About
HCFF A weekly pick-up
game of football in San Francisco. 20010-11
will be our
17th
season. We're a bunch of guys who love to play football.
Our game includes up to nine on a side, down linemen, live
fumbles, passing and running plays, center snaps,
punts, down-field blocking, and stiff-arms. The
full-contact blocking and the fact that you can knock a guy out
of bounds at the sidelines sets our game apart from most flag football
games. This isn't tackle, but it's definitely a hardcore game of
flag football (just ask the these
guys). If you are interested and would like to get on the email
list, use the form to contact Adam, The
New Organizer.
Wanna Fight? If you fight,
you will be banned from Hardcore Football. We pride ourselves
on the fact that we play a very physical, rough, contact game
of flag football without people resorting to fist fights. If
you want to fight, visit our friends at Gym445.
If you want to play football, then bring some pain in the form
of a legal football hit or block.
Weekly
Awards MVP (BRAT) Award
The Brady-Mat, Br-at Award. Those who go out for post game drinks
decide who deserves this weekly MVP award.
Rubin Award
Given to the player who most exemplifies rubinistic qualities on
and off the field each week. If you screwed up during the game,
you might win this award.
Lucky Pierre
Award
If you get this award, check out the SF
Shockwaves flag football game.
HCFF
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team logo, a mug, boxers, a spiffy HCFF hat, a tank top for your
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So the format for HCFF will be changing... slightly.
We will continue to have the weekly game.
The teams will be chosen weekly. It will be red versus blue.
The changes will be that there is a $20 annual fee
for registration and supplies. This cost will cover
the field rental every week as well as replacing flags and
the new playoff format. This will start next year and will
allow me (and HCFF) to be more organized on sending out the
emails and keeping everyone involved. This is exciting stuff
that should make the games more competitive. I am excited
in rolling some of these changes out and I have taken the
past couple of weeks to organize a couple of these things
for the rest of the season. Get out there this weekend and
see what the changes are all about.
One of the changes that will be implemented
starting this week is that we will also be noting the players
on each team each week and keep records based on the core
players on the team. At the end of the year, we will break
them up into playoffs. Everyone will play, but it depends
on how well your team plays together.
For example:
Team Red in Week 17 has a core configuration of Adam, Jon,
Steve and Mat. Team Blue in Week 17 has a core configuration
of Kel, Anthony, Vidi and Taz. The rest of the players in
attendance are broken up into those two teams. Since Im on
team Red, lets assume they win. They are given 1 point for
every touchdown that they scored more than their opponent.
The players are noted on each team and the score is logged.
If the score is 6-2, Team Red gets four points for the week
and team Blue gets 0. The following week, Lets assume Team
Red has a core configuration of Anthony, Adam, Greg and Rick
T. Team Blue would have a core configuration of Brady, Mat,
Vidi and Vince. Once again, the remaining players in attendance
would fill out the teams and they would play. If Team Red
Wins 3-2 Team Red (week 18) will earn one point.
The teams will remain in a core
configuration and those
would result in four configurations (Red A, Red B, Blue A,
Blue B). These configuraitons will rotate every four weeks
and that would be the schedule for 16 weeks. The players
that are assigned to the teams each week would would try
to be assigned to to the same configuration the next time.
If a core team is missing a core player, they get first pick
of the remaining players.
There are some rules that I need to see
in practic. I want to use the rest of this season to get
these details ironed out for a H-U-G-E comeback of HCFF in
September of 2011. Let me know if this sounds cool or not.
I pitched the idea around and everyone seemed keen on it,
so I am trying to put it into practice. I value input so
if anyone has ideas that they would like to be seen in 2010/2011
or 2011/2012, let me know...
Week
19 Date: Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 - 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rubin Award: Special Note:
Week
18 - Back Again Date: Saturday, Jan 8, 2011 - 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park
Week
17 - New Year's Day Date: Saturday, Jan 1, 2011
Week
16 - Christmas Day Date: Saturday, Dec 25, 2010
Week
15 - rain out Date: Saturday, Dec 18, 2010
Week
14 - For reals this time Date: Saturday, Dec 11, 2010
Week
13 - I want it that way! - no shows, no game, what's up? Date: Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Vu for showing up at both fields Rubin Award: Special Note: No one replied to the email and
no one showed up... Then everyone said, "Why didn't we play, what's
going on???"
Week
12 - Turkey Bowl XVII Cancelled Date: Saturday, Nov 27, 2010 Special Note: Most people responsed that they
were out of town
Week
11 - Young Folks Date: Saturday, Nov 20, 2010 - 2pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Circus Steve - solid game, then crucial
big plays to follow the big comments Rubin Award: dropped passes - yeah, you know
who you are Special Note:
Week
10 - Lets Get It Started Date: Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 - 2pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: The entire Blue team - solid team work
all day long. Massive drives, big plays, consistency at every
position. Although the score was 5-3, Blue had pure dominance
all day. Special Note: Ant setup the field for the first
time. He is now a pro and will be in charge of field setup. Let's
all give our new field organizer a big welcome!
Week
9 - Rainy Days and Mondays Date: Saturday, Nov 6, 2010 - 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rubin Award: Special Note: Team blue was dominant. The level
of talent we have out there is really quite impressive. If we
get this challenge game going, some of you need to show up once
in awhile to refresh your skills otherwise youre going to be
sitting on the bench. Matt, Joe and others should be back this
week. Lets welcome them back! PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME.
We are moving it back 30 minutes.
Week
8 - Cancelled due to weather and the World Champion SF Giants Date: Saturday, Oct 30, 2010 Special Note: Big storm, Giants game at 1pm
and no permit... sorry.
Week
7 - Cancelled due to weather and the World Champion SF Giants Date: Saturday, Oct 23, 2010 Special Note: Big storm, Giants game at 1pm
and no permit... sorry.
Week
6 - Always Date: Saturday, Oct 16, 2010 - 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rubin Award: Special Note:
Week
5 - Countdown Date: Saturday, Oct 9, 2010 - 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rubin Award: Special Note:
Week
4 - Unbreak My Heart Date: Saturday, Oct 2, 2010, 1:30pm Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Everyone for showing up basically on
time Rubin Award: Adam for a truly Rubinesque performance
at QB Special Note: Thanks for showing up on time
Unbelievable! When asked if I thought
that the change in start time would make a difference, I said
emphatically, "No. These
guys are so used to show up late, nothing is going to change their
attitude and mindset." Well, as usual, I was wrong. We had
15 or so show up by 1:35 and we got started before 2pm. We even
had 20 by the time the game really got under way. Sure, some people
were a few minutes late, but all in all, it was better than having
people sit around for an hour until most people start to show up.
Not only was the attendance spectacular,
the game was quite good as well! Team red had dominant defense
all day as well as a quarterback who seemed to spend the last
two weeks developing an affinity for providing a free clinic
on How To Catch Interceptions to the other team. That isnt to
say that team blue was left with nothing, they had Michael "Harry Potter" Brown
as well as Dreadlock'd Dre and that guy who played for the now-defunct
Demons. The evenly matched teams battled for hours eventually
coming down to the last play. Team Red pulled ahead on two touchdown
passes from Adam but four interceptions brought back team blue.
Blue finally settled down behind Kel at QB enough to make a game
of it. Kel used his feet to setup the first score of the day
for Blue and HP punched the ball in from 2 yards out to halve
the deficit. A 4th and long interception setup Kel and crew for
one last chance to even the score but an incredible defensive
play from Al in the end zone kept Red on top.
Top honors on the day go to everyone except
Joe, Joey and Kel for showing up on time and getting in a good
game. James #5 was a solid performer, bailing out Red QB Adam "Cutler" Linke
and setting up the two scores that Cas put on the board for team
red. New-Guy-Greg was solid out of the backfield and Kel provided
the ground game for team blue. HP had a pair of interceptions and
Al was tough on defense all day.
We actually have video footage from this past week, so check the
links below and show up on the 8th.
Week
3 - Open Arms Date: Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rubin Award: Special Note:
Week
2 - hey, it's week 2 kids Date: Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Rick G and Mat Rubin Award: Special Note:
Week
1 - Season Opener Date: Saturday, Sep 11, 2010 Where at: St.
Mary's Park MVP: Joey and Brady Rubin Award: Ant Special Note: Rich Ryan caused and recoved a
fumble, Ant sat on his shoulder and separated it; 3rd degree...
Rich had no bad words to say, just wants to get back on the field.
Ant said, "at least no one got hurt today."
Fun battle on opening day. As usual
captains chose uneven teams, that changed all day long as player
arrived and left. Vu drove up on his motobicycle. Adam arrived
late. Jon Parker has no front teeth. Mat showed off a mohawk, which
shocked no one. New guy was ontime. Rich Ryan brought a girl and
beer.
Of note, they are charging a fee
for the field... yep a fee, hence money, hence cash. If we want
to play at that field we need to throw down about $40. Think about
it, 20 guys, $40, That's like $2.25 each, or something. So it's
gonna be a pay to play system again... and who doesn't have $2
for 4 hours of fun... that's like having your left leg watch Avatar
at Imax... just your left leg, no head, no torso, and definitely
no popcorn.
Blue, led by Brady
was solid and consistent all day. Brady masterminded an offense
that score 5 TDs and pushed the ball up and down the field with
a mix of run and pass plays. Early in the day Joey hit the hole
for a 55 yard TD run that surprised everyone including the very
hungover Joey... after the play, he remarked, " wahoo, uhg, i feel
like %$#, damn I'm out of shape!" Joey ended the day with 101 total
hard earned yards. After the game, teammate and previous all-hcff
player, circus steve remarked, "pshh, whatever", much to Joey's
pleasure.
Ant was the red team captain. He
not only managed to annoy everyone on his team.. except his cousin
who got the ball every other play, but he fumbled and in frustration
sat on the opposing player resulting in a serious injury. It's
one thing to have a bad day, it's another to yell at your own team
and walk off the field in a 3rd grade huff. Although Ant put together
two scoring drives on the day, leadership and motivation were not
part of the huddle; had they been, was the collection of talent
around Ant enough to score 5, 6, maybe 7 TDs that day. As it were,
a lot of individual effort and skill lead to Red's offensive plays
that at least gave them two scores.
On defense, the D-line for
Red was in it's own world creating havock for Brady and team blue
all day. Individual efforts on the islands and at linebacker also
kept the score close most of the day.
It was 2-0 early, the red crept
back to 2-2, before blue, behind the Bellichek like offensive mind
of Brady, pulled away with schemes that only a film-guru could
defend.
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