Mount Airy (NC) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue/White Coach: Kelly Holder League: 1A Northwest Playoff Division: 1A Playoff Division Rank: #18 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2014 JV Record: 8-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jackson Smith 6'4" 205 Junior LB/ATH Gabriel King 6'1" 220 Junior OL/DL Clayton Cogdill 6'0" 190 Junior LB/FB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Lines, LBs, Kicking Game Solid Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At All Skill Positions, Finding A QB/RB Will Be Key RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 11.3 2014 National Rank: #5273 2014 State Rank: #153 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 2.8 2015 National Rank: #7144 2015 State Rank: #208 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 12.5 Dynasty National Rank: #4150 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.7 Dynasty Record: 133-31 (74-12 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 10-2 2014 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2014 Points For Average: 30.9 2014 Points Against Average: 10.8 2014 Differential: +20.1 2014 Wins: #3768 Starmount (Boonville) (28-17), #5014 West Stokes (King) (24-13), #6835 Walkertown (21-14), #8827 Surry Central (Dobson) (35-0), #9285 North Surry (Mt. Airy) (35-28), #9708 Thomasville (22-8), #10362 Carroll County (Hillsville, VA) (55-7), #11865 Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville) (30-0), #12325 Atkins [Simon G.] (Winston-Salem) (42-0), #13915 North Stokes (Danbury) (56-0) 2014 Losses: #5086 Swain County (Bryson City) (14-0), #5555 East Surry (Pilot Mountain) (28-23) 2014 Opponents W-L: 72-74 Recent State Championships: 2008 Recent League Championships: 2013 (1A Conference 5), 2012 (2A/1A Northwest), 2010 (2A/1A Northwest), 2009 (2A/1A Northwest), 2008 (Northwest), 2007 (Northwest), 2005 (tied for 1st; Northwest) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/21 Starmount (Boonville), 8/28 vs West Stokes (King), 9/3 at Elkin, 9/11 North Surry (Mt. Airy), 9/18 at Surry Central (Dobson), 10/2 North Stokes (Danbury), 10/9 at Winston-Salem Prep (Winston-Salem), 10/16 Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville), 10/23 Atkins [Simon G.] (Winston-Salem), 10/30 at Walkertown, 11/6 at East Surry (Pilot Mountain) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: West Stokes (King) (18), East Surry (Pilot Mountain) (13.3), Walkertown (10.3) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: North Stokes (Danbury) (-37.9), Bishop McGuinness (Kernersville) (-30.7), Elkin (-23.1) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.3 (-2.6 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.5 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.2 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #310 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10243 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-4 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |