Mechanicsburg (OH) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Indians Colors: Purple/Gold Coach: Kurt Forrest League: Ohio Heritage Playoff Division: VI Playoff Division Rank: #11 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2014 JV Record: 8-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Kaleb Romero 5'10" 175 Junior QB/SS 4.55 Dylan Hartley 6'1" 240 Junior G/DT 5.3 David Harvey 6'3" 185 Senior TE/OLB 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: 4 OL Return, Explosive Athletic Ability On Offense, Extremely Athletic Defense That Plays Very Aggressively Team Weaknesses: Many New Faces At Skill Positions, Inexperience At WR/RB, Need To Improve On Owning Line Of Scrimmage Defensively RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 23.8 2014 National Rank: #2793 2014 State Rank: #169 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3 2015 Starting Power Rating: 26.3 2015 National Rank: #2224 2015 State Rank: #146 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10.4 Dynasty National Rank: #4812 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.9 Dynasty Record: 92-44 (59-24 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 8-3 2014 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st) 2014 Points For Average: 40.3 2014 Points Against Average: 14.9 2014 Differential: +25.4 2014 Wins: #3073 Greeneview (Jamestown) (27-6), #6447 Triad (North Lewisburg) (48-8), #9212 Cedarville (46-13), #9340 Northeastern (Springfield) (55-26), #9891 Fairbanks (Milford Center) (48-0), #11341 Waynesfield-Goshen (Waynesfield) (48-0), #11884 Southeastern Local (South Charleston) (38-0), #13542 Catholic Central (Springfield) (40-6) 2014 Losses: #328 Minster (42-41), #2260 West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty) (42-38), #2960 West Jefferson (21-14) 2014 Opponents W-L: 61-63 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st), 2008, 2006, 2005 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 4 Streak List: 8/28/15 West Jefferson (43-8), 9/5/15 Fairbanks (Milford Center) (48-6), 9/11/15 Northwestern (Springfield) (35-0), 9/18/15 Cedarville (61-6) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 West Jefferson, 9/5 Fairbanks (Milford Center), 9/11 Northwestern (Springfield), 9/18 at Cedarville, 9/25 Triad (North Lewisburg), 10/2 at West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty), 10/9 Catholic Central (Springfield), 10/16 at Northeastern (Springfield), 10/23 at Greeneview (Jamestown), 10/30 Southeastern Local (South Charleston) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty) (23.7), West Jefferson (21.2), Greeneview (Jamestown) (16.6) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Catholic Central (Springfield) (-26.6), Southeastern Local (South Charleston) (-19.8), Cedarville (-9.3) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.5 (8 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.2 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.7 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #487 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7850 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1 2015 Projected League Finish: 1st 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 34% |