| Golden Valley (Merced, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cougars Colors: Cardinal/Gold Coach: Dennis Stubbs League: Central California Section: Sac-Joaquin Playoff Division: I-VI Playoff Division Rank: #92 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2014 JV Record: 2-8 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Armondo Muzquiz 6'3.5" 185 Junior QB 4.8 Isiah Montanez 5'9" 185 Junior ATH/RB 4.4 Andrew Bernal 6'0" 170 Senior DB/WR 4.7 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill Positions Team Weaknesses: Young On Defense RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: -9.1 2014 National Rank: #10031 2014 State Rank: #689 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: -4.6 2015 National Rank: #8934 2015 State Rank: #606 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 5.8 Dynasty National Rank: #6291 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.4 Dynasty Record: 50-72-1 (22-46 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 0-10 2014 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2014 Points For Average: 16.9 2014 Points Against Average: 34.7 2014 Differential: -17.8 2014 Wins: none 2014 Losses: #1087 Merced (53-14), #1921 Turlock (50-29), #3435 Pitman [John H.] (Turlock) (27-0), #3684 Buhach Colony (Atwater) (41-19), #4838 Granada (Livermore) (38-14), #6514 Clovis East (Clovis) (32-25), #6770 Chavez [Cesar] (Stockton) (30-22), #6975 Atwater (26-18), #7262 Beyer [Fred C.] (Modesto) (34-15), #7778 Stellar Prep (Oakland) (16-13) 2014 Opponents W-L: 53-57 Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2 Streak List: 9/11/15 Livermore (30-20), 9/19/15 North Monterey County (Castroville) (29-7) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 vs Clovis East (Clovis), 9/4 Beyer [Fred C.] (Modesto), 9/11 at Livermore, 9/19 North Monterey County (Castroville), 9/25 Chavez [Cesar] (Stockton), 10/9 at Turlock, 10/16 Atwater, 10/23 vs Pitman [John H.] (Turlock), 10/30 vs Buhach Colony (Atwater), 11/6 Merced Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Merced (29.4), Pitman [John H.] (Turlock) (25.5), Turlock (25.1) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: North Monterey County (Castroville) (-22.1), Livermore (-8.6), Beyer [Fred C.] (Modesto) (0.1) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.6 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.8 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.8 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #397 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5313 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2015 Projected League Finish: 6th 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |