MDSSC Fall Flag Football - Week 9

Week 9 is upon us and it's the final week of this fall's flag football season. There are some interesting match-ups this week as the Big 8 will be playing their play-in games to see who goes into the playoffs. The SEC is pretty much locked up (at least the top 4) and the teams are falling into their seeds. 

Before I jump into my game-by-game, thank you for voting. There have been 35 votes so far with 7 for All Madden, 5 for the Victors, 6 each for the Untouchables and WTF and 11 for any other team. I didn't have room to put any more teams on the poll, but my thoughts are this: I think that WTF, Beltway, Able Danger, and Hitmen can score on anyone..including the likes of All Madden and the Victors. I will say that All Madden and the Victors have good defenses that have been playing together in All-Pro for years. I am not ready to anoint one of you as the next Fuzion yet, but after watching a season of you guys play; I am starting to believe. There is definitely a lot of good flag football being played this season. 

Okay, enough BS... 

8:30am Games:

No Response (0-7) vs Victors (7-0): You know, if this wasn't Flag Football, the Victors would be sitting their starters and Vince Young would be playing QB to get some reps. But it is Flag Football and after speaking to Mr. Cutler...oh, I mean Bill Mulcahy, I was told that "no mercy would be given and we will run up the score". Hopefully this zero-win team will show up to close out the season and just have fun. The Victors can try to run up the score but we will just pull a "Pain" and hopefully Ray will be watching the play clock...then lets see if you can run up the score! All in good fun. Victors (-18)

GAME OF THE WEEK - Untouchables (5-2) vs All Madden (6-1): This should be a quality game. All Madden took the Victors to OT last week without three of their biggest play-makers. The Untouchables have been well untouchable and have won five in a row! The outcome of this flag football game doesn't really matter. Both teams are in the playoffs. If the Untouchables were able to win by 13 then it would knock All Madden out of the #2 spot. I don't see that happening. All Madden (-6)

Revolution (3-4) vs Hit Squad (2-5): For some reason, I see DJ's team getting a win before they start the climb in the Fall Flag Football Playoffs. When you're a middle-of-the-pack team like Revolution or Hit Squad, it's hard to get motivated for a game that doesn't always mean anything. The difference is that Hit Squad has had at least 16 guys at every game where as Revolution struggles to get 8 sometimes. Hit Squad (-8)

9:45am Games (BIG 8 Play-in Games):
Able Danger (6-1) vs Menace (1-6): Menace's only win is against one of the other one-win teams in the division. They lost 33-13 to Able in week 1. That was a long time ago...unfortunately, Able just keeps winning. Able Danger (-16) 

Beltway Bombers (6-1) vs Circus Show (1-6): I really like how Beltway is playing. They have some guys on their squad that could really shake things up in the SEC. They beat Circus 48-12 last week. I don't know if it will be that dominant of a win as they might not be as focused. However, they are still a favorite....maybe to go deep in the playoffs. Beltway Bombers (-19)

Hitmen (5-2) vs Warriors (1-6): The Warriors just don't seem to have an offense. They have only scored 98 points. They seem to have a decent defense (accept for the 52-6 loss to Able) but just can't score. The Hitmen, however, broke the 200 point margin and have only lost to Able and Beltway. Hitmen (-10) 

11:00am Games: 
Tarheels (2-5) vs The Express (1-6): This one is interesting. The Tarheels have lost some weird games and their two wins are over the Hit Squad and a winless No Response. However, they do have a QB who has won three championships in the All Pro league. The Express are also interesting...they have some decent athletes and a QB that does a decent job of protecting the ball. If Ryan is on his game, the Tarheels win this flag football game easily. Without knowing that, I am going to have to say....Tarheels (-4)

WTF! (5-2 ) vs The Movement (3-4): This is another Big 8 play-in game. WTF! has been throwing up points like it's arena football out there (271 in 7 games). The Movement have the athletic talent to compete with anyone, but they have just been too inconsistent yet again. Yeah, they beat Menace 64-0 last week but WTF! scores points and has a decent defense. Week 4 game between these two was a 41-20 win for WTF! I am thinking a closer but similar outcome. WTF! (-9)  

So that's it for the final week of the MDSSC Fall Flag Football regular season. I want to take a quick moment to thank those of you that are considering me and AGame for your jerseys for the upcoming winter season. There are going to be some really good looking squads out there! Now for the rest of you who think jerseys are not your thing, it's only a matter of time before Mike is forced to say: "Jerseys required... see Will" haha. On that note, registration is this Saturday and next Wednesday (11/4) for the winter season. Both will be held at Hightopps. You should be there on Saturday after your game anyway. Okay, enough plugs. Good luck to everyone on Saturday and here's to Mike for another great season!


Shameless Plug: I am the Account Manager here in Maryland for AGame Team Apparel. If you need jerseys or uniforms for this upcoming Winter season, give me a call or email me. Revolution, All Madden, Fuzion and the Victors all sport AGame uniforms along with a few new teams that will be announced in the future.  

MDSSC - Fall Flag Football: Week 8 Recap

Well another week is in the books and the season is winding down. This next week has some irrelevant SEC games and some important play-in games in the Big 8. My full write up will be on Thursday as always. On to this last weekend.

8:00 AM:

All Madden (6-1) vs The Victors (7-0): This flag football game lived up to my hype. Going into it I knew that All Madden was missing some key players (shout out to #42 & #24) but they didn't back down and took the game to OT. Unfortunately, that is where the magic ended. The Victors stopped All Madden on their try and then sealed it with a 2nd and goal TD for a 40-34 win.

Hit Squad (2-5) vs Untouchables (5-2): The streak is now five in a row for the Untouchables! The score was 27-18. DJ's squad has had a tough last few weeks of flag football, but after watching them play All Madden later in the day; I know that they can compete. However, I have to use this area to give props to the Untouchables. (3 votes in the poll) They have marched through this season after losing to Pain and the Victors early on. They have All Madden this weekend...more on that Thursday.


Menace (1-6) vs The Movement (3-4): The score was 64-8...The Movement. Not much else to say here. I didn't get to see this game but that is a lopsided score. Maybe The Movement will start to live up to their name from this point? I did see Mac there on Saturday. Maybe he brought some much needed leadership. 

9:15 AM

Revolution (3-4) vs No Response (0-7): The final score of this football game was 41-21. The score at half time was 28-7. All I can say is that I am proud of our guys for plugging along. Revolution played well and was able to win the turnover battle. Revolution has the athletes to do well in the flag football playoffs. For them it is just a matter of whether they have enough guys show up. 

Beltway Bombers (6-1) vs Hit Men (5-2):  Thanks for proving me wrong on the shoot out comment guys. The score of this one was 26-13 in favor of the Bombers. This seems like more of a defensive battle that resulted in the winner having the most turnovers... 

10:30 AM 

Hit Squad (2-5) vs All Madden (6-1): All Madden had some injuries to deal with in this game going iron man against the always prepared and well stocked Hit Squad. The final score of this game was 33-13. Brady Quinn resurfaced this weekend playing QB for the Hit Squad. Although he had some stellar interceptions (both TD stopping Endzone interceptions) he threw more. This resulted in a win for All Madden.

Warriors (1-6)  vs WTF! (5-2): The score of this game was 36-14. The spread was 14 in WTF!'s favor. They covered. That is all I know on this flag football game.

Able Danger (6-1) vs Circus Show (1-6): The score of this game was 30-7.. Able Danger keeps rollin and lock up their #1 seed for this weekend.

11:45 AM

Beltway Bombers (6-1) vs Circus Show (1-6): 48-12...Circus just had a tough go of it this year. And it is only going to get tougher. They have a rematch with Beltway on Saturday.

