MDSSC: Winter Flag Football - Week 3 Wrap Up

As promised... the blog has been updated. Check out the new Poll Pages above. Now, you can easily view your divisions polls without having to read all my bull shit. If you're still interested in that then keep reading. 

All Pro: 

The typical teams are separating themselves from the pack but this entire division is pretty even accept for a team or two. The only thing is, that all three undefeated teams are in the same division (Untouchables, All Madden and Pain). I don't know how the playoffs are lined up but I wonder if that could get sticky come March Madness time. Just some notes and then I'm done for the holidays. 

All Madden - Very Strong Offense they added three weapons to their offense that has only made them better. Defense is still very suspect. I saw back to back 80 yard touch downs last week. They need to get back to basics on D. 

Untouchables - Solid Offense and Solid Defense... Untouchables are kind of like the San Diego Chargers in respect to rank (not W's and L's). They always play very well on both sides of the ball and that has lead them to championships. 

Pain - has been hit or miss over the last few seasons but I think after playing together and keeping the same guys around they are hitting their stride. Joe (I think that is his name) is a solid QB with quick feet when he needs to make a play. 

RDP - After only a blemish on their record losing to the undefeated All Madden squad they dropped 61 on Balls Deep. I haven't seen 61 scored in a long time in All Pro...a long time. 

Parting shots: Victors end the first half of the season nicely...Money and Danger trying to iron some things out... Fuzion trying to get ahead so they don't run out of time...Scores has a nice little secret at QB we should find out what kind of team they have after the break. Balls Deep...I don't know man but I hope they pull it together I like that squad. I don't know anything about Prestige Worldwide... 

Pro: 

Same as above.. You have Beltway, Hitmen and HitSquad.. I'm thinking maybe Habitual and maybe Shire or even a deep sleeper Closet Flags can give them headaches. For the most part though the top 3 are my top 3 for now. Just to show him a little love, a player or two from Hitmen said they have the team to beat. I guess once we see that schedule for the rest of the season we will see how they match up with Beltway. They beat HitSquad by just a point but a win is a win. 

Semi-Pro: 

Fear Boners, One for the K, Rusty Trombone and Karma have separated themselves early on. However, I feel like this division is pretty even in respect to how the teams are built. I'm looking forward to the second half but these four have jumped out in front. 

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, and Happy Winter Solstice? Oh and Happy New Year!! 

WM

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MDSSC: Week 3 - Games of the Week

Okay guys, as promised, my games of the week. 

8:30am 

Shire (1-1) vs Habitual Linesteppers (0-1) 

I like this game because instead of Shire being 0-2 like the website says, they are 1-1 after putting up 44 on Pink last week. Habitual did win a championship not to long ago (Summer I believe) and I'm not sure they ever matched up with the team formally known as Shire, then The Movement and now Shire. Not knowing the new Shire team or Habitual I am going to say that Shire tosses the rock to Peazy in this one for a narrow win. (Shire -2)

9:45am 

RDP (1-1) vs Balls Deep (1-1)

Both teams are coming off tough losses and should make for a great game. RDP as mentioned last night has a strong armed QB and has moved the Side Arm Speedster to rusher and receiver. Balls Deep can counter with their quick rusher and strong armed QB. The key to this game is who commits the first turnover. I have no idea who to pick in this game. Coin flipped.. it was Tails (RDP -1)

11:00am

Victors (0-2) vs Danger (1-1)

This series is turning into a good one... Danger got the best of the Victors last season and has drawn them this week after an interesting 2 weeks for Big Blue. Can the Victors get of the schneid this week? Or is this like when the Cowboys won their 5th ring in 97 and started losing every year after that? Danger went 2-5 last season and then snuck into the playoffs to take down the house.. I see them stunning the Victors and continuing their high. (Danger -3)

Other games of note... All Madden vs Fuzion at 2:45, Karma vs Rustyat 1:30, HitSquad vs xFactor at 12:15 and maybe Pain vs Mayhem bright and early at 8:30. 

Bundle up tomorrow, the high is 34...I can only imagine what it will feel like at 8 in the morning.Good luck out there guys. 

DON'T FORGET TO EMAIL ME AS A REP/COACH FOR YOUR TEAM IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. I WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A TEXT LIST AND GET EVERYTHING RUNNING A LITTLE SMOOTHER. 

WM

MDSSC: Winter Flag Football - Week 3 (MAC POLL)

First things first, if I don't have it already, I need a coach or a rep from each team to email me their cell#. I am putting together a text list so that I can get the scores from games on Sunday or Monday so that I can throw the poll up by Tuesday. I also want to put together a Coaches Poll... mcginnis32 at yahoo dot com

Moving on...I didn't realize this thing was read so much and for that I'm sorry for the lack of a post last week. First the AP Poll... Run Dem Pockets wanted to be considered #1 prior to last week because they beat Danger by a point... in the words of Lee Corso... "Not so fast my friend!!" Here is my MAC Poll:

All Pro:

1. All Madden (2-0)

2. Untouchables (2-0)

3. Pain (2-0)

4. Run Dem Pockets (1-1)

5. Danger (1-1)

6. Mayhem (1-1)

7. Money (1-1)

8. Fuzion (1-1)

9. Balls Deep (1-1)

10. Victors (0-2)

11. Scores (0-2)

12. Prestige Worldwide/Express? (0-2)

Notes: All Madden better tighten up their D if they want to stay on top...Haven't seen Untouchables play yet but I am sure they're still bitter about their losing effort against Danger in the fall...Pain has two solid wins, I might have to catch one of their games...RDP talked a day too early, but I hear they have the QB from Resurrection (a team from a couple seasons ago) and Mr. Side Arm speedster is rushing  on D and receiving, look out!...Danger only lost to RDP by a point so they seem pretty even...lastly, what the hell is going on with the Victors? I think this might be the first season...ever that they started 0-2. They have the athletes though, don't sleep on them. 

Pro: 

1. Beltway Bombers (2-0) 

2. X-Factor (2-0)

3. Hitmen (1-0)

4. HitSquad (1-1)

5. Shire (1-1)
6. Crabcakes (1-1)

7. Pink (1-1)
8. G6ers (1-1)

9. Show me your TD's (1-1)

10. Habitual Linesteppers (0-1)

11. Closet Flags (0-2)

12. Warriors (0-2)

*Correction... I was informed that Shire beat Pink 44-33. This screwed up my Friday so I did the best I can with Rankings. Hopefully with those of you that have emailed me (Thanks!) I will get the correct data by Sunday/Monday.

Notes:X-Factor has come on scoring the second most points in the Pro division... Beltway got #12 back and if their Steeler QB finds him along with some of their other athletes, I think they might be the favorite...HitSquad has scored the most points in the division so far but lost a narrow one to their rival Hitmen (27-26)...don't sleep on Hitmen or Closet Flags...aside from that, I don't know the other teams other than Shire who lost a lot of guys and are rebuilding.

Semi-Pro:

1. Karma (2-0)

2. Fear Boners (2-0)

3. One fore the "K" (2-0)

4. Rusty Trombone (1-0)

5. Menace (1-1)

6. Team 'B' (1-1)

7. NR (0-2)

8. Punt Liquors (0-2)

9. A.I.D.S (0-2)

10. Jeremy (0-1)*

Notes: Karma dropped down to Semi to get their bearings and it looks like it is working out. They have good guys on their squad and all they need is chemistry...No idea who Fear Boners is but it's one of the greater names in the league...lastly, these rankings are purely based on record. I have no idea how to judge my own division. My squad is new but we are getting it together and I know that after facing Team B and "K" that teams are close to even. Other than that, it looks like Jeremy's game was a forfeit based on the score. So let's hope they start to show up so we all don't lose a game this season. 

Okay fellas, that's it for this weeks MAC poll. I will throw up the games of the week tomorrow afternoon. 

WM

MDSSC: WINTER FLAG FOOTBALL BEGINS!!!!

Hey Fuckers.... hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Time to work off that turkey and play some football. So this is going to be a brief post because I'm lazy and it takes me a little while to get back into the swing of things. So here are my Three Games of the Week. 

8:30am 

Balls Deep vs The Express: Why is this a game of the week Will? Well, I will tell you... First, it is because  Balls Deep is playing some great football. In the fall they took down the mighty Victors in the first round but lost to TTB by a slim margin in the Semi's. Either way, they were in Semi-Pro the season before and have stepped up their game. Second, I hear that there are a few Express guys playing with Balls Deep and I think it is interesting for a team to kind-of split only to face each other in their first game. I say my boy John takes his squad to 1-0... (Balls Deep -4)

9:45am

Untouchables vs Victors: Wow, well let's get this one out of the way early, huh Commish? This should be a great game. Both teams lost in the first round of the Fall playoffs which is uncharacteristic. I see these two teams coming out to prove something... if Nueve (shout out!)  is there for the Victors I like their chances...Plus Bill has to gear up for Sunday's playoffs in the 9-man league. (Victors -1)

11:00am

Mayhem vs All Madden: An age old rivalry... Mayhem is like old Cowboys*... They won a lot of Championships back in the day but teams have caught up with them. All Madden is one of those teams. Granted, they don't have the services of #32 anymore, but I think they will survive. They have the bash brothers and Favre (no pictures) at QB. I think Mayhem will come out rusty Saturday morning but this game should be good. I will have a different take on Mayhem come week 4 unless they change my mind earlier. (All Madden -6)

*please note, I am a Cowboy fan and even I wouldn't compare Mayhem to this year's Cowboys.

That's it from me this week ladies. Bundle up it's going to be below 40 until lunch tomorrow. 

TheMac (number undecided)

Winter Flag Football Pre-Season AP Poll...by Demand

All Pro:

1. Danger

2. All Madden

3. Untouchables

4. Victors

5. Balls Deep

6. Mayhem

7. Money

8. Scores

9. Express

10. Fuzion

11. Pain

12. Run Dem Pockets

Pro:

1. HitSquad

2. Hitmen

3. Beltway Bombers

4. Closet Flags

5. XFactor

6. Crabcakes

7. Shire

8. Habitual Linsteppers

9. Warriors

10.G6ers

11. Pink

12. David Harris

*please excuse the fact that I don't know half of you... 

