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2024 Season Recap

The league nearly doubled to 10 teams, and Damon Libassi took the title with a middling 6-8 regular season. Damon backed into the last playoff spot on points-for after missing the top 3 by record, then ran the table.

Champion

Damon Libassi

6-8-0 (.429)

Runner-Up

Adam Sheifer Alumni

10-4-0 (.714) — best regular season, no ring

Worst Record

Chris Strife

3-11-0 (.214) · Punishment: calendar photoshoot

Season Recap

The league nearly doubled in size for year two — ten teams, four new managers, including Nathaniel Miller. Matt Rock's 12-2 was the best regular season anyone had turned in yet, and Adam Sheifer wasn't far behind at 10-4. Neither of them won it.

That honor went to Damon Libassi, who squeaked into the last playoff spot on points-for after missing the top three by record with a 6-8 mark — and then just kept winning. It remains the defining storyline of 2024: the format rewarded scoring over record for that final seed, and Damon made the most of the opening it created.

At the bottom, Chris Strife's 3-11 mark was the worst raw record in the league, and it came with a real consequence — the calendar photoshoot, still the only enforced punishment in league history. Thomas Strife technically finished last in the official final standings (10th) despite a slightly better 4-10 record — the league's final rank isn't a pure win-percentage sort. Nathaniel Bloss's eight-game losing streak was the season's other lowlight, while Tommy Rock's 155.1-point week in Week 4 was the high point nobody could match.

Playoff Bracket

Top 4 by record made the Winner's Bracket; the rest played out a Consolation Ladder

Winner's Bracket · Wk 15
(1) Damon Libassi134.18
(4) Matt Rock118.96
(2) Adam Sheifer148.54
(3) Tommy Rock146.78
Championship · Wk 16–17
(1) Damon Libassi322.24
(2) Adam Sheifer303.98

3rd place: Tommy Rock def. Matt Rock, 361.88–329.34 (combined 2-week score).

Consolation Ladder

Seeds 5–10, capped by Chris Strife's punishment-worthy finish

Round 1 · Wk 15
(6) Nathaniel Miller129.10
(7) Dominic Libassi127.42
(5) Nathaniel Bloss157.22
(9) Alex Drake146.54
(8) Chris Strife107.34
(10) Thomas Strife71.06
Round 2 · Wk 16–17
(5) Nathaniel Bloss282.96
(6) Nathaniel Miller274.98
(7) Dominic Libassi253.98
(8) Chris Strife240.80
(9) Alex Drake292.12
(10) Thomas Strife223.94

Final order: 5th Bloss, 6th Nathaniel Miller, 7th Dominic Libassi, 8th Chris Strife, 9th Alex Drake, 10th Thomas Strife. Chris Strife's 3-11 was still the worst raw record in the league — see the note on the Rules page about how his punishment doesn't match his final rank.

Final Standings

Official league rank — not a pure win% sort

RankManagerRecordPFPADiff
1Damon Libassi6-8-01959.821951.28+0.6
2Adam Sheifer Alumni10-4-01988.381818.40+12.1
3Tommy Rock9-5-02017.041841.24+12.6
4Matt Rock Alumni12-2-02052.741768.14+20.3
5Nathaniel Bloss6-8-01858.221880.68-1.6
6Nathaniel Miller7-7-01734.761800.26-4.7
7Dominic Libassi7-7-01944.901911.32+2.4
8Chris Strife3-11-01669.042008.04-24.2
9Alex Drake6-8-01868.121862.64+0.4
10Thomas Strife Alumni4-10-01651.961902.98-17.9

This is the league's official final rank (from Sleeper), not a strict win% sort — note Chris Strife (3-11) ranks above Thomas Strife (4-10) despite the worse record.

2024 Superlatives

Most Wins

Matt Rock Alumni

12 wins

Longest Win Streak

Matt Rock Alumni

8 games

Longest Losing Streak

Nathaniel Bloss

8 games

Biggest Blowout

Tommy Rock

155.1 over Thomas Strife's 62.04 — Week 4