Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blazing Trojan Colors: Royal Blue/Vegas Gold Coach: Tony Palombi League: Southland Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2015 JV Record: 4-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Isaiah Giles 6'0" 170 Senior LB/RB 4.5 Juan Green 5'10" 160 Junior QB 4.6 Camron Alexander 6'1" 215 Senior LB/RB 4.67 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Greatly-Improved Team Speed, Strong Team Chemistry Team Weaknesses: Line Depth, Lack Of Varsity Game Experience RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 6.9 2015 National Rank: #6294 2015 State Rank: #236 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.6 2016 Starting Power Rating: 4.4 2016 National Rank: #6764 2016 State Rank: #245 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 3.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6925 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.5 Dynasty Record: 46-74 (24-38 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 4-5 2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2015 Points For Average: 26.2 2015 Points Against Average: 32.1 2015 Differential: -5.9 2015 Wins: #7609 Kankakee (32-26), #8784 Rich East (Park Forest) (58-36), #10273 Rich South (Richton Park) (20-14), #10582 Gavit [Donald E.] (Hammond, IN) (21-0) 2015 Losses: #514 Lincoln-Way West (New Lenox) (27-13), #567 Crete-Monee (Crete) (63-19), #3175 Crystal Lake South (Crystal Lake) (42-12), #3685 Rich Central (Olympia Fields) (50-42), #5885 Andrew [Victor J.] (Tinley Park) (31-19) 2015 Opponents W-L: 48-47 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st), 2008 (tied for 1st; SICA - East), 2007 (tied for 1st; SICA - East) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/27 Andrew [Victor J.] (Tinley Park), 9/2 at Lincoln-Way West (New Lenox), 9/10 Collins Academy (Chicago), 9/16 at Gavit [Donald E.] (Hammond, IN), 9/23 at Rich Central (Olympia Fields), 9/30 Rich South (Richton Park), 10/8 Kankakee, 10/15 Crete-Monee (Crete), 10/22 at Rich East (Park Forest) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln-Way West (New Lenox) (44.4), Crete-Monee (Crete) (42.4), Andrew [Victor J.] (Tinley Park) (10) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Collins Academy (Chicago) (-23.4), Rich South (Richton Park) (-16.1), Gavit [Donald E.] (Hammond, IN) (-7.8) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.6 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #209 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5814 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2016 Projected League Finish: 4th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |