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GENERAL
Nickname: Rams
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Brian Butts
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #35

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Simon Stepaniak 6'0" 280 OL/DL 5.00 [Indiana]
Curt New 6'3" 265 OL/DL 5.10
John Kinkaid 5'9" 205 RB 4.80

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Lines, Running Game, ILB
Team Weaknesses: Youth In Secondary, WR, Running Game

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 15.6
2013 National Rank: #4300
2013 State Rank: #257
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 19
2014 National Rank: #3312
2014 State Rank: #212
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 10.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4633
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.6
Dynasty Record: 62-49 (30-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-4
2013 League Record/Finish:  
2013 Points For Average: 25.3
2013 Points Against Average: 19.9
2013 Differential: +5.4
2013 Wins: #6412 Wilmington (34-9), #6829 Talawanda (Oxford) (37-15), #8942 Edgewood (Trenton) (45-15), #9208 Monroe (40-7), #11145 Goshen (42-7), #11873 Little Miami (Morrow) (21-0)
2013 Losses: #461 Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati) (46-3), #1229 Northwest (Cincinnati) (17-0), #2500 Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison) (49-0), #3960 Western Brown (Mt. Orab) (34-31)
2013 Opponents W-L: 51-56
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; Fort Ancient Valley - Scarlet), 2009 (tied for 1st; Fort Ancient Valley - Scarlet)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 4
Streak List: 10/25/13 Little Miami (Morrow) (21-0), 11/1/13 Talawanda (Oxford) (37-15), 8/29/14 Goshen (41-0), 9/5/14 Dixie (New Lebanon) (57-19)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Goshen, 9/5 at Dixie (New Lebanon), 9/12 Western Brown (Mt. Orab), 9/19 at Northwest (Cincinnati), 9/26 Edgewood (Trenton), 10/3 at Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati), 10/11 at McKinley (Niles), 10/17 Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison), 10/24 at Little Miami (Morrow), 10/31 at Talawanda (Oxford)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati) (46.1), Northwest (Cincinnati) (34.8), Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison) (25.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Little Miami (Morrow) (-18.8), Dixie (New Lebanon) (-14.3), Goshen (-8.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.5
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #309
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4678
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%