Word from the Mouth: Soylent Green is Refs! edition

Friday, October 31st Kevin Kousaie

Another season in the books and now it's time for the real season to begin, playoffs.

I hope by the time you’re reading this that the city has decided to wait a few weeks before fixing up Le Ber and closing it off for the year. We have been playing at Le Ber for years and years now and I think maybe 5 times I've seen them do repairs. I mean all things considered, Le Ber looks great for this time of the year, but that has more to do with the fact we haven't used it that much. Let's just hope we can finish the season where we started it. (ed’s note: we’re finishing at Georges St Pierre on synthetic turf, so no more damage to Le Ber!)

Studs and Duds

Here are my picks for the final week of the season. Either you made it from your hard work or because you played like crap.

Studs

D1

- Jonathan Svetna 3 TDs over 100 yards, 2 2-point convert along with 2 picks on defense.

D2

- Terry Babalis 6 TD passes, only 5 incomplete passes and he also had 2 rushing TDs as well.

D3

- Antoine Bussieres 2 TDs and 3 picks on defense which he returned 1 for a TD.

D4

- Guillaume Malo 5 TD passes on just 9 completions. He also had a pick on defense.

D5

- Nicolas Cloutier 5 TD passes, no picks, nice way to finish off the year.

Women's

- Sabrina Renaud 3 TDs and 2 picks on defense.

Duds

D1

- Idaho for scoring 123 points in 2 games that weren't even close.

D2

- The league for allowing Simon Valiquette to throw for RawSauce, with playoffs on the line for multiple teams.

D3

- Leon Holder can't throw 5 picks with playoffs on the line.

D4

- Justin White 1 TD and 1 pick in a total of 2 games expected more from you.

D5

- Jorge Hernandez 5 completions, 22 yards and 4 picks.

Women's

- Emma Svoiski 5 picks.

If you made my list for the right reasons, then way to go and if you messed the bed and are on my list for that, you’ll have to live with it all year knowing you were the final dud.

Predictions

Now that we made it to the playoffs, making my picks might be harder than normal since only good teams are left. Here goes nothing and, like always, my picks are in bold.

D1

Ranceurs vs KOLB

D2

Nice TDs vs Thunder Buddies

Pacemakers vs Trench Babies

Witching Hour vs Double Dippers

D3

Gros Iron Trollers vs Bandits

Spartans vs Gridiron Lions

D4

Mustard Tigers vs Action Squad

Slicks vs Creaky Knees

D5

Knights vs Wong Dynasty

Hive vs Last Calls

514 vs Spartans

Bandits vs Action Squad

Women's

Rookies vs Tigres

Faucheuses vs leftovers

Crazy Bs vs Drama Queen

Power Rankings

Who cares about power Rankings at this point of the year, it’s playoff time and that means you win and you move on, standings don’t mean monkey fun at all anymore.

Final Thoughts

Looks like we might be playing in the rain and that isn’t good for the teams playing late in the day, but it's also not good for us if we have to play on the same field the next few weeks as well. It’s been arranged that most games will be played at Georges Saint Pierre Park, apart from 2 games that will be at Le Ber.

It's playoffs and that means win and you play next week, lose and you're stuck waiting until January to get back out there. Knowing that it could be your last game, better leave it all out on the field, but that doesn't mean you can play recklessly, people still need to work on Monday.

Last thing we are playing a game, so go out, have fun, and don’t kill anyone. And be nice to the refs, we are people too (ed’s note: more or less).

Word from the Mouth: Pulling Cars in the Parking Lot! edition

Thursday, October 23rd Kevin Kousaie

Final week of the season and that means it's time to get ready for the playoffs. For those of you not making the playoffs, it's time to start thinking about the winter season.

Space is limited for the winter season, so you better be ready to submit your rosters once we open it up. Games are played at Concordia stinger dome with a few in Brossard, and yes the dome will be open and we have been given confirmation that it has been replaced with a new one.

The past few seasons the games have been on Saturday night between 6 and 11 and that would be my bet again this season. (ed’s note: there will be some Sunday games in Brossard in the morning and afternoon as well)

Studs and Duds

You only have 1 week left to make my list if you haven't made it yet. Here are my picks for this week as my Studs and Duds.

Studs

D1

- Manuel Allard-Roy 3 TDs and a pick on defense.

D2

- Terry Babalis 7 TD passes and 1 on the ground.

D3

- Justin Salonga 6 TD passes and 2 runs.

D4

- Guillaume Malo 2 TD passes, 2 TD runs, 2 picks on defense and a sack.

D5

- Ian Carlo Herrera going 20 of 29 for 244 yards and 6 TD passes, he also ran for 44 yards as well.

Women's

- Ingrid Brassard 10 catches for 124 yards with 5 TDs and she also picked off a pass and ran that back for a TD as well.

Duds

D1

- QB play from the 4 guys who tried for the Pack this weekend throwing a total of 8 picks.

D2

- Joey Notaro 3 catches 12 yards, we all know you can do way more than that on 1 leg so do more.

D3

- Drama Club for getting Simon to throw, breaking cap, and taking the forfeit instead of sticking it out the last 2 weeks.

D4

- Mustard Tigers for getting 3 subs and making the game a forfeit.

D5

- Hugs and Cuddles for not showing up and handing Titans a free win.

Women's

- Rosalie Carle throwing 4 picks and only completing 36% of your pass will end you up here.

Congratulations on making my list, but you have only 1 week left, so better get on it and fast.

Predictions

Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always.

D1

KOLB vs Pack

Outlaws vs Ranceurs

KOLB vs Iron Wolves

Unit vs Idaho Udapimp

Idaho Udapimp vs Honor Game

D2

Nice TDs vs Trench Babies

Bines vs Double Dippers

RawSauce vs Him U

Rejects vs Bines

Thunder Buddies vs Trench Babies

Pacemakers vs Rejects

D3

Ducks vs FAT Players

Bandits vs Gridiron Lions

Gros Iron Trollers vs Phoenix NA

Drama Club vs Gros Iron Trollers

D4

Blue Badgers vs Action Squad

Creaky Knees vs Action Squad

Seminoles vs Nomads

Alouettes vs Nothing But D

Slicks vs Mustard Tigers

D5

Jungle Squad vs Action Squad

Last Calls vs Ledgendaries

514 vs Big Assets

Wolverines vs los Politos

Big Booties vs Wong Dynasty

Hugs and Cuddles vs Bandits

Spartans vs Sax Farm

Los Politos vs Titans

Unnamed Champions vs Knights

Big Booties vs Hive

Women's

Drama Queen vs Faucheuses

Louves du Nord vs Leftovers

Crazy Bs vs Unmatched Girls

Rookies vs Déesses du Drapeau

Tigres vs Leftovers

Unmatched Girls vs Flag Moi la Peche

There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend.

Power Rankings

D1

1- Iron Wolves

2- Outlaws

3- Idaho Udapimp

D2

1- Him U

2- Trench Babies

3- Thunder Buddies

D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Phoenix

3- Ducks

D4

1- Seminoles

2- Alouettes

3- Action Squad

D5

1- MTL Cessnas

2- Titans

3- FAT Players

Women's

1- Tigres

2- Déesses du Drapeau

3- Leftovers

Final Thoughts

It's your final chance to get everything in order for the playoffs, that is if your team is making it. If not, well you get one last game before 2 months of no football. I also hope that we have nice weather, and everyone shows up for their games.

I know that we added an extra time slot this week at 7pm. I know this is nuts and the lights better come on or else we're old schooling it and pulling cars onto the field for lighting.

With this extra slot I’m only going to be at the field for 14 or 15 hours. I’m glad I’m not working this weekend or I'd be screwed.

If you haven't started, get to planning for the winter season so when registration opens you can get in quickly and not miss out. (ed’s note: last year we booked up in about a week after opening registration!)

Even though it's the last week of the season and you might have to play your ass off to make it into the playoffs, we are still playing a game for fun, so go have some and heads up be nice to the officials. If you’re not, it might cost you and your team. Have a great rest of the week and see you Saturday.

Word from the Mouth: Dinosaur Breath! edition

Thursday, October 16th Kevin Kousaie

Let me start by saying hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving or turkey day as some call it (ed’s note: or Friendsgiving!).

What a great weekend. We had a lot of football, it was cool in the morning, and by afternoon was nice and warm. We know that the fields aren't in great shape, but we have 2 weeks left of the season and 3 for the playoffs, so we have to stick it out.

With playoffs right around the corner, players and captains need to be aware that they need 5 games played to be eligible. Captains, get your players out and gearing up for that run for the playoffs and a shot at the title.

Studs and Duds

It's that time of the week where we find out who I picked this week as my Studs and Duds.

Studs

D1

- Jean-Baptiste Otshudi 2 picks on defense and took 1 back for 6 to go along with 55 yards and a TD on offense.

D2

- Jeremi Thompson-O'Reilly 4 TDs and a pick on defense.

D3

- Vinny Gualano 3 picks on defense plus a TD on offense playing limited snaps.

D4

- Alexandre Bresse 6 TD passes

D5

- Julien Shabazz 6 TD passes plus 2 picks with 1 returned for a score on defense.

Women's

- Gabrielle Mongrain 2 TDs on offense 3 picks with 1 going back for 6 on defense.

Duds

D1

- PO for throwing 4 picks.

D2

- Lambert Paquette 1 catch 6 yards and a PD on defense get your head out of your ass and play football you can do better than that. I mean I really hope so, fingers crossed.

D3

- Matt Bergamin for coming out of hiding and showing his true talent with 4 picks, but don't worry if the guys ran what they were supposed to, they would have been 4 TDs from my understanding.

D4

- Brian Mustard, you threw 5 picks.

D5

- Matthew Newell for throwing 5 picks.

Women's

- Émilie Anctil 5 picks.

Those are my winners and losers for the week.

Predictions

Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always.

D1

Honor Game vs Outlaws

Idaho Udapimp vs Pack

Ranceurs vs KOLB

Iron Wolves vs Unit

D2

RawSauce vs Thunder Buddies

Average Joe's vs Witching Hour

Trench Babies vs Bines

Pacemakers vs Him U

Double Dippers vs Nice TDs

D3

Drama Club vs Ducks

Tropic Thunder vs FAT Players

Spartans vs Gros Iron Trollers

Bandits vs Tropic Thunder

Gros Iron Trollers vs Gridiron Lions

Horde vs Phoenix NA

D4

Mustard Tigers vs Seminoles

Nothing But D vs Action Squad

Creaky Knees vs Nomads

Alouettes vs Slicks

D5

Big Assets vs FAT Players

Hive vs Unnamed Champions

Wolverines vs Knights

Action Squad vs FAT Players

Wolverines vs Unnamed Champions

Knights vs Ledgendaries

Los Politos vs Big Booties

MTL Cessnas vs 514

Hugs and Cuddles vs Titans

Top Shooters vs Bandits

Jungle Squad vs Last Calls

Women's

Déesses du Drapeau vs Faucheuses

Tigres vs Crazy Bs

Leftovers vs Unmatched Girls

Mamma Jammas vs Faucheuses

Drama Queen vs Louves du Nord

There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend.

Power Rankings

D1

1- Iron Wolves

2- Ranceurs

3- Outlaws

D2

1- Him U

2- Trench Babies

3- Thunder Buddies

D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Phoenix

3- Ducks

D4

1- Alouettes

2- Seminoles

3- Mustard Tigers

D5

1- MTL Cessnas

2- Titans

3- FAT Players

Women's

1- Tigres

2- Déesses du Drapeau

3- Leftovers

That's my list heading into this week, if you want to make my exclusive list you and your team needs to step it up.

Final Thoughts

Fall is my favorite time of the year. We get football back, you get cooler weather, the leaves changing colors, and you also get to go apple picking and other fall activities.

One thing isn’t changing anytime soon and that’s football being back, the others are and let me explain. It was 30 degrees the other day then went down to 0 overnight, where is the chance for our bodies to acclimate? It's nuts.

I went up north for Thanksgiving hoping to see all sorts of beautiful colors, but there were nothing but bare trees and all the leaves on the ground were brown. This is some serious BS. And I just found out that if you want to go apple picking for McIntosh, better make it soon as they are going extinct.

Jon is going to say global warming and he might be right (ed’s note: I say it’s captured dinosaur breath in the atmosphere preventing heat from escaping the ozone layer!), but we never want Jon to be right so we're going to say it has to do with the earth spinning faster or slower which ever makes more sense.

With so little time left in the season and teams fighting hard for a playoff spot, players still need to remember that we are playing a game for fun, so go out, have some fun, and enjoy the time out there because in a few weeks it will all be gone.

Word from the Mouth: Ruining a Bunch of Crab! edition

Friday, October 10th Kevin Kousaie

We made it through another week and that only leaves a few lefts before playoffs. All the games were at Le Ber this week and if you were lucky enough to play early you got to play on a nice green field of grass, but if you played late in the day it was dusty and not so green anymore. If we want to play at Le Ber for playoffs, then we need to avoid it for the next few weeks, so we have grass to play on.

I will say that this season using 3 different locations has made the conditions the best we have had in a very very long time. I think that if we don't damage it too much, then next spring we should be playing a thick patch of grass. I plan to put seed down one more time before the winter, but I will also be doing lots of soil and seed in the spring as well. I'd love for the city to get me a truck load of soil and loads of seed so I can level it off and over seed the crap out of it. I might even shovel the field during the winter so I can have access to it earlier in the spring since I won’t have to wait for all the snow to melt. I have to stay in shape somehow over the winter.

For those wondering, yes, I'll probably end up doing it shirtless as well. Just because there is snow on the ground doesn't mean it's not hot out.

Studs and Duds

It's that time of the week where we find out who I picked this week as my Studs and Duds.

Studs

D1

- Andrew Grant 3 TDs over 100 yards and a pick 6 on defense.

D2

- Brian Tinning 2 45-yard TDs in the same game.

D3

- Conner McAleer 5 catches 114 yards 3 TDs and a pick on defense.

D4

- Guillaume Malo 3 rushing TDs to go along with 3 sacks.

D5

- Leo Salonikios 4 TDs and 2 picks on defense.

Women's

- Gabrielle Mongrain 5 TDs on offense and 1 pick on defense that she returned for a TD.

Duds

D1

- Honor game receiving core for dropping way too many balls for Dave that hit them in the hands.

D2

- Josh Levine 1 catch for 4 yards won’t cut it for a HOF player especially in a 1-point game.

D3

- Nathan Lambert 8 picks thrown.

D4

- Alec De Lafontaine-Jovani threw 4 picks.

D5

- Mario for really thinking his MTL Cessnas teams should be playing in D5 and not D4.

Women's

- Isabelle Poirier 3 picks thrown with only 9 completions and a total of 45 yards passing and minus 9 rushing.

Predictions

Time for me to pick the winners and here they are in bold like always.

D1

Ranceurs vs Honor Game

KOLB vs Idaho Udapimp

Iron Wolves vs Idaho Udapimp

D2

Witching Hour vs Trench Babies

Double Dippers vs Rejects

Thunder Buddies vs Him U

Trench Babies vs Double Dippers

Average Joe's vs Thunder Buddies

Bines vs Nice TDs

D3

Gros Iron Trollers vs Tropic Thunder

Banditti’s vs Spartans

FAT Players vs Drama Club

Phoenix vs FAT Players NA

D4

Creaky Knees vs Nothing But D

Nomads’ vs Martin Mystère

Action Squad vs Seminoles

Seminoles vs Blue Badgers

Mustard Tigers vs Alouettes

D5

Wong Dynasty vs Last Calls

Hive vs los Politos.

Unnamed Champions vs Sax Farm

MTL Cessnas vs Wolverines

Top Shooters vs Hugs and Cuddles

Big Assets vs Last Calls

Wong Dynasty vs Spartans

514 vs Titans

Ledgendaries vs Action Squad

Banditti’s vs Jungle Squad

FAT Players vs Ledgendaries

Women's

Faucheuses vs Louves du Nord

Leftovers vs Rookies

Drama Queen vs Déesses du Drapeau

Tigres vs Flag Moi la Peche

Unmatched Girls vs Mamma Jammas

Déesses du Drapeau vs Crazy B’s

There you have it, all my winners for this week. Love it, hate it, I don’t care, that's just how I have it this weekend.

Power Rankings

It's that time of the week to see who's on my list and who fell off my list.

D1

1- Idaho Udapimp

2- Outlaws

3- Ranceurs

D2

1- Him U

2- Double Dippers

3- Witching Hour

D3

1- Gridiron Lions

2- Bandits

3- Phoenix

D4

1- Alouettes

2- Mustard Tigers

3- Seminoles

D5

1- Titans

2- MTL Cessnas

3- Big Booties

Women's

1- Tigres

2- Déesses du Drapeau

3- Leftovers

That's my list heading into this week, if you want to make my exclusive list you and your team needs to step it up.

Final Thoughts

Man, old age catches up quickly and ruins a bunch of crab (ed’s note: leaving that in!). I’m still dealing with a neck injury and not sure if I'm playing this week or if I'll be able to play moving forward. Who am I kidding? We all know I’m going to probably end up playing and that’s just because of the love of the game and the fact that the season is almost over and we won’t be playing for 2 months.

I know most players probably have not thought about the winter season, but you might want to because once the details are final for the winter season it will fill up real quick because we are limited on the number of teams we can have. I think it's between 24 and 32, but those numbers might be wrong.

Big thanks to all that participated in the charity tournament a few weeks back. It was very successful and really helped out. I’m sure we will be doing something like this again next year and maybe this time it will be bigger.

That’s all for now and before you go remember we are all out there playing a game we love for fun, so please take it easy and try not to kill anyone. See you all tomorrow or at least the players coming to de la Verendrye.

Word from the Mouth: I Love Ties! edition

Friday, October 3rd Kevin Kousaie

Who wants a tie? I'm glad the MFL doesn't stand for that crap, a tie is like kissing your cousin and only counts in the deep south.

The NFL is crap with all these rules that favour the offense. Let them play, allow a player to get hit, let them practice. All these players are soft nowadays and I'll say that to any of them (ed’s note: I think we could get some money together to arrange for Kevin to meet a current NFL D-lineman or linebacker and say this to their face).

Anyone seen the stat that showed Derrick Henry and Emmitt Smith’s carries over their playing careers? Henry has just under 2600 in 10 years and Smith had 4400 in his 13 seasons. This is a huge difference and just shows you the differently the game was played in the 90s.

Growing up I was an ND fan, but after Fran Brown made his entire team run wind sprints after a game because they played poorly, I may be a Syracuse fan now (ed’s note: I added that last bit as the sentence made zero sense otherwise!). They did them with fans still in the stands watching. Imagine if a coach tried that in the NFL, he won't last a week after that the players union would have a field day with grievances.

Players are soft and it's not just in the pros. I got a friend I know that coaches high school and they aren't allowed to practice more than 2 hours at a time and no more than 2 times a week, plus practices aren't allowed to have multiple contact drills in the same day. How the bucking broncos are you supposed to get better with molly coddling like that?

This is why anytime that can run the ball well and play really good defense, you have a chance to win it all. Stop paying the QBs all the money since half are crap anyways and build a team from the line out and see where that gets you.

Studs and Duds

Let's jump right into it and see who balled out and who had incontinence issues in the bed. See what I did there, Jon? I corrected *a word* to *to a different word* and yet I still wrote *a word* anyways. (ed’s note: I don’t know) Now to it.

Studs

D1

- Justin White 4 catches equal 4 TDs in this man case and lets not forget his to picks on defense. Shermika I know you reading this and being like see I told you see what did I say. I’m not wrong, am I?

D2

- Geoffrey Mubengaie 6 TD passes over 250 yards and he added a pick on defense as well.

D3

- Dave Lepine 8 TD passes.

D4

- Kyle Baker 2 picks and a TD.

D5

- Sébastien Lucas Alzate 2 TDs on 5 catches plus a pick 6 on defense.

Women's

- Sara St-Germain 3 TDs and 3 sacks.

Duds

D1

- James and Jeremy you 2 combined for 16 catches 143 yards and a total of 2 points. You get in the endzone 1 time and you guys win the game.

D2

- Jason Rossie can't be throwing 5 picks when you studs all around, don't be the weak link you’re better than that most days.

D3

- Robert White for throwing 2 of the nicest TDs I've seen in my life, too bad they were for the other team.

D4

- Olivier Watier 5 picks and going 0-2 for the day.

D5

- Jean-François Lawrence 1 TD pass to 3 picks while completing 50% of your passes.

Women's

- Tigres 76 points at some point you got to take the foot off the gas ladies.

Those are the folks that I picked by myself without help from a computer program. It is based on a bunch of different things that are above my pay grade, so I'll leave it at that. (ed’s note: you base it off of things that you don’t have clearance to know?)

Predictions

Time for me to tell you who I have winning and after going 24-10, I guess it's best to use your judgment if you think I pick your game is right or not. Now to my picks and like always they are in bold.

D1

Honor Game vs Ranceurs

Honor Game vs KOLB

Unit vs Outlaws

Pack vs Iron Wolves

D2

Witching Hour vs Rejects

Nice TDs vs Pacemakers

Thunder Buddies vs Double Dippers

RawSauce vs Pacemakers

D3

Drama Club vs Bandits

Phoenix vs Spartans NA

Horde vs Gridiron Lions

Phoenix vs Bandits NA

Tropic Thunder vs Spartans

Ducks vs Gridiron Lions

D4

Mustard Tigers vs Creaky Knees

Nothing But D vs Slicks

Creaky Knees vs Martin Mystère

Blue Badgers vs Mustard Tigers

Action Squad vs Nomads

D5

MTL Cessnas vs Big Assets

Los Politos vs Knights

Spartans vs Hugs and Cuddles

Sax Farm vs Bandits

Ledgendaries vs 514

Women's

Crazy Bs vs Drama Queen

Louves du Nord vs Déesses du Drapeau

Drama Queen vs Tigres

Flag Moi la Peche vs Faucheuses

Those are my picks and if you feel disrespected that I didn’t pick you to win, just do what Bandits did and use me not picking you as motivation.

Power Rankings

Let's see who ended up where after last week. I know some teams really choked hard and others showed a little promise, but at the end of the day it's what have you and your team done to impress me lately and maybe crack my list. Now for my list.

D1

1- Idaho Udapimp

2- Outlaws

3- Ranceurs

D2

1- Him U

2- Double Dippers

3- RawSauce

D3

1- Ducks

2- Gridiron Lions

3- Phoenix

D4

1- Action Squad

2- Alouettes

3- Mustard Tigers

D5

1- Titans

2- MTL Cessnas

3- Big Booties

Women's

1- Tigres

2- Drama Queen

3- Leftovers

That's my list heading into this week if you want to make my exclusive list you and your team needs to step it up.

Final Thoughts

It's that time of the year when NFL bye weeks are happening and let me say as a Packers fan, having week 5 off in an 18-week season sucks. My team has to play 13 consecutive games before the playoffs and yes, my team is making the playoffs, we’re not the cowboys.

The NFL isn’t the only league that has scheduling issues, just look at the MFL schedule. You have teams playing doubleheaders in the morning then again late in the afternoon. That’s fine for the higher divisions where a bunch of players play on multiple teams, but for those lower division teams it's not cool. Do you really want to show up at 9 to play a D5 in the rain, get whooped then have to come back at 430 for your second game also in the rain? I think not. Once you had your ass handed to you, you’re more than likely not showing up for that second game.

At least you only play 1 day a week unless you’re playing in Brossard or Laval. I still think we need a north vs south game to see who's better. I've asked Terry and Jon about this and it doesn't seem like it's going to happen, so I'll ask the real person in charge and see what he says. Willie, make a north vs south game to crown the best of the best off island.

That's it for this week, but remember we are playing a game for fun, so go have some and enjoy the last few weeks of nice weather before the snow.

	Teams	GP	W	L	PTS
1	OUT	10	8	2	16
2	IDA	10	8	2	16
3	IW	10	7	3	14
4	KOLB	10	6	4	12
5	RAN	10	6	4	12
6	UNIT	10	3	7	6
7	PAC	10	2	8	4
8	HG	10	0	10	0