Hermiston (OR)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Purple/Gold Coach: David Faaeteete League: 5A Special District 1 (moving from 5A Columbia River) Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #21 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 4-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Dayshawn Neal 6'1" 175 Junior WR/DB 4.7 A.J. Fernandez 6'0" 235 Junior OL/DL Vaemu Ena 6'2" 175 Senior S/WR 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience Returning, Resilient/Youthful Team With Much Promise, Improved OL Team Weaknesses: Lack Of Leadership From Senior Class, DL Question Marks, Young At LB RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 4.3 2015 National Rank: #6865 2015 State Rank: #68 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 2.8 2016 National Rank: #7158 2016 State Rank: #74 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 9.6 Dynasty National Rank: #5072 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.8 Dynasty Record: 75-62 (44-22 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 4-6 2015 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st) 2015 Points For Average: 24 2015 Points Against Average: 35.4 2015 Differential: -11.4 2015 Wins: #7989 Hood River Valley (Hood River) (36-28), #8537 Pendleton (28-12), #11912 Sandy (13-7), #12963 The Dalles (56-10) 2015 Losses: #668 Coeur d'Alene (ID) (43-10), #1046 Lewiston (ID) (56-37), #1225 Kamiakin (Kennewick, WA) (56-6), #1842 Springfield (52-20), #2228 Wilsonville (49-14), #4014 Hanford (Richland, WA) (41-20) 2015 Opponents W-L: 56-45 Recent State Championships: 2014 Recent League Championships: 2015 (5A Columbia River), 2014 (5A Columbia River), 2013 (5A Columbia River), 2004 (4A Intermountain) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/2 Union (Vancouver, WA), 9/9 at Lewiston (ID), 9/16 Mountain View (Bend), 9/23 Summit (Bend), 9/30 at Hood River Valley (Hood River), 10/7 Ridgeview (Redmond), 10/14 at Bend, 10/21 at Redmond, 10/28 Pendleton Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Summit (Bend) (51.4), Lewiston (ID) (34.6), Redmond (24.5) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Pendleton (-6.2), Hood River Valley (Hood River) (-5.7), Ridgeview (Redmond) (11.7) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.2 (15.4 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.2 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #16 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2379 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2016 Projected League Finish: 6th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%