2022 Power Rankings-Bowl Week

## Introduction

Happy New Year! Everyone is 0-0 (unless you're Ohio State) and we have one more week of action to close out the 2022 season of LOC.

Some of us might be hung over. Some of us might still be sad from last week (or from the last 16 weeks). Luckily, football is here to make us all feel better.

All the bowl games are set, with some unlikely matchups in unlikely places. Let's get into it.

## Semifinals - How It Went Down

It's not the Glory Bowl many wanted, but it's the one we got. Two former champions, one looking to defend his title from 2021 and the other hoping to reclaim the throne for the first time since 2012. There were fireworks in both games this week as Papa blew a huge lead to momma and Idiots hung on to take down the regular season's best team, Duck Punchers.

For Papa, it was a comedy of errors. It all started when he opted to keep Chuba Hubbard on the bench. Last week, it was for Campbell. Somehow that didn't bite him in the ass. This week, it's hard to say it bit him in the ass but it certainly set the tone. Hubbard ended with 24.13 points.

But that's fine because the vibes weren't great on Momma's side of things. Zay Jones kicked things off Thursday night with 2.28 points. In the same game Hubbard went off, Swift got Momma just 4.20 points. Kirk Cousins outscored Patrick Mahomes 42.26-35.66 and San Fran defense got outscored narrowly by Cincy 25-24. Things were shaping up great for Papa, so much so that he spent all of Christmas Even buzzing about a return to the Glory Bowl for the first time since 2011.

It got so close to sure thing that we were in "anything short of a complete collapse and you're in the Glory Bowl." And he collapsed.

George Kittle caught a pair of TDs to get Mom within striking distance while elsewhere in the country Papa's TE Schultz was putting up just 8.70 points. But that's okay! Fournette would need the best game of Momma's season and Evans would probably need his worst in order to make this a contest. And sure enough...Fournette was just about the only thing happening for Tampa Bay while Evans couldn't connect with Brady to save his fucking life (or Papa's season). Fournette outscored Mike 38.20-6.30 and all of a sudden Momma had the upper hand. Mike Williams gave it all he had on MNF with 13.40 but it wasn't nearly enough.

On the other side of things, Duck could not complete a similar comeback. He was projected to win heading into MNF with Justin Herbert remaining. The matchup swung back and forth all weekend. Etienne met his projection Thursday night. Jeudy came up Big Booty'd let again. Walker returned to form. Even Najee contributed on Saturday night in dedication to the late Franco Harris.

But Idiots kept pace with 43 from Hockenson to balance out 41 from Lamb. He got 16.60 from Dalvin Cook to balance out 16.25 from Amon-Ra. He matched defense 24-27 (TB vs. NE). His one really bad performance was Wilson on TNF to start the week and then Justin Fields with a disappointing 17.99. But all told he scored a massive 242.44, which meant Herbert needed to meet his projection for Duck to win. He didn't even come close. 12.28 was the worst fantasy performance of Justin's season, and Duck has failed to make it out of the semifinals yet again.

This is the second time in three seasons that the two teams in the Glory Bowl will face off for their second championship (Paddock 9 vs. Duck Punchers in 2020).

## The Commish Killer Classic

This week two teams who each defeated Commish in the Glory Bowl to claim their titles will face off for a chance at trophy number two.

Here are some facts about the game:

* This marks the 12th unique pairing of Glory Bowl teams in 12 seasons.
* The winner will join Paddock 9 and The Shotti Bunch as the third team with multiple championships.
* If Idiots wins, he will join Paddock 9 and Shotti as the third team with back-to-back championships.
* If Momma loses, he will join Pain Train as the only teams with three Glory Bowl losses.
* If Momma wins, he would hold the record for longest gap between Glory Bowl wins (ten years). The current record is two years (Shotti in 2013 and 2015).
* If Momma wins, he would be the fifth different champion in six seasons.
* Tyreek Hill is making his fourth Glory Bowl appearance, tying a record set by three other players.

