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I had a children’s party to go to on Saturday. The party was scheduled for noon and I was annoyed. My friend’s kid is turning four. Actually he turned 4 a month ago, no fuss was made for his birthday until earlier in the same week of the child’s party for an out of season celebration of his living commencement.

Noon on a Saturday is the single worst time to host a party of any variety. Not only did I not have time to clean my house and buy groceries, we also had to spend the morning looking for a gift for a 4 year old child. The gift choices came down to a Thomas the Train play set, a remote control motorcycle and a costume of DC Comics’ The Flash.

Wanting to be helpful I texted my friend to see if he had bought his child a Halloween costume yet. With no response I made a business decision and took the costume. We left the store, armed with the costume and headed into the car. About halfway there I received a text that said, “He has two to choose from”. While scrambling to get wrapping paper and beers to bring to my friend’s party, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. I checked the message that I had received and answered “well now he has three”.

Once my friend’s child opened his gift I made him decide which costume he would wear for Halloween. I suggested eagerly that the Flash was cool. So now my friend will be returning the two gifts he brought. I feel this is a fair exchange for planning a party for noon on Saturday.

Impressed / Disappointed

By Simon Dagenais

After last week’s success, we’ve agreed to bring back the segment for a second straight week. Hopefully it’ll last the season, but with Peeze in charge of this article, it’s as flaky as it gets.

Editor’s note: Peeze out numbers Simon in published articles 3:1 ;). Surprising given how little thought he gives his work (case in point, the introduction to his section).

Impressed	Disappointed
Simon
Los Banditos: For a, somewhat, brand new team, there’s a HUGE difference in their week 1 and week 2 game. The offence got clicking and only lost by 1 point to the highest rated team in their Tier. I’m impressed	Warriors: Controversy aside, looking at the game film and the stat sheets, it was a disappointing performance on both sides of the ball for a Warriors team that has a real chance to make noise in Tier 2.
Trigger Happy Bunnies: I’ve touched upon this in my article, but THB is leaps and bounds beyond what I expected them to be at this point of the season. Serious contender in Tier 2.	Diablos: They played a good squad, but came out flat all-around. With this much talent and experience on a roster, I’ve grown to expect good things from Diablos, but last week simply wasn’t one of those.
BearSkins: After last week’s loss, I had them almost written off the preliminary rounds, but they came out swinging against a top tier team only to see the game slip away from them late in the second half. Nonetheless, they kept it much closer than people anticipated.	NoName©: First time QB is a humbling experience and Sean Collins learnt that the hard way. Nonetheless, their defence couldn’t stop a nose bleed and I know, first hand, how talented NoName©’s defences usually are. After singing their praises last week, I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed in this week’s outing.
Peeze
A-Squad: They lost to one of the best teams in the tournament but kept pace in the first half where they were down 24-18 and Corey Walwaski was trading punches with FPF star quarterback Dan Lazzara.	Smoking Axolotls: I don’t want to hear that they are a Div 6 team. Jason Rossie is a capable quarterback who’s not making use of his weapons. Getting blown out 42-6 is a colossal collapse considering I expected the game to at least be close in the first half.
BearSkins: I was at this game and was thoroughly impressed. Marco Bertoldi was cutting in front of defenders to catch deep-ins and posts all over the field. As good as Bertoldi is, he’s incredible when he’s playing for the BearSkins.	KGP RA: Yeah, you won…however, you got away with one. Phil Cutler took over at quarterback and was made to pay for two errant throws that were intercepted by Adam Rockman. KGP RA, I hope you enjoy the gift because the rest of this tournament won’t be that forgiving.
Dad Bod Squad: DBS looked competent and poised for the duration of this game. The defense took away all of Francois Martin’s deep passes and Sean Avraam was nearly perfect. This team is deep and talented and probably one of the more entertaining teams to watch.	Warriors: I’m disappointed in the team’s performance over all. However, I am more let down by their behavior on the field. A lot of what occurred is inexcusable. That, in itself would be disappointing but the lack of acknowledgement shows that they haven’t learned from their suspensions.
Francois
Friends in Low Places: Pour une deuxième semaine de suite ils se retrouvent dans les équipes qui m’impressionnent. Cette équipe vient de signer deux victoires de suite, alors qu’elle était négligée. Dany D’Amour transporte son équipe depuis le début du tournoi. Ils auront un gros test cette semaine.	Keyport Lock: Cette équipe est 0-2 après 2 semaines et elle vient de manquer une belle occasion en affrontant une équipe plus faible. Avec cette dernière défaite, cette équipe devra passer par la plus faible division du tier 1 pour le prochain tour.
Urgence Medic: Ils commencent leur tournoi du bon pied en écrasant les pauvres Smoking Axolotls. Alexis Gaumont a connu une performance de 4 TD et démontre qu’il fait partie de l’élite de la ligue. Ce sera plus difficile contre les Braves	Bruins: Cette équipe n’a pas de Qb et elle n’aura pas de succès avant d’en trouver un. Il y a quelques bons joueurs dans l’équipe, mais marquer seulement 3 touchés en 2 parties c’est insuffisant.
Voodoo: Ils ont déjà 2 victoires et surtout une convaincante contre les Warriors cette semaine. La combinaison Patrick St-Amand et Étienne Vaillancourt est tout feu tout flamme présentement.	Warriors: Leur défaite est très gênante, surtout de la façon qu’ils l’ont fait. Les Warrioss ont fait preuve de beaucoup trop d’indiscipline en plus d’un gros manque d’effort

Games of The Week

By Francois Martin

Dans cette section, nous allons cumuler nos résultats de nos prédictions de chaque semaine. Nous pouvons nous féliciter, car tous les trois nous avons frappé fort dès la première semaine. Nous avons un grand total de 44-14 tous les trois réunis. De plus, Simon et Peeze semble vouloir se faire une chaude lutte pour la deuxième place.

Tier 1 : 8-1 Tier 2 : 9-1 Pour un total de 17-2 (89.5%) après 1 semaine

Simon

Tier 1 : 8-1 Tier 2 : 5-5 Pour un total de 13-6 (68.4%) après 1 semaine

Peeze

Tier 1 : 8-2 Tier 2 : 5-5 Pour un total de 13-7 (65%) après 1 semaine

Petite particularité pour les 3 premières semaines : Nous allons uniquement choisir en fonction du «spread». «The spread only counts for the first 3 weeks. »

Tier 1

Home	Away	François	Simon	Peeze
Urgence Medic (+13.5)	Braves (-13.5)	Urgence Medic	Urgence Medic	Braves
Top Guns (-22.5)	Friends in Low Place (22.5)	Top Guns	Friends in Low Places	Friends in Low Places
A-Squad (+9.5)	Dad Bods (-9.5)	Dad Bods	Dad Bods	Dad Bods
Smokin Axolotls (+14.5)	Dans and Tams (-14.5)	Dans and Tams	Dans and Tams	Smokin Axolotls
Diablos (+23.5)	Fine Wine (-23.5)	———————–	Fine Wine	Fine Wine
The Commission (+22.5)	DK (-22.5)	DK	DK	DK
KGP RA (+13.5)	#NR (-13.5)	#NR	#NR	KGP RA
Lightweight(+4.5)	Bearskins (-4.5)	Lightweight	——————–	Lightweight
Top Secret (+15.5)	Freshii Superfoods (-15.5)	Freshii Superfoods	Freshii Superfoods	Freshii Superfoods
FPF All-Stars (-23.5)	Keyport Lock (+23.5)	FPF All-Stars	FPF All-Stars	FPF All-Stars

Tier 2

Home	Away	François	Simon	Peeze
Lockdown (-8.5)	Blacksox (+8.5)	Lockdown	Lockdown	Lockdown
NoName© (-13.5)	Bruins (+13.5)	NoName©	NoName©	No NoName©
Greendale Human Beings (-3.5)	Prime Time (+3.5)	Greendale Human Beings	Greendale Human Beings	Greendale Human Beings
Voodoo (-13.5)	Dawson Caf’s Finest	Voodoo	Voodoo	Voodoo
Mean Machine (+1.5)	X-Men (-1.5)	X-Men	Mean Machine	X-Men
Trigger Happy Bunnies (-13.5)	Ducks (+13.5)	Trigger Happy Bunnies	Trigger Happy Bunnies	Trigger Happy Bunnies
Sons of Mitches (+7.5)	Hold My Beer (-7.5)	Hold My Beer	Sons of Mitches	Hold My Beer
Farmers (-10.5)	Los Banditos (+10.5)	Los Banditos	Farmers	Farmers
Warriors (-9.5)	Sunday Touch Boys (+9.5)	Warriors	Sunday Touch Boys	Warriors
North Shore Finners (+10.5)	All Hooks (-10.5)	North Shore Finners	All Hooks	All Hooks

FPF Daily Fantasy Football

By Paolo Della Rocca

FPF decided to capitalize on the popularity of Daily Fantasy Football. Simon, Francois and I will select a quarterback, 3 wide receivers, a rusher a defensive back (where only their defensive points will count) and a flex player who’s offensive and defensive contributions will count. Players weekly price will be determined by their cap hit +/- the spread in their games. Moreover, we cannot exceed a cost of 560 points.

This is a PPR league (Points Per Reception league) so, snappers you will not be neglected. The scoring breaks down as follows:

Quarterbacks: 1 point per 15 yards passing, 3 points per passing td, 1 point per 5 yards rushing, 5 points per rushing TD. -2 points will be deducted per interception and -1 point will be deducted per sack.

Wide Receivers: 1 point per catch, 1 point per 5 yards receiving, 5 points per TD

Rusher: 2 points per tackle, 7.5 points per sack, 3 points per PD, 5 Points per TD

DBs: 2 points per tackle, 4 points per interception, 3 points per PD and 5 Points per TD

Peeze’s Divine Interception

Position	Player	Team	Price (cap +/- spread)
QB	Dan Lazzara	Fine Wine	115.5
WR	Etienne Vaillancourt	Voodoo	83.8
WR	Jad Aridi	Keyport Lock	57.7
WR	Jeremy White	All Hooks	74
Rusher	Mathieu Lacharite	Primetime	51.5
DB	Travis Moses	#NR	98.7
Flex	Justin Blanchard	Lightweight	78.5
			559.7

Francois’ Bad Reads Bears

Position	Player	Team	Price (cap +/- spread)
Qb	Daniel Lazzara	Fine Wine	115.5
Rec 1	Jean-Daniel Joly	Happy Trigger Bunnies	85.4
Rec 2	Rich Humes	Dad Bods	92.2
Rec 3	Maxime Châteauneuf	Lockdown	70.7
DB	Alex Holowach	Dans and Tams	86.6
Rusher	Antoine Huynh	Bruins	44.7
Flex	Alexis Gaumont	Urgence Medic	59.8
			554.9

Simon’s Grenaders

Position	Player	Team	Price (cap +/- spread)
QB	Joey Taylor	Dans & Tams	97.8
WR	Kevin Smuda	Friends in Low Places	58.4
WR	Jordan Farray	Sons of Mitches	56
WR	Pat Jerome	FPF All Stars	116.4
Rusher	Thomas Coutu	All Hooks	74.8
DB	Brandon Aylward	Greendal Human Beings	68.7
Flex	Pat Lindor	Trigger Happy Bunnies	85.9
			558

Kicking off Week 3

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