No Response (0-7) vs The Express (1-6): I don't even want to talk about this.. Good luck in the playoffs Express. Good game too. For anyone that cares the final score was 37-28.

Hit Men (5-2) vs Warriors (1-6): The Warriors tightened up on defense to keep this flag football game close. The victory, however, was for the Hit Men...26-20.

MDSSC Flag Football: Week 8 - A week of showdowns leading to the FINAL COUNTDOWN

Okay, so forgive me for the title but I was lacking creativity tonight. However, as the title states, there are a lot of important flag football games this weekend for the MDSSC Fall Season. Some teams have double headers; this is where fatigue could play a factor. So I will just get to it...

 

8:00 AM

Victors (6-0) vs All Madden (5-0): (GAME OF THE WEEK)

There are a lot of factors to this game. Both teams are undefeated as usual to this point but only one will remain that way. There are some inside notes that I have to this game that could play a huge factor. I will just leave you with this: Both teams have QB's that are uber-competitive and athletes around them that are the same way and all of them can play. I am leaving this one at (even)
URGENT... UPDATE: I HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH THE QB OF THE VICTORS AND HERE IS WHAT HE SAID: "THAT THE SPREAD IS DISRESPECTFUL. DO YOU KNOW THAT A JIMMY LUNDQUIST TEAM HAS NEVER BEATEN THE VICTORS? WE WILL WIN BY A TOUCH." WOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. WHAT DO THE READERS THINK? LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS AND LET ME KNOW.

Hit Squad (2-3) vs Untouchables (4-2): The Untouchables have gone and won 4 football games in a row while the Hit Squad have lost their last 3. This is a tough game to call. They both have lost to the Victors and Pain. I picked Revolution over the Untouchables last week and DJ's Hit Squad needs a win to build their pride up.. I say Untouchables (-4)

Menace (1-5) vs The Movement (2-4): The Movement has scored 32 and given up 115 in their last three football games. If you look at those same three games for Menace they actually gave up virtually the same points. This is a toss up... Menace won their first flag football game and has lost since...and The Movement has lost three in a row. I haven't had the privilege of seeing Menace play but I know the athletes that The Movement has and if they just organize themselves a little they will win. The Movement (-1.5)

9:15 AM

Revolution (2-4) vs No Response (0-5): Okay so my team has officially lost too many winnable games and I think the same thing goes for Nick and the Revolution. We need this win as bad as the Titans do or else I will need to wear Nicks jersey next week. Revolution has a ton of athletes and typically wins on that alone when things go bad. Revolution (-6)

Beltway Bombers (4-1) vs Hit Men (4-1): Beltway is rollin and the Hit Men staggered two weeks ago but took advantage of a 6 man WTF! last week. That's right.. 6 men and they still gave up 26 points. A majority of their points (53) came in the second half when the WTF! QB (Waldo socks that is normally a TD catcher) lost his mojo and threw a couple pick 6's. Now let me say that Hit Men have some good athletes and can move the ball. I say this is a shoot out with the last team to hold the ball winning...Beltway (-3)

Tarheels (2-4) vs Pain (6-2): So, since this is my blog I can add a little personal experience. First, I want to apologize for some of the things that I said. A majority of it was frustration of being 0-5. Pain beat us and that is all there is to it. (Weak side safety.. don't ever call anyone on my squad a clown again...seriously dude.) Still Great game and you guys are legit. As for this game (Tarheels vs Pain) it already happened? Score on the site shows Pain 33-13.. Pain is done for the regular flag football season.

Ok, I realized this might be too much to read..so now quick hits. After my shamless plug of course: 

Shameless Plug: I am the Account Manager here in Maryland for AGame Team Apparel. If you need jerseys or uniforms for this upcoming Winter season, give me a call or email me. Revolution, All Madden, Fuzion and the Victors all sport AGame uniforms. I also created The Flag Football Network...now on to stuff you care about.  

