We’re one step closer to the finals. This week we had some hot weather and no breeze for most of the day. The best thing about the season coming to an end is that I’ll finally be able to sleep in on a Saturday once again. Oh wait, I won’t, I’ll be on vacation and need to get my money’s worth so drinking will be starting at 9am. I’m just hoping that I don’t pass out on the beach and the sunshine does something stupid to me to teach me a lesson about day drinking and how it’s supposed to be done.
As of right now it’s looking pretty sub optimal for this weekend with rain, but it’s only Monday right now, so let’s cross our fingers and pray for it to change.
This weekend Simon will be on site doing a BBQ with his company La Licorne de Feu. Now that we know food will be available, who’s bringing the beer and who is acting as security to make sure things stay in order and people throw out their trash?
Aside from it being the finals this weekend, over at Arthur Therrien there is a softball or baseball tournament going on in support of the Make a Wish Foundation. You can go support a good cause or if you want to have a good laugh as Jason will be over there trying to swing the bat and not trip over his feet while running to first if he makes contact.
I have a question for everyone and I’ll be putting this up in the players group to see what you all think. You get 1000 swings of the bat against an MLB pitcher, and you need to get 1 hit in a game or you get 1000 swings of a golf club to get a hole in 1 on 150-yard par 3. Which are you picking for 1 million dollars? (ed’s note: I mean, obviously the MLB pitcher. Am I playing a defense? Like, I need to get on base or I just have to put the ball in play? I’m asking for others as it doesn’t matter for me; out the park first swing when I’m up at bat)
Round 2 Recap
Division 1
Iron Wolves vs Busch Boys (36-24)
All week it seemed like Iron Wolves were going to be short players and Jon was even going to pull a Jazman move and take himself out of the game to get a sub and make them a stronger team (ed’s note: I specifically said I wouldn’t do this!). Jon decided against it, plus Kris played when we all thought he was hurt and out. The first half of the game was controlled by Iron Wolves except they allowed Busch Boys to go down and score as the half expired. The second half started with Busch boys getting the ball and they were able to move downfield, but couldn’t punch it in and cut the lead from 12 to 6. Simon would fight back t get his team into the endzone to cut the lead to 1 score and Will took very little time to take it back up to 2 scores. This was a good game, but it was lost in the first half when Busch Boys started off slow.
Division 2
Top Shooters vs KOLB (35-47)
The first half flew by with everything going Top Shooters way. After the opening drive Avery settled in and started to move the ball and his go to guy was Marvin who ran drags most of the game, but turned his 11 catches into 127 yards and 3 TDs. From watching this game there were far too many times where Avery took off running when he had players open. Normally you’d tell Avery to run and get those yards, but when you run 10 times and only get 17 yards you need to use that spaghetti arm or yours. When the second half started, I was worried KOLB were just going to collapse and the game would get out of hand. Well, they made a few adjustments, and they were able to move the ball, but it was the defense that made the biggest change. Alex was able to sack Avery 3 times with 1 of them being a safety and Jeremi getting 2 picks and scoring on both of them. What a difference in the 2 halves. It looked like Top Shooters had the game, but it got away from them quickly in the second half.
Division 3
Sooners vs Tigres (15-7)
I want to say I was trying to learn Spanish for my trip to Mexico, but it was more just in case I was doing this game so I could understand what was being said amongst players. I did walk away knowing that rapido means fast or in this case no huddle. That was my word of the day. Now to the game. Tigres are one of those teams that are very good and will get better over time. The first play of the game, Nestor threw the ball to David 45 yards in the air, but he threw the ball when David was at half, and it just missed his fingertips. I point that out because Tigres were so close on multiple plays to get big gains or scores and the ball wasn’t caught, or it was just a bit too far. On the Sooners side Diego wasn’t there as he was away on vacation with the GFs family, so Elijah was forced to play QB and it might have helped win them the game. Elijah was smart with the ball and was fine with punting it away if the play wasn’t there. After watching the game and looking over the stats, I was most impressed by Sooners rusher Mathis getting 2 sacks and limiting Nestor to 27 yards on 11 runs. When you look at the stat sheet no one stood out. Yes, Jose had 2 TDs, but only had 56 yards total.
