| North Branford (CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Thunderbirds Colors: Purple/White Coach: Mark Basil League: Pequot - South Playoff Division: S Playoff Division Rank: #30 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Weaknesses: Rebuilding Year RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: -7.3 2015 National Rank: #9599 2015 State Rank: #103 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -10.5 2016 Starting Power Rating: -17.8 2016 National Rank: #11528 2016 State Rank: #128 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 4.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6595 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 22.7 Dynasty Record: 96-47 [95-48 on the field] (67-30 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 6-4 2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 30.9 2015 Points Against Average: 16.1 2015 Differential: +14.8 2015 Wins: #11085 Hyde Leadership/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden) (53-6), #11683 Haddam-Killingworth (Higganum) (28-6), #11857 Old Saybrook-Westbrook (Old Saybrook) (33-7), #12371 Gilbert-Northwestern Regional (Winsted) (34-6), #13684 Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby (Windsor Locks) (56-12), #14036 Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/University Science & Engineering (Hartford) (27-6) 2015 Losses: #7093 Morgan (Clinton) (40-37), #7314 East Haven (37-13), #9036 Cromwell/Portland (Cromwell) (14-7), #11021 Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River) (27-21) 2015 Opponents W-L: 55-45 Recent League Championships: 2012 (Pequot - Sassacus), 2011 (tied for 1st; Pequot - Sassacus), 2008 (tied for 1st; Pequot - Sassacus) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 11/13/15 Gilbert-Northwestern Regional (Winsted) (34-6), 11/25/15 Creed/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden) (53-6) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/10 at Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/University Science & Engineering/Classical Magnet (Hartford), 9/23 Griswold, 9/30 at Morgan (Clinton), 10/14 at Valley Regional/Old Lyme (Deep River), 10/21 Canton, 10/28 Mills [Lewis] (Burlington), 11/4 at Granby Memorial (Granby), 11/11 Ellington, 11/17 Cromwell/Portland (Cromwell), 11/24 at Coginchaug Regional (Durham) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Griswold (7.8), Granby Memorial (Granby) (-7.2), Morgan (Clinton) (-7.9) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Canton (-44.2), Coginchaug Regional (Durham) (-30.4), Mills [Lewis] (Burlington) (-23.3) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.6 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.9 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #130 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12008 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2016 Projected League Finish: 5th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |