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
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 -16All Madden vs Revolution: All Madden -4Express vs Untouchables: Untouchables -3Movement vs Beltway Bombers: evenThat is it for this week...
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
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.
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.
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