## Glory Bowl Players

Over the break, I decided to go back through LOC history and figure out which NFL players have seen the most Glory Bowls. Now, full disclosure, I do not have the time to import the entire list cleanly, which includes 151 unique Glory Bowl winning players and 161 Glory Bowl losers. This also DOES NOT include 2022. The reason for this being I did not want to get all this done and then miss an add/drop or a start/sit at the last minute. But here is the rough draft of the charts, which I may have time to perfect for next week's season finale writeup:

### List of All Glory Bowl Players (Starters and Bench)

Crabtree, Michael
 3
Anderson, C.J.
Baltimore
Beckham Jr., Odell
Brady, Tom
Brown, A.J.
Chicago
Evans, Mike
Freeman, Devonta
Gates, Antonio
Gurley II, Todd
Hill, Tyreek
Hopkins, DeAndre
Jones, Julio
Kelce, Travis
Landry, Jarvis
Luck, Andrew
Mathews, Ryan
McCoy, LeSean
 2
Atlanta
Baldwin, Doug
Benjamin, Travis
Bennett, Martellus
Bernard, Giovani
Boldin, Anquan
Brees, Drew
Brown, John
Carlson, Daniel
Conner, James
Crosby, Mason
Denver
Ertz, Zach
Fant, Noah
Fitzgerald, Larry
Gay, Matt
Gordon, Melvin
Graham, Jimmy
Green-Ellis, Ben-Jarvis
Gronkowski, Rob
Harvin, Percy
Hernandez, Aaron
Jackson, DeSean
Jacobs, Josh
Janikowski, Sebastian
Jennings, Rashad
Johnson, Andre
Johnson, Calvin
Johnson, Kerryon
Kansas City
Lewis, Dion
Lockett, Tyler
Lynch, Marshawn
Maclin, Jeremy
Mahomes, Patrick
Manning, Peyton
McKinnon, Jerick
Mixon, Joe
New England
Newton, Cam
Olsen, Greg
Pollard, Tony
Powell, Bilal
Reed, Jordan
Renfrow, Hunter
Rivers, Philip
Rodgers, Aaron
Roethlisberger, Ben
Ryan, Matt
Seattle
Shepard, Sterling
Tannehill, Ryan
Tate, Golden
Tucker, Justin
Wallace, Mike
 1
Akers, Cam
Allen, Javorius
Allen, Josh
Allen, Keenan
Anderson, Robbie
Ballage, Kalen
Barber, Marion
Bell, Joique
Bell, Le'Veon
Berrios, Braxton
Blankenship, Rodrigo
Boone, Mike
Boswell, Chris
Bowden Jr., Lynn
Boyd, Tyler
Brown, Andre
Brown, Antonio
Brown, Hollywood
Brown, Josh
Brown, Malcolm
Bryant, Martavis
Buffalo
Burleson, Nate
Burrow, Joe
Bush, Michael
Carolina
Carter, Michael
Cassel, Matt
Catanzaro, Chandler
Chark, DJ
Chubb, Nick
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cobb, Randall
Cohen, Tarik
Cole, Keelan
Coleman, Tevin
Cook, Dalvin
Cook, Jared
Cooks, Brandin
Cooper, Riley
Cousins, Kirk
Crowder, Jamison
Daniels, Owen
Davis, Mike
Decker, Eric
Diggs, Stefon
Dwyer, Jonathan
Edelman, Julian
Edwards-Helaire, Clyde
Edwards, Bryan
Ellington, Andre
Everett, Gerald
Fairburn, Ka'imi
Finley, Jermichael
Fitzpatrick, Ryan
Fleener, Coby
Foles, Nick
Forte, Matt
Foster, Arian
Foster, Robert
Fuller V, Will
Gibson, Antonio
Gibson, Brandon
Goedert, Dallas
Golladay, Kenny
Gore, Derrick
Gore, Frank
Gostkowski, Stephen
Green Bay
Green, A.J.
Gresham, Jermaine
Hanson, Jason
Henderson Jr., Darrell
Henry, Derrick
Higgins, Tee
Hightower, Tim
Hilton, T.Y.
Hogan, Chris
Houston
Howard, Jordan
Hubbard, Chuba
Hunt, Kareem
Hurts, Jalen
Indianapolis
Ingram II, Mark
Jackson, Lamar
Jackson, Steven
Jefferson, Justin
Jeffery, Alshon
Johnson, Chris
Johnson, David
Johnson, Duke
Johnson, Tyron
Jones Jr., Marvin
Jones-Drew, Maurice
Jones, James
Jones, Matt
Jones, Ronald
Kamara, Alvin
Kelly Jr., John
Lacy, Eddie
Lamb, CeeDee
LAR
Lazard, Allen
Leshoure, Mikel
Lewis, Marcedes
Lutz, Will
Mack, Marlon
Manning, Eli
Marshall, Brandon
Martin, Doug
Matthews, Rishard
Mattison, Alexander
Mayfield, Baker
McCaffrey, Christian
McCloud III, Ray-ray
McDonald, Vance
McKissic, J.D.
Metcalf, DK
Miami
Michel, Sony
Miller, Lamar
Minnesota
Mooney, Darnell
Moore, Denarius
Moore, Elijah
Moss, Santana
Mostert, Raheem
Murray, Latavius
Nelson, Jordy
New Orleans
Palmer, Carson
Parker, DeVante
Parkey, Cody
Penny, Rashaad
Perine, Samaje
Perriman, Breshad
Philadelphia
Pitts, Kyle
Pittsburgh
Prater, Matt
Rainey, Bobby
Randle, Joseph
Rawls, Thomas
Reynaud, Darius
Reynolds, Josh
Roberts, Andre
Rudolph, Kyle
Samuel, Deebo
Sanders, Emmanuel
Sankey, Bishop
Santos, Cairo
Sanu Sr., Mohamed
Scott, Boston
Shorts III, Cecil
Singletary, Devin
Smith Jr, Steve
Smith-Schuster, JuJu
Smith, DeVonta
Smith, Jonnu
Spiller, C.J.
Stewart, Jonathan
Swift, D'Andre
Tate, Ben
Taylor, Jonathan
Thomas, Julius
Thomas, Logan
Thompson, Chris
Vinatieri, Adam
Waddle, Jaylen
Waller, Darren
Washington
Washington, DeAndre
Washington, Nate
Wayne, Reggie
Wells, Beanie
Westbrook, Dede
Wiliams, Jamaal
Williams, Damien
Williams, Mike
Williams, Terrance
Wilson Jr., Jeff
Yeldon, T.J.

### List of All Glory Bowl Winning Players

Gurley II, Todd
McCoy, LeSean
 2
Arizona
Atlanta
Baltimore
Brees, Drew
Brown, A.J.
Crabtree, Michael
Evans, Mike
Fitzgerald, Larry
Gordon, Melvin
Gronkowski, Rob
Hill, Tyreek
Hopkins, DeAndre
Jackson, DeSean
Jacobs, Josh
Jones, Julio
Lewis, Dion
Lynch, Marshawn
Mahomes, Patrick
Mathews, Ryan
Murray, DeMarco
Newton, Cam
Powell, Bilal
 1
Akers, Cam
Allen, Javorius
Anderson, Robbie
Baldwin, Doug
Beckham Jr., Odell
Bell, Joique
Benjamin, Travis
Bennett, Martellus
Bernard, Giovani
Blankenship, Rodrigo
Boswell, Chris
Bowden Jr., Lynn
Brady, Tom
Brown, Andre
Brown, Antonio
Brown, Hollywood
Brown, Malcolm
Bryant, Dez
Bryant, Martavis
Burleson, Nate
Burrow, Joe
Bush, Michael
Carlson, Daniel
Carter, Michael
Cassel, Matt
Chicago
Chubb, Nick
Cleveland
Cobb, Randall
Conner, James
Cook, Dalvin
Cook, Jared
Cooks, Brandin
Crosby, Mason
Daniels, Owen
Davis, Mike
Decker, Eric
Denver
Diggs, Stefon
Edwards, Bryan
Ertz, Zach
Fleener, Coby
Foles, Nick
Freeman, Devonta
Fuller V, Will
Gay, Matt
Gibson, Antonio
Goedert, Dallas
Gore, Derrick
Gostkowski, Stephen
Graham, Jimmy
Green Bay
Green-Ellis, Ben-Jarvis
Green, A.J.
Gresham, Jermaine
Harvin, Percy
Henderson Jr., Darrell
Hernandez, Aaron
Higgins, Tee
Hightower, Tim
Hunt, Kareem
Indianapolis
Jackson, Steven
Janikowski, Sebastian
Johnson, Andre
Jones Jr., Marvin
Jones-Drew, Maurice
Jones, Matt
Kansas City
Kelce, Travis
Kelly Jr., John
Lacy, Eddie
Landry, Jarvis
LAR
Lazard, Allen
Lockett, Tyler
Luck, Andrew
Mack, Marlon
Maclin, Jeremy
Martin, Doug
McDonald, Vance
McKinnon, Jerick
McKissic, J.D.
Metcalf, DK
Miami
Miller, Lamar
Mostert, Raheem
Murray, Latavius
Parkey, Cody
Penny, Rashaad
Perine, Samaje
Perriman, Breshad
Philadelphia
Pitts, Kyle
Pittsburgh
Prater, Matt
Rainey, Bobby
Randle, Joseph
Rawls, Thomas
Rivers, Philip
Roberts, Andre
Rodgers, Aaron
Roethlisberger, Ben
Sanders, Emmanuel
Santos, Cairo
Smith-Schuster, JuJu
Smith, DeVonta
Tannehill, Ryan
Tate, Golden
Taylor, Jonathan
Thomas, Julius
Tucker, Justin
Wallace, Mike
Waller, Darren
Washington, DeAndre
Wayne, Reggie
Westbrook, Dede
Wiliams, Jamaal
Williams, Damien
Williams, Mike
Wilson Jr., Jeff
Yeldon, T.J.

