Capistrano Valley (Mission Viejo, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Matt Poston
League: Sea View
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Southwest (VI)
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2010 JV Record: 3-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
James Benedix 6'0" 225 Senior LB
Patrick Geers 6'4" 240 Senior DL
Mason Dossey 6'2" 185 Junior QB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defense
Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced OL

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 8
2010 National Rank: #5934
2010 State Rank: #472
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 13.2
2011 National Rank: #4294
2011 State Rank: #345
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 15.6
Dynasty National Rank: #3572
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.1
Dynasty Record: 20-29-1 [19-30-1 on the field] (4-19-1 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 3-7
2010 League Record/Finish: 0-4 (5th)
2010 Points For Average: 19.4
2010 Points Against Average: 28.6
2010 Differential: -9.2
2010 Wins: #4701 Valencia (Placentia) (24-13), #6342 Cabrillo (Long Beach) (38-20), #6702 Marina (Huntington Beach) (21-6)
2010 Losses: #1613 Cypress (42-6), #1765 Dana Hills (Dana Point) (40-27), #2224 Laguna Hills (28-20), #2501 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (17-0), #3032 El Toro (Lake Forest) (38-14), #3987 San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano) (54-28), #6263 Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo) (28-16)
2010 Opponents W-L: 55-51
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/1 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo), 9/9 vs Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach), 9/16 vs Cypress, 9/23 at Cabrillo (Long Beach), 9/30 at San Marcos (Santa Barbara), 10/6 Dana Hills (Dana Point), 10/14 at Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo), 10/28 El Toro (Lake Forest), 11/4 Laguna Hills, 11/10 vs San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Cypress (31.4), Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) (28), Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach) (27.3)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: San Marcos (Santa Barbara) (-9.7), Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo) (-0.6), Cabrillo (Long Beach) (6.3)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.7
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.9
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #245
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2685
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2011 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/1 Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo) [projection: 35-21 loss]