From 4 to 2.

It’s crazy to think that FPF the spring season is officially coming to a close.

I can still hear players say things like “It’s just week 3, we got plenty of time to make up our season” and to see their faces full of joy and hope.

It’s been a fantastic season, once again, and I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for being part of it. You guys made Division C THIS entertaining, not me.

Let’s get started.

 

Week 13

 

Tuesday night games didn’t disappoint as Broccasion pulled a MAJOR upset over Coyotes and Stockton Slap gave NFZ a run for their money. Overall, I’m pretty happy with how the games turned out.

One last game before it’s all said and done.

 

Thoughts of the Week

 

• Brent Callender made an absurd catch on 4th down to bail out his QB. You deserved love for that one.
• Regardless of what NFZ will say, Terry Tam torched them pretty much the entire night.
• Rich Humes made rushers look bad.
• Eddy Martinez is a bad man.
• Broccasion showed up to play and they did just that. What a performance.
• Kristian Cerantola was more preoccupied with telling me “I told you so” than playing the last play of his game. It was pretty awesome.
• Justin Cerantola needs to do something about whatever that hair-do was because it was TERRIBLE.
• Coyotes’ safeties forgot they had a game on Sunday night; Broccasion made ‘em pay dearly.
• Press conferences were an absolute success this season; well done guys. 

 

Recaps

 

Broccasion took the field against Coyotes as underdogs, once again, and managed to finish ontop with a 38-35 win. In fact, the game started in Broccasion’ favor as Kristian Cerantola “bought time” in the pocket as AJ Rashkovan was more worried about him running than actually throwing the football and his receivers were simply crushing coverage. Finding Kyle Lebofsky and/or Justin Cerantola on deep throws, his first 2 plays of the game were 40bombs and the Bros made Coyotes’ defense look pretty bad the entire night. Sammy Feder returned the favor by exploiting matchups in the most Feder way possible and making guys like Kevin Smuda look real good, but it simply wasn’t enough to last. Sure, Andrew Langburt made some RIDICULOUS catches in the endzone, but Coyotes were down at halftime 26-20 and they simply weren’t converting the way they usually are. Yes, they stopped Broccasion and scored to take the lead late in the 2nd half, but that also allowed Broccasion to get the ball back and finish the game with it in their hands. They wasted no time punching it in; up by 3 and forcing the infamous hailmary. Last play of the game, Kyle Britton reads it perfectly, goes up over everyone for the ball, lets it slip RIGHT THROUGH his hands, into his face/chest and hits the ground. Not the prettiest of PDs, but it’s a nice way to seal the deal!

The last game of the night featured No Fly Zone against Stockton Slap and the game wasn’t as close as the score allows us to think. In fact, it was pretty much a two-score lead for NFZ most of the night until very late in the 2nd half. Rich Humes carved up Stockton Slap’s defense for the first 30 minutes of the game or so until Matthew Rupcic went to rush and changed the tides of the game. In fact, the difference allowed Stockton Slap to force 2 turnovers on downs (well, punts, but you know) and give Joey Taylor a shot at a comeback. They played well in the 2nd half, but the deficit was simply too big to overcome as they were still down 3 points after their last touchdown with 5 plays remaining. NFZ got the first down, the game was over. It’s good to see Stockton battle out of their slump and make the semis, but they were outmatched on Tuesday night. Special shoutout to Brent Callender on an absurd catch on fourth down early in the game and Terry Tam for blowing right past coverage for most of the night.

 

Looking back

 

• My prediction percentage this season was over 70%. I told you I knew this division.
• Speaking of predictions, my preseason power ranking had No Fly Zone, Top Sauce, Coyotes, Stockton Slap and Broccasion as a top 5. I’m patting myself in the back, I was pretty spot on.
• Speaking of preseason predictions, if we allow a +/- 1 game spread, I got 13/26 regular season records predicted right.
• Nobody wants to see winless teams, sadly, Division C was home to 3 of them.
• I’m thrilled no team went undefeated.
• FPF Fantasy Football was a success.
• My midseason grades/predicted record were even more spot on as I got 13/26 without a spread.

 

Playoffs Standings

 

Names in bold: Teams that clinched a playoff berth.

Names strikethrough: Already eliminated from the playoff race

*next to name: Clinched division title.

 

Conf A	Team	GP	PTS	W(P-F)	DIV	PA		Conf B	Team	GP	PTS	W(P-F)	DIV	PA
1	Top Sauce	10	17	8	[4-1-1]	216		1	No Fly Zone	10	18	9	[51-0]	196
2	Honey Badgers	10	15	7	[3-1-1]	248		2	Former Tomahawk	10	16	8	[4-1-0]	232
3	Coyotes	10	16	8	[4-2-0]	250		3	No Big Deal	10	17	8	[6-0-0]	195
4	Broccasion	10	13	6	[3-1-1]	200		4	Stockton Slap	10	12	6	[4-1-0]	291
5	Show me Your TDs	10	12	6	[4-2-0]	197		5	BearSkins	10	12	6	[4-2-0]	220
6	Jagerbomb	10	12	6	[3-2-0]	282		6	The Commission	10	12	6	[3-2-0]	230
7	Eskimo Brothers	10	11	5	[4-1-1]	254		7	No Name	10	12	6	[3-3-0]	243
8	69ers	10	11	5	[3-2-0]	295		8	MVE	10	10	5	[2-3-0]	263
9	La Sauce	10	10	5	[3-3-0]	261		9	Varennes	10	8	4	[2-3-0]	246
10	Gotham Knights	10	8	4	[2-3-0]	241		10	Brunch Buddies	10	8	4	[1-5-0]	295
11	TOPSZN	10	4	2	[1-5-0]	344		11	Keyport Lock	10	4	2	[2-4-0]	321
12	Killa Beez	10	0	0	[0-5-0]	341		12	Les Blues Branleurs	10	2	1	[0-6-0]	365
13	Evolution	10	0	0	[0-6-0]	346		13	Warhawks	10	0	0	[0-5-0]	384

 

 

Playoff Matchups

 

• No Fly Zone (1st) vs Broccasion (4th)

Previous matchup: N/A

Analysis: Last week, Broccasion shocked FPF Nation once again to book their ticket to the finale for the first time with Kristian Cerantola at the helm. Yes, their defense is fantastic, yes their receivers make ridiculous catches, but the real improvement this season/postseason has to be Kristian. Instead of being stubborn and hitting 40bombs forever, when the defense adjusts, he finally starts checking down and hitting guys like Mark Provost and Johnathon Louis for smaller gains to move the chains and their offense finally plays well and scores A LOT. Well done Bros.

No Fly Zone torched all season to make it to the finale. There’s no doubt this was a ‘Ship or bust season for these guys and here they are. Sure, they’ve hit a few rough patches (including that ending vs Stockton Slap Tuesday), but overall, they maintained their first overall status for most of the season. With studs all across the board and one too many finale appearances to count, these guys will be going ALL out Sunday night.

NFZ has the defense to take away what Kristian Cerantola loves going to; the deep throws. Broccasion has the defense to frustrate Rich Humes and make him look bad for most of the night. Yet, both teams have just enough studs all around to make plays for their QB and keep the game alive for as long as they possibly can. On paper, we could assume a blowout, but the way the Bros have been playing recently, there’s little doubt we’re in for one AMAZING championship game.

Sunday 7:00 PM Brossard. Be there.

Key matchups: Vinny Gualano vs Kyle Lebofsky, Steve Sanner vs Justin Cerantola

 Prediction: 33 – 26 No Fly Zone

 

That sums it for this week’s article. It’s always a pleasure to write and hear back from you guys. After all, the content is meant 99% for you. I keep a percent for me; ranting here and there is fun after all. You can always reach me via twitter @DagenaisFPF or via email ([email protected]). I’ll be at Lachine every Sunday night scorekeeping/playing and at the new Stade on Mondays so you can stop by and chat. Don’t hesitate. Eagle’s been busting my chops about these all seasons. I won’t miss the last one of the year; suck it Bird.