### List of All Glory Bowl Losing Players

 2
Boldin, Anquan
Brady, Tom
Brown, John
Chicago
Crabtree, Michael
Fant, Noah
Freeman, Devonta
Jennings, Rashad
Johnson, Calvin
Johnson, Kerryon
Kelce, Travis
Landry, Jarvis
Luck, Andrew
Manning, Peyton
Mixon, Joe
New England
Olsen, Greg
Pollard, Tony
Reed, Jordan
Renfrow, Hunter
Seattle
Shepard, Sterling
 1
Allen, Keenan
Anderson, C.J.
Baldwin, Doug
Ballage, Kalen
Baltimore
Barber, Marion
Bell, Le'Veon
Benjamin, Travis
Bennett, Martellus
Bernard, Giovani
Berrios, Braxton
Boone, Mike
Boyd, Tyler
Brown, A.J.
Brown, Josh
Buffalo
Carlson, Daniel
Carolina
Catanzaro, Chandler
Chark, DJ
Cincinnati
Cohen, Tarik
Cole, Keelan
Coleman, Tevin
Conner, James
Cooper, Riley
Cousins, Kirk
Crosby, Mason
Crowder, Jamison
Denver
Dwyer, Jonathan
Edelman, Julian
Edwards-Helaire, Clyde
Ellington, Andre
Ertz, Zach
Evans, Mike
Everett, Gerald
Fairburn, Ka'imi
Finley, Jermichael
Fitzpatrick, Ryan
Forte, Matt
Foster, Arian
Foster, Robert
Gay, Matt
Gibson, Brandon
Golladay, Kenny
Gore, Frank
Graham, Jimmy
Green-Ellis, Ben-Jarvis
Hanson, Jason
Harvin, Percy
Henry, Derrick
Hernandez, Aaron
Hill, Tyreek
Hilton, T.Y.
Hogan, Chris
Hopkins, DeAndre
Houston
Howard, Jordan
Hubbard, Chuba
Hurts, Jalen
Ingram II, Mark
Jackson, Lamar
Janikowski, Sebastian
Jefferson, Justin
Jeffery, Alshon
Johnson, Andre
Johnson, Chris
Johnson, David
Johnson, Duke
Johnson, Tyron
Jones, James
Jones, Julio
Jones, Ronald
Kamara, Alvin
Kansas City
Lamb, CeeDee
Leshoure, Mikel
Lewis, Marcedes
Lockett, Tyler
Lutz, Will
Maclin, Jeremy
Manning, Eli
Marshall, Brandon
Mathews, Ryan
Matthews, Rishard
Mattison, Alexander
Mayfield, Baker
McCaffrey, Christian
McCloud III, Ray-ray
McKinnon, Jerick
Michel, Sony
Minnesota
Mooney, Darnell
Moore, Denarius
Moore, Elijah
Moss, Santana
Murray, DeMarco
Nelson, Jordy
New Orleans
Palmer, Carson
Parker, DeVante
Reynaud, Darius
Reynolds, Josh
Rivers, Philip
Rodgers, Aaron
Roethlisberger, Ben
Rudolph, Kyle
Samuel, Deebo
Sankey, Bishop
Sanu Sr., Mohamed
Scott, Boston
Shorts III, Cecil
Singletary, Devin
Smith Jr, Steve
Smith, Jonnu
Spiller, C.J.
Stewart, Jonathan
Swift, D'Andre
Tannehill, Ryan
Tate, Ben
Tate, Golden
Thomas, Demaryius
Thomas, Logan
Thompson, Chris
Tucker, Justin
Vinatieri, Adam
Waddle, Jaylen
Wallace, Mike
Washington
Washington, Nate
Wells, Beanie
Williams, Terrance

## Matchup Recap

* The Stupid Idiots knocks off the Commissioner Cup champion and notches just his second ever win against Duck Punchers (2-8). **Next Matchup: 2023 Double Header**
* Ma ma momma said reaches the Glory Bowl for the first time since 2017 after getting a comeback victory against Cinderella story Papa's Posse (14-8). **Next Matchup: 2023 Single Header**
* RIPDab salvages his season a little with his second consecutive Cinco De Lose-O victory, this time against Pain Train (11-9). **Next Matchup: 2023 Double Header**
* Mattness enacts a small bit of revenge after getting swept in the regular season against Paddock 9 (12-10). **Next Matchup: 2023 Single Header**
* Sweet Dee surprises with the league's top score of the week in a takedown of The Shotti Bunch (4-12). **Next Matchup: 2023 Single Header**

## Stat Chat

* Mattness is one correct pick away from tying the all-time record for most correct picks in LOC League Pick 'Em, and two away from breaking the record. Mattness currently holds the record with 41 correct picks, set in 2021. Winners stay winning.
* Shotti becomes the 9th team to reach 70 combined losses.
* Momma, Idiots, and Sweet Dee all got their first ever postseason victories against their respective opponents this week.
* Pain Train falls one game short of 100 wins, so he will have to wait until the 2023 season.
* Mattness, with a win this week, avoids becoming the second team to break 100 combined losses in 2022. He will finish with no more than 99 losses this season.

## All-Time Franchise Playoff Records

Below is the list of all teams who have played in the post-season in the League of Champions. In the case of team name changes, the most recent name is used. See also All-Time Regular Season Franchise Records.

Momma and Idiots both move ahead of Paddock 9 this week. Momma is just the second team to win 7 playoff games and with a win would join Shotti this week as the only teams to record 10 wins in the playoffs, Bowl games included.

RIPDab got his second straight Cinco victory, moving his record to a respectable 8-10 . Pain Train has dropped 3 such games and falls to 6-11.

## All-Time Franchise Consolation Tournament Records

Below is a list of all teams who have participated in the Postseason Consolation Tournament and their performances in that tournament.

Sweet Dee has a chance to become the first team to win 7 games in the "main bracket" of the consolation tournament (which includes the semifinals round and the Heart and Soul Bowl). She can also become the first team to win 9 consolation games. Shotti, meanwhile, has never lost a semifinals round of this bracket and will now hope to avoid last place in their first ever Million Dollar Game.

## List of All Semifinals Performances

Little bit of a mess. I need to go through and highlight all the winners prior to 2021. But here you go.

Updated through 2022

## List of Bowl Games Played by Team

This week Papa will play in his first Salty Dolphin Bowl and Shotti will play in his first Million Dollar Game.

## The History of the Top Seed

Duck Punchers holds the record for the two highest scores by a losing one-seed in LOC history.

## Glory Bowl Championship (2011-Present)

\*Then named NK Anacondas \*\*Currently Named Duck Punchers ^Then named Welker's Fingertips ^^Then named Cooper Clux Clan

### Consecutive Winners

Two different franchises have won consecutive Glory Bowls

* The Shotti Bunch (Glory Bowls V, VI, and VII)
* Paddock 9 (Glory Bowls IX and X)

## Glory Bowl Margins of Victory

Momma vs. Idiots: Updated through 11/20/22

These two teams met a year ago in the semifinals. Now, Idiots can take down momma again to claim a second trophy.

## Conclusion

That's all I got! Ran out of time. Hope you all have a happy new year and I'll see you next week for a great finale writeup.