| Mercedes (TX) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Tigers Colors: Orange/White Coach: Michael Uribe League: 4A Region IV District 32 Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #129 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2012 JV Record: 6-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Isaiah Garza 5'10" 170 Senior QB 4.50 Rick Hinojosa 5'11" 290 Senior DT 5.10 Roel Garcia 5'10" 175 Junior DB/WR 4.50 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, 3-Year Returning Starter At QB Team Weaknesses: Lost Top Tacklers, Rushing RATINGS 2012 Final Power Rating: 12.8 2012 National Rank: #4917 2012 State Rank: #499 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 2013 Starting Power Rating: 11.3 2013 National Rank: #4986 2013 State Rank: #530 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 6.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6032 2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.4 Dynasty Record: 33-23 (27-10 in league) HISTORICAL 2012 Overall Record: 8-3 2012 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st) 2012 Points For Average: 23.1 2012 Points Against Average: 19.7 2012 Differential: +3.4 2012 Wins: #4920 Mission (23-14), #6789 Hidalgo (20-16), #7010 Valley View (Pharr) (33-30), #7742 Veterans Memorial (Mission) (34-27), #8296 Roma (17-14), #9062 La Feria (13-3), #10506 Rio Grande City (40-14), #12015 Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest (Pharr) (45-7) 2012 Losses: #2403 Calallen (Corpus Christi) (40-7), #2708 Alice (31-15), #3017 Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch) (21-7) 2012 Opponents W-L: 67-54 Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none SCHEDULE 2013 Schedule: 8/30 at Calallen (Corpus Christi), 9/6 at Hidalgo, 9/13 La Feria, 9/26 at Veterans Memorial (Mission), 10/4 Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest (Pharr), 10/11 at Rio Grande City, 10/18 at Valley View (Pharr), 10/25 Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch), 11/1 at Roma, 11/8 Mission Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Calallen (Corpus Christi) (33), Edcouch-Elsa (Edcouch) (21.9), Mission (9.3) Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest (Pharr) (-19.3), Rio Grande City (-10.9), La Feria (-4.4) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.5 (7 overall) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.8 2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #710 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6783 2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |