Taft (Watertown, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Big Red Colors: Red/Blue Coach: Tyler Whitley League: Housatonic (moving from Erickson) State (Plays In): Prep Schools Playoff Division: NEPSAC A Playoff Division Rank: #6 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2012 JV Record: 2-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Alex Huard 5'10.5" 170 Senior WR/CB 4.40 Quentin Harris 6'1" 180 Junior QB 4.65 Chuddy Nwachukwu 6'6" 315 Senior T/NG 5.40 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Skill Positions, Interior DL Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Developing Chemistry With Many New Players RATINGS 2012 Final Power Rating: 15.3 2012 National Rank: #4333 2012 State Rank: #39 (in CT) General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.3 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4 2013 Starting Power Rating: 10.7 2013 National Rank: #5132 2013 State Rank: #47 (in CT) Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 11.8 Dynasty National Rank: #4728 2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.3 Dynasty Record: 24-16 (18-11 in league) HISTORICAL 2012 Overall Record: 6-2 2012 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2012 Points For Average: 36.8 2012 Points Against Average: 29 2012 Differential: +7.8 2012 Wins: #3719 Kent School (Kent) (41-36), #7169 Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA) (27-26), #8235 Brunswick (Greenwich) (62-35), #8264 Avon Old Farms (Avon) (39-34), #9313 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (45-26), #12226 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (47-6) 2012 Losses: #2575 Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford) (29-19), #4609 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (40-14) 2012 Opponents W-L: 27-37 Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; Erickson) Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: 3 Streak List: 10/27/12 Kent School (Kent) (41-36), 11/3/12 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (47-6), 11/10/12 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (45-26) SCHEDULE 2013 Schedule: 9/21 Salisbury School (Salisbury), 9/28 Brunswick (Greenwich), 10/5 at Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY), 10/12 Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford), 10/19 at Avon Old Farms (Avon), 10/26 Kent School (Kent), 11/2 at Berkshire (Sheffield, MA), 11/9 at Hotchkiss (Lakeville) Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Salisbury School (Salisbury) (26.4), Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford) (25.4), Kent School (Kent) (18.1) Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (-20.7), Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (-5.5), Brunswick (Greenwich) (-2.9) 2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.9 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.3 2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.4 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #34 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5894 2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3 2013 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |