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...

Maryland Flag Football Pictures (MDSSC Playoffs)

Scroll below or click here for the end of season write up.
Ryan of Jacked Up tossin a TD vs Untouchables.

This is that TD mentioned above

Jacked Up vs Untouchables

Jacked Up doinating the Untouchables...

Who knew Tim could shake 3 defenders for a TD?

A good catch in an unfortunate game for the Untouchables.

Scott of Mayhem trying to split Fuzion defenders.

Dave of Mayhem breaking another tackle.

Mayhem's Tim...defending a Fuzion pass.

Swatted ball by Mayhem defender.. they were up 24-20 in this half.

Contrary to this picture, this was not an interception.

MDSSC's celebrity

MDSSC's Ed Hochuli

No Response's QB John, slingin the rock for a TD.

Jacked Up Wins it!! Another Maryland Flag Football Season is in the Books...

What a great weekend of football. The morning started out with Mayhem vs No Response and the Victors vs Jacked Up. Well our team didn't do too much to stop Mayhem. They beat us pretty easily; dinking and dunking down the field. The Victors had a tough time handling Jacked Up and eventually lost in the last few seconds of the game.

It looks like I even inspired Mike to finally provide a recap on the website. Fuzion was able to out score Mayhem this time in the semi's to make it to the 'ship. Jacked Up faced an incomplete Untouchables team who was missing their QB. I don't buy this whole 2nd and 3rd QB bullshit. We have all been in the league too long and know that only the Victors carry two QB's. Anyway, here we area refreshed Jacked Up team and a Fuzion team that manages to put up tons of points. In the end it was Jacked Up 35 - Fuzion 32. It was a Jacked Up season yet again. Excuse the pun.

I would write more, but Mike did a good job. Click the link above. It is going to be hard for me to write about the fall season. No Response will be in the league again but I am going to take a Favre-like season and flip-flop back and forth on whether I am playing. I am playing in another league on Sundays and I will likely be more involved with that. With that being said, I will gladly take contributors for the fall season. Please email me or comment if you would like to sub in as an author for a week or two.

MDSSC Fall Flag Football starts on 9/12/09 and from what it sounds like it should be another great season. If your team needs some new uniforms or you are starting to plan for the winter. Let me know if you would like to get pricing or see some samples. You can also check out:
All-Madden (yeah the Favre lover is back to sling TD's to #42.. Watch out for All-Madden this season)
Revolution (Don't count Nick and his bro out... lets hope they can count on their team to show up for the fall games.)
Victors (Typically always the regular season champs but this season actually showed up on time in the playoffs and threw their whole approach off...Guys, if the game starts at 8:30am you have until 5 or 10 minutes after that before a forfeit. Don't change your routine.)
And the Runner-up's Fuzion also wears the quality AGame uniforms.

RFFA is supposed to start soon but the site hasn't been updated. I am going to copy the commish on this to see if he can post any news on this issue.

I feel like I am ending this season's blog abruptly without a good ending. For that I apologize. Posting pictures now. Good luck to all of the squads this Fall... don't forget to contact me if you would like to contribute.

Will

Maryland Flag Football... MDFFA Countdown to the Fall Season

MDFFA starts 9/20/09: New teams include the Giants, Eagles, Hurricanes, Infantry and the Rebels. If those are added to the teams from the spring it would make 15-16 teams! This could be the making of a great season. For you new guys (and vets of the league that want to look good winning...or losing), I have access to some awesome custom uniforms. Made to order for a great price and if ordered now could be ready by week 1..week 2 the latest. Email me.

For you MDFFAers, this blog (or a new/associated one) will be updated weekly. No more waiting for Fortune Teller. I am here with the facts and spreads.

Victors #32..
mcginnis32@yahoo.com

MDSSC Flag Football Playoffs in Maryland... Round 1 Week 2

Guys, I am sorry for the delay.. I have been swamped all week. So a here is a brief recap of last week.

Fuzion walloped LBH2 41-14 and move on to the next round. The Untouchables were able to put a stop to Rezurrection's run and take them out 25-19. That must have been a hell of a game. Unfortunately I didn't make it to either last week so I can't write much more than this.

On to this week. Round 1 finishes up with us (No Response) taking on Mayhem in a rematch of a great game earlier in the season. The Victors will take on Jacked Up in a battle that has happened a lot in MDSSC playoffs history.

First, Mayhem beat No Response earlier in the season 36-30 in OT. The great thing...for them; they only had 6 guys to do it. As you can see Mayhem is the favorite but I think that this will be a great game. No Response has made strides towards the end of this season with a big win over the Untouchables and have the team to make it interesting. On the other hand, it is Scott and his crew of misfits that happen to always turn it up a notch in the playoffs.
Mayhem -8

The other first round game is the Victors vs Jacked Up. They also played earlier this season with the Victors coming out on top 35-21. Right now the Victors are playing next level ball. While they almost gave one away in the last week of the season to Jumpoff they seem to be unstoppable. Jacked Up has had an inconsistent season, which unfortunately, I attribute to a bunch of games lumped together (I am assuming at their request). They were able to play their way into the playoffs by slipping past Money 19-18. Unfortunately, I think this is where they stop.
Victors -12

Round 2:
This is hard to write, but due to the fact that all of the games are on Saturday, I might as well throw some predictions out there.

My Personal goal... Beat Mayhem and play Fuzion well enough to beat them.

Fuzion is an enigma to me. They had a big loss to the Victors and Rezurrection and were out scored by Mayhem in a shoot out. They beat LBH2 twice, by big margins, and easily took care of the Untouchables.

If I go on spreads alone here is what I think might happen:
Mayhem beats NR.. Victors beat Jacked Up.

Round 2: Mayhem beats Fuzion and Victors payback the Untouchables

Championship: Honestly, my thoughts are that the Victors are the team to beat this season. They have a great squad and even when Johnny is getting on the ENTIRE teams nerves they still play good as long as they don't turn the ball over and play decent defense. I think Mayhem will score on them easier than most teams. Scott makes quick decisions and is able to read defenses like kids books. The Victors play on talent. I would imagine that the Victors could hold them off and win with a score of 38-36 or something like that.

With respect to all the teams, including my teammates. I am excited about this weekend and look forward to playing. All in all, I hope that no one is injured, Skip and Vito can put up with all the arguing and that we have a great, hopefully dry, day. Good luck everyone and see you on the fields.

**Things to remember:
1. The Fall MDSSC Season starts on September 12th.
2. If you need jerseys for your team, I am your guy. Check out The Victors & Fuzion's jerseys this weekend to see what I am talking about. Or check out AGame's website.
3. A new League its Reisterstown for those of you guys that want a little more contact. Not sure if it will be on Saturdays or Sundays but I will keep you posted. Either way, you can play in two. I do. Email me if you need help finding a team I can help you get in touch with some of the coaches.
4. MDFFA starts 9/20. I am playing with the Baltimore Victors in this league and we are looking to capitalize on the momentum we had at th end of the season.

MDSSC Summer Flag Football Playoffs

Gentlemen, the table is set. The Bracket complete. This weekend is the start of the All-Pro Division playoffs. There were a few great games on Saturday to end the season. Mayhem slipped by Fuzion 48-40 for the #1 spot in the North. Jacked Up was able to get by All-Money 19-18 for the 4th spot in the North. (A little more on this in a minute) Lastly, the Victors almost allowed Jumpoff to end their season with a win, but got it together to win 20-18.

Okay, so in my last post I listed the tiebreakers which showed, based on this last weekend's results, All-Money making it in if it ended up being a three way tie. It appears though that the commish resulted in using strength of schedule as the determining factor instead of Bar Tab. I am sure this was a tough call for the commish as he is on All-Money and I am sure, if anyone goes to the bar consistantly, it would be members of their team. Let me just say this guys, we need to show support for Hightopps. I know that I need to chip in too. They have good food and the atmosphere is pretty cool. Considering our game times though I know it is tough. I propose that Mike get with Hightopps and maybe get us discount cards of some sort to use during the week or something. Let's be honest, Hightopps doesn't open until lunch time, and if you are playing in any game but the noon game, you are more likely to stop at Bob Evans than Hightopps. What say you commish? Just a thought.

Okay, FOOTBALL now. This weekend LBH2 squares off against Fuzion at 11am for a classic re-match. These two who got their starts in the Pro Division and have worked their way into being powers in the All-Pro with LBH2 winning it all in the winter. A lopsided victory by Fuzion (48-24) this season will add to the fire. Unfortunately, LBH2's Quarterback won't be here this weekend so they will have to rely on their back up (Duke) who has a decent arm but based on the loss earlier this season it is hard to tell who will win this one.
Spread: Fuzion -8

The other game this weekend is Untouchables vs Rezurrection at 12:15. If you would have asked me at the beginning of this season who would win this match-up; I would have said Untouchables hands down. Now, I look at these teams and Rezurrection has won 5 straight with only one of those games being a walk against the Best Team. The Untouchables on the other hand have gone 3-2 in their last 5 with 2 of those wins against the Best team and Jumpoff. I will leave it to you but here is the Spread: Rezurrection -6.

Keeping it short this week as I am already late enough with this post. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

1. Fall Season for MDSSC starts soon.
2. A new League its Reisterstown for those of you guys that want a little more contact. Not sure if it will be on Saturdays or Sundays but I will keep you posted. Either way, you can play in two. I do. Email me if you need help finding a team I can help you get in touch with some of the coaches.
3. MDFFA starts 9/20. I am playing with the Baltimore Victors in this league and we are looking to capitalize on the momentum we had at th end of the season.
4. I know you guys want to look as good as Revolution, All-Madden, Fuzion, and the Victors... You need jerseys or Uniforms, I can help you out. Email or call me. Check out the AGame website too.

New Contact 8-Man Flag Football League in Maryland!

For my current readers, please see below or click here for this weeks write up. I apologize for the multiple posts but I want to introduce this new league.

The league will be the Reisterstown Flag Football Association. I don't know what field yet but I am thinking Northwest Regional. Don't hold me to that. Here is the email from the Commish:

"I have some updates for you. The league Website has been created and we will start to update it immediately and over the next few weeks.
http://www.leaguelineup.com/rffa

There will be teams from Howard county league coming over and possibly some teams from PA and elsewhere.
We will be playing on Brand new field turf so make sure we always keep the facility clean.

On that note, all teams must have matching JERSEYS with a NUMBER on at least the back. If you need inexpensive ideas on attaining jerseys just ask….many of us have connections. (Inserting my plug here... Contact me: Will McGinnis, I am associated with AGameTeam Apparel. Great Uniforms and good prices. mcginnis32@yahoo.com or 877-898-4082x107)

The League will be sponsored by Bill Batemens, Charltey Plaza Location which will help keep the cost down for all teams.
Please patronize the establishment and let them know you are with the league. They will have Food & Drink specials for RFFA Affiliates.

Some of the rules and formats will be changing because we will be using MCFFU rules & Regulations. www.mcffu.com
Everything is up for discussion but you must attend the League meeting or you will have no say.
Team captains will vote too."

So... what does this mean? Your wives/girlfriends will be pissed that you are going to be gone even more on the weekends. Good news is that this is contact so you can take it out (cleanly) on the other team. I will be posting on this league as well as MDFFA which starts on September 20th in Essex. I play for the Baltimore Victors and we were able to make it into the top tier playoffs in our first season and were a play (tough call) away from being in the Semi's. I am excited for the season to kick off that has 5 new teams joining including the Maryland Giants who should have a good squad.

So things to remember:
Check out the RFFA
Call/email me for Uniforms/Jerseys (mcginnis32@yahoo.com & 877.898.4082x107)
MDFFA starts in Essex on 9/20/09

Maryland Flag Football League Pictures (MDSSC)

John Getting one by Jeremy Conn... (Money vs Mayhem 7/18/09)

Vet Tony Oakley catching a pass for a 1st. (Victors vs LBH2 8/1/09) Hale breaking two tackles for an extra yd. (Victors vs LBH2 8/1/09)

Had to put one of me. (No Response vs Untouchables 8/1/09)

Interception (No Response vs Untouchables 8/1/09)

(No Response vs Untouchables 8/1/09)

Tip Toe the line! (No Response vs Untouchables 8/1/09)

No Response 8/1/09

MDSSC is Maryland's Premiere Summer Flag Football League

Sorry for the delay in getting this out this week. But it's still Wednesday so give me a break.

RECAP:
Some good games were played last week. Early in the day, Mayhem was stunned by Jacked Up early on but still had a chance to win it. I looked over from my game to see a heart breaking TD drop from a Mayhem receiver's hands right into a Jacked Up defenders. That was all she wrote. (Jacked Up 38 - Mayhem 26)

The other early game was ours (NR vs Untouchables) and it was a good one. A defensive battle ensued from the beginning. One of the key players of the game was NR's rusher who had at least 6 sacks and two bomb TD's helping No Response capitalize on a flustered, unfortunately shirtless, quarterback for a 20-6 victory. On a side note, these guys ruined my pictures.

After our game, the Victors squared off with LBH2. The Victors got a 1 minute warning before a forced forfeit. In typical fashion, their team showed up one by one to get the game started. One of their key defenders (Lichaa), even hopped in a 3rd down defensive play on a full sprint from his car. Even better, he picked off the pass and took it to the house for 6. Unfortunately, he didn't have a chance to take his flags from his shoulders and put them on, negating the TD. LBH2 jumped on them quickly after that, scoring and forcing a TO to go up 14-0. I had to leave at that point but the Victors settled down to win 32-20.

In the other games, it looks like the rest of Jump Off decided to show up for once and they beat the Best Team 48-26. Jacked Up could not carry their momentum into their contest with Fuzion and lost 31-18. Mayhem also had a second contest with a struggling Revolution team that can't seem to get a consistent team there on Saturdays...needless to say, Scott was able to help Mayhem hold off Revolution 22-18. And rounding out the weekend All-Money lost to Rezurrection 28-18 and Revolution was able to beat Jacked Up on Sunday 26-15.

Now for the fun football stuff. We are in the final week of the regular season for the Summer Flag Football League.

The South Division is locked up:
Victors (6-1), LBH2 (5-2), Untouchables (4-3), No Response (3-4), Jumpoff (1-6) & Best Team (0-7)

Unless the Victors forfeit (forced to forfeit because they are always late), or screw around against Jumpoff they will be #1. The other 3 spots will depend on the outcome of this weekend. LBH2 (5-2) faces No Response (3-4) and the Untouchables (4-3) should handle The Best Team (0-7).

The North is a little different:
Fuzion (5-2), Rezurrection (5-2), Mayhem (5-2), All-Money (3-4), Revolution (3-4) & Jacked Up (2-5)

Revolution plays Rezurrection at 11. At 12:15 Jacked Up plays All-Money and Mayhem faces Fuzion in a battle for first place. These three games are set to be pretty good games and will also determine seeding and who makes it in the playoffs.

Lets start with the 3 teams on bottom. JU beat Mayhem last week but lost to Revolution. Money beat Revolution. Money and JU play this weekend. If Money wins they're in. Because of their win over Revolution they hold the tie breaker. Here's where it gets tricky though. If Revolution loses and JU beats Money they will all be 3-5 with wins over each other. Per the rules on the site:
For standings' purposes, tie-breakers will be determined in the following order:
1. # of pts from win loss tie record.. **Won't matter
2. Teams' head to head outcomes during the regular season **Won't matter
3. Aggregate team bar tab **Tricky, who knows about this, JU played most of their games in 2-3 wks, who knows if they went to the bar, Mike has been out the last two-three weeks so who knows if Money goes to the bar and same goes for Revolution who barely fields a team each week.
4. Strength of schedule **Kind of a Judgement call, JU has a win over Mayhem?
5. Least # of points given up. **Going into this week Money has given up the least at 159.
6. Total number of points scored from seasons’ games
7 A coin toss will determine the tie-breaker.
This will all be irrelevant if Revolution wins and Money loses..

Maryland Flag Football Summer League Spreads:
8:30: LBH2 (5-2) vs No Response (3-4): LBH2 -6
9:45: Victors (6-1) vs Jumpoff (1-6): Victors -28
9:45: Best Team (0-7) vs Untouchables (4-3): Untouchables -28
11:00: Revolution (3-4) vs Rezurrection (5-2): Rezurrection -6
12:15: Jacked Up (2-5) vs All-Money (3-4): Honestly don't know here... (even)
12:15: Mayhem (5-2) vs Fuzion (5-2): I have to watch this game! Mayhem -2 (Playing for first place)

Final thoughts going into this week. Victors are scoring at will, LBH2 has lost two in a row and throwing a personal wish out that I want to capitalize on it. Rezurrection has won four games in a row including a win over Fuzion. Mayhem is Mayhem and regardless of what happens they are in the playoffs so anything can happen. Money needs Pat back. Revolution will be fine in the fall or winter. Jacked Up might consider sitting out next summer if they have to play 2-3 games on multiple weekends, I think it has affected them. Jumpoff will be okay if they get some consistency and quit over-complicating everything.. same goes for No Response. And the Best Team.. change your name and keep your heads up. Great talent just haven't played together and needs to pick a QB to stick with.

Good Luck this weekend everyone. I am going to post some pictures separately and announce a new league.

50% isn't bad... but could have been better.

MDSSC has been a Flag Football League in Maryland for over seven years and has grown to over 30+ teams a season after starting out as 6 co-ed teams from what I can remember. My goal is to get that to 50 before the summer of 2010.

On to the good stuff.. Week 4 of MDSSC was a balancing weekend at best. The Victors found a way to beat us (NoResponse) 47-25.. After a tight first half ending 22-19, the Victors opened up on us and only gave up one TD. They then took the rest of their vengeance out on a Scott-less Mayhem (61-0)...108 points in 2 games. That is pretty impressive.

For my other picks.. Fuzion let me down and Rezurection did exactly what their name suggests and rose from two bad losses to put it to Fuzion and give them their first loss. I don't know what the score was from the Untouchables/Jumpoff game but I know that Jumpoff is 0-3 and Untouchables are 3-1. And lastly, All-Money beat Revolution to get back to .500. I heard it was a decent winning margin but that Revolution was short on players. Regardless a win is a win and in all honesty as long as you make it in the playoffs any of these teams have a shot.

On to the games of the week...By the way Mike, on one hand it is nice to get the games out of the way but 8:30 is way early man!

8:30 am: LBH2 (3-0) vs Untouchables (3-1): Great potential match-up here. LBH2 was off last week and the Untouchables got to 3-1. LBH2 has big wins against Jacked Up (only 1 game so far) and Rezurection. Untouchables knocked off the Victors and Money but lost to Fuzion. This will be a barn burner I feel. Who ever gets a stop or two will win this one.
Prediction: 35-32 (Untouchables)

9:45 am: No Response (1-3) vs Jumpoff (0-3): I don't like to pick my own games.. so I will leave my prediction out. We have a new QB who has been coming into his own. We have put up some decent points and have given up about the same. Jumpoff looks to have gone a similar route facing Revolution, LBH2, and Untouchables. That is a tough schedule and you can never sleep on Babe and his patented look off passes. This will be a good game...mostly because we both need wins to stay in the playoff hunt.

11:00 am: There are two good games in this slot: Jacked Up (0-1) vs Rezurection (2-2) & Revolution (2-1) vs Fuzion (2-1)... don't know which one to go with so I will be brief. Jacked Up is coming off a short vacation... will the weekends at the beach have an effect? Not on Khalid that is for sure.
Revolution and Fuzion are both coming off humbling losses. This is the point in the season where Fuzion decides whether those first two wins where a fluke because teams were sleeping on them or whether they're legit. Nocar is back at the helm this season for Revolution and if his team mates are on time they are a tough bunch.
Predictions: (Jacked Up: 28-22) (Revolution: 35-21)

12:15 pm: All-Money (2-2) vs Mayhem (2-1)...I don't want to pick anymore Mayhem games if they won't have a QB all the time but it was this or the (0-2) Circus Show vs the (0-1) Underdogs (Semi-pro).. Put it this way, if Scott shows up this week it will be a decent game. Likely with Money capitalizing on their momentum to squeak one out... no Scott and Mayhem will start to hope they win enough to stay in the top 4 of their divison.
Prediction: *28-24 (Money) *If Scott shows up

Some final thoughts... the North division is evening up with three 2-1 teams, two .500 teams and Jacked Up with some games to play. The South division is shaping up a little more distinctively with the only undefeated team left and a team at 3-1, 2-1, 1-3, and two 0-3 teams. In the South this week will start to determine the teams in the playoffs while in the North this weeks inter-division games will start to change some of the rankings. A great season so far. Good luck to all the teams this weekend and I will post again next week.

P.S. If you like the uniforms that the Victors, Fuzion and Revolution are wearing this season and want some more information. Drop me a line and I can answer any of your questions.

MDSSC....Heating up

On to the MDSSC Flag Football League played in Hunt Valley, Maryland on Saturdays...All-Pro Division: 3 weeks are down with a bye last week for the holiday. Hope everyone had a safe 4th. So a brief overview of the season so far...

Not everyone has played three games and even one of the stronger teams (the Victors) have only played one. Standings currently have 4 teams undefeated (Mayhem, Fuzion, Revolution and LBH2) and the Untouchables at 2-1. Everyone else is either 1-2 or 0-2 and the Victors and Jacked up have only played once and both lost. There are 12 teams in all and usually ends up being a pretty tight season for the most part. Each team will play 8 games.. Here are some of the games of the week:

8:30am: Fuzion(2-0) vs Rezurection (1-2)
Fuzion has taken All-Pro by storm beating the Untouchables and Money by decent amounts. Now that they are getting settled lets see if they can keep it up. On the other side, Rezurection started out with a high scoring 37-35 victory over NoResponse to turn around and lose 42-27 and 48-16 to LBH2 and Mayhem respectively.. Important to note that both of those teams are championship squads. I wouldn't overlook Rezurection...but they need to tighten up their D.
Prediction: 35-21 (Fuzion)

9:45am: Untouchables (2-1) vs Jumpoff (0-2)
Untouchables shocked Money (30-6) and shocked the Victors (31-27) in our last week of games.. but in between those got crushed by Fuzion 44-13. On the other side.. Jumpoff has started slow at 0-2 with a close loss to Revolution (37-32) and the other loss to LBH2 (39-27). This game might be close but with the momentum on Untouchables side...
Prediction: 28-16 (Untouchables)

11am: Victors(0-1) vs Mayhem (2-0)
Mayhem has started off with two big wins against two new teams and the Victors were beat by the Untouchables on the 27th (31-27)... Victors will look to bounce back with an early game vs (0-2) NoRespons and then this game. Mayhem only has this one. This is a tough call considering Scott is back and flinging the ball and the Victors are always in contention.
Prediction: Going to flip a coin here...Tails=Victors - Heads=Mayhem... Heads it is. I have no idea what the score will be so I will say 28-26 Mayhem...

12:15: Revolution (2-0) vs All-Money (1-2)
Revolution has had two good wins against the Jumpoff (0-2) and NoResponse (0-2)... All-Money beat the Best Team (0-2) easily but lost to the Untouchables (2-1) and Fuzion (2-0).. This is a hard one to call. Both teams have been in the league for a long time and know eachother well. The key here will be defense. All-Money has given up 75 pts and scored 75.. Lopsided loss and a lopsided win... Revolution has played 2 games to Money's 3 and has given up 45pts but scored 70. Going out on a limb here.
Prediciton: 24-21 (Money)

MDFFA Season Over - Scorpions are the Champs!

Sorry it has been a few weeks... I am new to this whole blogging thing. So on to the news.

MDFFA is now over with the Scorpions taking the cup after an undefeated season of 8-0. Being #1 going into the playoffs they had a bye. On Saturday (6/20) the Bengals beat the Victors 28-21 and the Arsenal beat the Raiders 12-6 which set up the #2 Blaze vs #3 Arsenal and the #1 Scorpions vs the #4 Bengals (with Packers Players apparently)...

Sunday (6/21) had some great defensive games showing the Blaze come out 6-0 over the Arsenal and the Scorpions beating the Bengals 19-13. Setting up the expected #1 vs #2 championship game. Yet another defensive battle ending in a 7-0 defeat of the Blaze to give the Scorpions the Spring cup. Great season for the MDFFA.

Fall season is set to start in Late September (the 20th it looks like). This was my first year in the league and I had a blast. Have a great summer!

I will be posting on this blog about other leagues in the area as well as a few tournaments if I can make them. Email me or comment if you have any questions about some of the other leagues. If you need jerseys, I have a great contact as well. Let me know.

MDFFA - Championship Weekend

Championship weekend is upon us in MDFFA's Spring league. Being part of the Victors as been pretty exciting and I think that we have a chance to contend. But let me put my bias aside.

Championship Bracket:
3pm: #3 Arsenal vs #6 Raiders

Arsenal had a great season... they are 7-1. Personally I say 6-2 with that double OT win over the Victors in which one of their guys even admitted that the ref blew that call in the endzone that would have sealed it. Regardless it was a great game. Some other notable games: They lost to the Blaze 24-0, Beat Compound 18-0, and perhaps more significantly beat the Raiders two weeks ago 19-12.

Raiders got into the playoffs...they played well against some lesser teams but 3 wins in a row helps your confidence. Key losses are shutouts vs the scorpions and Bengals... and perhaps as mentioned below the loss to the Arsenal a few weeks ago..

Prediction: Arsenal 18 - Raiders 7

Championship Bracket:
4:30pm: #4 Bengals vs #5 Victors

The Bengals have had an interesting season... They have 3 losses, one each to the Scorpions and Blaze... and some debacle versus the Brigade. Three of their six wins are impressive high scoring shut outs. I keep hearing these things about Packer players showing up and I can't help but wonder how it must be to have to bring in ringers for the playoffs. How does that affect chemistry?

This was the Victors first season in MDFFA... they have had an up and down season at first but capped off the regular season with a 3 game win streak. I think the key game for them was holding Scorpions to six points.

Prediction: Bengals 7 - Victors 13

Okay... I am tired now..

Consolation Bracket:
Red Knights beat Nightmares: 21 - 7
Trojans trounce the Bridgade: 24 - 12
Compound beats Trojans: 18 - 14
Stallions beat Red Knights: 7 - 0

Compound probably had one of the toughest schedules out of all of these teams in this bracket. They win the Consolation Bracket over the Stallions 14-6.

I will post again on Saturday night... lets see how Saturday goes...

I don't know what our rules are on rain but the forecast is pretty crappy tomorrow...

Maryland Flag Football

This is my first blog. That's me up there #32 getting a sack in the MDFFA Essex 9 man Contact League..also to the right.. yeah I am the kicker..so What?!? (Little more about that in a minute). I am going to try and gather as much information about the area leagues and try to bring that information to this page. My goal is to help grow all the leagues I come in contact with. In this economy with a lot of doubt in the future there is nothing better than going out on the weekends and forgetting about things for a couple hours. Especially when there is an opportunity to hit somebody...cleanly.

So for my first blog, I will introduce myself. My name is Will McGinnis and I play for No Response in the MDSSC league in Hunt Valley, MD. I also play for the Baltimore Victors in the MDFFA league and it is our first year. We made it to the Championship Playoff bracket on Sunday! We are a 5th seed play this Saturday against the #4 Baltimore Bengals. Notable Nationally ranked teams in this league are the #1 seeded Baltimore Scorpions (we lost to them in the regular season 6-0) and the #2 seeded Baltimore Blaze (we lost to them pretty bad 34-0...I will say as good as they are, we played them Week 1...our first week as a team together.).

I am excited to be in the Championship Tier Playoffs and think that we have a team that can contend for the title. It is at Essex Community College this weekend Saturday at 4:30 pm and Sunday at 9:00 am if you are interested.

One last note. I am also working with the AGame Team, the company that provides our uniforms. They provide Quality Flag Football jerseys, Regular Jerseys, Basketball jerseys...really everything, including shorts or regulation pants. If you have any questions or would like some more information Feel free to email me and I will help you out.

Until Next time.. #32