| Bernards (Bernardsville, NJ) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Red/White Coach: Jon Simoneau League: Mid-State 38 - Valley Playoff Division: Central Group 2 Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2016 JV Record: 3-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Cub Schuller 6'5" 260 OL/DL 5.0 Ethan Caldwell 5'8" 130 Junior RB/CB 4.9 Lofton Hoover 5'8" 145 Senior QB/DB 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Line Size, Skill Position Speed, Winning Tradition Team Weaknesses: Young, Skill Position Size, New QB RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 17 2016 National Rank: #3676 2016 State Rank: #114 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 9.5 2017 National Rank: #5151 2017 State Rank: #156 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -1 Dynasty National Rank: #8532 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.5 Dynasty Record: 77-66 (33-33 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 8-4 2016 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (tied for 4th) 2016 Points For Average: 31.8 2016 Points Against Average: 25.3 2016 Differential: +6.5 2016 Wins: #3266 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark) (54-40), #4126 Lincoln (Jersey City) (34-26), #5418 Point Pleasant Boro (Point Pleasant) (31-27), #7329 Hillside (24-6), #7399 Bound Brook (48-7), #7421 Voorhees (Glen Gardner) (35-0), #11205 New Providence (35-17), #11952 Pingry (Martinsville) (35-8) 2016 Losses: #1033 Manasquan (42-6), #2322 Clark [Abraham] (Roselle) (61-54), #3662 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (43-14), #5612 Delaware Valley (Frenchtown) (27-12) 2016 Opponents W-L: 70-55 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Mid-State 38 - Union), 2012 (Mid-State 38 - Union), 2011 (Mid-State 39 - West C), 2005 (tied for 1st; Colonial Hills- Colonial) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 Shabazz [Malcolm X.] (Newark), 9/8 at Clark [Abraham] (Roselle), 9/15 Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark), 9/23 at Hillside, 9/28 New Providence, 10/6 Delaware Valley (Frenchtown), 10/13 at Bound Brook, 10/20 at Voorhees (Glen Gardner), 10/27 at Belvidere Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Clark [Abraham] (Roselle) (26.3), Delaware Valley (Frenchtown) (16.6), Johnson [Arthur L.] (Clark) (16.5) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: New Providence (-27.7), Bound Brook (-10.2), Hillside (-9.3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4 (12.1 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.4 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #215 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6632 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |