John Pausma Wins 2014 NFFC Primetime & $150,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Although it's not official yet, John Pausma of Tinley Park, Illinois is the 2014 NFFC Primetime champion and the winner of the $150,000 grand prize. However, he holds less than a 1-point lead over Robert Zarzycki, so we have to wait for Elias scoring changes to be official by Thursday night before making it official. You never know with Elias.

In what was the closest race in NFFC history, Pausma edged Z-Man by 0.79 points to win the $150,000 grand prize. John is a longtime member of the NFFC and he usually drafts in Chicago for baseball and football. This year he decided to join us in Las Vegas for the first time and he drafted twice at the Bellagio in our 12-team Main Event. His Sept. 4th, 9 am PT Primetime team finished with the most points, but he needed a league playoff in Weeks 14-16 to win the league title and the $6,500 league prize.

Pausma entered Week 16 in 3rd place overall, more than 32 points behind the leader, Glenn Lowy. But Pausma scored 169.40 points in Week 16 (7th best) to pass Lowy and Zarzycki for the title. John entered the NFFC Primetime Championship Round in 9th place after the regular season and then put up point totals of 204.05 (19th), 187.25 (2nd) and 169.40 (7th) for a winning total of 717.57. Nice job John.

It should also be noted that John Pausma was our 2010 NFFC Online Championship winner, earning the $50,000 top prize that year. John becomes the first two-time national champion in the NFFC in different contests. Nobody in our history has ever repeated as national champion in any of our contests.

Z-Man went undefeated during the regular season and put up the third highest point total in Week 16 (182.55), but it just wasn't enough to win the grand prize. Well, unless Elias makes a scoring change to benefit his team, that is. Anyway, great season by Z for sure.

Heading into Monday Night, Glenn Lowy may have had the best chance to win the overall title. His Glenneration X team led throughout much of the Championship Round and he could have gone into the lead on Sunday night, but Steven Hauschka missed three field goals of around 50 yards that easily could have added 15 points to his total. But he still had A.J. Green going on Monday night and he needed just 7.49 points to pass Pausma for the lead. But Green suffered an arm bruise on the team's first possession and didn't catch a single pass the whole game, leaving Lowy in 3rd place overall with only 129.6 points in Week 16. Great season nonetheless Glenn and sorry about the bad beat. Ty Raja finished 4th, while Jared Danielsen finished 5th.

Congrats to all of our great owners who made it to the Championship Round. The Primetime finish was one of the most memorable and incredible finishes in NFFC history. Congrats to John Pausma, our newest NFFC Primetime champion!! Heck, he's even a devoted Packers fan, so he must be a great man, right? Enjoy the winnings everyone and we'll do it all again in another 8 months or so.

Here's a look at the final standings in the 2014 NFFC Primetime Championship Round:

2014 NFFC Primetime Championship Round Final Standings:
1 Frozen Tundra - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 4 9 am PT League John Pausma 717.57 - 0
2 Zmen4 - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Robert Zarzycki 716.78 0.79 0
3 Glenneration X - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 2 Glenn Lowy 710.09 7.48 0
4 FunkNRoll - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 1 Ty Raja 698.22 19.35 0
5 For Love Of The Game PR2 - Primetime Las Vegas-Chicago Aug. 30 League Jared Danielsen 692.09 25.48 0
6 MANKIND and BIG WEEZY - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 10 am PT League Steve Shumway, Duke Viveros, Duke Viveros 690.09 27.48 0
7 CANADIAN BEAVERS - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 6 pm PT League Jason Steeves 687.11 30.46 0
8 Polish Pie - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 2 Coach JP, Chip Nadeau 684.71 32.86 0
9 Blue Falcons Pride - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 1 Dominic Cristelli 674.17 43.40 0
10 CANADIAN BEAVERS - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 1 Jason Steeves 662.39 55.18 0
11 Team Lacknett - Primetime Online Sept. 5 1 pm ET League Don Lacknett 659.29 58.28 0
12 Team Joe Montana - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 1 Jeremy Cohen 658.99 58.58 0
13 Hammer Time 14 - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 2 Glen Bickerstaff 656.07 61.50 0
14 Bash Brothers - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 3 Joseph Noce 652.02 65.55 0
15 theGoodtheBadtheUgly - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 3 Michael Skinner 646.77 70.80 0
16 JRDogs - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 1 Joe Pike, Ryan Myers 645.76 71.81 0
17 Coyote Miscreants III - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 2 Mike Santos, kurt kuekes 644.10 73.47 0
18 Wicked Game I - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 2 Neil Hassett 639.29 78.28 0
19 THE ICON - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 3 8 pm PT League Jeremy Wilck 638.34 79.23 0
19 UnNatural Act III - Primetime Online Sept. 6 1 pm ET League Kris Carroll 638.34 79.23 0
21 Big MO - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 10 am PT League Lonny Graves, Mike Watson, Jon Clift 632.17 85.40 0
22 Sideline Sage - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 1 Roger Gonzalez 628.89 88.68 0
23 Argo and Son - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 1 Simon Simonian 624.65 92.92 0
24 Team Madani - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 2 Team Madani 620.53 97.04 0
25 Ronaldus Maximus - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 1 Dave Clum 616.90 100.67 0
26 Dyvimus Prime - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 2 David Cushard 616.85 100.72 0
27 Mighty to Save 2 - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 1 Jack Haan 615.53 102.04 0
28 VIENNA - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Matthew Bayley 614.08 103.49 0
29 Disposable Heroes2 - Primetime Online Sept. 5 5 pm ET League Tom Kay 612.52 105.05 0
30 Coyote Miscreants II - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 2 Mike Santos, kurt kuekes 611.05 106.52 0
31 Corsair - Primetime Online Sept. 3 9 ET League Doug Gard 609.46 108.11 0
32 Rounders II - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 3 Alex Kaganovsky 608.00 109.57 0
33 movers - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Kevin Bass 606.28 111.29 0
34 Cocktails and Dreams - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Chad Schroeder 605.37 112.20 0
35 We Sip Rain - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 1 Denny Sysamouth 602.81 114.76 0
36 NoBodyGotItBetter - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 2 Dennis Verducci 601.03 116.54 0
37 Texas Niners - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 2 Daryl Hope 600.14 117.43 0
38 Spanky's All Stars - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 1 Lewis Lipsey 599.24 118.33 0
39 Team Blake - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Andrew Blake 598.25 119.32 0
40 Team Nelson - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 3 Scott Nelson 597.32 120.25 0
41 For Love Of The Game PR9 - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 2 pm PT League Jared Danielsen 597.16 120.41 0
42 Greed is Good 14 - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 2 pm PT League Glen Bickerstaff 596.65 120.92 0
43 PhillyCheeseSteaks PR - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 3 John Hogan 594.03 123.54 0
44 SlackerCousins - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 3 Dan Satinoff 593.77 123.80 0
45 Ashley Bears - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 2 Dave Clum 589.59 127.98 0
46 COZnny Football - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 2 Christopher Cosley 589.44 128.13 0
47 Spanky's All Stars - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 1 Lewis Lipsey 586.80 130.77 0
48 CANADIAN BEAVERS - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 3 8 pm PT League Jason Steeves 586.62 130.95 0
49 The Home Perm - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 1 Johnny Fantasy-Football 584.12 133.45 0
50 Lucky Yellow Tomatoes - Primetime Las Vegas-Chicago Aug. 30 League Darryl Lechniak, Mike Ferre 582.35 135.22 0
51 REX GROSSMAN - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 2 Chris Eibl 582.27 135.30 0
52 FF GURU P1 BWAZ - Primetime New York Aug. 29 6 ET Billy Wasosky 581.61 135.96 0
53 Joe from Brooklyn - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 1 Joseph DiGiacomo 579.82 137.75 0
54 Air Lar - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 2 pm PT League Larry Schechter 578.85 138.72 0
55 Mister Spectacular Sr - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 4 9 am PT League Joseph Corris 578.29 139.28 0
56 Lucky 13 Primetime - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 2 James Tracy 575.82 141.75 0
57 || Zefurs PR - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 1 KJ Duke 575.52 142.05 0
58 EL Express - Primetime Online Sept. 5 1 pm ET League Eric Lundquist, Chad Lundquist 574.50 143.07 0
59 MarissChris PT Joe - Primetime New York Aug. 29 6 ET David Martino 569.99 147.58 0
60 Cali Cartel - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 6 pm PT League Ronny Mor, Russell Prentice 569.42 148.15 0
61 Three Wise Men - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 2 pm PT League Neil Bogatz, Monte Bogatz 568.14 149.43 0
62 Mensa Lite - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 1 Henry Cantrell 566.25 151.32 0
63 Team chao - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 6 pm PT League eric chao 565.13 152.44 0
64 Hard Knocks - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 1 Tim Eichten 564.66 152.91 0
65 Team Erickson - Primetime Las Vegas-Chicago Aug. 30 League Jeff Erickson 558.27 159.30 0
66 Team Bergerson - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 2 Jeff Bergerson 556.01 161.56 0
67 Habitual LineSteppers - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 2 Kevin Cole 554.90 162.67 0
68 ALL IN - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 2 Jeffrey Dobies 553.12 164.45 0
69 Team Way - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 1 Leonard Way 552.66 164.91 0
70 5th Fleet - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 3 Doug Gard 552.15 165.42 0
71 Team Owens - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 2 Brian Owens 551.22 166.35 0
72 Top Guns - Primetime Online Sept. 3 9 ET League Saro Semerciyan 551.00 166.57 0
73 Team Madani - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 1 Abdulaziz Madani 550.99 166.58 0
74 MANKIND NATION - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 1 Duke Viveros 549.49 168.08 0
74 SRD 725 - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 2 Joseph DiGalbo 549.49 168.08 0
76 Sanctuary - Primetime Chicago Aug. 30 Ted Jarzabek 548.63 168.94 0
77 urine trouble - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 3 Jason Cappillino 546.85 170.72 0
78 Shake and Bake - Primetime Chicago Aug. 30 Jeff Bryl, Tom Paramenter 543.35 174.22 0
79 That Smell is Profound - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 3 Michael Foresta 543.09 174.48 0
80 LastStop - Primetime Online Sept. 6 1 pm ET League Andrew Nichols 542.97 174.60 0
81 MarissChris PT - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 1 David Martino 539.74 177.83 0
82 For Love Of The Game PR8 - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 10 am PT League Jared Danielsen 539.09 178.48 0
83 HAMCRO - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 2 Usman Ahmad 538.57 179.00 0
84 Lacy in Your Facey - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 2 Todd Whitestone 533.60 183.97 0
85 Dark Diamond - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 1 Matt Hickok 530.34 187.23 0
86 Gantze Machers II - Primetime Online Sept. 5 5 pm ET League Josh Ferenc 528.88 188.69 0
87 STALLIONS - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 1 Craig Katz 528.82 188.75 0
88 Big Cheese - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Doug McCord 526.53 191.04 0
89 BJ Thomas - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 2 Stephen McCaleb 526.06 191.51 0
90 FREEJOSHGORDON - Primetime Online Sept. 6 1 pm ET League Max Lerner, Craig Heller 525.73 191.84 0
91 Paint the Target - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 1 Chris Olesen, Andrew Mickelson, Esteban Ruiz, Chris Hiller, Chris Soltis 525.64 191.93 0
92 FF GURU P2 BWAZ - Primetime New York Aug. 30 League 1 Billy Wasosky 521.62 195.95 0
93 Downtown Baby - Primetime Online Aug. 27 7 ET Doug Cassidy 518.44 199.13 0
94 TopGuns - Primetime Las Vegas Aug. 30 League 2 Don Medlam 518.42 199.15 0
95 The Godfather Prime 2 - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 2 Jason Aberli 516.62 200.95 0
96 The Hefs - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 1 Adam Lazarus 516.52 201.05 0
97 Team Fousek - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 3 John Fousek 516.34 201.23 0
98 Magic Man Prime U - Primetime Online Sept. 5 1 pm ET League Will Lopez, Ulisses Lopez 515.77 201.80 0
99 UNCLE LEO - Primetime New York Aug. 29 6 ET UNCLE LEO 515.62 201.95 0
100 Magic Man Prime W - Primetime Online Sept. 4 Noon ET League 2 Will Lopez, Ulisses Lopez 514.71 202.86 0
101 Comeback POY2 - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 1 David Hughes 509.59 207.98 0
102 Bow and Stern - Primetime Chicago Aug. 30 Robert Fagan 498.76 218.81 0
103 Hot Shootahs - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 1 TJ Dildine 497.68 219.89 0
104 Team frostAZZURI - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 2 roc frost, Don Terminiello 495.45 222.12 0
105 Jimmy and the Greek - Primetime Online Sept. 1 7 ET League 1 James Mack 493.99 223.58 0
106 The Fabled Leviathan - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 2 Shawn Siegele 490.52 227.05 0
107 Terms of Enrampagement - Primetime Online Sept. 5 9 ET League 1 Shawn Siegele 486.74 230.83 0
108 SorryAboutYourDamnLuck - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 10 am PT League 2 James Milkowski 481.52 236.05 0
109 Team Zwickel - Primetime Online Aug. 28 10 ET League 1 Gregg Zwickel 477.18 240.39 0
110 The Menagerie - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 6 2 pm PT League James Milkowski 477.00 240.57 0
111 Going Big - Primetime Online Aug. 30 6 ET League 3 Lee Sparer 474.70 242.87 0
112 Donny Who Loved Bowling - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 2 Shawn Siegele 474.20 243.37 0
113 Pink Floyd - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 3 8 pm PT League Rick Hart 471.94 245.63 0
114 Springfield Atoms - Primetime Online Sept. 3 9 ET League Dehler Hart 469.49 248.08 0
115 VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea - Primetime Online Sept. 5 5 pm ET League Gregory Morgan, Dale Morgan 469.35 248.22 0
116 The Calamity Refrain - Primetime Online Sept. 6 5 pm ET League 2 Shawn Siegele 462.87 254.70 0
117 JD Cube - Primetime Online Sept. 2 9 ET League 3 Dan Worthington 458.60 258.97 0
118 MORONS TOO - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 5 2 pm PT League Matthew Shepherd 445.37 272.20 0
119 Reginald Van Gleason III - Primetime Las Vegas Sept. 4 9 am PT League Ralph Dagostine 419.01 298.56 0

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here was John's winning roster in Week 16:

Frozen Tundra: 169.4
QB Tony Romo, 37.7
RB Le'Veon Bell, 14.2
RB LeSean McCoy, 20.6
WR Odell Beckham Jr., 34.8
WR Kelvin Benjamin, 9.7
WR Jeremy Maclin, 10.2
TE Rob Gronkowski, 15.1
DST Miami DST, 8
K Mason Crosby, 9.2
Flex Steve Smith Sr., 9.9

[TR]

Heading into Monday Night, Glenn Lowy may have had the best chance to win the overall title. His Glenneration X team led throughout much of the Championship Round and he could have gone into the lead on Sunday night, but Steven Hauschka missed three field goals of around 50 yards that easily could have added 15 points to his total. But he still had A.J. Green going on Monday night and he needed just 7.49 points to pass Pausma for the lead. But Green suffered an arm bruise on the team's first possession and didn't catch a single pass the whole game, leaving Lowy in 3rd place overall with only 129.6 points in Week 16. Great season nonetheless Glenn and sorry about the bad beat. Ty Raja finished 4th, while Jared Danielsen finished 5th.

It was a pretty wild chain of events I must say. Sometimes perfect storms of bad luck occur happen at the worst times! U mention the Hauschka missed field goals, but I look even further at Demarco Murray. If Murray remains a true gametime decision, then I believe Glenn would have started Torrey Smith in the early game to make sure he didn't get a zero from Murray if he couldn't go...then just sub in Tre Mason for Murray in the 4:25 game. Torrey Smith would have barely put Glenn back on top even with the zero from AJ Green, but the Murray Probable status changed everything. And for me...if Stafford can even have what most QBs average in plum matchup against Bears near worst in the league pass defense..like 2 TDS instead of 2 INTS .I'd have had legit shot at the championship...UGH! lol

[Glenneration X]

Thanks for kind words Greg and TR. While I'll admit to currently believing that Hauschka and AJ Green are spawns of the devil (and Andrew Luck as well for that matter), I play the game a little better and Hauschka and AJ Green become irrelevant. For instance TR, I had Torrey in for Mason earlier in the week and switched them up. Keep Torrey in and I take the crown. I made a similar mistake the previous week involving Decker that cost me 15 points. Fact is, I finished where I deserved.

John played perfectly, outplayed me, and is a great champion and class act. Congrats John.
Amazing team, amazing finish, great Champ.

[Rob B]

Congrats John!!

[Greg Ambrosius]

We'll have John Pausma on STATS Fantasy Advantage tonight around 11 pm ET, so tune in to SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio 210/87. We're on from 10 pm ET to midnight tonight. Look for interviews with our other great champions on following shows each Wednesday night. I look forward to our talk with THE CHAMP tonight. Come join us tonight.