Palm Desert (CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Aztecs Colors: Red/Gold Coach: Patrick Blackburn League: Desert Valley Section: Southern Playoff Division: Eastern (IX) Playoff Division Rank: #15 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2014 JV Record: 4-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Beau Berryhill 5'9" 185 Senior RB/FS 4.65 Joe Caridi 6'0" 195 Senior LB 4.65 William Emmett 6'2" 225 Senior DE/FB ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT Tommy Jacobsson 6'2" 220 Senior LB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL, LBs Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At WR RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: -2.3 2014 National Rank: #8493 2014 State Rank: #576 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.9 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.3 2015 Starting Power Rating: 3.1 2015 National Rank: #7060 2015 State Rank: #496 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 15.1 Dynasty National Rank: #3477 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12 Dynasty Record: 84-56 (42-20 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 3-8 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 3rd) 2014 Points For Average: 21 2014 Points Against Average: 36.1 2014 Differential: -15.1 2014 Wins: #8530 Cathedral City (32-21), #9743 Coachella Valley (Thermal) (39-34), #13194 Indio (42-14) 2014 Losses: #993 Palm Springs (44-3), #1033 Serrano (Phelan) (56-16), #2120 La Quinta (49-14), #3153 Norte Vista (Riverside) (31-10), #3238 San Jacinto (49-23), #4862 Redlands (24-3), #6212 Shadow Hills (Indio) (34-14), #8812 Xavier Prep (Palm Desert) (41-35) 2014 Opponents W-L: 81-46 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2005 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 at San Jacinto, 9/3 Shadow Hills (Indio), 9/11 Norte Vista (Riverside), 9/18 Redlands, 9/25 at La Quinta, 10/9 Indio, 10/16 at Cathedral City, 10/23 Palm Springs, 10/30 at Coachella Valley (Thermal), 11/6 Xavier Prep (Palm Desert) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Palm Springs (43.3), Norte Vista (Riverside) (30.5), La Quinta (25.6) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Indio (-33.1), Cathedral City (-12.7), Coachella Valley (Thermal) (-8.4) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.4 (13.8 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.2 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.8 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #339 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4522 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |