Riverside (De Graff, OH)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Red/Royal Blue
Coach: Tim McGill
League: Northwest Central
Playoff Division: VII
Playoff Division Rank: #32

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Connor Cotterman 5'10" 185 Junior FB/MLB 4.65
Tanner Lane 6'3" 195 Senior RB/SS 4.45
Joe Rivera 5'10" 290 Senior OL/DT 5.20

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Many Returning Starters, Two 1000-Yard RBs Return
Team Weaknesses: New Players Must Make An Impact Defensively For Team To Be Successful

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -8.4
2013 National Rank: #9876
2013 State Rank: #534
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: -2.9
2014 National Rank: #8616
2014 State Rank: #474
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): -13.4
Dynasty National Rank: #12020
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.5
Dynasty Record: 56-57 (43-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 5-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 27.7
2013 Points Against Average: 33.4
2013 Differential: -5.7
2013 Wins: #11588 Upper Scioto Valley (McGuffey) (50-20), #12273 Waynesfield-Goshen (Waynesfield) (40-8), #13374 Bradford (28-24), #13591 Ridgemont (Ridgeway) (63-6), #14066 Vanlue (61-18)
2013 Losses: #3285 Fort Loramie (50-0), #3371 Lehman Catholic (Sidney) (57-0), #4304 West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty) (45-0), #6158 Parkway (Rockford) (63-0), #11057 Perry (Lima) (43-35)
2013 Opponents W-L: 43-63
Recent League Championships: 2003
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/30/14 Hillcrest (Cincinnati) (59-12), 9/5/14 Arcadia (57-0)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/30 vs Hillcrest (Cincinnati), 9/5 Arcadia, 9/12 West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty), 9/19 Ridgemont (Ridgeway), 9/26 at Lehman Catholic (Sidney), 10/3 at Upper Scioto Valley (McGuffey), 10/17 at Waynesfield-Goshen (Waynesfield), 10/24 at Hardin Northern (Dola), 10/31 Fort Loramie
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Lehman Catholic (Sidney) (28.8), Fort Loramie (16.4), West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty) (15.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Hillcrest (Cincinnati) (-57.5), Ridgemont (Ridgeway) (-21.7), Arcadia (-19.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #538
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9128
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%