| Taft (Watertown, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Big Red Colors: Red/Blue Coach: Tyler Whitley League: Erickson State (Plays In): Prep Schools Playoff Division: NEPSAC A Playoff Division Rank: #15 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 1-2-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Alex Akpata 5'8" 190 Senior RB/S 4.6 Marcus Alleyne 5'11" 190 Senior WR/CB 4.4 Moriz Schildorfer 6'5" 340 Senior G/NG 5.5 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Senior Leadership, Skill Position Depth Team Weaknesses: Inexperienced Playing Together RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: -10.6 2015 National Rank: #10279 2015 State Rank: #112 (in CT) Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: -12.1 2016 National Rank: #10488 2016 State Rank: #114 (in CT) Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 2 Dynasty National Rank: #7558 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 14.1 Dynasty Record: 34-69 (25-51 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 0-8 2015 League Record/Finish: 0-6 (7th) 2015 Points For Average: 14.9 2015 Points Against Average: 37.4 2015 Differential: -22.5 2015 Wins: none 2015 Losses: #583 Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford) (42-0), #1880 Salisbury School (Salisbury) (52-0), #2558 Suffield Academy (Suffield) (35-6), #3091 Brunswick (Greenwich) (36-13), #5400 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) (40-34), #6707 Kent School (Kent) (21-20), #7090 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (30-7), #9136 Avon Old Farms (Avon) (43-39) 2015 Opponents W-L: 45-24 Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/24 at Salisbury School (Salisbury), 10/1 at Williston Northampton (Easthampton, MA), 10/8 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY), 10/15 vs Brunswick (Greenwich), 10/22 Avon Old Farms (Avon), 10/29 at Kent School (Kent), 11/5 Berkshire (Sheffield, MA), 11/12 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Salisbury School (Salisbury) (34.3), Brunswick (Greenwich) (30.8), Williston Northampton (Easthampton, MA) (17) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kent School (Kent) (-3.8), Berkshire (Sheffield, MA) (2.5), Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (3.2) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.9 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.8 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.1 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #31 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3876 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-7 2016 Projected League Finish: 8th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |