South Putnam (Greencastle, IN)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Nathan Aker
League: Western Indiana - West (moving from West Central)
Playoff Division: A
Playoff Division Rank: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2014 JV Record: 3-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Joe Masters 6'3" 250 Senior OL/DL
Kyle Shaffer 5'9" 180 Junior RB/LB
Brandon Gierke 6'2" 250 Senior OL/TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Return Solid Nucleus From Conference Championship Team, OL/Defensive Experience
Team Weaknesses: Need Players To Step Into Roles Of A Couple Graduated Multi-Year Starters

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -4.4
2014 National Rank: #8958
2014 State Rank: #201
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3
2015 Starting Power Rating: 3.1
2015 National Rank: #7060
2015 State Rank: #163
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 3.1
Dynasty National Rank: #7170
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: even
Dynasty Record: 74-55 (42-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 6-5
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2014 Points For Average: 22.2
2014 Points Against Average: 27.1
2014 Differential: -4.9
2014 Wins: #11311 West Washington (Campbellsburg) (45-29), #11483 Greencastle (20-16), #12384 Columbus Crusaders (Galena, OH) (34-6), #12492 North Putnam (Roachdale) (42-18), #13503 Cascade (Clayton) (37-13), #13953 Cloverdale (27-12)
2014 Losses: #519 Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton) (59-0), #2823 Monrovia (46-12), #3257 Indianapolis Lutheran (Indianapolis) (47-0), #6479 Mt. Vernon (28-6), #6788 Owen Valley (Spencer) (24-21)
2014 Opponents W-L: 64-61
Recent League Championships: 2014 (West Central), 2013 (West Central)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 Cloverdale, 8/28 Brown County (Nashville), 9/5 at South Vermillion (Clinton), 9/11 Greencastle, 9/18 at North Putnam (Roachdale), 9/25 at West Vigo (West Terre Haute), 10/2 Sullivan, 10/9 Northview (Brazil)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Northview (Brazil) (27.9), Sullivan (4.7), South Vermillion (Clinton) (-17.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Brown County (Nashville) (-47.9), Cloverdale (-40.7), North Putnam (Roachdale) (-19.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.6 (-3.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.2
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #293
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12327
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%