Semi-Pro (No particular order, I am on NR and that's all I know):

Rusty Trombone 

The Fear Bears
Menace 

Team "B"
Punt Liquors 

NR
Karma 

One fore the K
Jeremy Desmond 

A.I.D.S.

MDSSC Fall Flag Football - New Champs are Crowned!!

I will start this blog off by stating. These guys WON the championship. I can't think of a team that had to overcome what they did to win this thing. They finished the season 2-5! You read that right. Their second win came in the last game of the regular season against Tarheels... and they put them away 41-6. Then they started off with HitSquad in the first round beating them 18-6. This bunch of misfits carried their momentum into the final week games with a chip on their shoulder. They had a fan base and beer chilling in coolers waiting for the end of the day. A focused squad found themselves in a dogfight with the defending Summer Champs, the Untouchables in their first game. I had finished my game early enough to witness the momentum that would carry them to the promised land. With about 4 minutes to go, Danger was down 12 and had the ball. They were able to score at the 2 minute mark, failing on the conversion to make it a 6 point game. All Untouchables had to do was get a first down and the game was over. First play, short pass to the flats. Time out, Danger. Second play, Sack!, Time out Danger. and if I remember correctly, they picked off a desperation pass by Nick. That or a punt. Either way, Danger had the ball with about a minute left with only about 30 yards to go. Four plays later, they are in the endzone. Now, all they have to do is convert this 1pt conversion and it's over. Surprisingly, it was a pretty lax effort by them failing on the conversion and now on to OT. In the end, Danger scored and Untouchables failed to capitalize. Next up for Danger...? Defending Spring Champs, All Madden. This game was similar in the fact that it was a dog fight. Back and forth we went with them before ultimately coming down to the end. With under 30 seconds left, All Madden was down by 7 and was able to get the ball in the end zone. The decision made next decided the outcome. Blitz was open and the decision was to go for two for the win. Jump Ball tossed to the left and knocked down by the Danger Safety. Game over. And finally, TTB was the team that had to face these guys in the end. Danger was rolling and this point and crushed TTB. I don't know what the final score was but I saw Danger pick off TTB's QB at least 4-5 times. I imagine I will know the final score soon. So there you have it...another season is in the books and a new Champ is crowned. Congratulations to Danger and their fans.

See everyone out there on 12/4 for the winter season. Looking forward to it fellas. 

#32

MDSSC - Fall Flag Football - Round 2 (Championship Saturday)

Not sure about the spreads, but I was 7 for 8 last weekend. I won't recap too much. But here is what I will say. "Come On Hit Squad!", Balls Deep can play, Still have no idea about BullDawgs and this weekend should be awesome! 

Okay, So here is how it is laid out: 

8:30am Games: 

#1 Untouchables vs #7 Danger: 

The Untouchables have given up more points than usual this season... but it doesn't discount the fact that they are undefeated yet again. Danger will have to play balls out to take down these guys. I'm not sure Danger has the ability. They have some playmakers and their QB has a gun... but is it enough? (Untouchables -7)

#4 All Madden vs #5 Pain:

I don't like posting on my own games but since it is the playoffs I will give Pain and the guys on my team some reading. Pain is an up and down team. But there is no overlooking Joe (QB) and his quick feet. When he gets in trouble he can make things happen on the ground. All Madden suffered two tough losses the last time they were out, and with a full squad this weekend, we have only one goal in mind and that is playing one game at a time. No spread for this one... 

#3 TTB vs (Unranked) BullDawgs: 

I can't sleep on TTB anymore. Even without seeing the BullDawgs play this season, I can't pick against a Shawnp lead team. (TTB -6)

#2 Victors vs (Unranked) Balls Deep: I wish I could watch this game. This is an interesting match-up. Balls Deep has All-Pro caliber guys and, in my opinion, can stay in any game. With that being said, I know the Victors won't take them lightly. After playing the Victors last week, I know that they have put together a tough squad. It's all a matter of sticking together. (Victors -2)

Based on what I have above that would make the following the 10:00am games: 

#1 Untouchables vs #4 All Madden

#2 Victors vs #3 TTB

I won't pretend to even know what would happen in this scenario. So, to remain unbiased, I will leave it to you to decide. See the poll to the right. Good luck out there everyone. See you Saturday. 

#32

MDSSC - Fall Flag Football Playoffs - Round 1

Back by demand... jumping right into it. 

Pro Play-in games: 

#1 Balls Deep vs #8 Karma: First let me thank Karma for their patience. They are sporting their new AGame jerseys and they look sweet! However, that isn't going to help them against Balls Deep. (BD -14)

#5 Hitmen vs #4 Closet Flags: I saw these two play each other last week and it started off good but Adam (CF) took too many chances deep and made it easy for Hitmen. Hitmen is the better team but if Closet Flags can manage the game better this might be a good one. I'm still picking the Hitmen though... (HM - 6)

#6 X-Factor vs #3 Bulldawgs: I haven't seen either team play but based on X-Factor only having 2 wins, I am going with the Dawgs. (BD -7)

#7 Regulators vs #2 HitSquad: The Regulators were able to throw some scores together last weekend but I don't think it is enough for the Squad. As long as Brady doesn't throw any crazy pick-6's this game should be theirs to lose. (HS -12)

Playoffs 1st Round: 

I am picking these games based on my opinions above. So with that being said...

#7 Danger vs HitSquad: This is actually a pretty even game. Danger has had their struggles in All Pro but I give them props for being up here straight from Semi-Pro. HitSquad has to overcome their playoff woes and until they do, I'm not sure I can pick them this time around. I have even been accused of giving them too much love. I am basing my decision on Danger's play against us (All Madden) and Untouchables...for that reason, I pick them. (AD -1.5)

#5 Pain vs Hitmen: Have not seen Pain play all season but know that they have a quick QB at the helm. This will be Hitmen's 2nd game of the day. I have no idea who to pick hear. One of the Pain guys also told me they don't get any love. Here it is (Pain -2)

#6 Express vs BullDawgs: Express has athletes and they have a strong armed QB that now has some games under his belt. If they actually field a team this week (2 forfeits), I pick them. (Ex -6)

#8 Tarheels vs Balls Deep: Tarheels are like the Detroit Lions from two years ago...winless. It stays that way this season. (BD -4)

That's it guys...I won't be able to make any games this weekend so if you have my number text me your score. Or leave a comment, if you don't mind, with what happened. Hope everyone has a good Halloween weekend. Good Luck out there!

#32

MDSSC Flag Football

Just a quick post to talk about my lack of posts... I have been traveling a lot lately with work and have been in and out of training. Hopefully it will wind down soon and I can focus on throwing a post up at least once a week. However, I need some help from the few of you that read. I have a kid now and am not always willing to spend 4+ hours watching the games at the field, I would rather be watching College Football with the Finster. So if a few of you can do me a favor and shoot me an email or text with your score and a write up if you want that would be great. Considering that the website hasn't been updated with scores since September, I have nothing to go on.

Email is mcginnis32 at yahoo dot com

#32 

MDSSC - Fall Flag Football - Week 4

First off, sorry for the lack of posts lately. Long story, but after looking at my stats I noticed that there are still some of you loyal readers out there. So what the hell, let's get this thing going again.


So what has happened in the first couple of weeks? Well the Untouchables are undefeated, TTB still wants love, and Able Danger stepped up their game with a big win over the Victors. So with that being said, let's just start over and jump into this weeks games.

8:30am

Danger (1-2) vs Untouchables (2-0): Danger gets another tough test against the Summer defending champs. This should be an interesting game. Danger all high on their win over the Victors and now the Untouchables coming to work like they do every week. I say Untouchables stays undefeated. (Untouchables -6)


Tarheels (0-3) vs Victors (2-1): Tarheels are a hybrid of a few teams and I think I saw Jacked Up's QB out there last week. However, the Victors are going to be looking for someone to take their aggression out on this weekend in MudBowl 2010. (Victors -9)

Hitmen (1-1) vs X-Factor (1-2): Hitmen has a consistent squad these days and X-Factor is basically the Warriors. Sticking with Roger "I Love Me Some Me" and the Hitmen. (Hitmen -12)

9:45am

Express (1-2) vs All Madden (2-1): All Madden had a tough loss last week against our rival Untouchables team. I believe that Express gave TTB a win too. This should be a decent game. In All Madden's championship run in the Spring, Express gave us a loss. Express has some play makers and we have a few ourselves. I don't like picking my games so I will leave it to you to decide...

Hit Squad (1-2) vs Regulators (1-2): If I remember right, Hit Squad got off the schneid last week. Now they have an opportunity to make it a streak. I believe they will this week. (Hit Squad -4)


Bulldawgs (3-0)  vs Karma (0-3): Have no idea. Bulldawgs started off with some big wins early this season. Haven't seen them play. I have yet to catch a Karma game... Based on Bulldawgs first couple: (Bulldawgs -6)

11:00am

Untouchables (2-0) vs TTB (2-0): Okay TTB... I have received a few anonymous comments over the last few months about love. You showed that you had the ability to win in Pro and did it this Summer. You have stepped up to All Pro and beat up on Able Danger and Express. Now comes a tougher test. Untouchables is coming off an 8:30 game, so hopefully they have time to clean themselves up and get dry before playing you. I am going out on a limb here and because of TTB's speed and Untouchables usually only bringing 8-9 guys... I am going to call this one (EVEN). That's your love for this week. If you beat Untouchables. I will make sure there is a post up on Sunday. You have my word.


Balls Deep (2-0) vs Closet Flags (2-1): Last week all I saw from Adam was deep balls. Well guess who else likes to show off his arm...Balls Deeps's QB. This should be a good game with Balls Deep winning. (Balls Deep -5)

12:15pm

TTB (2-0) vs Pain (1-2): TTB will have just finished a tough game and have to turn it around to play a Pain team that dropped 45 on the Tarheels. I will say this one is closer than normal due to TTB's double header... (TTB -4)


Here's to hoping we get to play on Saturday. Have a good Friday!


#32

MDSSC Fall Flag Football - We're Back!!

It's about time... the NFL is kicking off tonight and we get to start back up on Saturday. I can't wait to get back out there. Fall is one of those easy going fun seasons. We only have 16 total teams this season; an upper and lower division, but that doesn't mean we won't have great football. 

Contrary to what some had heard, the Untouchables are back to defend their recent title. Speaking of Champs, the reigning Spring Champs that took the Untouchables down finally are back... that's All Madden for those of you who don't know. We have the Express, Tarheels (makeshift of Jacked Up, Money, and some other guys), Danger is back with a motivated Shermanator, the Victors are back...although I don't know who is on this team... and finally trying to put their collective money where their mouth is, TTB round out the upper division.

In the lower division, we also have eight teams. Some regulars, Hit Squad and Hitmen... you also have a newer team in Balls Deep, two other brand new teams Karma and the Regulators, and then you have Bulldawgs, Warriors (XFactor), and Closet Flags. The Hit Squad or Balls Deep are my favorites in this division. 

On to this weekends games... Let's just have a few quick hits: 

8:30am:

Pain vs Express: I hate picking teams for week 1. You never know what to expect. Pain had a nice run a couple seasons ago but have faded since then. Express has some great athletes but never seem to be there in the end. I am going to pick Express in this one though... (Express -4)

Warriors (XFactor) vs Closet Flags: A friend of mine QB's the Flags and he has a decent arm... will he be football ready though? He plays a lot of baseball and softball in the summer. We scrimmaged XFactor last weekend and they have a decent squad. If they can or will simplify their game they will be decent. I am picking the new guys. (XFactor -2)

9:45am:

Danger vs Victors: Mike doesn't do Danger any favors with a warm up game this season. However, I am not sure what to expect from Bill and the squad this season. But I do know that even though I like Danger's tenacity, I think the Victors take this one... (Victors -3.5)

Bulldawgs vs Hit Squad: This Brady didn't find a new squad in the off-season. He still plays for DJ's crew and they have to win this game... in fact, Hit Squad can't lose one game this season. No TTB and no Shire. This is your season Hit Squad. No pressure (Hit Squad -7.5)

11:00: 

All Madden vs Tarheels: We'reeeee baaaaackkk... I don't want to be biased on here and I have no idea who is on the Tarheels team, but we are ecstatic to have our squad back this season. With that being said, we're missing some guys this week and I don't know who the QB is for Tarheels. (All Madden -5)

Karma vs Regulators: This is kind of funny.  I am pretty sure this would be an inter-squad scrimmage if it happened two months ago. Karma, although they have some new guys, used to be on G4B. The Regulators have the other half of G4B from my knowledge. Should be a decent game though. (even) 

That's it this week. Welcome back fellas!!! 

#32

MDSSC Summer Flag Football Finals - Untouchables v CCC (2nd Half)

Here is the 2nd half of the Untouchables vs CCC Championship game. Only 17 more days until we're back at it!!

Special thanks to Khalid (The best Blitzer in our league!) Get better man!

MDSSC - Summer Flag Football - Champions Crowned

The summer is over and the Champs have been crowned. Besides the Pro championship game, there was some pretty sloppy football out there this weekend. I counted at least 8 interceptions in the All-Pro championship  football game and I know there was at least two in the Pro game. All-in-all...a great season by all teams. Let's get right down to it shall we? 

Let's start with the Pro Championship Football game... It was Shire vs TTB in a heated rematch. This game lived up to expectations. TTB was down two scores before fighting their way back into it. It was a fantastic game that was played well. It came down to a 4th and long that Shire had to convert to have a chance. Clyde slung it to Peazy right across the 1st down line only to be knocked away at the last possible second. TTB won by 2 and are crowned the Pro champs. Now, I heard that Shire moved up to All-Pro... is TTB finally going to grace us with their presence? 

In the Semi-pro championship started off rocky for one team and that was Balls Deep. Crabcakes came out on fire jumping up to a 34-0 lead by halftime. I don't know the final score but I know that the Crabcakes won by 13. Tough game for my boy John but Congrats to the resilient Crabcakes! After losing to Balls Deep pretty handily two weeks ago they came out and won it all. 

Now for All-Pro... 

Unfortunately, I missed the early games but was filled in on some of the details. 

Untouchables vs Fuzion - Based on what I heard, Fuzion was kind of short handed, but regardless of that fact, Untouchables only had 8 as well. Their 8 was just better. They won this game kind of easy 33-13 or something like that. 

All Express vs CCC - Okay All Express, I bought into the hype and picked you to win it all. Guess from now on, I will stick to my head and not my gut when it comes to picking games. The same thing happened to me with Shire. I heard this game was kind of crazy. I heard that even though All Express only lost by 6 points or so, that BC threw at least 4 picks.. That won't cut it in the semi's... CCC made it to the Flag Football Championship... I guess the Southpaw was ready to play. 

ALL-PRO CHAMPIONSHIP: 

Untouchables vs CCC - I don't know what to call this game... maybe a defensive battle? A sloppy performance by both QB's? or just a tough football game? Either way, even though there wasn't a lot of scoring it was a great game. Both QB's traded interceptions for most of the first half leading to a 12-6 or 12-12 halftime. Let's just get down to the end of the game. Untouchables was up by 7 points with a little over two minutes to go and it came down to a 3rd or 4th and goal... CCC scored with a bullet to the back of the end zone. (1:48 to go) CCC goes for the tie with the blitz open. They toss it back to a WR who had no one to throw to... 1pt game. With 1:48 to go all Untouchables has to do is get a first down and it's over... CCC had a different plan. They stopped Untouchables with about :47 to go and forced a punt. CCC has one last shot.... one short pass and three incomplete passes later, Untouchables are crowned the champs for the third time in three seasons... and that other season they were in the championship game as well. Congrats to Nick and Aaron and the rest of the Untouchables on another championship win!! 

Nick denies the tie... Untouchables win! 

Lastly, Fall league starts on September 11th.... Have a nice break gentlemen. And I will see you in the fall! 

#32

MDSSC - Summer Flag Football - CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND!!!

Okay, so I know most people wont be able to read this as it is Friday night and the games are tomorrow. My bad fellas...it has been a crazy week. Let's just get started, shall we?

The weekend is here....and this is where you can insert a cliche line. This will be a quick prediction post.

SEMI-PRO Championship: 11:00am

Balls Deep vs Crab Cakes: Balls Deep owned them two weeks ago but lost to them earlier in the season. This could be a great game or it could be a beat down. Balls Deep has a strong armed QB. It all comes down to whether he turns the ball over or not. Crab Cakes has an impressive team that stays together and keeps fighting regardless of the score. I like this game to be closer.. Balls Deep -4

PRO Championship: 9:45am

TTB vs Shire: This should make for an interesting match-up and has generated some buzz on the comment board this week. So here's the deal. TTB ran through teams during the playoffs and were only stopped by Hit Squad during the regular season to stomp them last week in the semi's. Shire has been on a roll and were only stopped by TTB at the end of the season in dominating fashion. However, I won't give TTB all the credit just yet although I think they are the favorites. I like that Mac will be there tomorrow and they looked good this last weekend. TTB will be a true test for them because I think both teams are equal in speed. My gut says Shire and my brain says TTB....hmmm: Shire -2

ALL-PRO Semi's: 8:30am

Fuzion vs Untouchables: Untouchables are at it again this season. They look great again as usual and I am still not sure what to think about Fuzion. They knocked of the Victors earlier this season but had to come back from behind and hold strong on a conversion to beat LBH2. I am going with the favorite on this one: Untouchables -6

CCC vs All Express: All Express has gone from Thomas the Train starting the season without a win to a force only Superman can stop... Question is, does CCC possess that unstoppable force? Maybe their southpaw QB or maybe a guy that has hands... check this out! Either way for some weird reason I feel like All Express has the it factor this time around. All Express -5.5

ALL-PRO CHAMPIONSHIP!

Based on my predictions this game should feature the Untouchables and All Express at 11:00am on Field A. This should have all of the makings of a great game. All Express got the best of the Untouchables a few weeks ago but afterward I heard that Untouchables played with only 7 for the first half. After finding that out, I don't care about that game. Here's the deal with this game...Nick and the Untouchables are by far one of the most consistent teams in our league. They have two championships and were almost undefeated again this season. All Express, on the other hand, got together at the beginning of this season more or less to play and have fun. It started off rough with guys not showing up and them having to play games with 6 or 7 but they finally got their guys to show up including their QB. I have no idea what to predict here so I will say this. I think All Express has the athletes and Untouchables have the discipline...If BC protects the ball, I think All Express wins this one. But I will leave it at this: (All Express -1)

This should be another great championship game. Win or lose earlier in the day you should stick around to watch this. Or if you stumble on this and are already out for the season get your ass up to the fields by 11am. It's supposed to be gorgeous! 

See you out there...#32

MDSSC - Summer Flag Football - Playoffs Week 1

Well the first week of the playoffs is over. There were some surprising results from this weekend's football games; so let's get right to it. 

ALL PRO: 

8:30am: 

#5W Scores vs #4E Jacked Up: Well Jacked Up's QB informed them on Wednesday that he was going to be at a wedding on Saturday and wouldn't be there this weekend. That seriously screws up plans for them to march through the playoffs. They had a tough time with a new looking crew that Scores brought out but in the end, they held on to win the game with veteran John Money at the helm. However, they didn't cover. 

#4W CCC vs #5E Franchise: I don't know the score of this game but I know that CCC won by 7 or so and controlled the lead throughout the game. Is the the end of Franchise Hollywood already? 

11:00am:

#2W LBH2 vs #3E Fuzion: I didn't get to see this game but I heard it was sloppy. LBH held an 18-6 lead at halftime to relinquish it towards the end. Apparently, it was 25-18 by way of Fuzion when LBH scored late to make it 25-24. They went for the win (2pt) and failed. Fuzion moves on. 

#1E Untouchables vs #4E Jacked Up: JU may have been able to survive against scores without Ryan but they lost Khalid in that game too. This one wasn't pretty. 32-0 I believe. 

#1W Victors vs #4W CCC: I don't know the final score of this one but I do know it had to be one of the longest games ever. It went into double OT before the Victors failed to stop CCC. The #4 seed upsets one of my favorites on day one. 

#3W All Express vs #2E Mayhem: My doubt of All Express must ignited something in them or they just brought some more guys out. Just kidding. Either way I heard they won handily and are looking forward to their game or games next weekend. 

ALL PRO GAMES THIS WEEK: 

9:45am - Untouchables vs Fuzion 

9:45am - All Express vs CCC

PRO: 

This playoff bracket was pretty routine... TTB crushed the Spartans, Hit Sqaud (another team without their QB) crushed Menace, Hitmen won although they had to make a comeback in the final minutes and Shire crushed Go 4 Broke... now that was the first round. 

12:15pm: TTB vs Hit Squad: Hit Squad was the only team that was able to give TTB an L this season and it's unfortunate that they had to play a revengeful TTB squad without a QB. It was no match either. TTB locked it down and won 42-6 or something like that. Brady Quinn must have flown off to Denver to win his spot back from Tuck Tebow. 

12:15pm: Shire vs Hitmen: They had an exciting game two weeks ago and this was almost as exciting. Hitmen clawed back from behind again today as they did two weeks ago. It wasn't enough this time and the air was taken out of their sails on a nice one-handed interception by the one and only MAC. Shire won by 3 after giving up a last second score. 

PRO CHAMPIONSHIP: 

11:00AM - TTB vs Shire (Last week TTB routed Shire last week.. What Shire team will show up for the 'ship?)

I have no idea what happened in Semi-Pro other than Balls Deep routed the Tigers and are in the Championship game at 11:00am on Saturday...

More to come on Thursday or Friday...

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#32

MDSSC - Summer Flag Football - PLAYOFFS

Playoffs are here... time to get rolling on my predictions. Mike updated the brackets, so I will go off that and just give my predictions for tomorrow in All Pro and Pro. Semi... you already know my thoughts. 

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*DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE ALL-PRO POLL ----------->>>

Here we go: 
8:30am: #5W Scores vs #4E Jacked Up: Scores had to forfeit last week. They are win-less this season which, unfortunately, isn't going to change here. Jacked Up wins easy. (Jacked Up -14)

8:30am: #5E Franchise vs #4W CCC: From what I heard CCC waxed Franchise last week. Not sure what to think about this game. Both teams played multiple games last week and it was Franchises third of the day when they ran into CCC. Flipped a coin and Franchise was the lucky winner.. (Franchise -1)


11:00am: #2W LBH2 vs #3 Fuzion: LBH seemed a little out of sorts against Franchise last week. A lot of blame was going around. Fuzion on the other hand played as a team to beat the Victors. Fuzion also beat LBH 30-20 earlier this season... (Fuzion -6.5)


11:00am: #2E Mayhem vs #3W All Express: This should be a great game. Considering Kosty and Nick's remarks, I assume they will have their full squad* there. With that being said, I believe Mayhem should all be accounted for. All Express took it to Untouchables last week but I recently heard that Untouchables started the game off with 7. That let a little air out of the balloon for me. Mayhem is consistent and has performed well as always. Taking my bias out of the equation I say: (Mayhem -1.5)


11:00am: #1E Untouchables vs #4E Jacked Up: Untouchables beat JU easily in the first week of the season, but I don't think that game means anything here. Untouchables lost their first game of the season last week with JU coming out of a 3game week 2-1. This game honestly depends on how JU's QB is playing. I give him two modes Football mode and Baseball mode...if he is in football mode this game will be great and they could win due to their size and physical play - Baseball mode? They get crushed. Either way I think Untouchables wins... (Untouchables -4.5)


11:00am: #1W Victors vs Mayhem/All Express: Victor's win over AE doesn't amount to much because I don't know which team the Victors played. The Victors didn't get to see Mayhem this season. Regardless,  I think Bill has his best team in years and one of the best in the league. Sorry for the pressure Bill. (Victors -4 over either)

PRO: 

9:45am (All Games)

#1W TTB vs #4W Spartans: Spartans have barely been able to field a team lately. My boy Ray needs to blow that team up and bring in some new blood for next season. This will be a warm up game for TTB. (TTB -21)

#2W Hit Squad vs #3E Menace: Hit Squad is rolling and they should in this game. Not sure if Menace will get more than 8 there. (Squad -16)

#2E Hitmen vs #3 Bulldawgs: I have yet to see the Bulldawgs play this year but I don't think it matters. Hitmen will roll in this game with their tiny football. (Hitmen -14)

#1W Shire vs #4 Go4Broke: Shire has been an interesting team these last two weeks. They better get back to being ONE cohesive unit. Luckily they have a struggling G4B to match up against. Unfortunately, G4B just hasn't been able to get things going this season. (Shire -13.5)

12:15pm: 

#1E TTB vs #2W Hit Squad: This should be a great game! Hit Squad gave TTB their lone loss this season. I might just have to flip a coin here but instead I am going for the upset. (Hit Squad -1.5)

#1W Shire vs #2E Hitmen: Another great game here... Two weeks ago it almost went into overtime had Hitmen not given up a last second TD and Conversion. The conversion is what won the game for Shire after Hitmen erased a 26-13 deficit in the 2nd half. I don't even know what to put here but if Clyde makes one mistake and his team turns on him as they often do...Hitmen will win. I say: (Shire -1)

That's it for today... I will wrap it up on Sunday or Monday and give you my predictions before next weeks Semi's and Championship.

MDSSC - Summer Flag Football - Regular Season Wrap-up

Alright gentlemen, and I use that term loosely...the season is over and now it is time for the playoffs. Update on the Pro playoffs. It is now and 8 team playoff instead of just the top two. More on that in a minute. First, lets look at what happened yesterday. 

ALL-PRO: 

Victors (5-1) vs Fuzion (3-3): The Victors lost their 2nd game in a row, this time to the 3-3 Fuzion team. I didn't get to see the game but it looked like a late TD was able to put Fuzion up for the win. I heard that the Victors still had a chance and actually scored a TD at the last second to have it reversed due to a sack. Either way, Fuzion is on a roll and Victors are sliding a little...they better turn it on next week. 

Franchise (2-4) vs Jacked Up (1-3): This was a pretty good game. I think it was too early for both teams and they started off slow but Jacked Up was able to hold off a late surge to seal it 28-22. Both of these teams had multiple games so I will hold my thoughts until later. 

Untouchables (6-0) vs All Express (2-4): Here is the shocker for the day. All Express knocked off the Untouchables, giving them their first loss of the season. I got to watch the end of the game when Untouchables was trying to comeback but after a desperation throw that ended in an INT it was a done deal. I didn't think I would get to say it this season but All Express looks good and could be a sleeper.

Jacked Up (1-3) vs CCC (2-4): No nothing about this game but was told that JU beat CCC.

Franchise (2-4) vs LBH2 (3-3): Franchise woke up and turned things around to win this one 41-21. LBH seems to have a little dissension among them... P.S. Qb for LBH is one of the quickest guys in the league if not THE quickest.

Mayhem (4-1) vs Jacked Up (1-3): Didn't get to see this game either but I heard that Mayhem's defense locked it down to win this one.

PRO: 

Hitmen took care of the Spartans early and Hit Squad did the same to Go 4 Broke. Both games were over by halftime. The only other game that mattered was TTB vs Shire. I had this as the game of the week but TTB put an end to that one early as they got a hold of the lead. The game didn't matter all that much but it was a solid win by a solid team. 

SEMI-PRO: 

You may have seen what Zack posted earlier today if not you can see it here. The game that was key to me was the dominating win by Balls Deep over the other #1 team Crabcakes. 

 Lastly....The MAC Poll:

ALL PRO MAC POLL:

1. (LW 1) Untouchables (6-1)

2. (LW 3) Victors (5-2)

3. (LW 2) Mayhem (6-1)

4. (LW 4) Fuzion (4-3)

5. (LW 7)  Jacked Up (3-4) 

6. (LW 5) Franchise (3-4)

7. (LW 8) All Express (3-4) 

8. (LW 4) LBH2 (3-4)

9. (LW 9) CCC (1-6)

10. (LW 10) Scores (0-7)

Okay, here is my final poll. Some teams evened up this week and although the Victors slipped, I still feel like both them and the Untouchables are the best teams in the league this season. With that being said, I like what All Express looks like even though no one knows who is there from week to week except for my fellow Madden players and Kosty. Jacked up had 3 games and went 2-1.. It's hard to say how they will play next week. Fuzion had a huge boost of confidence after this weeks win and Franchise had some positive results as well also going 2-1 with a dominating win over LBH2. 

Officially, I believe the standings will leave these rankings:

East: #1 Untouchables, #2 Mayhem, #3 Fuzion, #4 Jacked Up, #5  Franchise

West: #1 Victors, #2 LBH2, #3 All Express, #4 CCC, #5 Scores 

The big question is: Does Mike do reseeding after the first round? Victors and Untouchables get a bye since it is a 10 team playoff.  I would imagine that it's Mayhem vs Scores, LBH2 vs Franchise, Fuzion vs CCC, and All Express vs Jacked Up. I will have my thoughts later in the week. 

 

PRO MAC POLL:

1. TTB (6-1)

2. Shire (6-1)

3. Hit Squad (6-1)

4. Hitmen (4-3) - IN

5. Menace (2-4?) 

6. Bulldawgs (2-4?)

7. Go 4 Broke (1-6)

8. Spartans (0-7)

Now it is officially an 8 team playoff...

West: #1 Shire, #2 Hit Squad, #3 Bulldawgs, #4 Spartans

East: #1 TTB,  #2 Hitmen, #3 Menace, #4 G4B

It should look like this: Shire vs G4B, TTB vs Spartans, Hit Squad vs Menace, Hitmen vs Bulldawgs. 

SEMI-PRO MAC POLL:

1. Balls Deep (6-1)

2. Crabcakes (6-1)

3. Circus Show (3-3)

4. Bayside Tigers (2-6?)

5. Warriors (2-4)

6. I Hate Brion (0-6)

I honestly don't know what is going on but I do know this... It will be Balls Deep vs Crabcakes for the championship and if Balls Deep's QB doesn't try to win it with his cannon of an arm they will be the champs.