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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Demons
Colors: Royal Blue/Red/White
Coach: Jerry Staton
League: 2A District 7 (moving from 2A District 6)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 10
2013 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Nick Yarkosky 6'2" 260 Junior T 5.40
Blake Bayer 5'11" 165 Junior S 4.80
Carter Isley 6'1" 220 Junior DL 4.90

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL, Defense, Off-Season Work Ethic
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience In Offensive Backfield

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 21
2013 National Rank: #3222
2013 State Rank: #25
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 23.9
2014 National Rank: #2465
2014 State Rank: #14
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): -8.6
Dynasty National Rank: #10877
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 35.1
Dynasty Record: 54-52 (40-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 12-1
2013 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 38.3
2013 Points Against Average: 10.5
2013 Differential: +27.8
2013 Wins: #5124 Mediapolis (7-0), #5657 Mid-Prairie (Wellman) (26-16), #6061 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (42-36), #7609 Eddyville-Blakesburg (Eddyville) (41-0), #8349 Louisa-Muscatine (Letts) (29-6), #9494 PCM (Monroe) (49-6), #9932 Collins-Maxwell-Baxter (Maxwell) (42-6), #10067 Fairfield (47-0), #10281 Centerville (54-6), #10753 Davis County (Bloomfield) (21-20), #13298 Interstate # (Truro) (62-6), #14395 Clarke (Osceola) (57-7)
2013 Losses: #1573 Waukon (27-21)
2013 Opponents W-L: 74-62
Recent League Championships: 2013 (2A District 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 Mt. Ayr/Diagonal (Mt. Ayr) (39-8), 9/5/14 Fairfield (36-0)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Mt. Ayr/Diagonal (Mt. Ayr), 9/5 at Fairfield, 9/12 Pella Christian (Pella), 9/19 at North Polk (Alleman), 9/26 Centerville, 10/3 at Davis County (Bloomfield), 10/10 Collins-Maxwell-Baxter (Maxwell), 10/17 at PCM (Monroe), 10/24 at Clarke (Osceola)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: North Polk (Alleman) (-1), PCM (Monroe) (-6.6), Collins-Maxwell-Baxter (Maxwell) (-8.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Clarke (Osceola) (-46.5), Pella Christian (Pella) (-17.8), Davis County (Bloomfield) (-12.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -14.6 (0 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #206
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11320
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 91%