We made it through another wonderful week in the MFL and of course we couldn’t make everyone happy. Still had a few complainers and what do you expect nowadays (ed’s note: old man rant right away!) when everyone is privileged or feels entitled. 

It's starting to get colder out, and I've already seen people all bundled up with winter hats, jackets, and gloves and I’m out there with no shirt on sweating my marbles off (ed’s note: what a man!). 

Let’s hope that the rain doesn't stick around on Saturday, because who wants to play flag football in the rain and mud if we can't have fumbles? 

Everyone wants the dip back in the league, but only a few players can do it properly. I say nuts to the dip and instead add laterals where everyone can do it and not just the gifted players like myself. We will never add laterals because there are too many things that could happen where someone gets hurt. (ed’s note: the whole “you can’t move once someone is running with the ball” thing might also be an issue)

Studs & Duds 

We had lots of games last week and lots of players balled out and because of that some of you might think you deserve more balls. It's 1 game, settle down, do it for a few weeks before you start demanding the ball like a diva. Time to see who I'd pay and who I'd cut.

Studs 

D1

- Nicolas Boucher 8 catches 124 yards and 2 TDs. 

D2

- Damien Balla 4 TDs. 

D3

- Kordell Jones 7 catches 123 yards and 3 TDs. 

D4

- Alec De Lafontaine-Jovani 5 TD passes and no picks. 

D5

- Dave Daoust 4 TD catches on 7 receptions. 

Women's 

- Lydia Pascal 3 passing TDs and 2 picks on defense. 

Duds

D1

- Nicolas Poitevin more drops (4) than catches (3) as well as more missed tackles

(4-5) than tackles made (1).

D2

- Thunder Buddies defense for giving up 59 points with no picks, no sacks. 

D3

- Kevin Kousaie for missing a safety and then the QB running 45 yards for the score. 

D4

- Thomas Svoiski 20 incomplete passes and 3 picks. 

D5

- Matt Bergamin for throwing a pass and making the game a forfeit. (ed’s note: this didn’t happen. It was a scorekeeper error)

Women's 

- Deesses du Drapeau as a team. You had 8 picks on defense and only scored 19 points on offense and lost the game. 

That's what I'd do with the players above and for the rest of you that are trying to make my list, you'll have to do better than this week or hope that everyone else does worse to have any shot at it. 

Predictions 

Time to make some teams happy and others annoyed that I didn't pick them again. Here are my winners and like always they are in bold. 

D1

Outlaws vs Pack 

Ranceurs vs Unit 

Honor game vs Iron Wolves 

D2 

Nice TDs vs Thunder Buddies 

Pacemakers vs Witching Hour 

Trench Babies vs Average Joe's 

Him U vs Bines 

Average Joe's vs Rejects 

D3

Horde vs Gros Iron Trollers 

Ducks vs Drama Club 

FAT Players vs Bandits 

Phoenix vs Tropic Thunder NA

Spartans vs Horde 

Gridiron Lions vs Drama Club 

D4

Martin Mystère vs Slicks

Nothing But D vs Blue Badgers 

Martin Mystère vs Nomads 

Alouettes vs Action Squad 

Blue Badgers vs Seminoles 

D5

Action Squad vs Hive 

Knights vs Big Booties 

Top Shooters vs Wong Dynasty 

Los Politos vs Bandits

Ledgendaries vs MTL Cessnas 

Hive vs FAT Players 

Big Booties vs Hugs and Cuddles 

Titans vs Sax Farm 

514 vs Last Calls 

Bandits vs Big Assets 

FAT Players vs Jungle Squad 

Spartans vs Unnamed Champions 

Women's 

Tigers vs Mamma Jammas 

Louves du Nord vs Rookies 

Flag Moi la Peche vs Crazy Bs 

Drama Queen vs Leftovers 

Those are my winners for this week. 

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 and maybe crack my list. 

D1

1- Idaho Udapimp 

2- Outlaws 

3- Iron Wolves  

D2

1- Him U 

2- Double Dippers  

3- Pacemakers 

D3

1- Phoenix

2- Ducks

3- Gridiron Lions 

D4

1- Alouettes

2- Mustard Tigers 

3- Action Squad 

D5

1- Titans

2- MTL Cessnas 

3- Big Booties 

Women's 

1- Leftovers 

2- Tigres

3- Louves du Nord 

Final Thoughts

I know everyone hates the CFL and don't understand some of the rules. Don't worry the rules are changing along with the field dimensions. Now let me explain what those changes are going to be. They are moving the goalpost from the front of the endzone to the back, making the endzones 15 yards instead of 20 and by doing this they essentially eliminated the rouge. 

For the folks that don't know what a rouge is, it’s when you kick the ball, and it makes it into the endzone or out of the endzone you are awarded 1 point. I know most have never had to play using the rouge, but I can tell you it makes games a bit more interesting. Last week in 1 of my games we were down 1 point on the 20 and elected to try and kick it through to tie the game, we got it to the endzone and the receiving team kicked it back out which essentially gave us a new set of downs and cost them the game. I know none of you are trying that kick and going for it, but it comes down to strategy and sometimes it's better to play it safe especially when your team was 2-7 at the time. 

Last fall my team won the championship on a kick with 2 plays left. Everyone needs to stop over thinking and just make the smart decision (ed’s note: don’t think, just do the smart thing, idiots!). Too many times I see teams going for it on 4th and long inside their own end, down 2 scores with plenty of time left and when they don't get it they essentially go down 3 scores and the game is all but over then. 

Be smart, have fun, enjoy, and remember we are playing a game for fun, go have some and try not to kill anyone.