P.S. Once all of the teams have jerseys from AGame.. you won't have to see this anymore. haha 

10:30 AM 

Hit Squad (2-3) vs All Madden (5-0):  All Madden (-8)

Warriors (1-4)  vs WTF! (4-2): WTF!: 235 points, most by any team so far this season. WTF! (-14)

Able Danger (5-1) vs Circus Show (1-4): Able is number 1 in their division. Their only L came at the hands of WTF! early in the season. Circus has lost 4 in a row... Able Danger (-18)

11:45 AM

Beltway Bombers (4-1) vs Circus Show (1-4): Two tough football games for Circus Saturday... Beltway Bombers (-12)

No Response (0-5) vs The Express (0-6): The epic battle of the winless SEC teams... Now I am just hoping/wishing here but we could have one win at this point. There is nothing to say here.. The Express has given up 5 more points than No Response but have played one more game... Points scored? 131 for NR and 111 for Express. (EVEN)

Hit Men (4-1) vs Warriors (1-4): Well the Warriors have two tough games on Saturday too. Hit Men have one hell of an offense.. Hit Men (-12)

GO BACK TO HIGHTOPPS FOR SOME BEER AND FOOD.

MDSSC - Week 7 Photos & Recap

Today was an ugly yet beautiful day for football. It still hasn't stopped raining! I wanted to get this updated as soon as possible. So here we go.

8:30 games:

WTF vs Hit Men (even): I reffed this game and to my disappointment, WTF only had 6 players. Needless to say, this was a lopsided victory for the Hit Men 53-26.  
Victors (-6) vs Hit Squad: The Hit Squad jumped up 12 nothing..then big Brandon picked the Squad off 3 times to change the table and the Victors won by (reported) 9 points.
Untouchables vs Revolution (-2): I don't know the score of this one but I know the Revolution lost. This is 4 in a row for the Untouchables. Watch out for their late season push. 

9:45 games:

All Madden (-12) vs The Express: This was yet another game where the QB was efficient and the defense able to get some stops. 35-16 was the score of this one. Both #42 and #24 seemed to take All Madden down the field with #4 tossin the rock.
Circus (-6) vs Menace: I do not know the results of this game.
Beltway Bombers (-16) vs Warriors: I don't know the score but I know Beltway got the win...There are 4 teams in the Big 8 that put up big points.

11am games:

No Response vs Pain (-8): Pain was able to take care of No Response today. The score was 30-20. This game came down to turnovers and once Pain had a lead on us they took the air out of the ball and meticulously drove done the field to put it out of reach.
Able Danger (-7.5) vs The Movement: I do not know the results of this game. It looked like Able won but don't take my word on that.

Shameless Plug: I am the Account Manager here in Maryland for AGame Team Apparel. If you need jerseys or uniforms for this upcoming Winter season, give me a call or email me. Revolution, All Madden, Fuzion and the Victors all sport AGame uniforms. I also created The Flag Football Network...now on to stuff you care about. 

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MDSSC: Flag Football Week 7

It is week 7 and some teams are separating themselves. As I said in my last piece, the Victors and All Madden are only two undefeated teams at 5-0 and 4-0 respectively. They are both in the SEC.

Here are the standings so far:

SEC:

Victors: 5-0

All Madden: 4-0

Pain: 4-2

Untouchables: 3-2

Hit Squad: 2-2

Revolution: 2-3

Tarheels: 2-4

The Express: 0-5

No Response: 0-4

Big 8:

WTF!: 4-1

Able Danger: 4-1

Hit Men: 3-1

Beltway Bombers: 3-1

The Movement: 2-3
Warriors: 1-3
Circus Show: 1-3
Menace: 0-5

So what does this mean? Well due to the lineup of teams we have this fall season; the following is the setup for this season:

The top 8 or 9 SEC teams make it in... The Big 8 have a playoff week (week 8) to determine the top 4 teams that will play in the playoffs withe the top 8 of the SEC.

What does this mean? Right now No Response and the Express are playing for the last spot in the playoffs. Three teams in the Big 8 are separating themselves as favorites to make it in. I will get more into the playoffs later in the season. For now, here are my weekly spreads:
 

Shameless Plug: I am the Account Manager here in Maryland for AGame Team Apparel. If you need jerseys or uniforms for this upcoming Winter season, give me a call or email me. Revolution, All Madden, Fuzion and the Victors all sport AGame uniforms. I also created The Flag Football Network...now on to stuff you care about.

8:30 Games:

Victors (-6) vs Hit Squad - They keep messing around and one of these games they are going to lose. 

Untouchables vs Revolution (-2) - The Untouchables have won 3 in a row and Revolution has lost 2 in a row. I think the tables change this week.

Hit Men vs WTF (even) - I haven't been able to watch either team, but both have put up a ton of points. Barn Burner! Last one with the rock wins it.

9:45 Games:

The Express vs All Madden (-12) - I have yet to see Express either but I know All Madden. They are a good squad that typically stays undefeated throughout the regular season. Express has their work cut out for them.

Circus (-6) vs Menace - Menace hasn't scored more than 14 pts and Circus put up 32 on WTF.

Beltway Bombers (-16) vs Warriors - A lot of athletes on the bombers and I have yet to see Warriors play. 18 pts in the last three games doesn't bode well for them unfortunately.

11am Games:

No Response vs Pain (-8) - I don't like making my team an underdog..in fact I hate it. But Pain has come out tough this year only losing to All Madden and the Victors. We have our work cut out for us in a quest to get our first win. So frustrating. Good luck Pain.

Able Danger (-7.5) vs The Movement - The movement just don't have organization. They have some of the best athletes and have yet to figure out how to get it right. Hell Clyde is a good QB but it doesn't help when all the blame is put on him too. A positive leader needs to step up here. I believe they can win any game they play in... but Able will win this unless The Movement shows up to play.

Flag Football Recap - MDSSC (PHOTOS)

Just a quick note with some pictures from this season. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of pictures yet. I will work on it though. A recap of this week. The Victors didn't cover my spread over the Pain but ended their weekend with 2 wins and that is all that matters. All Madden did cover my spread of 4 points with a 26-20 win over Revolution. This was a decent game in which turnovers helped seal the game for All Madden. The Untouchables were able to beat The Express and Beltway took care of The Movement with ease.

Here are some pictures from this season. I will try to capture some more (of some other teams) throughout the rest of this season. Update will come Thursday for this weeks games. Also visit www.theflagfootballnetwork.com!

MDSSC FALL FLAG FOOTBALL!!

So it has been a month or so.. sorry guys. I got a late start on the season and haven't been there. Unfortunately, that also means no pictures yet. I should be posting some in the next week.

So here is a recap of the season so far. The typical powers are still on top with the Victors and All Madden at 3-0. The surprise of the season is Pain at a staggering 4-1 with wins over the Untouchables, Hit Squad, and Revolution. Their only loss comes by way of All Madden in Week 1.

Okay, I am going to keep this short this week and try to get back in the swing of things. Here are some key match-ups:

The (3-0) Victors take on the (4-1) Pain team at 8:30am. This is where we might see if Pain can hang with the big boys. The Victors and All Madden are clearly the best two teams in the league. It is up to everyone else to catch up to them. Speaking of All Madden they square off with Revolution at 11am. Revolution seems to be a team that has the talent to win any game they want but you never know who is going to show up. this game is going to come down to which team is missing their key players and which QB plays the best.

Other games this weekend have the (0-3) Express taking on the (2-2) Untouchables (8:30), The (2-1) Movement (see: Shire) vs the (2-1) Beltway Bombers..

QUICK HITS:
Victors vs Pain: Victors -16
All Madden vs Revolution: All Madden -4
Express vs Untouchables: Untouchables -3
Movement vs Beltway Bombers: even

That is it for this week...