Flag Football Week 1 Write Ups

Navarre vs. Reed

 

Team Navarre:

BooBoo Island, Population: 1 (Carter Reed)

Boozie got things started with the first touchdown of the game. Meanwhile, Leaphart finished with 1 rushing TD, 2 passing TDs, with 1 interception. Not a bad day at the office for the Vet. 

But let’s talk about the real headline: Carter Reed threw more passes to BooBoo than Leaphart did. Why would Team Reed start QB4 first game of the season? Three years ago at 6 on 6 he completed one pass to his own team (a free pass given by Team May) with no rush and completed two passes to Team May for Interceptions. 

You read that right. BooBoo, clearly open 110% of the time, became Carter’s favorite target two interceptions later, Team Reed was considering a trade mid-game. One player from Team Reed was heard whispering, “Is Carter on our team?” Another replied, “Yes, he just doesn’t know what he’s doing.”

Blake “The Snake” Eaton kept things slick with a couple of receptions and defensive stops. Kokesh came in hot as a sub with a clutch catch.

Let’s not forget Hoang, who picked up a sack and picked up a couple catches..

Final score 21-6

Team Reed:

Team Reed was without their QB1, who I assume was either in Europe or Pat Walker’s Basement. (Just saying he wasn’t there yesterday either…) In his absence, a much better looking and more athletic member of Team Reed attempted to fill the “Crader” sized void at QB. Surprisingly, this didn’t work out well against Boo Boo and his 12% interest rate mortgage payment QB Jason Leaphart, as they picked up the win 21-6.

On the 1st drive, Team Boo Boo drove down the field but Leaphart tried to connect with Kokesh (Sub), but found out the hard way that Carter Reed can indeed catch one of his passes, as Reed intercepted the pass near the goal line.

Interceptions were the consistent theme of the game as what some were referring to as “the redheaded Tom Brady” tried a deep ball down the right side, but Boo Boo glided over and picked him off for his 1st catch of the day. Leaphart then picked apart the TR defense and with the help of some awful flag pulling, tossed his 1st passing TD of the year. Team Reed then drove down the field capped off with a TD reception by Alex Anderson in the back of the end zone with 23 seconds left in the half. The half ended when Leaphart attempted a deep ball down the right side but was intercepted by Tyler Desselle.

To start the 2nd half, TRs drive stalled and TBB responded with a touchdown. The drive was highlighted by a long catch and run by Boo Boo down the seam. Team Reed started to move the ball in their attempt to tie it up, but a sack by Hoang (Who ran out of the bottom of his cleat on the play) followed by Carter Reed giving Boo Boo his 3rd and final catch of the game on a ball that might have been the worst throw of the night. TBB added another score on a Leaphart rush to put the exclamation point of the W for Team Navarre.

Team Reed will look to rebound next week against Team Allen. Bring your popcorn as last year’s championship QB returns to the field and the sequel to the Greatest Show on Turf begins.

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May vs. Davenport

Team May:  

Game Notes:

– Will Arcement is still fast 

– This Towles guy appears to have played some football before

We’ll be better as the season progresses. One game. NBD.

Team Davenport:

No money, no problems! The haters said you can’t spend $740 on two players. “What 7 people are you going to draft with $260?” The answer is 7 dawgs! May started the game with the ball. Hebert did Hebert things and marched them down the field, but the relentless rush pressure of Easley, Daniel, & Davenport finally got to him and he throw an interception to end their first drive. Davenport’s first drive started slow, but Patty Ice connected with Arcemoney on a deep ball for the first tuddy. May’s second drive turned into their third drive pretty quickly after Hebert threw a pick 6 to who? You guessed it, Arcemoney! Mays third drive ended the half scoreless after they mistook JRob, aka The Mountain, for Megatron and they sent him on the fly route, but he could not haul in the pass. Davenport’s opening drive of the second half was slow and steady, but Hebert was able to bait Mr SEC into the easiest interception of his life. Hebert graciously threw an interception right back to Mr SEC. Davenport cashed in on the mistake this time when Patty Ice connected once again with Arcemoney for 6. May was able to deposit a trash time Td to bring the final to 18-7.

Other Noteables:

Sean Neill had a flag pull on a crossing route that the crowd swore was Brian Urlacher playing LB.

Team Davenport went 0 for extra points. We’ll get that tightened up.

Ronnie, Kish, & Richards all played lock down D. Flags were pulled and yards were tough to come by.

#Shocktheworld

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Allen vs. Aillet

Team Allen:

I did not make this game, so I do not know what happened, but I will give the summary from what I picked up on in the team’s group chat and the captain’s group chat.

Our team started with the goals of securing a win and not getting hurt. Neither box got checked.

Taylor Calandro came out ready to play, with two touchdowns and an interception, he had Chuck saying, “Dude has not played in years, and he comes out like he’s Randy Moss and Deion Sanders in their prime.”

The game itself sounded painful. We came out of it with a couple of pulled groins and some tender hamstrings. We took the loss gracefully, but it could’ve been closer if not for a pivotal late-game moment. Jason, faced with the ultimate BRAAS dilemma: shift into fifth gear and risk spending the rest of 2025 on crutches, or play it safe and live to limp another day.. he wisely opted for self-preservation. As he later reflected, football was a breeze back when he carried more weight, mainly because he didn’t have to worry about anyone throwing him the ball.

Hopefully, we have enough hamstrings for week 2.. On to Team Reed.

Team Aillet:

They say good things come to those who wait, and that’s good news for Team Allen, who has to wait at least one more week to get their first win (and their first extra point conversion) of the season.

Team Allen started out strong, chewing up clock and field on the opening drive of the game that culminated with a TD to Calandro. However, in a sign of things to come, Rookie Christian Pittman missed on a wide-open extra point attempt, leaving the door open for Team Aillet to come back and take the lead with a TD. Unfortunately, after a missed connection on a deep ball from The Good Walker to Jimmy Sandridge, Taylor Calandro (really out on a mission to show the pink shirt he earned a week ago wasn’t his fault) stepped in front of an out route for an interception and set up Team Allen for a chance to build a commanding lead. 

Team Allen converted the turnover into a TD to Jason May, but scored quickly enough to allow Team Aillet another chance to score. On the subsequent drive, the Good Walker peppered the ball all over the field, completing passes to The Good Sumner, Aillet, Pecue, and Sandridge, and threw in a 15-yard scramble for a first down to boot. Walker executed the drive and the clock with pinpoint precision, opening up the scoring with a short TD pass to Sandridge and leaving Pevey with only one play before halftime.

Coming out in the second half down 12-7, Matt Walker led a quick TD drive on a deep ball to Jordan Aillet to take a 14-12 lead, which was given up almost immediately on a short throw that Jason May took over 40 yards for the TD and an 18-14 advantage. From there, though, it was all Team Aillet, as Matt Walker led the offense to another quick TD, this one again to Sandridge despite a roughing the passer penalty that Team Aillet declined. With a 21-18 lead, Team Aillet knew they couldn’t let Pevey drain the clock on a long TD drive, and a pick from Sandridge put Walker in position to ice the game.

Unfortunately, Team Aillet scored too fast, as Tyler Pecue took a crossing route into the endzone. Fortunately, the zebras were in preseason form, and an inadvertent whistle combined with complaints from Team Allen, who apparently wanted to make things as hard as possible on themselves, led to the ball being placed on the 7-yard line, allowing Team Walker to burn two extra minutes of game clock before securing the TD to Pecue a few plays later anyway. Now with a two-possession lead and only six plays remaining, Team Aillet went prevent defense and iced the game before the rain made things really ugly. Co-MVPs for Aillet this week were The Good Walker (4 passing TDs, 1 sack) and Sandridge (2 Rec TDs, 1 INT).

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Pogue vs. Heine

Team Heine:

Mother Nature must have looked at the rosters and thought, “these guys need a breather,” because the game was suspended for an hour thanks to rain and lightning. Rumor has it half the players used the delay to Google “stretching tips for old knees.”

When play resumed, Team Heine outlasted Team Pogue, 13-7, in what can only be described as a battle between glory and Advil.

•   Joel Davis (QB, Team Heine) put on a performance best summarized as high risk, medium reward. He tossed 1 TD, ran in another, and sprinkled in 2 interceptions for balance. One of those INTs didn’t even count as a mistake—more like a “strategic punt” on 4th down, proving Joel has mastered the art of accidental field position management.
•   Josh Crowdus hauled in the lone receiving TD for Team Heine, proving that at least one guy still remembers how to catch without making “the dad grunt.”
•   Austin Heine nabbed an interception, making it official: you can’t spell “Team Heine” without “INT.”

Final score: Team Heine 13, Team Pogue 7.

Team Pogue

The 2025 BRAAS flag football season got off to an ominous start with inclement weather threatening to cancel the opening games. Despite the thunder clouds overhead, the teams filed into the Elite Sports Complex to kick off the season. BRAAS members were met by Craig “44” Ourso loudly proclaiming that there was no rain when he was the President and that he would not be playing quarterback despite rumors to the contrary.

