Hello everyone and welcome to a Hall of Fame edition of Word from the Mouth. In this article I will be covering the tournament between Canada, Quebec, and The World, Who I think will win and a breakdown by positions. I will also talk about each person that has a chance to be inducted into the HoF. I have decided to start with the games so that you will read all the way to the bottom to see who I think will get in. Game will be played on Sunday at Ignace-Bourget Park in LaSalle. Come on out watch the games and have fun with the rest of us.

 

Team Canada

 

This is a very solid roster from top to bottom, but I can see a few weak spots. They have 2 QBs in Max and Raph. Who is going to start and who rides the pine or does one of them move to play receiver? Wait and see on that one. Another dilemma is that they have two very good snappers in Eric and Lesniak. I assume that Lesniak will snap to Max and Eric to Raph, should they go with the 2 QBs. The 2 top receivers on this roster are JC and Arthur (Ed’s note: Arthur is out!), both come with a different skill set. Arthur will beat you all day on the long ball or jump ball where JC will use his quickness in and out of the breaks to make you miss. Don’t worry the rest of you guys, I haven’t forgotten about you. Brian, Ian and Rithy are all solid pieces that are dependable and can make a play here or there. For defense, other than JC rushing and maybe Arthur playing safety not sure what to expect.

 

Team Quebec

 

This is the roster that has the most question marks in my opinion. It has 5 Old School players on it, so one thing for sure they should have some chemistry to start off with. I’d have to guess that Dahic is playing QB for this team. He is a top 3 QB in Division 2, now we will see how he holds up against some very good players. Ben and Antione should be the top targets on this team and both can go long and attack the ball at the high point where very few defender can reach. Catherine is solid, but I can see her being more affective on defense rushing the QB. I see Mathieu L being the team snapper as he’ll catch almost anything short when he is focused, but I wouldn’t send him deep. Gabriel is a strong 3rd receiver who isn’t flashy but gets it done when needed, watch out for him. Mathieu D, Charles, Roxane and Stephane are good complimentary pieces who all have played with Dahic so it wouldn’t surprise me to see any of them have big games. On defense is where it could be fun for these guys. Ben, Antoine and Dahic will probably end up as safeties. Catherine and maybe Mathieu L will possibly switch up at rush to stay fresh and keep pressure on the other QB. The rest will fill out the front line with a rotation to stay fresh.

 

Team World

 

This roster should have been split into 2 teams, they are loaded from top to bottom. I’m pretty sure that a division 2 QB will be playing for them in either Jon or Kris, both are great at what they do. Francisco, it looks like you are the only snapper on the roster so no going deep for you on Sunday, which is good with the extreme heat they are predicting. Who is this teams number 1 receiver? You have the choice of Shyanne, Smuda or Josh. Come on who is going to stop that. Oh wait, I forgot about Kris also. All 4 of those guys can get it done from anywhere on the field. I want to implement a rule when they play 4 downs the whole field, give everyone else a chance. Richie Rich is coming back and I guess he left his boy Siva at home. Rich I have to assume they will put you to rush, so good luck with that after taking a season off. Don’t worry you’re still better than Francis. Goldrick will help this team with his hustle on defense. He can do a few things on offense, but it will come down to if he has the chance. Chrissy is still relatively new to the game but this is a great time to learn from some of the guys around you and remember as long as your stats are better than Brian’s you’ll have bragging rights. Don’t worry, Jon or Kris will get you the ball. As for their defense I don’t really see any hole to attack. Opposing offenses better have a good plan of attack.

 

 

Now here are my position favourites and my pick to win it all.

 

QB

Canada

 

Snapper 

World 

 

Receivers 

World

 

Defense 

World 

 

Team Chemistry 

My money to win it all is Team World, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see Team Canada win it. 

 

 

HOF Inductees

 

Players (2 are being inducted)

 

Jon - Great numbers with 2 titles, but knock on him will be Division 2 (Ed’s note: 3 titles, 2 of which are Div 1)

 

Kevin - Doesn’t have offensive numbers but defense is top notch plus 3 titles

 

Josh - Has the stats plus 3 titles and everyone likes him (4 titles)

 

Raph - Great stats with weaker teams, but no titles

 

Francis- Has good numbers both sides of the ball plus 1 title, but come on its Francis

 

Steve- Great numbers and 1 title, but big knock is that he has lost 2 or 3 titles also

 

I can see Steve and Josh getting in from this group

 

 

Contributors (1 makes it)

 

Jon- Started this league from scratch (Refs, makes schedules, puts individuals onto teams, along with everything else the Commissioner does)

 

Kevin- Does everything for the league to make sure it runs smoothly (set up, take down, brings bags, plus he refs & writes weekly articles) 

 

Simon- Head Ref, plus he is the guy that wrote the rule book up

 

Out of this group Jon should make it in cause without him none of this is happening.

 

 

That concludes my HoF article and we should all thank Jon for giving us the opportunity to play a game we all love each and every Saturday for the past 5 years. Thanks Jon. If you somehow can finagle the vote to get me in as a first ballot Hall of Famer then you might get a bottle of wine as well. LOL