(Quick) Preseason Article – Opening Night

Hey FPF Fam! Yes, we’re back tonight with the start of the FPF Cup, in the quickest turnaround between FPF seasons I’ve been a part of!

I, being Iggy Magnets, am here writing once again for the Fall Cup, in a quick Preseason article to get things going. In this article you can expect a quick breakdown of how the season will run, a snipped version of my thoughts on the 4 different Tiers, and, since Fall Cup is a time where the league likes to experiment with the schedule and format, we’re taking that mindset and expanding it to a few of the different things to freshen things up.

Let’s get the some of the season details out of the way and get to some more fun season questions and things to look out for throughout the year.

Here are the key dates for the season. Season opener tonight, let’s gooo!

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Of course, what makes the FPF Cup more intriguing than other seasons is that there is more than just pride and bragging rights on the line. There’s in fact a cash incentive for the FPF Cup winner and runner up in the top “Cash Bracket” in each Tier.

The FPF Cup offers a cash prize to the winner and runner up in the top bracket for each separate Tier. Based on the standings following the Preliminary round (first 4 games) and the Qualification round (last 4 games) of the Cup Tournament, the top teams (typically four) qualify for what we call the “Cash Bracket” where they play for cash prizes. The Tier 1 prizes are highest, followed by Tier 2, and are then even between Tier 3 and Co-Ed.

Season Questions and Watchouts

Tier 1

• How will the new teams moving up from Div C, like EZW, Mangoose and this past Spring’s Div C champs Blessed, fare against the longstanding Div 1/2 teams of Urgence Medic and KGP?
• How will the #NOREGARD movie stars, Travis Moses and Kendal Mayers play after the release of their featured film, #NoRegard: The Greatest Recreational Story Ever Told ?

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Tier 2

• Pincellos are coming off the upset of the post-covid era in FPF; will they continue to excel in Tier 2 with the more developed and matured FPF teams?
• Is this the year Peeze throws 60 TDs?
• After 2-3 seasons of not making it to the Finals, will Chocolate Thunder make a roaring return to the Cash Bowl?
• You know what Mortal Combat and FPF have in common this time of year? Both are tournaments that have a Kano competing in it… Fight!
• Is KGP Ra the clear-cut favorite in Tier 2 with the addition of free agent, Anthony Siggia?

Who’s the best player in Tier 2?

• Zach Zwirn?
• Vincent Benjamin?
• Benji Ziegler?
• Jonathan Garfinkle?

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Tier 3

• Holy… 20 teams in Tier 3…
• Save the Turftles return after a successful 1^st year in FPF. What’s in store for them in Season 2?
• Like Fall Cup 2020… is Lockdown a favorite in Tier 3 heading into the season?
• Benji and co. are back as the Warriors. In the last Fall Cup they played together, they made it to the Finals in 2019, only to lose to Threat Level Midnight. Will they get back to the Cash Bowl finals?

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Co-Ed Cup

• Peeze entering the Co-Ed Cup.. will he throw as many pick 6’s as he does in Tier 2?
• Jeremy White and company looking to crown themselves as champs.. wait.. Camille Gariépy?? As in Georges Gariepy’s sister/cousin?? It appears Jeremy is loading up on the women talent!
• We have our first (I believe) all women’s team playing in a Co-Ed division, minus Alex LaRoche. I’m interested in seeing who their QB will be, but Amélie Durocher is a great flag player, so if the team is as talented as her, this team could surprise the FPF world.

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FPF Game Picks

We will continue doing the game picks this season, but in addition to the traditional, individual picks by the media, we will incorporate a second version, which we will reveal on Saturday, so stay tuned for that exciting news! As for the traditional one, here are our picks for Week 1, as we begin the marathon to be crowned the know-it-all of FPF.

Home	Away	Peeze Pick	Moe Pick	Iggy Pick	Alexi Pick
Urgence Medic	The Apocalypse	Urgence Medic	Urgence Medic	Urgence Medic	Urgence Medic
Mangoose	KGP	KGP	KGP	KGP	KGP
Blessed	EZW	Blessed	Blessed	Blessed	Blessed
Pincellos	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins
Hot Sauce Sports	Tough Lungs	N/A	Tough Lungs	Hot Sauce Sports	Hot Sauce Sports
Team Ethnik	Centaures	Team Ethnik	Centaures	Centaures	Team Ethnik
Mean Machine	Unexpected Diablos	Mean Machine	Mean Machine	Mean Machine	Unexpected Diablos
Glogang	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Arouch	Chocolate Thunder	Chocolate Thunder	Chocolate Thunder	Chocolate Thunder	Chocolate Thunder
Arouch	Grim Reapers	Arouch	Arouch	Grim Reapers	Arouch
Los Siete Amigos	KGP Ra	Los Siete Amigos	Los Siete Amigos	KGP Ra	KGP Ra
Fighting Cones	7th Rounders	7th Rounders	7th Rounders	7th Rounders	7th Rounders
Lionhearts	Pardon My Swag	Pardon My Swag	Pardon My Swag	Pardon My Swag	Pardon My Swag
The Stormers	TuneSquad	TuneSquad	TuneSquad	TuneSquad	TuneSquad
Two Inch’s Gang	Killer Rays	Two Inch’s Gang	Killer Rays	Killer Rays	Two Inch’s Gang
Trailer Park Boys	Free Agent Squad	Free Agent Squad	Trailer Park Boys	Trailer Park Boys	Trailer Park Boys
Post Malone’s Knights	The West Yard	Post Malone’s Knights	Post Malone’s Knights	N/A	N/A
Tim Brandy	Warriors	Warriors	Warriors	Warriors	Warriors
FSU	Save The Turftles	Save The Turftles	Save The Turftles	Save The Turftles	Save The Turftles
The Penetrators	Demons	The Penetrators	The Penetrators	The Penetrators	The Penetrators
EZFun	The Rock	EZFun	EZFun	EZFun	EZFun
Y&Y	The Rock	Y&Y	Y&Y	Y&Y	Y&Y
La Secte	Kiss My End Zone	N/A	Kiss My End Zone	N/A	N/A

So that’s it for the Preseason article. Don’t worry, for those who know my writing style and articles, they are generally much longer than this, but you can expect a similar style length this Fall Cup, as Peeze, Alexi Dubois and myself will be covering the entire FPF Cup. So it will be the whole league and all teams being covered by 3 writers, which is why the articles will be slightly shortly than what my articles are. But triple the coverage this season! So expect your team to be talked about a bit more often!

Hope to see you all soon on the field!! and goodluck to you and your teams!

Cheers,

Iggy