2022 Power Rankings-Week 14

## Introduction

There is a reason why it's called the Gauntlet of the Gods. Every year the defending champion must finish their regular season by facing (in order) the teams they vanquished during their playoff run followed by all the former Glory Bowl champions.

After falling to RIPDab in a rematch of the 2022 Quarterfinals, Idiots rekindled the Glory Bowl magic by having his best score of his year against The Multiverse of Mattness. Since then, it's gone Glory Bowl I champ Papa, Glory Bowl II champ momma, Glory Bowl IV champ Duck, Glory Bowl VII champ Shotti, and Glory Bowl VIII champ Sweet Dee. Their 3-2 record over this stretch has them in position to punch a ticket, but one more obstacle remains...

Elsewhere in the league, we have a showdown 11 months in the making. After last meeting in the Cinco De Lose-O on December 27th, Shotti and RIPDab have each gone 7-7 and found themselves in a near doomsday scenario on the final week of the regular season. Their point totals essentially guarantees that the loser of this matchup is going home early.

...Unless, of course, Papa's Posse were to suffer an epic collapse at the hands of his long-time rival Sweet Dee. With a lifetime record of 9-9 against one another, Sweet Dee has the chance to help out her husband and play spoiler to a team that she has butted heads with ever since the notorious Owen Daniels trade of 2013 (Dee acquired Daniels from Papa moments before news dropped that Owen had torn his ACL, leading to heated accusations and ultimately a veto).

But if five teams fighting for three playoff spots wasn't drama enough, six teams have a reasonable shot at the second bye spot and two teams are still alive for the Commissioner's Cup. Those two teams are Duck and momma, and both are facing off against teams that are outscoring them on the year despite having worse records.

If 2021 week 14 was devoid of drama, 2022 has too much to even process. There are so many scenarios to unpack that I am probably going to miss a few, but we're going to do our best.

## 2022 Playoff Scenarios

This section is a copy of the playoff scenario writeup that I sent out earlier this week, but for those who missed it (or in the case of Papa, those who did not have it sent to them because their son forgot), here it is again.

### Locked In

Here is what's already clinched:

* BYE
	+ Duck Punchers (by virtue of only one other team capable of reaching 9 wins)
* PLAYOFFS
	+ ma ma momma said (7th place team will be 7-7 by virtue of RIP/TSB H2H, therefore momma is guaranteed top-6 finish)

And folks...that's it. One bye and four playoff spots are up for grabs, as well as the Commissioner's Cup.

### Week 14 Scenarios

In these scenarios, I used 150 points as the cutoff for scenarios involving point tiebreakers (ex. if someone needs to outscore another team by more than 150 points I did not include as a likely option).

#### Duck Punchers (BYE LOCKED)

* Clinches the Commissioner's Cup with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by ma ma momma said or
	+ **Hold Score Advantage** over ma ma momma said of 56.04

#### ma ma momma said (PLAYOFF LOCKED)

* Clinches the Commissioner's Cup with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by Duck Punchers and **Outscore** Duck Punchers by 56.05
* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, Papa's Posse, The Shotti Bunch and **Hold Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 31.01 or
	+ **Loss** by Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, Papa's Posse, RIPDab and **Outscore** The Shotti Bunch by 48.30 or
	+ **Loss** by Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, The Shotti Bunch, **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 24.72 and **Hold Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 31.01 or
	+ **Loss** by Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, RIPDab, **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 24.72 and **Outscore** The Shotti Bunch by 48.30

### Pain Train

* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said and The Stupid Idiots or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Stupid Idiots of 82.50
* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by The Stupid Idiots and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Stupid Idiots of 82.50 or
	+ **Loss** by Papa's Posse or
	+ **Loss** by Paddock 9 or
	+ **Hold Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 115.14
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** and **Win** by The Stupid Idiots, Papa's Posse, Paddock 9 and **Lose Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 115.14

### The Stupid Idiots

* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, and The Shotti Bunch or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train and RIPDab and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Shotti Bunch of 107.73 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said and The Shotti Bunch and **Outscore** Pain Train by 82.50 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said and RIPDab and **Outscore** Pain Train by 82.50 and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Shotti Bunch of 107.73
* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by RIPDab and Papa's Posse or
	+ **Loss** by The Shotti Bunch and Papa's Posse and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Shotti Bunch of 107.73
	+ **Loss** by RIPDab and **Hold Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 32.64 or
	+ **Loss** by Papa's Posse and **Hold Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 32.64 or
	+ **Loss** by The Shotti Bunch and **Hold Score Advantage** over The Shotti Bunch of 107.73 and **Hold Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 32.64
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** and **Win** by Papa's Posse and **Lose Score Advantage** over Paddock 9 of 32.64

### The Shotti Bunch

* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots and Papa's Posse and **Hold Score Advantage** over momma said of 48.29 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, Papa's Posse and **Hold Score Advantage** over momma said of 48.29 and **Outscore** The Stupid Idiots by 107.73 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots and **Hold Score Advantage** over momma said of 48.29 and **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 73.01 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train and **Hold Score Advantage** over momma said of 48.29 and **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 73.01 and **Outscore** The Stupid Idiots by 107.73
* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by Papa's Posse and Paddock 9 and **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 73.01 or
	+ **Loss** by Papa's Posse and **Hold Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 73.01 and **Outscore** Paddock 9 by 75.09 or
	+ **Loss** by The Stupid Idiots and **Outscore** The Stupid Idiots by 107.73 and **Outscore** Paddock 9 by 75.09
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** and **Win** by Papa's Posse or
	+ **Loss** and **Lose Score Advantage** over Papa's Posse of 73.01

### Papa's Posse

* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, The Shotti Bunch and **Hold Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 6.29 and **Outscore** momma said by 24.73 or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, RIPDab and **Outscore** momma said by 24.73 and **Outscore** Shotti by 73.01
* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by RIPDab and Paddock 9 and **Hold Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 6.29 or
	+ **Loss** by The Shotti Bunch and Paddock 9 and **Outscore** The Shotti Bunch by 73.01 or
	+ **Loss** by RIPDab and **Hold Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 6.29 and **Outscore** Paddock 9 by 148.11
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** and **Win** by The Shotti Bunch and **Lose Score Advantage** over RIPDab of 6.29 or
	+ **Loss** and **Win** by RIPDab and **Fail to Outscore** Shotti by 73.01

### RIPDab

* Clinches a Bye with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots, Papa's Posse and **Outscore** momma by 31.02
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by ma ma momma said, Pain Train, The Stupid Idiots and **Outscore** momma by 31.02 and **Outscore** Papa by 6.30
* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** or
	+ **Loss** by Papa's Posse and Paddock 9 and **Outscore** Papa by 6.30
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** and **win** by Papa's Posse or
	+ **Loss** and **Failure to Outscore** Papa by 6.30

### Paddock 9

* Clinches a Playoff Berth with:
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by Papa's Posse and RIPDab or
	+ **Win** and **Loss** by Papa's Posse and The Shotti Bunch and **Hold Score Advantage** over Shotti of 75.08
	+ **Win** and **Outscore** The Stupid Idiots by 32.64
* Is Eliminated with:
	+ **Loss** or
	+ **Win** by Papa's Posse and RIBDab and **Lose Score Advantage** over Shotti of 75.08

## Season Finale Through the Ages

As always, we begin the regular season final week writeup with our retrospective.

I will admit, every year this gets longer and longer and now it may be so long that nobody reads. But I'll continue to include and add year after year as the history of this fun league grows.

Let's take a look back at some of the most memorable season finale showdowns before heading into a week 14 that promises to have some fireworks.

### 2011 - A Legend is Born

At 6-6, Papa needed a win *and* a loss by either Mattness or Brak and Yellow to make playoffs. Meanwhile, Pain Train (9-3) was facing RIPDab (9-3). The winner was getting a bye, the loser was playing in the quarterfinals. Let's take a look at the results:

7th > 2nd
 Papa's Posse

9th > 5th
 bob's bananas

With those two results, Papa jumped from 7th to 6th and Brak and Yellow fell from 5th to 7th. Papa would go on to win the Glory Bowl by defeating Duck Punchers again. Meanwhile...

1st > 3rd
 RIPDab

Tied for first heading into the week, Pain Train is defeated handily by RIPDab and is forced into the 3-seed, where they would lose in the opening round to none other than Papa's Posse.

### 2012 - First 6-7 Team Ever Clinches Playoff Berth in Upset Victory

Pain Train (4-8, 7th) almost became the first and only 5-8 team to make the playoffs. They needed a win and a loss by "Why am I doing this" (5-7, 6th). In one of the most surprising performances and playoff berths in history, "Why am I doing this" upset the soon-to-be Glory Bowl II champion momma (9-3) in week 13, knocking Pain Train into the consolation tourney. Pain Train had outscored WAIDT on the season by close to 400 points.

6th > 2nd
 Why am I doing this

### 2013 - Pain Train Takes Down the Momma Dynasty

All six playoff spots were decided by week 13, with 6th place IAMGROOT (6-6) two games ahead of 7th place Paddock 9 (4-8). But at the top of the standings, a powerhouse showdown determined the 2-seed in the league. Defending champion momma (9-3) took on Pain Train (8-4), with the winner getting a first round bye and the loser forced to play in the quarterfinals.

3rd > 2nd
 Pain Train WOO WOO

With an absolute beatdown of MMMS, PT won the bye spot while momma would go on to defeat IAMGROOT in the quarterfinals, only to be taken down again by Pain Train in the semifinals. Pain Train single-handedly vanquished the potential momma dynasty that year.

### 2014 - IAMGROOT Clinches by Less than 1 Point

Paddock 9 (5-7, 7th) was in a race against IAMGROOT (6-6, 6th) yet again. This time, Paddock needed a win against momma (10-2, 1st) and a Groot loss against Sweet Dee (2-10, 10th) and they would be in. The odds were stacked against them and these two games proved to be the most close, exciting showdowns to determine a playoff spot...ever.

7th > 1st
 Paddock 9

6th > 10th
 IAMGROOT

IAMGROOT makes the playoffs by less than 1 point. Despite the victory, Paddock 9 finished in 7th, a game back. A similar story could be unfolding in 2022.

Paddock 9 still managed to unseat momma from the 1-seed, which was taken by Duck punchers. DP went on to defeat momma in Glory Bowl IV.

### 2015 - History Repeats Itself: Papa & Duck Play Win-or-Go-Home

The storied rivalry continues for Papa and Duck, two of the first four champions in the LOC.

Duck (5-7, 7th) owned the points tie-breaker with Papa's Posse (6-6, 6th). The two faced off in week 13, with the winner guaranteed a playoff spot and the loser guaranteed the Consolation Tournament. It is one of the few pure win-or-go-home games we have ever seen in week 13.

Papa took care of business and sent the defending champion packing.

6th > 7th
 Papa's Posse

This would be the first (and still only) time that Duck Punchers missed the playoffs, though their legacy still has not completely recovered.

### 2017 - Three Teams, Two Spots.

This year's race for the Festival of Champions did not disappoint. Garoppoblow Me (5-7, 7th) was in a tight race all season with ma ma momma said (6-6, 6th) and now the two teams would go head-to-head, with the winner punching their ticket to the big dance. Meanwhile, Paddock 9 (6-6, 5th), was at risk of falling into 7th if they lost and got outscored by momma (momma was only 8 points behind them for the point tie-break).

7th > 6th
 Garoppoblow Me

5th > 4th
 Paddock 9

Momma was sent, once again, into the consolation tournament. P9 and PT faced off again in the quarterfinals, where Pain Train won the rematch. GBM made it to the semis, where they were curb-stomped by Glory Bowl VII champion, The Shotti Bunch.

And as we have seen, defending Glory Bowl champions do not fair well in bubble games...

### 2018 - The Death of a Dynasty

The Shotti Bunch (6-6, 7th) faced Duck Punchers (6-6, 5th), with the winner automatically in. Sweet Dee (6-6, 6th) was also guaranteed entry into the Festival of Champions if they could win against Papa's Posse (3rd, 8-4), but also gets in if they could retain season scoring leads over the loser of the TSB vs. DUCK mega-match.

Papa wouldn't even consider throwing the match to help block one of the two former champions. They had an outside shot at a bye spot, if Pain Train (9-3, 2nd) were to fall to rival Paddock 9 (7-5, 4th).