Division 4
Bouchers vs Sour Peeps (25-20)
This was not a very good game to watch and I’ll tell you why and then you can try and argue with me about it. Sour Peeps made the mistake of having Lambert rush which worked for them last week, but the difference was this week he wasn’t effective at all and when they switched to Jocelyn it still didn’t matter. By having their better defenders rush, it was leaving baby Maynard open, who needs to be called big man Maynard now, who hauled in 17 balls for 109 yards and 2 TDs. All game long Ben was open on a short hook and made the first defender miss. Sour Peeps should have bracketed him with an over under or at least have the short defender jump that hook all game long. Lukas was able to build a 18-6 lead scoring on their first 3 possession, before hitting a few snags and not finding the endzone until there was less than 9 minutes in the second half. It took Sour Peeps a while to get the offense rolling and once, they did they weren’t able to capitalize on turnovers in the middle of the game to take the lead. Late in the game Jocelyn had a chance to drive the field and win the game being down 5 points. The issue was they needed big yards since time was against them. Sour Peeps managed to get 1 first down, but after that there was a drop, a bad pass, a run, and great play by Big Man Maynard.
Division 5
Binettes vs Slot Machines (0-20)
This was a typical D5 game, both QBs struggled to get drives going and keep the drive rolling, teams played decent defense, but both got lucky with bad drops, and the biggest difference was Slot Machines got the lead early on a turnover on downs to be in the driver’s seat. Both offenses had less than 115 total yards and dealt with drops and inaccurate passes most of the game. One thing I was expecting was Mathieu to depend on Thomas way more than he did. I know he tried to get him the ball a few times, but sometimes you got to go to your dog until they stop it, especially if you are down.
Women’s
Tigres vs Drama Queen (20-6)
The game started out with Kayla getting her first of two picks on the day and Drama Queens couldn’t have asked for a better start. Then Drama Queen got on offense and you just knew it wasn’t their day. After a completion to Marie for 7 yards on first down, Roxanne struggled to get the ball to one of her receivers as her next 3 passes were all knocked away by a defender. With the turnover, Tigres had a very short field and took no time to punch it in and get the lead. Most of the game both teams couldn’t move the ball as neither QB went over 100 yards. The difference in the game was Tigres are very prepared, take the game very seriously, and have very good coaching on the sidelines telling them what to do.
That’s all I have for you this week.
Studs & Duds
This weekend everyone played their bums off knowing they would be heading home and not playing in the finals this weekend if they lost. You would think with a shot at the title people would want to come out and play their rumps off, well we had a few players that decided they weren’t needed so they showed up and just goofed the goof off and did nothing. Now let’s see who helped their team to the finals and those that might be getting cut after that performance.
Studs
Division 1
- William Power 6 TDs no picks.
Division 2
- Jérémi Riendeau-Demers 8 catches 125 yards, 2 TDs. On defense he made 2 picks and scored on both to go along with his 2 tackles.
Division 3
- Thomas Cote-Parent 8 catches 94 yards, 3 TDs and 2 1-point converts, he also made 2 tackles on defense.
Division 4
- Benoit Maynard 17 catches 109 yards and 2 TDs.
Division 5
- Marcel Jovani 6 catches 53 yards, 1 TDs and on defense he made 7 tackles had 2 picks and scored on 1 of them.
Women’s
- Viviane Plourde 13 of 22 for 185 yards, 4 TDs and 5 1-point converts. She also made 3 tackles and had 1 pick which she returned for a TD on defense.
Duds
Division 1
- Busch Boys defense 0 picks, 0 sacks.
Division 2
- Sekure Top Shooters for letting the game get away from them in the second half.
Division 3
- Elijah Hicks for not using his center who was open all game on 5 hooks with no defender in sight. Ya, you won the game, but it was closer than it should have been if you used Mike.
Division 4
- Jocelyn Ouellette under 50% completion along with 3 picks thrown.
Division 5
- Mathieu Roy-Caissy 8 of 31 under 100 yards with no TDs, can’t be putting up numbers like this in the semifinals.
Women’s
- Roxanne Roy for going 17 of 42 and less than 100 yards.
There you have it my Studs & Duds following round 2 of the playoffs.
