DeSales (Louisville, KY) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Colts Colors: Brown/White Coach: Harold Davis League: 2A District 4 Playoff Division: 2A Playoff Division Rank: #1 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2013 JV Record: 8-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Bryant Pirtle 6'3" 210 Senior RB/DE 4.39 [Western Kentucky] Matt Bledsoe 6'3" 285 Senior OL 4.70 Logan McDonogh 6'0" 175 Senior DB/WR 4.60 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Off-Season Conditioning, Overall Team Speed, DEs/LBs Team Weaknesses: Experience, Offensive Backfield RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 41.2 2013 National Rank: #692 2013 State Rank: #10 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.7 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.2 2014 Starting Power Rating: 31.2 2014 National Rank: #1407 2014 State Rank: #23 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 13 Dynasty National Rank: #4006 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 23.4 Dynasty Record: 91-48 (38-13 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 14-1 2013 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2013 Points For Average: 44.5 2013 Points Against Average: 10.5 2013 Differential: +34 2013 Wins: #964 Hardin [John] (Elizabethtown) (25-20), #1709 Christian Academy (Louisville) (34-0), #2894 Glasgow (35-28), #3152 Warren Central (Bowling Green) (40-27), #3146 Newport Central Catholic (Newport) (34-26), #3168 Murray (38-0), #4216 Bardstown (55-7), #8043 Southern (Louisville) (51-14), #9312 Holy Cross (Louisville) (45-0), #9567 Metcalfe County (Edmonton) (42-3), #10702 Washington County (Springfield) (63-0), #11835 Shawnee (Louisville) (49-0), #12453 Fort Knox (56-6), #14133 Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown) (76-0) 2013 Losses: #1709 Christian Academy (Louisville) (27-24) 2013 Opponents W-L: 99-78 Recent State Championships: 2013 Recent League Championships: 2010 (2A District 5), 2009 (2A District 5), 2008 (2A District 5), 2007 (2A District 5), 2005 (tied for 1st; 2A District 3) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 9 Streak List: 10/25/13 Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown) (76-0), 11/1/13 Southern (Louisville) (51-14), 11/8/13 Metcalfe County (Edmonton) (42-3), 11/15/13 Glasgow (35-28), 11/22/13 Christian Academy (Louisville) (34-0), 11/29/13 Murray (38-0), 12/7/13 Newport Central Catholic (Newport) (34-26), 8/24/14 Holy Cross (Louisville) (31-0), 8/29/14 Grayson County (Leitchfield) (30-6) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/24 at Holy Cross (Louisville), 8/29 vs Grayson County (Leitchfield), 9/5 Warren Central (Bowling Green), 9/12 Washington County (Springfield), 9/19 at Shawnee (Louisville), 9/26 at Bardstown, 10/3 Fort Knox, 10/17 Christian Academy (Louisville), 10/25 at Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown), 10/31 at Southern (Louisville) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Christian Academy (Louisville) (29.2), Warren Central (Bowling Green) (22.3), Bardstown (18.4) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Nelson [Thomas] (Bardstown) (-40.5), Fort Knox (-22.8), Shawnee (Louisville) (-18.6) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.3 (9.9 overall) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.3 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #130 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8363 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-0 2014 Projected League Finish: 1st 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 67% |