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.