Allentown (NJ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Redbirds Colors: Black/Red Coach: Jay Graber League: West Jersey - Valley (moving from West Jersey - Colonial) Playoff Division: Central Group 3 Playoff Division Rank: #4 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 9 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2011 JV Record: 3-4-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Nick Palladino 6'0" 190 Senior QB 4.90 Norman Williams 6'0" 190 Senior RB/WR 4.50 Frank Juba 5'10" 220 Senior LB/FB 4.55 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Balanced Offense, Talented Defense Team Weaknesses: Replacing Key Seniors, Secondary RATINGS 2011 Final Power Rating: 11 2011 National Rank: #5220 2011 State Rank: #132 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +9.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2012 Starting Power Rating: 19.3 2012 National Rank: #3107 2012 State Rank: #71 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -19.6 Dynasty National Rank: #13132 2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 40.1 Dynasty Record: 23-66 (10-23 in league) HISTORICAL 2011 Overall Record: 6-4 2011 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (tied for 2nd) 2011 Points For Average: 24 2011 Points Against Average: 19.6 2011 Differential: +4.4 2011 Wins: #2019 West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction) (27-24), #6663 Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington) (30-6), #8190 New Egypt (31-28), #9678 Princeton (10-7), #10449 Robbinsville (32-16), #12462 Bordentown (35-6) 2011 Losses: #901 Neptune (40-33), #3155 Northern Burlington (Columbus) (28-14), #7172 Pemberton (20-14), #8405 Trenton Central (Trenton) (21-14) 2011 Opponents W-L: 58-46 Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; West Jersey - Colonial) Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none SCHEDULE 2012 Schedule: 9/7 Steinert (Hamilton), 9/14 New Egypt, 9/22 at Hamilton, 9/28 Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington), 10/5 Trenton Central (Trenton), 10/12 at Holy Cross (Delran), 10/20 at Nottingham (Hamilton), 10/26 at Notre Dame (Lawrenceville), 11/2 Hightstown Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Steinert (Hamilton) (25.6), Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (16.4), Nottingham (Hamilton) (13.3) Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Hightstown (-6.7), New Egypt (-3), Trenton Central (Trenton) (-2.7) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.3 (8.7 overall) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.6 2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9.9 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #153 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5264 2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2 2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 12% |