Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Little Irish Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Chris Battaglia League: Section 5 Freelance Playoff Division: AA Playoff Division Rank: #4 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2011 JV Record: 9-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Billy Lombardi 5'7" 195 Senior RB Charlie Rist 5'9" 200 Junior LB James Hedger 6'1" 250 Senior OL/DE D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION Jarron Jones 6'5" 290 Senior DT 4.9 [Notre Dame] Jahmahl Pardner 6'0" 170 Senior DB 4.60 [Pittsburgh] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: All-State RB, Team Speed On Defense Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced Offense, Depth RATINGS 2011 Final Power Rating: 46.5 2011 National Rank: #348 2011 State Rank: #4 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.8 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2012 Starting Power Rating: 38.1 2012 National Rank: #712 2012 State Rank: #11 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 33.7 Dynasty National Rank: #444 2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.6 Dynasty Record: 75-23 HISTORICAL 2011 Overall Record: 10-2 2011 League Record/Finish: 2011 Points For Average: 36.6 2011 Points Against Average: 11 2011 Differential: +25.6 2011 Wins: #563 St. Francis (Athol Springs) (34-20), #1513 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo) (40-13), #2486 Sweet Home (Amherst) (49-20), #2573 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (42-0), #2573 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (40-3), #3148 Corning-Painted Post East/Corning-Painted Post West (Corning) (51-12), #3237 Honeoye Falls-Lima (Honeoye Falls) (21-0), #3561 Canisius (Buffalo) (50-7), #3611 Wayne (Ontario Center) (35-3), #7147 Henninger (Syracuse) (48-19) 2011 Losses: #239 Maine-Endwell (Endwell) (19-16), #1242 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (16-13) 2011 Opponents W-L: 86-38 Recent State Championships: 2010 (A), 2007 (A) Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none SCHEDULE 2012 Schedule: 9/1 vs St. Francis (Athol Springs), 9/8 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Washington, DC), 9/15 Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo), 9/22 McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester), 9/28 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo), 10/6 vs Canisius (Buffalo), 10/12 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (43.5), St. Francis (Athol Springs) (39.8), McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) (31.2) Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Roosevelt [Theodore] (Washington, DC) (-21.1), Canisius (Buffalo) (19.8), Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo) (21.8) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20 (26.5 overall) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.3 2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.3 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #12 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1089 2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-1 2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 13% |