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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Pat Sandoval
League: 5A Flatirons (moving from 5A East Metro)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #44

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 1
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Drew Petit 6'1" 250 Junior 4.90
Josh Sandoval 6'5" 200 Senior 4.80
Dalton Wadkins 5'11" 190 Senior 4.70

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Athleticism, LB
Team Weaknesses: Youth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 6.6
2013 National Rank: #6328
2013 State Rank: #93
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: -1.9
2014 National Rank: #8393
2014 State Rank: #120
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 5
Dynasty National Rank: #6536
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.9
Dynasty Record: 55-56 (36-37 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 5-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 31.5
2013 Points Against Average: 25.7
2013 Differential: +5.8
2013 Wins: #5530 Poudre (Fort Collins) (63-61), #9037 Boulder (33-6), #9960 Northglenn (31-6), #11025 Thornton (50-7), #12774 Lincoln [Abraham] (Denver) (52-8)
2013 Losses: #2187 Mountain Range (Westminster) (19-10), #3719 Prairie View (Henderson) (62-25), #4056 Castle View (Castle Rock) (27-14), #4119 Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins) (35-14), #6271 Westminster (26-23)
2013 Opponents W-L: 43-55
Recent League Championships: 2012 (5A East Metro)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins), 9/5 at Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch), 9/12 Northglenn, 9/19 at Denver East (Denver), 9/26 Westminster, 10/3 Montbello (Denver), 10/10 at Boulder, 10/17 Thornton, 10/24 at Prairie View (Henderson)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins) (23.6), Prairie View (Henderson) (21.9), Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch) (19.7)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Thornton (-21.6), Boulder (-4.2), Northglenn (0.1)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.8 (4.3 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.4
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #68
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5399
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%