Carmel (IN) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Greyhounds Colors: Royal Blue/Gold Coach: Kevin Wright League: Metropolitan Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 9 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Shawn Heffern 6'6" 235 Senior DL [Indiana] Langston Newton 6'4" 250 Senior OL [Kentucky] Justin Todd 6'0" 215 Senior LB ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT Jimmy Herman 6'4" 205 Senior OLB [Purdue] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Depth, Talented Senior Class Team Weaknesses: Replacing Key Starters RATINGS 2010 Final Power Rating: 48.4 2010 National Rank: #250 2010 State Rank: #5 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2011 Starting Power Rating: 49.6 2011 National Rank: #138 2011 State Rank: #6 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 52.7 Dynasty National Rank: #43 2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.8 Dynasty Record: 60-11 (30-5 in league) HISTORICAL 2010 Overall Record: 9-2 2010 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2010 Points For Average: 34.7 2010 Points Against Average: 12 2010 Differential: +22.7 2010 Wins: #140 Indianapolis Cathedral (Indianapolis) (28-21), #792 Center Grove (Greenwood) (21-14), #1029 Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis) (35-7), #1494 North Vigo (Terre Haute) (56-6), #2878 Lawrence North (Indianapolis) (48-14), #3364 McCutcheon (Lafayette) (28-13), #3742 North Central (Indianapolis) (28-0), #4281 South Vigo (Terre Haute) (56-0), #7318 Huntington North (Huntington) (41-3) 2010 Losses: #55 Fishers (17-14), #213 Warren Central (Indianapolis) (37-27) 2010 Opponents W-L: 63-59 Recent State Championships: 2007 Recent League Championships: 2009, 2008 Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 6 Streak List: 8/19/11 Columbus North (Columbus) (58-17), 8/26/11 Valparaiso (49-0), 9/2/11 Center Grove (Greenwood) (42-17), 9/9/11 South Vigo (Terre Haute) (54-7), 9/16/11 Lawrence North (Indianapolis) (42-0), 9/23/11 North Central (Indianapolis) (56-0) SCHEDULE 2011 Schedule: 8/19 at Columbus North (Columbus), 8/26 Valparaiso, 9/2 Center Grove (Greenwood), 9/9 at South Vigo (Terre Haute), 9/16 Lawrence North (Indianapolis), 9/23 at North Central (Indianapolis), 9/30 Warren Central (Indianapolis), 10/7 North Vigo (Terre Haute), 10/14 at Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis) Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Warren Central (Indianapolis) (64), Valparaiso (43.4), Davis [Ben] (Indianapolis) (43.3) Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: North Central (Indianapolis) (18.1), Lawrence North (Indianapolis) (19.4), South Vigo (Terre Haute) (19.5) 2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.6 (32.6 overall) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33 2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.4 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #13 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #189 2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1 2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 8% Opener: 8/19 at Columbus North (Columbus) [projection: 35-13 win] |