KSL2014
| Best Record | Dave Pate (9-4) | |||
| Worst Record | Ty Boardman (5-8) | |||
| Won Playoffs | Dave Nanninga | |||
| Last in Playoffs | Erik VanHyfte | |||
| Most Points For | Dave Nanninga | |||
| Most Against | Doug Hahn | |||
| Next Year | ||||
KSL 2014 marks the first year there was no changes to the current pool of owners. The season's draft kicked off on August 16th in preparation for the upcoming season. Kevin started off as the early favorite as did previous divisional winners Doug Hahn and Erik VanHyfte.
Weeks 1-5
For PBnJ Dave Pate jumped to an early lead winning his first 4 matches but losing in week 5. Ty Boardman also started off hot by going 3-1 before losing week 5 as well. Andy and Doug had a rough start by both losing their first 4 matches and playing each other in week 5 where Andy was able to get a crucial win over Doug. Dave led not only PBnJ but also the league and tied 4 others with a record of 4-1
The LuLz division saw Kevin lose his first game but go on a 4 game winning streak to capture the division. Aaron wasn't far behind him at 3-2. Jon and Dave N had a rough start but both finished this week at 2-3.
Over at 5 Bucks Below the Belt, Brian has a great start and was 4-1 in his division. Ty Palmer was also 4-1 and was preparing for a showdown in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Erik was 2-3 but still holding on. Joe was 1-4 with his only win coming against Erik.
Through the first 5 weeks we had 4 teams at the top and 3 teams at the bottom. Luckily, the season doesn't end after 5 weeks.
Weeks 6-10
Dave P had a rough start for this stetch. He lost his week 5 matchup and his next 2. He went 2-3 this week and finished 6-4 which made his divisional opponents prepared to take him over. Ty went 2-3 for this stretch to bring him up to 5-5. This made his upcoming games very crucial for taking over the division. Andy went 3-2 during this stretch to improve to 4-6 including a big divisional showdown with Dave and rivalry game with Aaron. Doug lost 7 straight matches before finally defeating Dave N followed by 2 more wins to improve to 3-7.
Kevin had a rough stretch by dropping 3 of the 5 and finishing 6-4. Nanninga won 4 matches and improved to 6-4. Aaron was close behind him at 5-5 but he also dropped 3 of 5. Meanwhile, Jon won 2 of his 5 and was sitting at 4-6.
Brian continued his winning ways and took 3 of his games to improve to 7-3 the best in KSL so far. Palmer wasn't too far behind having won 2 and improving to 6-4. Brian and Palmer met in week 7. These 5-1 teams fought not only for the division but also to be the top team in KSL. Brian was able to overcome Ty and be the top team. Joe had a great stretch of wins by defeating teams in 4 of those games. Joe improved to 5-5 and was now a playoff contender. Erik had some tough luck and lost 4 of his 5 to fall to 3-7 and be at the bottom of the ladder.
We saw some crazy movement in the league by having Joe win so many in a row and Ty Boardman lose quite a few.
Weeks 11-13
During the final push to the playoffs, we had every owner fighting for a spot in the playoffs. At PBnJ Dave Pate was able to win his last 3 matches to take the divisional title at the top spot for KSL. Andrew won two straight and a win against Doug in week 13 would get him a playoff spot. Doug had other plans and was able to take him out and upset Andy. Doug was also able to win his match against Ty Boardman but his loss to Oberg knocked him out of the playoffs. Ty lost his last 3 matches which knocked him out of the playoffs. This was Ty's first year missing the playoffs.
Over at LULz, we had Dave Nanninga and Kevin fighting for the divisional title. In week 12, they took each other on but Kevin was able to overcome Dave N and secure his record 5th divisional title. Jon Oberg was able to continue his winning ways and won his last 4 straight to take the 5th seed. Dave N lost his last 3 but was able to secure the 6th seed due to his high points for tiebreaker. Aaron lost 4 straight and was in danger of missing the playoffs but a big win against Dave N in week 13 secured Aaron the 7th seed.
5BBB had lots of drama going to the end. Ty Palmer was able to get a big win over Brian in week 11 to take control of the division. Both teams lost in week 12 but a win by Brian in week 13 gave him the division and the #2 seed in the playoffs. Palmer took the 4th seed and lost 4 of his last 5 matches. Erik won his last 3 to secure the 8th seed. Joe won 2 huge matches against Palmer and Aaron but lost his last 2 to miss the playoffs due to tiebreakers.
Playoffs
The top seed Dave Pate took on Erik VanHyfte and was able to narrowly defeat him by less than a point to move on to the next round. The second seed Brian made his first playoff appearance in years lost to Aaron who put up the first league high 300 point game that season. Kevin Smith took on Dave Nanninga for the third time that season but was unable to secure a victory. Jon Oberg made a rare playoff appearance and was able to defeat Ty Palmer for his first win in the post season.
In the second round of the playoffs, Dave Pate and Aaron Hughes met to decide which 2 time champion would be in the Finals. Dave Pate was able to overcome Aaron and move on to his 2nd appearance in 3 years. Jon Oberg and Dave Nanninga had never made it to the finals so we would finally have one of them make it all the way. Nanninga was able to defeat Jon that day and punch his ticket to meet Dave Pate.
In the finals, we had Dave v Dave. A 2 Time Champion vs a never-been-here-before team. After the Sunday games were played, it was a close race. Going into Monday night we had a tough match but when the dust cleared, Dave Nanninga was crowned the 2014 KSL Champion.
| Divisional Finals | Conference Finals | Championship | |||||||||||
| 1 | Dave Pate | W | |||||||||||
| 8 | Erik VanHyfte | L | |||||||||||
| 1 | Dave Pate | W | |||||||||||
| 7 | Aaron Hughes | L | |||||||||||
| 2 | Brian Schoutteet | L | |||||||||||
| 7 | Aaron Hughes | W | |||||||||||
| 1 | Dave Pate | L | |||||||||||
| 6 | Dave Nanninga | W | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ty Palmer | L | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jon Oberg | W | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jon Oberg | L | |||||||||||
| 6 | Dave Nanninga | W | |||||||||||
| 3 | Kevin Smith | L | |||||||||||
| 6 | Dave Nanninga | W | |||||||||||
Legacy
2014 saw some changes for the NFL and in turn, saw changes for KSL. First, the RB modifier had to be changed due to RBs not getting the love they once did. KSL dropped it from 125 yards to 100 for the new year. We also decreased the modifier to reflect this change.