5th > 7th
 Duck Punchers

3rd > 6th
 Papa's Posse

2nd > 4th
 Pain Train

Sweet Dee lost week 13, but caught a break when Duck defeated Shotti on a garbage time 40+ yard completion from Tom Brady to James White. With both Shotti and Sweet Dee losing, it came down to a score tie-breaker. Sweet Dee had the edge by over 100 points, so for the second time in LOC history, Dee clinched the 6-seed as a sub-.500 team. Duck, with their victory, had helped decide the 2018 Glory Bowl champion. Had they lost, they would have been 6-7 but owned the tie-breaker over 6-7 Sweet Dee. They'd have been the 6th seed, with Shotti as the 5th and Dee eliminated. Instead, that one play to James White got Dee into the tournament. And the rest is history, with Dee winning the Glory Bowl over Pain Train. This week 13 marked the end of the league's biggest dynasty. The Shotti Bunch's shocking fall from grace after three straight Glory Bowls changed the history of the league forever.

### 2019 - Deja Vu All Over Again

If 2018 ended the greatest post-season stretch of dominance, 2019 ended the greatest regular season stretch of dominance (and also the greatest regular season stretch of sucking).

Ma ma momma said (8th seed) went up against Commish (6th seed) for the final playoff spot.

GBM had won 5 of their last 7 heading into the final two weeks of the season and just needed to beat either the 5-6 Stupid Idiots in week 12 or the 5-7 momma in week 13.

After falling to Stupid Idiots, GBM entered worst case scenario territory...

Momma owned the points tie-breaker by 2 points. If Momma won, they would be tied with GBM in the standings at 6-6 but have the edge in points. It would eliminate GBM and launch Momma back into the Festival.

Meanwhile, RIPDab (5-7) could also make the playoffs. They needed to win and hope for a GBM loss. That would create a 3-way tie at 6-7 between RIP, GBM, and MMS. RIP owned the tie-breaker in points over both teams and would have finished 6th. But their opponent that week was first place Duck (9-3) who would clinch the Commissioner's Cup with a win.

8th > 6th
 ma ma momma said

1st > 7th
 Duck Punchers

They were two of the biggest choke jobs in week 13 history. For GBM, his second lowest score of the season. For RIPDab, the lowest score of the season in the entire league. GBM's streak of top-four finishes was snapped at four seasons, while MMMS made playoffs for the first time since losing the Glory Bowl in 2015. Duck won his third Commissioner's Cup. Paddock 9, a dark horse in 2019, would end up winning their first championship.

### 2020 - Bad Teams Spoil the Bunch

2020 was as much about the playoff contenders as it was about the Consolation Tournament teams.

Garoppoblow Me (2-10) had won just two regular season games after their crushing loss to Momma (7-5) in 2019, but came into their week 13 matchup with a thirst for revenge. If they could win, MMMS might become the first 7-win team to miss the playoffs.

The Stupid Idiots (6-6) was up against a bitter Papa's Posse (5-7) who happened to be the second-hottest team in the league. Idiots needed a win and a Momma loss to clinch the playoffs. Papa would be more than happy to finish 6-7.

Meanwhile, the two previous Glory Bowl champions went at it for a shot at the bye. Sweet Dee (8-4) and P9 (9-3) were having their best regular seasons ever and looking to be the 2nd team to win multiple championships. The loser of that matchup was still in the playoffs, but risked losing the bye to the winner of RIPDab (7-5) vs. Pain Train (7-5).

It was a rare season where all five games mattered one way or another. And thanks to COVID, this was the week where we had two Monday night games AND A TUESDAY GAME.

9th > 6th
 Garoppoblow Me

With GBM's dominant win, the door was opened for momma to miss out on playoffs. And Stupid Idiots walked right through that door.

7th > 8th
 The Stupid Idiots

The crazy close finish between Idiots and Papa ensured that momma was the first seven win team to miss the playoffs, while Idiots finished with their best record ever.

But the bye was still to be determined.

1st > 2nd
 Paddock 9

Greg Zuerlein missed THREE field goals for Sweet Dee, any one of which would have been enough to put Dee over the top. Instead, she lost by less than four.

With that win, Paddock 9 won the Commissioner's Cup for the first time and Sweet Dee was forced into a quarterfinals game (where she lost).

5th > 4th
 RIPDab

Dab won by less than a point when Zeke caught a garbage time pass that re-took the lead in a Cowboys/Ravens game that also featured Pain Train's kicker Justin Tucker. Tucker had missed a kick earlier in the game that could have won it for Pain Train, who still had a shot if Dallas could get a RZ stop with minutes remaining. Alas, they gave up a Gus Edwards TD and Tucker kicked a measly one-point try instead of a 4-point go ahead FG.

Any chance that Duck had of getting the bye went out the window when 2-11 Shotti beat them by over 100 points.

All in all, a week that came out of nowhere as one of the most fantastic finishes in LOC history.

### 2021 - Add a Week, Subtract the Drama (to be updated)

Last season, a similar but less dramatic scenario unfolded with Papa, RIP, and Shotti. RIP and Shotti were facing off, while Papa was facing his rival Duck Punchers. Papa needed to win to notch his seventh victory of 2021, something he already has here in 2022. Shotti and RIPDab, meanwhile, already had win #7 and were each looking for their eighth. There was a chance that if Papa had a big week he could beat Duck Punchers and catch up in scoring to the loser of RIP/TSB. But if Papa were to get down early than both Dab and Shotti would be making the dance regardless.

3rd > 7th
 Duck Punchers

6th > 5th
 RIPDab

It was a respectable game for Papa, but he was still a win behind Shotti for the 6th seed and didn't have the points in a tiebreaker anyway. Both Shotti and Nate made the playoffs, where they would go down in the quarterfinals, and Papa ended up the loser of the Heart and Soul Bowl.

Elsewhere, Mattness and momma were competing for a top spot in the LOC standings. Mattness had 8 wins and no score advantage over momma, but if he won and Duck lost than he would be the 2-seed. Momma was hoping for a victory, which would secure his first ever Commissioner's Cup.

4th > 1st
 Mattness

The victory may have felt great and affected seeding, but momma still had enough of an advantage over both other 9-win teams to claim the Commissioner's Cup. Mattness could not earn the bye and instead took down Shotti in a stunner to open the Festival of Champions.

## 2022 - Every Matchup Matters

How often can we honestly say in week 14 taht every matchup matters? Last year 2-11 Paddock 9 beat 5-8 Sweet Dee. Nobody cares.

This year, there are only two eliminated teams, with the 8th place Paddock 9 having a VERY reasonable shot at making playoffs as the 6th seed. The scenarios have all been outlined above but real quickly let me set the stage again:

Paddock 9 is the hottest team in the LOC and is 6-7. If they beat 7-6 Stupid Idiots by more than 32.64 points than they are in the playoffs. Period.

The reason for this? Shotti and RIPDab are each 7-6, facing off with over 150 points LESS than Paddock 9. The loser of that matchup would get leap-frogged by Pat and be in the consolation bracket with The Stupid Idiots.

If that were to happen, there is an avenue through which the loser of Nate vs. Shotti could get in, but they would need Papa's Posse to choke against Sweet Dee, who is on the six game losing streak. Papa hold the narrowest of point advantages over Nate, so not only does it behoove these teams to win but they are also in a shadow-matchup with each other to try and keep or close the scoring advantages.

Because Nick has 2789 points, way more than Nate, he could also get in if both Nate and Papa were to lose, so it is not do or die just yet. But his 108-point advantage over Shotti is not a sure thing, especially after we saw P9 erase the margin between him and Idiots in week 12. If Idiots were to score 150 points, is it that unreasonable to say Shotti and Nate couldn't drop 250+ each and blow up the back-door entry-point for Idiots? Maybe it is...but this is fantasy football baby.

And let us not discount the drama at the top of the standings. Pain Train has the score advantage over momma, but momma has the win. If mattness, who desperately wants to win and hope for a Dee loss so he does not finish in last place, pulls the "upset" over momma than Pain Train could take down the presumptive Commissioner's Cup winner Duck Punchers and snag the two-seed in the Festival. I put "Upset" in quotes because Mattness is the first 10th-seeded team to have a higher point total than a 2-seed heading into the final week of the regular season.

As far as X-factors beyond just "make it" or "miss it?" If RIPDab were to miss playoffs after starting 6-3 it would be one of the bigger collapses we have ever seen. If Paddock 9 were to make playoffs after starting 3-6 it would be one of the greatest underdog stories we have ever seen.

The stage is set. The pieces are moving. 2022 week 14 will be one to remember.

## Who's Hot, Who's Not?

Just as a reminder: charts are color-coded on the website but only if you read on your computer. Nothing has color on mobile.

Scoring Over Last Three Weeks
 Pain Train
 ma ma momma said
 Duck Punchers
 The Stupid Idiots
 Papa's Posse
 The Shotti Bunch
 Sweet Dee
 The Multiverse of Mattness
 RIPDab

## Matchup Recap

* Paddock 9 keeps playoff hopes alive with a season sweep and their best score ever in the matchup history vs. Multiverse of Mattness (10-11). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Duck Punchers secures a bye, sweeps the seasons series, and ties their lifetime record against The Shotti Bunch (10-10). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Ma ma momma said narrowly escapes with a season split against the imploding RIPDab (9-11). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* Pain Train refuses to go quietly and is still alive for a bye with a commanding victory against Papa's Posse (13-9). **Next Matchup: N/A**
* The Stupid Idiots takes care of business in their lone matchup of 2022 against Sweet Dee (5-3). **Next Matchup: N/A**

## Stat Chat

* Duck Punchers becomes the first team to win 100 regular season games.
* Duck Punchers becomes the first team to reach 9 regular season wins six different times.
* Duck Punchers has now won 9+ games in two of the last three season and is the only team to reach 9 wins twice in the 14-game era (momma can join him with a win this week).
* Commish becomes the first team to reach 10 regular season losses four different times.
* Papa's Posse becomes the first team to lose 90 regular season games.
* Shotti becomes the 8th team to lose 60 regular season games.
* Pain Train becomes the 5th team to break 200 points in 90 regular season games.
* Sweet Dee is on her first 6-game losing streak since 2017.
* Sweet Dee becomes the 9th team to play 150 games in the LOC.
* Despite the rough start, Paddock 9 has managed to double his win total from last season.
* Mattness has now earned five blowout of the week losses, tying him with Papa's Posse (2012, 2017), and pulling him within one loss of his own record (6) set in 2013.

## Fastest to 100 Regular Season Wins

Updated 12/11/22

Fastest to 100 Regular Season Wins

This is a small chart because it is a newborn chart. Duck currently exists in a stat of his own.

## Seasons of 9 or More Wins

Seasons of 9 or more Wins by Each Team
 The Shotti Bunch
 ma ma momma said
 Pain Train
 Multiverse of Mattness
 RIPDab
 Paddock 9
 Papa's Posse
 Sweet Dee

## Seasons of 10 or More losses by Team

Seasons of 10 or more Losses by Each Team
 Paddock 9
 Papa's Posse
 ma ma momma said
 RIPDab
 Sweet Dee
 The Stupid Idiots
 The Shotti Bunch
 Duck Punchers

## The Commissioner's Cup

The Commissioner's Cup is an annual award given out to the winner of the LOC regular season. The team must either have the most wins or be tied for the most wins and own the points tie-breaker with any other teams sharing the record.

Duck Punchers (3) has won the most Commissioner's Cups and is a win away from securing his 4th. No team has won consecutive Commissioner's Cups, a feat that momma said can accomplish today with a win and loss by Duck Punchers. Four Commissioner Cup winners have gone on to win the Glory Bowl, most recently Paddock 9 in 2020.

## Absolute Standings

### Combined Absolute Standings

The movement of teams the last few weeks has been wild. Shotti dropping from 2nd to 5th. Idiots up from 7th to 4th. RIPDab from bye contention to 7th seed. And Paddock 9 on the heater of his life and has not moved from the 8th spot in a month. But you can see that assent here in the absolute standings, where P9 has moved up a spot each of the last three weeks and is positioned in 6th place. Momma, who is in the 2-seed, would be outside of playoff contention using this scoring method.

### Fractional Records

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Now we add in the W/L records, with a win being worth an added 10 points.

 The hottest teams, P9 and PT, we see rising in these standings. The three teams who have been on the coldest streaks make up the bottom of this chart.

## Power Rankings - Week Fourteen

* APT: Record Against Playoff Teams
* L3: Record Over Last Three Games

### 1(1). Pain Train

* APT: 4-4
* L3: 2-1

It's crazy that the top-scoring team of 2022 has only won back-to-back games a single time this season. And go figure, it is against the winningest team (Duck) and the hottest team (Paddock 9). PT's glaring weakness could be what costs him a bye and that is the tight end position. There is enough talent to carry the team elsewhere, with surprise fantasy contributors Jamaal Williams, Tyler lockett, and Jeff Wilson Jr. making up a really great "boom" squad that will have to stay in sync starting next week.

### 2(3). Duck Punchers

* APT: 5-1
* L3: 2-1

Last week we were talking about them maybe choking away their season. This week their bye is secure and they are hunting for a league-record third Commissioner's Cup. While there is a lot to like about this team (Herbert, Fantasy Sun Gawd, Travie Eatin' Etienne), there is a lot to be concerned about. The health of Kenneth Walker makes the bye crucial. And a few players are in unfavorable situations, like Jeudy in that awful Denver offense and Pierce in the one-win scenario over in Houston. No matter what happens today, they are two wins away from their first championship since 2014.

### 3(2). The Stupid Idiots

* APT: 4-4
* L3: 1-2

Cooled off quite a bit since they lost the 80-point Justin Fields bump every week, and this week they face off against P9 with Kamara, London, and Fields on the bye. It's not all bad, however, since they have scored enough during the peak of their year to own tiebreakers with Shotti and Dab. Winning is priority one. But if they can just put up a decent score than even a loss won't necessarily "matter" for their chance at defending the title.

### 4(7). Paddock 9

* APT: 2-6
* L3: 2-1

When RIPDab dropped to 7th and Idiots bumped to 4th it moved P9's record vs. playoff teams to 2-6. But the recent string of victories is not a fluke and not a product of facing weaker teams. P9 has broken 210 points in six of their last seven games after failing to break 200 in four of their first six. They have turned their season around and at this point anything short of a playoff berth will be considered a failure, which is nuts when you think about how this year started.

### 5(4). The Shotti Bunch

* APT: 3-5
* L3: 2-1

Takes a big hit by losing Lamar Jackson for this important showdown with RIPDab. Overall, it has been an interesting season for this team. They have not inspired the same level of fear as in their dynasty days, but they've won back-to-back three times and are on a 4-2 stretch. It sure seems like this team does not have the teeth to win it all (three of last four under 200 including two in a row under 160 last month), but they have Shotti at the helm and that means anything can happen.

### 6(5). Papa's Posse

* APT: 4-3
* L3: 2-1

Papa should have "any given Sunday" tattooed on their chest. He has claimed a victory at least once over every team he has faced except two...Duck Punchers and Sweet Dee. Bad news for him: he needs to get that win over Sweet Dee or the odds are stacked against him. He does not light up the scoreboard, so the easiest way to ensure he is playing in week 15 is to get that victory. So far so good with 27 from the surprise fantasy baller of the year in Josh Jacobs.

### 7(6). ma ma momma said

* APT: 2-4
* L3: 3-0

A second 8+ win season cannot be completely chalked up to luck, though luck does play a part. In week 13 they won by 2 points thanks to a late game drop by RIPDab's Chris Olave and also due to some questionable add/drop decisions on his opponent's part. This week they will go up against a hungry but somewhat pathetic Mattness squad who would love to play spoiler. The bye weeks are hitting him hard at RB and the bench is very thin with Fournette still banged up. Being off for the quarterfinals to get healthy would be clutch, but it will take an upset win in week 14.

### 8(8). RIPDab

* APT: 3-3
* L3: 1-2

After Paddock 9 told Dab he wasn't making enough moves to win, RIPDab went on an add/drop spree to spam the league and prove a point that making roster moves is not the only thing that contributes to winning. The irony of this little mental breakdown is that the first peron he dropped to start this chain of nonsense was Samaje Perine. Dropping Perine could turn into a bigger mistake than last season when they notoriously did not put a claim in for Brandin Cooks because he "didn't need a WR." Cooks became an integral part of the playoff run for The Stupid idiots, who took out RIPDab to open the 2021 Festival of Champions. This year, RIPDab has needed to find bandages to patch up gaping holes in the skin of their roster after losing key players to injury. With Mixon hurt, Perine would have offered 30 points in a flex spot and given them more than enough to take down momma to secure a playoff spot. They would be playing for a bye this week. Instead, if they lose they go into the history books and not for a good reason. Point proven, I guess?

### 9(9). Multiverse of Mattness

* APT: 1-7
* L3: 1-2

Nothing to say about this team.

### 10(10). Sweet Dee

* APT: 3-6
* L3: 0-3

It looks worse than it is but it's pretty bad.