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GENERAL
Nickname: Comets
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Brian Spooner
League: Sangamon Valley
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2013 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Ben Toberman 6'0" 210 Senior RB/LB 4.80
Zack Kennell 6'2" 250 Senior C/DE 5.30
Chris Garcia 5'10" 180 Senior QB/SS 4.80

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Lines, Depth On DL
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At WR

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 21.3
2013 National Rank: #3147
2013 State Rank: #109
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 18.2
2014 National Rank: #3459
2014 State Rank: #113
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 12.3
Dynasty National Rank: #4198
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 8.5
Dynasty Record: 79-41 (46-19 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 9-1
2013 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 36.1
2013 Points Against Average: 5.1
2013 Differential: +31
2013 Wins: #1884 St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (27-0), #3512 Momence (21-0), #7272 More [St. Thomas] (Champaign) (35-10), #8215 Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton) (49-14), #9609 Prairie Central (Fairbury) (35-14), #11183 Iroquois West (Gilman) (42-0), #11776 Salem (49-0), #11992 Paris (62-0), #12420 Watseka (35-0)
2013 Losses: #3512 Momence (13-6)
2013 Opponents W-L: 49-53
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2010, 2003 (tied for 1st; Sangamon Illini Red)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/29/14 Prairie Central (Fairbury) (15-13)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Prairie Central (Fairbury), 9/5 St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph), 9/12 Monticello, 9/19 Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland (Kansas), 9/26 at Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington (Dwight), 10/3 Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton), 10/10 at Iroquois West (Gilman), 10/17 Watseka, 10/24 at Momence
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (36.3), Momence (29), Monticello (11.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington (Dwight) (-28.5), Watseka (-22.5), Iroquois West (Gilman) (-14.7)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.4 (1 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #314
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7514
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%