Blake Clayton

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Owner Information
Team Name IBWIP
Established 2005
Final Year 2010
Best Season 10-3 (2010)
Worst Season 2-11 (2008)
Divisional Titles 1 (2008)
Conference Titles 1 (2005)
KSL Championships 0
Regular Season
2005 6-8
2006 5-9
2007 8-5
2008 8-4
2009 6-6
2010 2-11
Total 35-43 0.449%
Playoffs
2005 2-1
2006 1-2
2007 2-1
2008 1-2
2009 2-2
2010 0
Total 7-9 0.438%

Blake Clayton joined KSL when it permanently moved to a head-to-head based system in 2005. Blake had great rivalries with Andrew and Aaron Hughes.

2005-2007 - Playoffs

In 2005 Blake had only won 2 games in his first 8. Eventually, he finished the year strong by winning 4 in a row and finishing 6-8. Blake beat Brian in the first round before besting Andy in the second. Finally, in the championship match, Blake fell short to Russ Hughes.

Blake was determined to make it back to the big game in 2006. However, he dropped 7 of his first 8 games. Blake was able to make a comeback later in the year by winning 4 straight and eventually finishing 5-9. Blake was the 8th seed and he took on the highly favored Brian (12-2). Blake was able to pull off the upset in the first round but he fell victim to Aaron in the second round.

In 2007 KSL added 4 new teams to expand to 12 owners. During this time, Blake was able to keep up with the changes. Despite winning only 2 of his first 6, he was able to go on and win 6 of his next 7 and finish 8-5. In the first round of the playoffs, Blake defeated Kevin to advance to the second round for the second year in a row. However, Blake lost to Mike in the second round.

From 2005-2007 Blake made it past the first round and he fell victim to the winner that year. In 2005 he had the chance to make it all the way to the championship but was unable to finish the job.

2008-2010 - Falling from the top

For the 2008 season, Blake may have lost his first game but won his next 5 in a row.

Legacy

Blake was one of the best owners in KSL. He eventually had to quit KSL due to personal reasons. Blake had some great rivalries within KSL. He went 5-3 against Aaron, but went 2-7 against Andrew and 1-5 against Dave Pate.