Saturday 29th RECAP

First of all, thanks to all the players who could make it out and make it a great Saturday of football.

Today marked the first appearances of the season for some big name SMFLregulars:

Big Game Hunter, Gimme Moore, and Avery.

However, one of the continuing story lines of the young season is the noticeable absence of Jarred Schremmer ("Papi"), the controversial SMFLer who has more than once threatened to hold out on account of what he has referred to in the past as "a complete lack of respect for J Sizzle." (Note: the SMFL's leadership is currently looking into what, in fact, a "J Sizzle" is.)

The Commish has had a rough start to the new season with scandals and rumors of scandals, so it was no surprise when our inquiries into the Schremmer matter were met with a blunt"No comment at this time."

Onto the game...I don't know how he did it again, but Romo-Farrellio once again stacked the teams in his favor in a not-so-subtle attempt to pick up a much-needed W. He "somehow" ended up on a team with:

Prime Time Casey,

Gimme Moore,

T-Dar,

Iman the Quick, and newcomers

Baylor David and

Gustov.

whom he must have thought no body would object to him getting being new, but he knew how good they were. So the "challengers" to this attempted fraud were:

Big GameHunter,

Avery the Rocket,

D-Newb,

Judson the Butterfly Jett,

Jagt Holland, and

Favre.

David got the scoring started with a highlight reel TD on the way to a quick 2-0 start for Romo-Farrellio's team. It looked like they would make quick work of their opponent, and they would have if they could have executed better in the red zone. Defensive captain Butterfly Jett explained his team's short field success,

"I just told our guys that we had to bear down when our backs were to the end zone and try to create turnovers by getting our hands on the ball."

This worked in their favor as they were able to thwart multiple scoring threats thanks to red zone picks by Holland, Favre, and Avery,as well as pass deflections and sacks by D-Newb, the Butterfly Jett, and Hunter that led to turnovers on downs. The scoring then went back and forth, the lead changing hands until this week's MVP took over with his game changing performance...

Holland scorched the defensive secondary for back-to-back long TDs that won the game for his team. He had an earlier TD to make for three on the day, but it was his defensive play (pass breakups and interceptions) and the fact that his team won, that earned him the MVP over other worthy candidates Big Game Hunter and Prime Time Casey.

In a post game interview, Holland was quick to give his team the credit,

"I really stepped up when nobody else on our team could. I feel like if I didn't play, we wouldn't have won. I made good adjustments on poorly thrown balls all day...not to mention having to cover blown assignments defensively. It was an all around MVP performance from me today."

Looking back on the day, Favre said, "It was a great come from behind win for our team. But as for other matters, I would like to say that I think "Papi" Schremmer needs to be here on Saturday mornings. I think it sends a bad message to the other regulars, and even newcomers, when you continually miss." (With his two TD passes, Favre is closing in on the all-time SMFL TD pass record.)

Although the league did not keep records during the "early years," Favre's all time TD record may very well be at hand. However, if Big Game Hunter keeps up his 5 TD days, Favre's record won't stand for long.

Check out the statistics from last weeks game, as well as the NEW SMFL RATING SYSTEM:

Intangible values are calculated based on the players contribution to the team with and without the ball. This value is argue-ably the most important stat as it is so difficult to determine. This is our way to place a value on all the activities done away from the ball that enable a team to succeed.