Inside the Redzone (Div C) – Week 8

 

A REMINDER THAT ALL GAMES ARE ON SATURDAY THIS WEEK! Now only two weeks are left before sixteen teams will commence their journey to the holy grail of football. The playoff picture is almost set but I’ll touch base on that a bit later. For those of you who have been out of country or were under a rock, Trojans took care of some serious business by beating Fools Of The Country. What does this mean? Well for one, FOTC will no longer have the chance at a perfect season and two, Trojans showed Division C that they are now the team to beat.

 

While all this talk is going on about fools, country and Trojan protection, another team is getting it done quitely. What team is that? None other than the Briscoe High Hawks, who currently sit at 4-4. However do NOT let their record fool you, they are a team built to go far in the playoffs. This past Sunday, they came over a two score deficit late in the game and beat Lobster Dinner. If you see this team on your schedule, I strongly urge you to not underestimate them. Scott Kelly, Garrett Taylor, Oliver Phillip, Nathaniel Thomas, J.P. Mancini and quite a few others are looking to not only storm into the playoffs but possibly win their division. Will the absence of J.P. Mancini, Ben Joseph and Anthony Da Ponte, who played great last weekend, hurt their chances this Saturday? Only time will tell.

 

Playoff Picture

Conference A

 

There are two teams fighting for a playoff spot; Kludgies and Vicious Canucks with the latter having the head-to-head advantage in case of a tie. So here are my predictions:

 

• Vicious Canucks will lose to Point Point and Chaos; they’ll end up at 2-8.
  
  
• Kludgies will lose to Broccasion and Titans and also will end up at 2-8.

 

So with the head-to-head advantage, Vicious Canucks will grab the last playoff spot. If Mr. Olsen and Mr. Bodkin believe they can prove me wrong, I would love for them to do so.

Conference B

 

Do the Titans have a chance to make the playoffs? Alex Porras thinks so! Alex and I were having milkshakes at Dairy Queen and he broke it down for me as only he can and I quote, “Titans will make the playoffs by beating the Kludgies in the last week of the season. It doesn’t matter if they lose to MMMT because Primetime will lose against MMMT and FOTC and Jets will lose to the Darkhorses even though they will beat the Vikings.” Who discusses FPF playoff scenarios when having milkshakes? Regardless Alex’s predictions are:

 

• Titans will lose to MMMT and beat Kludgies so their record will be 3-7.

 

• Primetime will lose to FOTC and MMMT; hence will be 2-7-1.

 

• Jets will lose to Darkhorses but beat Vikings; so they will be 2-7-1.

 

Therefore Primetime and Jets will miss the playoffs. I think both teams are good however I find it more shocking that Primetime will miss the playoffs, because they showed so much promise at the beginning of the season. However, they can prove Alex and I wrong by winning one of their remaining games. They have to win one of the two games, a tie won’t be enough. That said, if I know anything about Primetime, it is that they won’t go down without a fight; well not literally, I hope.

 

**Remember, there are no guarantees in life and even Vegas can get their odds wrong. You control your own destiny so fight for your playoff lives and show everyone they should’ve never doubted you**

 

 

Weekly Poll

 

Before I can get to it, here are last week’s poll results:

Question: Who is the best dressed player in Division C?

Answer: I got a response saying Lobster Dinner team due to their tuxedo shirts but actually that would fall into the best jerseys. The best dressed player remains Ben Joseph.

 

Here is this week’s poll question:

 

If you had to pick one player in Division D, who doesn’t play in a higher division, to build a team around (sort of like a franchise player), who would it be? You cannot pick your teammate.

 

**Please email me your responses (provided below) **

 

 

The Amazing Race

 

Known to be an entertaining TV show, this segment will monitor leading candidates for FlagPlus Football’s seasonal awards alongside a new award (entirely fictional but holds high value), Heisman Trophy given to league MVP for the Spring 2010 season. This list of candidates will be updated until the end of the season.

 

Quarterback

 

Sean Avraam (Trojans): 105-190, 1212 yards, 27 TDs, 9 INTs, 9 sacks and a 94.6 QB rating.

 

Edward Shoshan (BOOM! Goes The Dynamite): 106-188, 1349 yards, 33 TDs, 11 INTs, 6 sacks and a 94.2 QB rating.

 

Wide Receiver

 

Olivier Saleh (KGP Champs): 26 receptions, 535 yards, 14 TDs.

 

Andrew Carruthers (Darkhorses): 24 receptions, 470 yards, 11 TDs.

 

Garrett Taylor (Briscoe High Hawks): 30 receptions, 442 yards, 12 TDs.

 

Defensive Player

 

Marc-Antoine Gagnon (Terror Squad): 26 tackles, 4 INTs, 1 sack, 4 PDs.

Alexandre Girard (FOTC): 5 tackles, 10 INTs, 5 TDs.

 

Matthew Rankin (Those Guys): 11 tackles, 7 INTs, 2 pick sixes.

 

Two-Way Player

 

Eugene McLaren (Chaos): 107-188, 1292 yards, 32 TDs, 12 INTs, 6 sacks and 91.1 QB rating; 21 rushes, 259 yards, 5 TDs; 15 tackles, 8 INTs, 5 PDs and 1 pick six.

 

Kyle Lebofsky (Broccasion): 21 receptions, 379 yards and 11 TDs; 30 tackles, 9 INTs, 1 Sack, 1 PD, 2 pick sixes.

 

The Heisman (in that order)

 

Eugene McLaren (Chaos)

 

Sean Avraam (Trojans)

 

Edward Shoshan (BOOM! Goes The Dynamite)

 

 

That’s it for this week’s column. As usual if you have any comments/suggestions, email me at [email protected]. I leave you with the following quote:

“Who is Joe Birds?!” – Me