 weeks off. All that time with no football, what is there to do? Time off getting some sleep and let's hope lots of sun.

 

It’s the finals so leave it all out there, but keep it safe and remember we're playing a game so have fun and enjoy yourself. See you Saturday. 

 

Word from the Mouth: Always go for 2! edition

Word from the Mouth: Always go for 2! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth 

By Kevin Kousaie

Well round 1 of the playoffs are in the books only 2 more weeks of the spring season. This is just a reminder that you still have time to put a team in for the fall season (Email the league at MTLflagfootball@gmail.com). I prefer the fall season over summer just because the weather is better or at least cooler. I hate playing in the heat especially when my games are in the late afternoon, and I've been there all day. Last week we played at Leber and if you noticed there was actually grass on the field all day long, guess that happens when you only use it 3 or 4 times all season. Now we just need a few more years of using it this way before we have a full field of grass and no bald spots. If the city would get me a truck load of dirt in the first 2 weeks of October, I'd level the field off and put so much seed down that next June the grass would be so plush and soft that you wouldn't mind getting knocked down onto it. If any of you ever played tackle on a new grass field that’s the best but they won’t last long because the city doesn't maintain them properly. 

Recap 

D1

We had 4 vs 5 in round 1 and this game had loads of offense. Both Willie and Simon put up similar stats except Simon had 50 yards on the ground. With zeros on the clock Iron Wolves scored to go down 1 with the convert extending the half by 1 play. Now the choice was 1 for the tie or 2 for the win, Willie elected to go for the tie which is out of the norm for him and seems like they were settling. Right then you knew it was over for the Wolves. 

D2

Man, were there ever some fireworks this past weekend in D2. You had Double Dippers who snuck into the playoffs beating Average Joes by a wide margin. I mean the game started off great for Double Dippers scoring then getting a safety on their first defensive snap before turning the change of possession into a score as well. It was a quick 17-0 lead. After a few more picks Jason hung it up and walked off to take a seat. At that point it was over for Average Joes and by half it was 50-0. The Nice TDs vs RawSauce ended up being a good game because the first half was all defense, with only 6 points being scored by RawSauce. At half both teams decided it was better to stop playing defense so we can get some excitement out of this game. Jerry-Pierre picked the ball off in the endzone for Nice TDs with no time left. This allowed Guillaume time to get 1 play and we all know he has a big arm. The only thing is will he have time and who's fast enough to get there if he doesn't. He had a bit of time and he had Damien barreling down the field where he out jumped the defense to come down with it for the win. 

D3

I saw the Witching Hour vs Trench Babies game and if it wasn't for Vincent Marotte Trench Babies might have been moving on to round 2. Vincent had 2 huge picks on defense that would have been TDs. I heard that Simon choked against Horde, I mean getting sacked 5 times and getting picked off with it going back for 6. I don’t know how Drama Club let David do whatever he wanted to in this game. He threw 4 TDs, ran one in, and had a pick 6 as well. Terry relied on Willie to move the chains and Nick when they needed a big play. Was it a smart move having Nick score late in a 45-yard play.

D4

Underdogs won their playoff game but then needed to face the number 1 seed in the first round, and we all expected them to be done after this game. If it was for Simon and his 13 catches keeping drives going and Arnaud getting 4 sacks and preventing JF from running this could have gone the other way. Mustard Tigers should have taken control of the game after Victor took a 1 point convert attempt back for a 26-25 lead with 4 minutes left. They had the ball and just needed to get a few first downs. That never happened and they were forced to punt and gave DTS another shot at it. After marching the field, it came down to the last play of the game and Matt was able to connect with Justin on an out at the goal line where the defense backed off the line and allowed them the easy score and the win. 

D5 

Big Assets beat Hive because they weren't able to stop Justin from running, don’t worry Phoenix had the same issue in their second game. Titans were lucky Ben was there as he held down the defense getting 2 picks and making sure everyone was in the right position. Cessnas beat a 514 team that was missing players and it was an easy game for them. Mimosa moved on to round 2 because Booties had players missing as well. Phoenix was knocked out in round 1 once again but had nothing to do with the way they played, had to do with a few calls (ed’s note: excuses!) that weren't called the same for both teams and the fact that they couldn't contain Justin when he decided to run (ed’s note: so, it did have to do with the way they played then?). Slicks and Titans had lots of defense considering there were 66 points scored. 

Studs & Duds 

Well, it was week 1 of the playoffs and we got some great and some horrible performances. Now it’s time to see if you made my list. 

Studs 

D1

- Simon Duchesne 7 TDs in the air plus 50 yards on the ground. 

D2

- Damien Balla game winning 45-yard TD with no time on the clock. 

D3

- James Langshaw 20 of 23 with 5 TDs. 

D4

- Yianni Mitsianis 1 TD and 2 picks but had all the attention of the defense on the final play. 

D5

- Justin Salonga for using his legs and getting the job done to move on to round 3. 

Women's 

- Crazy Bs for coming out having a practice and watching a few games as well. 

Duds 

D1

- Willie for going for 1 at the end of the game. 

D2

- Jason Armenti for walking off on his team and then coming back in a few drives later like nothing happened. 

D3

- Guillaume Renaud-Dumoulin 1 tackle in a d3 playoff game, thought you were better than that but guess not. 

D4

- Bouchers for getting beat by an inferior team missing their best player on top of it. 

D5

- 514/Big Booties for them not having their team there for the playoffs. 

Women's 

- No duds for the ladies this week since they didn’t have any games. 

There you have it my list for round 1 of the playoffs. 

Predictions

There are only 10 games to pick this week so let's get right to it and see who I have going to the finals. Like always my picks are in bold. 

D1

Unit vs Idaho Udapimp 

KOLB vs Outlaws 

D2

Double Dippers vs Fins Up 

Nice TDs vs Rejects 

D3

Horde vs Thunder Buddies 

Witching Hour vs Him U 

D4

Underdogs vs DTS

Alouettes vs Bandits 

D5

Big Assets vs Slicks 

Mimosa Crew vs MTL Cessnas 

Those are my picks for the semifinals. 

Final Thoughts 

I know it’s that time of the year when people are taking vacations but it's playoffs time. You play all season just to fuck over your team when playoffs roll around. Do what JF and I did and booked our trip for the day after the finals. That was my plan the last 2 years and will do the same next season. The question is where am I going to go and who am I going to invite to come along with me. I made a joke that we should plan an MFL trip but who has time to organize all that when you know that 1 person is going to be upset about location or something like that. Then there is the fact that none of you will be able to tolerate me being my true self for an entire week. Only 2 games left to play this season well if you win this week. Go out play your ass off and have fun because at the end of the day we're playing a game for fun. Good luck to everyone this weekend.

Word from the Mouth: Playoffs? Playoffs?! edition

Word from the Mouth: Playoffs? Playoffs?! edition

Kevin Kousaie

Word from the Mouth 

By Kevin Kousaie

We made it to the end of the season and what a season it was. Jon ran to Europe and will miss round 1 of the playoffs once again, cute Jon taking vacation during the season. Could you only imagine what would happen if I took vacation during the season? The league would have a mandatory week off because no one is doing what I do. This past week every single one of you would have died if you were me. Let me go over my day and explain. I found out on Friday afternoon, so I needed to arrange so I didn’t have to ref at 9am and only start my ref day at 1030. On top of that I needed to arrange the phones. That was the easy part the hard part was finding time to sleep, I did finally at 7pm. Once that was done now for the long part getting up at midnight to set up fields so I can make it to work for 3am. I worked until 930 did 25k in steps hoped to make 65k all day but only got 53k and change. Then I came to football where I worked all day until 9pm that included playing my game at 430. I finally got home and in bed 1030. Yup that’s right I was up for 22.5 hours straight. Who of you are doing all that? And let's not forget it was 40 degrees outside with minimal wind. 

Recap 

D1

Willie came back from family vacation and lit up KOLB for 7 TDs and in his second game against the Unit threw 4 picks with Andrew getting 2 of them. It looks like Outlaws and Idaho learn how to play defense during the week as both teams combined for 40 points and 3 picks and 4 sacks. What would an Outlaws vs Idaho game be like without someone being upset when the final whistle blows, this time it was Idaho next my bet is its Outlaws. 

D2

Steve kept CIAs playoffs hopes alive with a last second TD passes to Mr. Ben Denis for the win over Double Dippers. Now all CIA needed to do was win as a team and hope Double Dippers lose their second game. Jason did his part throwing 5 TDs with 3 going to Jarrett. CIA won because Dave struggled at the start of the game and this allowed CIA to get up before they made the switch at QB to Mathis who threw 4 TDs and helped start the comeback, but it was too little too late. CIA had their fingers crossed hoping Average Joe's will whoop Double Dippers and they can sneak into playoffs. Well Double Dippers had other plans and walked all over a Joe's team who was missing Jason. Guess Jason was on timeout and wasn't allowed out the corner because of his behavior last week. Dippers won and earned their spot in the playoffs. 

D3

Him U showed they shouldn't be taken lightly after beating Horde by 13, while missing their QB. I guess Joey can do more than just play defense and run drags for them. Horde lost by 13 in their first one and was looking to improve in the second game and get ready for playoffs. They ran into a Thunder Buddies team that was ready for them. Willie had 2 picks in his return holding down the defense and Terry did his job as the QB throwing 4 TDs and no picks, while keeping the defense on their toes mixing in a run here and there. Trench Babies went 2-0 for the week, securing their playoff spot while working out a few kinks, and get all the bickering out the way before the playoffs and what could be a magical run for them as they have all the pieces to do so. 

D4

We added a play in game between 8 and 9 this week to see who gets the last playoff spot. With so many teams fighting for those spots it surprised me to see the 2 teams in that game both lost their last regular season game. Underdogs got beat by Spartans by 29 points. Nothing was working for underdogs, they couldn't stop JF from running all over them and when JF wasn't running he was finding open receivers. Action Squad got dismantled by Bouchers by 12 but it was never close. Gold didn't do a good job maintaining drives, he threw 3 picks and only 3 TDs. In the play in game between Underdogs and Action Squad we all hoped for lots of fireworks instead we got sparklers, it didn’t help that the game was played at 730 after a 40-degree day. It was a hot one. I want to thank everyone on behalf of all those soccer players from us clearing a field for them to play on. I could tell you exactly what happened in this game but by that time of day and being up for 20 plus hours at this point it was all a blur. Gold drove the ball and scored leaving a bit over 3 minutes left and that was plenty of time for Quentin to put something together and he did. I expected to see lots of running from him on the final drive and I’m sure so did Action Squad. With the threat of him running this opened up everything midrange and Quentin picked them apart going 6 of 7 on the final drive and only running twice for 9 yards. If Quentin can play like that in the playoffs with Simon being the leader, he is they'd have a shot at winning it all. 

D5

We had a green vs green that was a forfeit before it started. Once Lambert got winded then it became a green vs rainbow game, for safety reasons. I tried to give gold a chance in their one with the first ever attempt at a 3-point convert, a no look behind the back pass from 10 yards out where the ball needed to travel the full 10 yards in the air. They lost the game by 7 but still got the W because Improbable forfeit since they were short players. In a battle for the second seed, you had Phoenix and Big Booties. This game came down to the very end with Phoenix pulling it out on a fourth down and 10 play with under a minute left. This gave Big Booties time to try and win it on the last play of the game Jorge was picked off by Brendan. 

Women's 

While did anyone expect anything less from Drama Queen other than a perfect season. Was it even a challenge for them all season? They had a tough game last week against Crazy Bs but this week they took care of business and won convincingly 19-0. In their second game it was a game they could have played around with and tried new things, but decided to stick to the regular plan and blew Supernova out of the water 39-7. 

That’s all I have for you folks. 

Studs & Duds 

I’m not going to waste your time and I’m just going to give you my winners and losers and there are a lot of those to pick from this week. 

Studs 

D1

- Jerome Hovington 4 TDs and 2 picks. 

D2

- Victor Davis 4 TDs.

D3

- Kevin St-Pierre 3 TDs. 

D4

- Lukas Drouin 12 TDs and 1 pick to wrap up his last 2 games of the season. 

D5

- Jeremy Ghio 3 TDs and 2 picks. 

Women's 

- Roxanne Roy 3 TDs passes and a pick in her first game of the day. 

Duds

D1

- Brady Ohanessian only 14 points put up and 2 picks thrown in a game, we all expect more from you. 

D2

- Kayla Gauthier for playing 3 meaningless games and not playing the one game that actually mattered to her team. 

D3

- Rob White for throwing 4 interceptions. 

D4

- Underdogs receivers for letting Mike Jaz have more yards (28) than youth top player

D5

- Max Rosenfeld for saying he was only playing a few drives until they were up 2 or 3 scores and losing the game. 

Women's 

- Drama Queen for not taking it easy in their last game against a free agent team that they would have beaten any which way. 

There you have it you can love it or hate it, but stats and facts are where I got what I got and why I put people where they went. 

Power Rankings 

I’m skipping this section because its playoffs and no one cares where you are ranked it’s you win and you move on or you lose, and you get an extra week or 2 off before next season. 

Predictions 

Time for me to pick my winners and remember my picks are in bold like always. 

D1

KOLB vs Iron Wolves 

D2

RawSauce vs Nice TDs 

Double Dippers vs Average Joe's 

D3

Horde vs Drama Club 

Iron Trollers vs Thunder Buddies 

Action Squad vs Him U 

Trench Babies vs Witching Hour 

D4

Underdogs vs Spartans 

Alouettes vs Bouchers 

Bandits vs Beerhood 

DTS vs Mustard Tigers 

D5

Hive vs Big Assets 

Jungle Squad vs Titans 

MTL Cessnas vs 514

Mimosa Crew vs Big Booties 

Women's 

No games this weekend. 

That’s who I have winning round 1 of the playoffs. I did not pick round 2 games for D5 that weren't already scheduled. 

Final Thoughts 

What a wacky season we had we went rain every week to the extreme heat and we hated all of it. The season is over, and teams are already gearing up for the fall season, you better get in that before we run out of space. 

I said it all year to take it easy and have fun, well that time is over and it’s time to leave it all out on the field. I still expect you to have fun and not kill anyone but taking it easy just can't happen.

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