Ross (Hamilton, OH) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Rams Colors: Maroon/Gold Coach: Brian Butts League: Freelance (moving from South West Ohio) Playoff Division: III Playoff Division Rank: #65 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2014 JV Record: 6-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Cole Hannon 5'11" 185 Senior RB/CB 4.5 Dustin Foley 5'10" 170 Senior QB 4.6 Blake Marston 6'1" 180 Senior WR/FS 4.6 COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION Simon Stepaniak 6'4" 285 Senior OL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill Position/Secondary Depth/Speed, LB, Highly-Recruited K Team Weaknesses: Lines, Only Have 1 Returning Lineman With Varsity Experience RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 12.1 2014 National Rank: #5085 2014 State Rank: #306 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 11.1 2015 National Rank: #5182 2015 State Rank: #318 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10.8 Dynasty National Rank: #4686 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.3 Dynasty Record: 67-54 (32-24 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 5-5 2014 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th) 2014 Points For Average: 28.2 2014 Points Against Average: 24.1 2014 Differential: +4.1 2014 Wins: #7349 Edgewood (Trenton) (35-14), #8728 Little Miami (Morrow) (42-12), #9134 McKinley (Niles) (40-21), #12139 Goshen (41-0), #13390 Dixie (New Lebanon) (57-19) 2014 Losses: #253 Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati) (49-14), #1256 Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison) (35-0), #2987 Talawanda (Oxford) (28-13), #3109 Western Brown (Mt. Orab) (28-17), #3438 Northwest (Cincinnati) (35-23) 2014 Opponents W-L: 47-60 Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; Fort Ancient Valley - Scarlet), 2009 (tied for 1st; Fort Ancient Valley - Scarlet) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Goshen, 9/5 Dixie (New Lebanon), 9/11 at Western Brown (Mt. Orab), 9/18 vs Northwest (Cincinnati), 10/2 Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati), 10/9 at Casey County (Liberty, KY), 10/16 at Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison), 10/23 Little Miami (Morrow), 10/30 Talawanda (Oxford) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati) (48.2), Harrison [William Henry] (Harrison) (40.9), Western Brown (Mt. Orab) (24.3) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Dixie (New Lebanon) (-23.8), Goshen (-12), Casey County (Liberty, KY) (-6) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.3 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.7 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.4 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #258 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4075 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |