Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (Waterville, MN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Buccaneers Colors: Kelly Green/White/Black Coach: Jon Bakken League: South Central Playoff Division: AA Playoff Division Rank: #14 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2015 JV Record: 5-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Brody Boran 5'8" Senior RB/LB 4.5 Zac Olsen 6'5" TE/DE 4.9 Dallas McBroom 6'2" Senior QB/S 5.1 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 10.7 2015 National Rank: #5448 2015 State Rank: #99 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 6.2 2016 National Rank: #6329 2016 State Rank: #118 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 12.2 Dynasty National Rank: #4288 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6 Dynasty Record: 71-17 (48-4 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 9-1 2015 League Record/Finish: 8-0 (tied for 1st) 2015 Points For Average: 33.9 2015 Points Against Average: 10.6 2015 Differential: +23.3 2015 Wins: #5612 Maple River (Mapleton) (20-7), #7652 Mayer Lutheran (Mayer) (33-14), #7892 New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (New Richland) (13-7), #8590 Sibley East (Arlington) (52-14), #10519 St. James (50-0), #12242 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (Lake Crystal) (32-14), #12325 Le Sueur-Henderson (Le Sueur) (32-6), #12911 Medford (41-12), #13363 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop) (52-15) 2015 Losses: #4807 Blue Earth (17-14) 2015 Opponents W-L: 38-61 Recent State Championships: 2009 Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st), 2014 (Gopher Valley AA), 2012 (Gopher Valley AA), 2011 (Gopher Valley AA), 2010 (Gopher Valley AA), 2009 (tied for 1st; Gopher Valley AA), 2008 (Gopher Valley AA) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/2/16 St. James (46-10) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/2 at St. James, 9/9 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (Lake Crystal), 9/16 at New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (New Richland), 9/23 Le Sueur-Henderson (Le Sueur), 9/30 at Maple River (Mapleton), 10/7 Sibley East (Arlington), 10/14 Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop), 10/19 at Mayer Lutheran (Mayer) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Maple River (Mapleton) (9.5), New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (New Richland) (-1.1), Sibley East (Arlington) (-2.8) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop) (-34.6), Le Sueur-Henderson (Le Sueur) (-27.7), Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (Lake Crystal) (-20.5) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.2 (-8.9 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.6 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #226 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11719 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 10th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 13%