Team Pogue enters the season with high hopes for two reasons. First, the team was not drafted by Pat “The Bad” Walker and second, Captain Pogue placed the offense under new management. Josh “All State” Pratt was drafted to lead the offense and was fresh off a BRAAS championship appearance. Surely, All State Pratt would lead Team Pogue to more success than Captain Pogue had last year. These expectations are modest as Captain Pogue went 0-8 last season (we did win the Battle of the Beatens. Please, refer to BRAAS archives for details of this thrilling victory).

Anyway, the rain held off long enough for Teams Pogue and Heine to get underway. Team Pogue forced a stop on the opening drive as Captain Pogue intercepted a pass from Joel “Furniture Man” Davis. All State Pratt quickly drove the team down the field completing passes to Beav and Captain Pogue as well as scrambling for yards. We were unable to capitalize on our opening success as Team Heine put together a goal line stand featuring an exceptional pass break up by Cole “State Attorney” Garrett.

Team Heine’s offense went to work with Furniture Man executing a methodical drive. He completed completing passes to Heine, Menck and Alex “Flag Football God” Shields before capping the drive with a touchdown scramble.

After receiving the ball, All State Pratt completed a couple passes before disaster struck. He lobbed a pass toward Andrew Fisher and Ryan “Adult Beverage” Mockler. Adult Beverage and Fisher charged after the ball; however, they decided it would be kind to let Heine intercept the pass.

Team Heine took over and was stifled by the defense which forced a fourth and long. The defense was desperate for a stop; however, the teams were forced into a weather delay by lightning along with the liability concerns of the Elite Sports Complex management. During the weather delay, Beav effortlessly stepped into his role as MSC and high jacked the indoor facility. He was feeling benevolent and allowed the other game to proceed indoors while his team was forced outdoors to continue playing in the rain. The game got back underway, and Furniture Man threw his second interception to Captain Pogue. The interception was good for my statistics; however, it was really shitty for our field position. Despite my stupidity, All State Pratt used the extra yards to scramble up the field for a large gain and follow that up with several completions. The drive was capped by Beav catching a touchdown pass over Josh “You Got Mossed” Crowdus. The Unsuspecting Crowdus settled under what he assumed would be an easy interception. Beav had other ideas coming back on the ball, jumping over the defender and heading to the endzone. Team Pogue tied it up on a controversial PAT conversion. All I will say is Reggie makes the calls.

The next drive’s most noteworthy moment came Courtesy of Menck and Mitch “Maximum Effort” Crain. Menck caught a pass and broke into the open field; however, he was unprepared for Maximum Effort to arrive on the scene. As Menck streaked down the field Maximum Effort decided to leap horizontally, three feet in the air, to bring Menck down. Needless to say, Menck got off the ground screaming at Reggie to throw the flag. Unfortunately, Reggie was disinterested in Menck’s complaints and responded that he tripped over his own feet further explaining that it was the least athletic thing he ever saw. I will not comment on the validity of Menck’s complaints or his athleticism. Team Heine took the lead a couple plays later and time expired.

Team Pogue loses 13-7 and starts the season 0-1. Maybe it wasn’t The Bad Walker after all, but time will tell. The good news is that it cannot get any worse than last season.

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Levert vs Kitto

Team Kitto:

In a masterclass of organized chaos, Team Kitto fell to Team Alexander in a contest featuring more plot twists than a soap opera and more questionable officiating than a YMCA pickup game.

Team Kitto opened strong behind Craig “44” Ourso’s grinding “10 yards and a cloud of dust” approach, reaching 3rd and goal at the 10-yard line before Mother Nature interrupted play. When action resumed on a cramped indoor field, Team Alexander’s defense capitalized on the smaller field with an interception. 

Team Alexander quickly struck with a long touchdown on a missed sack. This triggered Scott Alexander’s campaign for favorable calls, including unsuccessful pleas for roughing the passer on “love taps.” The first half ended with Team Kitto on the 1-yard line, after Scott allegedly slipped officials an extra twenty dollars for flexible time management.

Veteran Neal Grob showcased why he’s a senior Olympian repeatedly denying Team Alexander’s advances. Team Kitto eventually found rhythm when Joe V connected with “44” Ourso for a touchdown, though celebrations were dampened by Chris McKey’s decision to assault an officer. John Kitto’s extra point tied the game.

An “egregious” roughing the passer penalty sustained Team Alexander’s go-ahead drive. A late interception sealed their victory, though Team Kitto’s garbage-time touchdown to Matt Williams made the final score appear more competitive than reality suggested.

Despite time mismanagement, injuries, and first-game jitters, Team Kitto’s talent suggests brighter days ahead. Next week’s matchup against Team Pogue offers redemption and hopefully better clock management and less creative rule interpretations.

Team Levert: No Write Up