May 26 - No Game This Week

There will be no game this week. The League encourages all of it's members to relax and enjoy the Memorial Day weekend.

Until next week,

-Stay classey America

May 12th, 2007 Recap!

Words from the Commish - “Please accept my apologies on the tardiness of “THE RECAP”. My professional responsibilities have hindered me from completing my league duties in a timely manner. But enough excuses; on with highlights!”

This week was the first week of the new “expanded” playing field. Under the old league, the field was 26 yards wide by 65 yards long (end zone to end zone). The “expanded” field now plays 25 yards wide and 90 yards long (end zone to end zone).

Commish thoughts on the new field:

“Scoring was getting a little out of control, so the League wanted to bring the defense back into Saturday Mornings. This week’s game was a prime example of how the expanded field can help improve the competitiveness of the League. No more one play bombs for touchdowns; this field requires precision of a well groomed offense that can march down the field, picking apart the defense.”

Most Committed Player Award: (Hunter S.) – Would you believe that the only request this player asked from his wife, for his birthday was to come play in the League on Saturday morning. Even on his wife’s birthday, you will still see this player out on the field! There is no “Randy Moss” attitude here; this guy never takes a play or a week off! However, he does need to get a reputable nickname.

NI player of the week: This award goes to Farrellio, although it is not a good award; the NI stands for (Negative Impact). After helping his team go up 2-0, Farrellio single handedly changes his team’s positive mojo by fumbling a touchdown pass on the 10 yard line, which was promptly picked up by “Peg-Leg” Casey Ford. Farrellio’s team would not score again the rest of the day.

“It was like something out of a blooper real! I mean, Leon Lett had his Don Beebe, and Chris Simms his Roy Williams… Farrellio had only himself! How do you just fumble a ball when you have a free walk to the end zone?! Whatever they are paying him, it’s too much! That was just Unfathomable.” (Unnamed SMFL observer).

DD Award: The Defensive Dominator award goes to “Peg-Leg” Casey Ford. With his one good leg, Casey was able to hall in 3 interceptions and a crucial fumble recovery that changed the momentum of the game. Imagine what he could do with one and a half legs!

May 12th MVP: Mike Holland grabs this award for being apart of the most controversial trade in League history! After helping his team to a 5-2 lead, Holland joins the ranks of such un-tradeable players as Wayne Gretzsky, Brett Favre and Hershel Walker, when he was traded away to the losing team. This trade did not pan out for the team that Holland joined, but they were able to fend off the “L” for a few more drives with Holland’s defensive help. Too bad he couldn’t use his emotions of “frustration from the trade” as fuel to will his new team to victory.

Last Stand Award: This past week is Newberry’s last week to play in the league as a bachelor. Now he will be asking permission to play from his wife, the one whom he has chosen to serve the rest of his life. We hope to see Newberry back on the field in a few weeks. The League has lost some great players due to the holiness of marriage. We take a moment and remember those no longer with us on Saturday’s due to this blessed event:
- “Butterfly” Jett Davis
- “Sweet Swingin” Lee McCollum
- “Automatica” Andy Baker
- “Rocket” Ryan Reist***

*** although the “Rocket” did not officially take the vows of marriage, his traveling habits up to Oklahoma each week have forced the League to qualify his absence as that consistent with serving the woman.

When asked if he would return after the honeymoon, Derek boastfully proclaimed:

“Oh yeah I’ll be back out here, my woman understands the importance of football. I know she will let me play, no question. I wear the pants!”

Please note those that have said the same phrase before, they are listed below:

- “Butterfly” Jett Davis
- “Sweet Swingin” Lee McCollum
- “Automatica” Andy Baker
- “Rocket” Ryan Reist***

Good Luck Derek

Best Catch: The game winning catch was provided by none other than the best pass blocker in the league! That’s odd. Tim D., matched up against A-Train, took a post-fly pattern all the way to the house. It was the longest TD pass in the “new field era” of the League’s history (which was one day). Who said the big man can’t take it deep!

Shortest reception: “Sweet feet” Darrell wins this award when he caught a two yard pass from “Peg-Leg” Casey and ran backward seven yards before he was tackled in the end zone. Some might say, he is eerily similar to Barry Sanders… sure he may lose 5 yards here, 7 yards there trying to make something happen, but you never know when he will break those sweet runs all the way to the house! We may dog you this week Darrell, but we’ll be singing your praises next week.

Goal line defender: “A-Train” wins this award for knowing when to hold his man in the end zone and not get caught for it.

“There is no way my guy is going to score! Are you going to let your’s score? I don’t care what you have to do guys; if you’re not cheating you’re not trying!!!”

