Bernards (Bernardsville, NJ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Red/White Coach: Jon Simoneau League: Mid-State 38 - Mountain Playoff Division: Central Group 2 Playoff Division Rank: #7 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2014 JV Record: 7-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Sebastian Sanchez 6'0" 185 Senior RB/LB 4.65 Matt Tantleff 6'2" 180 Junior WR/DB 4.68 Trevor Lawrence 6'6" 235 Senior DE/T 5.02 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Big OL Team Weaknesses: Many New Starters RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 9.5 2014 National Rank: #5692 2014 State Rank: #129 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 2 2015 National Rank: #7352 2015 State Rank: #175 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -3.2 Dynasty National Rank: #9278 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.2 Dynasty Record: 62-59 (29-27 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 8-2 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (tied for 2nd) 2014 Points For Average: 33.5 2014 Points Against Average: 17.7 2014 Differential: +15.8 2014 Wins: #6188 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (47-21), #7355 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (14-7), #9792 Bound Brook (28-13), #9839 North Plainfield (41-12), #10868 Rahway (35-13), #11525 Hillside (36-12), #12984 Somerville (45-28), #13395 Manville (40-0) 2014 Losses: #3016 Lincoln (Jersey City) (36-21), #5845 Clark [Abraham] (Roselle) (35-28) 2014 Opponents W-L: 37-65-1 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Mid-State 38 - Union), 2012 (Mid-State 38 - Union), 2011 (Mid-State 39 - West C), 2005 (tied for 1st; Colonial Hills- Colonial) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2 Streak List: 11/30/14 Caldwell [James] (West Caldwell) (47-21), 9/11/15 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (28-13) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/11 at Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark), 9/18 at Dunellen, 10/2 Rahway, 10/9 Hillside, 10/16 at Bound Brook, 10/23 at North Plainfield, 10/30 Somerville, 11/6 Clark [Abraham] (Roselle), 11/25 Delaware Valley (Frenchtown) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Clark [Abraham] (Roselle) (17.8), Delaware Valley (Frenchtown) (17.4), Dunellen (9.8) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Somerville (-25.2), Hillside (-21.4), Bound Brook (-15.9) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.7 (-3.4 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.8 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.9 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #250 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9491 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |