2020 Power Rankings-Playoffs 1

## Introduction

Down goes momma, down goes momma! After a satisfyingly wild week 13, the playoff picture is set and it does appear as if we are going to make it to the end of the LOC season. A lot of talk during the summer about whether this would actually happen and I think we all underestimated the NFL's ability to forge forward in the face of utter disaster. Get that bottom line, boys.

And the bottom line for us is that we have a 7-6 team in the consolation tournament for the first time in the 10-team era. This comes on the heels of a season when we didn't even have a 7-6 team and instead had three 6-7 teams make the Festival of Champions. It is only fitting in this season that marks a decade of fun in the LOC that something unexpected has happened. I look forward to another decade of unexpected twists and turns.

But before we get to the next 3652 days, it's time to focus on last week and then today. And last week we had one of the most amazing statistical anomolies happen and as Commish this is perhaps my favorite stat I've ever seen...

## All-Time Week 13 Standings (Minimum Two Games)

Updated through 2020

Look at the "current streaks" for everyone.
EVERY SINGLE TEAM broke their winning or losing streak this week. Every team that won last year in week 13 lost this year in week 13, and vice versa. That is fucking awesome. The odds of that happening are....fuck man I don't know it's just really really cool and totally unplanned as far as the scheduling went (I did not pair up every winning team vs. every losing team) and this is just one of those "I love fantasy football" moments for me.

MOVING ON.

## Team Records By Month

Updated thru 2020 season

One team went undefeated in the November window (which also covers week 13, making is a 6-week stretch). Paddock 9 went 6-0. This speaks to how bad he typically is in November, as he is still four games below .500 overall. Most other teams went 3-3.

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

Scoring Over Last Three Weeks
 Pain Train
 Papa's Posse
 Paddock 9
 ma ma momma said
 RIPDab
 Garoppoblow Me
 The Shotti Bunch
 Sweet Dee
 Duck Punchers

Honestly, not the best look for Sweet Dee and Duck Punchers. You probably don't want to be colder than Shotti or Commish heading into the quarterfinals.

## Stat Chat

* Duck Punchers becomes the 8th team to reach 60 combined losses. He is the last of the original 2011 teams to reach that milestone and it took him 148 games. Shotti, sitting at 52 losses through 137 games, has a chance to best that record in 2021.
* Duck Punchers' 3-game losing streak is his worst since 2016.
* The Shotti Bunch becomes the 3rd team to reach 70 regular season wins.
* Garoppoblow Me (FINALLY) becomes the 7th team to reach 70 combined wins. Papa's Posse is now the only original 2011 team to not yet reach 70 wins.
* GBM failed to win consecutive games for the first time since 2014, when he also finished 9th at 3-10.
* Sweet Dee becomes the fastest team to 70 combined losses (119 games).
* The Stupid Idiots finished above .500 for the first time in franchise history.
* Paddock 9 wins six-straight games for the first time in franchise history.
* Paddock 9 becomes the 7th team to reach 60 regular season wins.
* Papa's Posse has now finished 8th or worse four times in the last five seasons.
* Papa snaps a league-leading 3-game week 13 win streak.
* Shotti's 2412.65 scoring total is over 200 points lower than his previous worst performance. It is the third season in a row that Shotti has set a new record for lowest franchise single-season point total.
* Despite the loss, Sweet Dee finishes in the top-five for the first time in regular season history.

## Highest Single-Season Points Against Totals

This chart shows regular season points against and does not include points scored in the post-season.

There have only been four seasons in which a team has had to face more than 3,000 points, and two of those seasons belong to Garoppoblow Me. In both of those years, GBM failed to break 3 wins.

Even though no single team managed to break into the record for most single-season points, two teams found themselves on the list of most points-against. The other was Papa's Posse.

## Matchup Recaps

* Garoppoblow Me knocks momma out of the playoffs and sweeps the season series (7-8).
* The Stupid Idiots punches their ticket to the playoffs in a victory over Papa's Posse (2-5).
* RIPDab sweeps the season series against Pain Train, clinching a bye by less than a point (9-7).
* Shotti plays spoiler by beating Duck Punchers and preventing them from getting a bye (10-7).
* Paddock 9 wins the Commissioner's Cup outright by beating Sweet Dee out of a bye spot (8-5).

## Trade Tracker

Starts:

* Mixon: 1
* CEH: 6

Holding strong to that 17.75 point per start average for Joe Mixon.

Starts (Pain Train):

* Metcalf: 8

Starts (Sweet Dee)

* Chark: 7
* Kelley: 1
* Slayton: 7

Alright, fine, I'm going to say it. If this isn't the worst trade in LOC history, I don't know what is. What was the endgame of this trade? If it was to dump Metcalf thinking he was going to cool off, why aren't you selling high? Why aren't you getting James Robinson or Josh Jacobs instead of fucking Justin Kelley? What is the point of having Chark and Slayton, who take up two starting spots and score half the amount of points as Metcalf? I mean literally half. Actually, less than half. Two players, half the points. I just don't get it.
Go off, king (me to me). My only plausible theory is that this was some sort of scheme to get one-up on Chris somehow. Which actually is scientifically impossible to do. He is ALWAYS going to get one up on you. It is his greatest skill. He is the Picasso of out-fleecing people. Look at that Mixon trade. Never try to out-fleece a fleecer. You think you're going to out-paint Picasso? Save your strokes, people.

Starts:

* Patterson: 4
* Bernard: 6

## Absolute Standings

The cosmic scales have a way of balancing out.

## Combined Consolation Team Wins by Year

Combined W/L Record of Bottom Four Teams (by Year)
 2019
 2015
 2017
 2016
 2018
 2012
 2011
 2014
 2013

## All-Time Franchise Single Season Records

In total, there have been 105 full seasons in the LoC. In 2011, 12 teams played 13 regular season games. Since then, there have been seven more full 13-game seasons played with ten teams in each.

## All-Time Regular Season Records

Below are the all-time regular season records for every franchise in the history of the league, including defunct teams and teams in their inaugural season. Records are updated through 12/13/20. There have been 130 regular season weeks since the league's inception in 2011.

## Most Teams Below .500 by Season

Teams Below .500 by Season
 2019
 2018
 2017
 2016
 2015
 2014
 2013
 2012
 2011

2020 marks the first time that there were only 3 teams below .500

## Worst Record - Bottom Two Teams

Worst Combined Record of Bottom Two Teams
 2019
 2018
 2017
 2016
 2015
 2014
 2013
 2012
 2011

It's been worse, but not by much...

## Best Combined Record of Top Two Teams

Best Combined Record of Top Two Teams
 2019
 2018
 2017
 2016
 2015
 2014
 2013
 2012
 2011

## Double-Header Winners

Double-headers, for the uninformed, are the matchups against the teams you face twice in the regular season. We all face four teams twice every year.

* A "Double-Header Win" means you won both games of that season's double-header.

* A Double-Header Loss" means you lost both.

* A "Double-Header Sweep" means you won all eight. This has never happened but one team came close this year.

* A "DH Swept" means you lost all eight. You do notice one swept. That is from 2011, when we only had two double-headers and Patrick lost all four of those games.

This year, Sweet Dee won three double-headers, winning both games vs. GBM, Stupid Idiots, and momma. They also won a single game against The Shotti Bunch. But in week 5 they lost the first of two games against Shotti. So Sweet Dee won 7 of her 8 DH games.

## Week 13 2020 - Four Missed Field Goals on a Tuesday Night

For connoisseurs of content, week 13 did not disappoint.

Thanks to COVID, we had two Monday night games and a Tuesday night game, dragging out the regular season finale like never before.

With the bye up for grabs, Sweet Dee needed 28.53-points to secure a victory over Paddock 9 and clinch a bye. They had Amari Cooper and Greg the Leg going. Paddock 9 had struggled, failing to reach 200 for the first time since week 1 of the season. Gibson had left early with an injury, adding just 2.15 to a measly 14.73 from his entire RB group. And while Sunday night's spectacular performance from Travis Kelce boosted his win%, Mahomes finished 15 points below projection and set Dee up to finish 9-4 on Tuesday night.

Amari Cooper did all he could do, but Greg Zuerlein missed THREE field goals, any one of which would have been enough to put Dee over the top. Instead, she loses by less than four.

That meant that the winner of RIPDab and Pain Train would determine who would skip go and head directly to the final four.

Both teams wanted this one bad and were playing above their projections. Davanta Adams scored 44.50, but was out-done by Darren Waller and his 52.80-point masterpiece against the Jets. Both defenses scored over 22. Both QB's scored over 31. All six flex spots broke double digits. And what it came down to on Tuesday night was Justin Tucker (Pain Train) vs. Zeke Elliot (RIP), with Pain Train up 231.03-222.41.

It may be cliche, but it's true. This went back and forth all night. Early on, Justin Tucker missed just his second FG of the season and broke an NFL-record streak of consecutive makes inside 40 yards that dates back to 2016. Those four points would come back to haunt.

Trailing late in the game, Justin Tucker hit an extra point that put Pain Train ahead by two points. Now in garbage time, Dallas marched down the field into the red zone. RIPDab needed something akin to a miracle. And he got it. Two completions to Zeke, each good for a point, and a total of 16 reception yards (good for another 1.60). Just like that, Nate was up by 1.59. It was almost EXACTLY what he needed in order to take the lead on the last productive drive of Dallas's night.

With a sliver of hope remaining, Pain Train watched Baltimore take it into field goal range with 3 minutes remaining. If Dallas could get a stop, Tucker would kick a FG and send Pain Train to the bye. But Gus Edwards broke a 24-yard run and JK Dobbins finished the deal by punching it in. Instead of a FG, Tucker kicked the extra point. But thanks to that last reception by Zeke, good for 12 yards, Pain Train didn't have enough to close the gap and lost out on the bye. Lost out by 0.59 points.

5th > 4th
 RIPDab

1st > 2nd
 Paddock 9

With those two results, Paddock 9 notches his first double-digit win season. RIPDab clinches a bye.

Elsewhere in the LOC, the 6-seed was up for grabs. Momma had two paths. The easiest was just to win against 2-10 GBM. However, one of those two wins was against Momma in week one.

Bent on revenge and due for a big week, GBM came out firing. His decisive victory is a mirror of the ending to 2019's seasons, when momma punched their ticket to the playoffs with a blowout against GBM. This time, the ticket could not be punched.

9th > 6th
 Garoppoblow Me

But there was still hope for momma because if Stupid Idiots lost, momma would make playoffs by default. And the game vs. Papa was not an easy one. Stupid Idiots held a 224.78-171.69 lead heading into Buffalo vs. SF on Monday night (the late edition). But after Cole Beasely had a Tyreek Hill-like first half, Stupid Idiots started sweating it out. Terry McLaurin had done just 3.60 points worth of damage for Idiots in the early window on Monday, failing to put away the win. Filled with regret over starting Parker (7.90) over Gallman (28.88), Idiots wondered if that one small decision was going to decide their entire season.

Lucky for them, it would not. Beasely was great, but almost too great. Buffalo had SF put away early, which meant that game script favored Idiots. Papa's RB (Mostart) was on a team that needed to throw. His WR (Cole) was on a team that was starting to run and kill clock.

It may not look AS close on paper, but this ten point victory felt just as close as RIPDab's over Pain Train.

7th > 8th
 The Stupid Idiots

It's also worth noting that Duck Punchers had a shot at the bye if they could defeat Shotti. This week 13 rivalry has always been fun to watch and as often as I can I make sure this is on the docket for week 13. This year, the game was over before it even started. Shotti was bent on one more win and Duck has been the coldest team in the LOC over the last month.

10th > 3rd
 The Shotti Bunch

So another regular season in now in the books. It is now time to look forward into the playoffs.

## Playoff Game Victory Droughts

Sortable table, click on header arrows.

This week, Duck Punchers will look to do something he has not done since winning the Glory Bowl in 2014...win a playoff game.

Below is a table of active playoff win droughts. It does not include consolation games like the Salty Dolphin Bowl, and it does not include the Consolation Tournament.

As you can see, Papa has also not won a playoff game since his Glory Bowl victory in 2011. But he will have to wait until 2021 for a chance at snapping that losing streak.

## Most Consecutive Top-Four Finishes

updated through Regular Season 2020 (Includes bye teams)

## All-Time Franchise W/L Postseason Records

Below are the win/loss records for every team for every postseason games. This combines Festival main bracket, Consolation bracket, and all consolation games (including Bowl Week games). It does not discriminate between Glory Bowl wins and Million Dollar Game wins. Therefore, the records should be taken with a grain of salt.

Updated through 1/1/20

## All-Time Franchise Playoff Records

Fourteen teams have played at least one playoff game as of the conclusion to the 2019 season. Of those teams, only four have a winning record in the Championship Bracket (Sweet Dee, The Shotti Bunch, ma ma momma said and JarJar Stinks!).

The Stupid Idiots is the lone active playoff team without a win in the main bracket, while Why am I doing this is the only team to have never won either a main bracket game or a Bowl game. Paddock 9 was 0-3 before earning their first win in December of 2018. Sweet Dee was 0-1 before earning their first win in December of 2018.

The Shotti Bunch holds the record for highest combined winning percentage (0.722) while B2 has the lowest combined winning percentage among teams with at least one win (0.340).

Five teams have never made it to the playoffs. Four are defunct.
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.

Updated through 1/1/20

## All-Time Festival Quarterfinal Performances

Will this week bring us an epic performance like Duck in 2013, or a dud like Duck in 2016, 2017, and 2018?

## Power Rankings

APT = Record against playoff teams

ACT = Record against consolation teams

### 1(1). Paddock 9 (10-3)

* APT: 5-2

Simply put? It is alarming how many players got banged up during week 13 for Paddock 9, and this bye week was probably as necessary as a bye week could be for a fantasy team.

### 2(2). Pain Train (7-6)

* APT: 2-6

A slow start with Robert Woods on Thursday night puts them in a precarious position against a Duck Punchers team that desperately needed a break and got one. But it says a lot that even with the dud showing from Woods, they are still projected to win. It's just a matter of how much the Fantasy Gods hate their guts, I guess.

### 3(6). The Stupid Idiots (7-6)

* APT: 2-5

Back-to-back clutch performances for Stupid Idiots and a favorable matchup in the quarterfinals. They might not be as strong as they were last season, when they got upset in the first round of the playoffs by the eventual champion, but Stupid Idiots can certainly make their mark in 2020 if they make the right decisions in the flex positions.

### 4(7). RIPDab (8-5)

* APT: 6-2

Maybe RIPDab had their glitch for this mission? Their 138-point fart was sandwiched between beautiful 256 and 243-point butt cheeks. They have the best record against playoff teams and has a week of rest to get ready for their best shot at winning a Glory Bowl in franchise history.

### 5(3). Sweet Dee (8-5)

* APT: 2-4

McCaffrey being out is a huge blow to their chances at advancing, especially considering they are one of the colder teams and they still can't get their QB situation right. Baker Mayfield was the answer last week, but now they turn to Matt Ryan. He has thrown the ball over 35 times in each of his last four games, but the Chargers have allowed the fifth-fewest yards in the league and Ryan hasn't broken 26 fantasy points since November 8th.

### 6(4). Duck Punchers (7-6)

* APT: 5-3

The best thing going for them? Russ Wilson against the Jets today in Seattle. The worst thing? It's the Jets. Seahawks may not push the ball in the air very much.

### 7(5). Papa's Posse (5-8)

* ACT: 3-2

Came up short of spoiling Idiots's season, which means they came just as far as they needed to in order to ruin Momma's season.

### 8(9). Garoppoblow Me (3-10)

* ACT: 3-2

GBM was probably not a playoff team in 2020. When all was said and done they were around a 200-point per week squad in a league where 230 points a week is likely what it takes to win it all. But they were easily a 5 or 6 win team. Now they can prove they were worth something but sweeping the Consolation Tournament.

### 9(8). Ma ma momma said (7-6)

* ACT: 2-2

The death blows between momma and GBM seem to go back-and-forth every year in week thirteen. Look for momma to kick GBM out of the playoffs in 2021. In the meantime, there may be another shot at revenge. If both GBM and MMS win in week 15, they will play each other for control of the draft order in the Consolation Finals.

### 10(10). The Shotti Bunch (3-10)

* ACT: 1-3

Don't look now but Shotti has broken 200 in three of his last four games. Sights are set on a strong backfield in 2021, and winning their next two games puts them right back in a position of power.

## 2020 Festival Quarterfinals - 3rd (Sweet Dee) vs. 6th (The Stupid Idiots)

Up until November 16th of this year, the winner in this matchup has always scored over 240 points. Sweet Dee swept their season series to take a narrow advantage in their H2H history. This seems to be a blooming rivalry that will add a piece of history in week 14.

Stupid Idiots is looking for their first ever Festival victory, while a win by Sweet Dee puts them into a semifinal showdown against her own husband.

## 2020 Festival Quarterfinals - 4th (Pain Train) vs. 5th (Duck punchers)

Just like above, this matchup features two teams who have already played twice this season and the projeted favorite lost both previous games.

In this case, it's Pain Train coming in as the superior team vs. a Duck franchise that is reeling from a terrible six-game stretch that saw their record-shattering scoring from the first half of 2020 come to a grinding halt.

These two teams have played in the postseason once, back in 2015. That was a consolation game with a trip to the Heart and Soul Bowl on the line. It was the only season Duck ever missed the playoffs. Pain Train won handily.

This will be the first time they meet with the Glory Bowl still up for grabs.