(That quote taken from the defensive huddle as A-Train tries to encourage his team during a goal line stand)

Hey, as long as the referee’s don’t see it, it never happened! Nice work this week working the system A-Train, it will probably come back ten-fold next week!

League Innovator Award: J-Rad - Although this award has nothing to do with his stellar play on the field, the idea to lengthen the field to improve the defensive side of the game, far outweighs any productivity on the field. The foresight and vision of this young man will help strength the League for years to come.

“We look forward to more new ideas and vision from this young man. It is players like him that keep the League running strong.” (Commish)


Great play this week gents, see all who can make it next time… and remember

-Stay Classy America

May 5, 2007 Recap

First thing’s first: Thank you players for coming out. The SMFL would only be an abstract idea without you.

Just when I think we might hit a lull from our excellent turnouts, Anthony comes up big with two first-timers…thanks A-Train!!

Seven turned out to be the perfect number this morning on a beautiful day at the green gridiron at Glencoe. The overcast skies and intermittent drizzle gave us a nice respite from the brutal late spring heat of Dallas. A quick nod to the players who made it out: Anthony, Aaron, Mike, Holland, Hunter, Jeremy, and Adam. Aaron and Mike are Anthony’s friends, and when they showed up looking ready for business, we all figured Anthony had recruited some ringers for the sake of continuing to crush Matt “Gimme” Moore, who is unfortunately still on the DL. Since A-Train knew the talent on the field, he divided up the teams for us: Holland, Mike, and Hunter versus Aaron, A-Train, Jeremy, and Adam. (Those of you familiar with the SMFL have become accustomed to playing with odd-numbered teams.)

Team Hunter struck twice before Team A-Train ever put a point of the board, with Hunter orchestrating both drives and ultimately hooking up with Holland and Mike once each. “Out here, it’s so important to score early and get a couple stops to set the tone for the game. I just told our guys to trust me on offense, catch the ball, and play good defense,” said a confident Satterfield.

When Team A-Train did finally score, it was two unanswered to tie it up. One of the premier match-ups of the day turned out to be the first timers covering each other. Coincidence or not, Mike and Aaron scored the first touchdowns for their respective teams while covering each other. Aaron said he was pleasantly surprised by the competitiveness of the SMFL, “It took me a little while to get into it, but when Mike scored that first TD on me with the help of a big league push-off, I knew I had to bring it.” And he did for the rest of the game.

Hunter was instrumental in two unanswered to push the score to 4-2, followed by Team A-Train getting to within 4-3. Then it was two more unanswered for Team Hunter to make it 6-3, and then it got interesting…

“I knew when Jeremy got in all our faces in that next huddle and really chewed us up and down that I was going to do all I could to not let the team down,” said a motivated Adam. And from there Team A-Train scored three unanswered to tie it up at 6.

But, like he had all day, Hunter put his squad on the shoulders on the last drive and wouldn’t let them lose. Which is why he tops our weekly awards:

MVP: Hunter Satterfield had a hand in all seven of his teams TDs. He threw one to Mike, two to Holland, had an AMAZING behind the back pitch to Holland on a long fifth down TD run (play of the year potential), threw the first pass on a double pass TD that went Hunter-Holland-Mike, caught a length-of-the-field TD pass with his finger tips, and scored the winning TD on a QB scramble on a busted play. Well done, Hunter!

Revenge in a Dish Best Served Cold Award: Holland for his performance after being tagged with the dubious Penguin Award last week. He had a hand in five TDs this week, proving that he can indeed perform when the heat is on. Holland had a simple explanation: “I watched a little film of my performance last week and recognized what I was doing wrong. It wasn’t the defense that affected me…in fact, I haven’t seen defense played as poorly as Sandwick did last week. He’s lucky I was a little off. Now you’ve seen what I can do when I do it right.”

Best Corporate Advertisement Award: Seriously, has anyone brought it as big for the last two weeks as Anthony? And doesn’t that time frame correspond to his purchase of some new Under Armor cleats? He displayed some speed seen up til now only on the basketball court. He was one defensive stop away from being today’s MVP, with three TD catches.

Newcomers of the Week: Thanks to Mike and Aaron for showing up and playing hard. They made the most of a tough situation without cleats on the damp grass. Both came up big for their respective teams, and even salted things up with some trash talk.

Best Catch: Doing his best to keep his team in it, Jeremy made the best catch of the day, batting a thrown ball away from the defender, then pirouetting to snatch it out of the air a continue up field. I’ve said it before, and I’ll continue to say it every week until he proves me wrong, the man has the best hands in the league.

Just Deserts Award: After talking it up about “shutting down” Holland last week, Adam got what was coming to him this week, in a big way from Holland. As mentioned before, Holland had a part in five of his teams seven TDs…touché Holland!

Until next week,

Stay Classy!!!