El Dorado (Placerville, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Justin Reber
League: Sierra Valley
Section: Sac-Joaquin
Playoff Division: I-VI
Playoff Division Rank: #97

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 1
2016 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Steven Fox 6'0" 230 Senior RB/LB 4.6
Danny Bell 6'4" 160 Sophomore QB 4.7
Tyson Hamburg 6'0" 175 Junior WR/LB 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Work-Ethic
Team Weaknesses: Experience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 1.9
2016 National Rank: #6914
2016 State Rank: #498
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: -9.6
2017 National Rank: #9546
2017 State Rank: #680
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -3.3
Dynasty National Rank: #9252
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.3
Dynasty Record: 55-88 (24-58 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 32.6
2016 Points Against Average: 22.4
2016 Differential: +10.2
2016 Wins: #6387 Liberty Ranch (Galt) (27-24), #6823 Ponderosa (Shingle Springs) (30-28), #10230 Ferndale (34-7), #10515 Galt (42-15), #11065 Union Mine (El Dorado) (30-12), #12273 Del Mar (San Jose) (67-33), #12514 Rosemont (Sacramento) (55-14)
2016 Losses: #5418 Los Banos (23-20), #5555 Cordova (Rancho Cordova) (40-14), #6961 Bear River (Grass Valley) (28-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 49-57
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st), 2014
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Del Mar (San Jose), 9/8 at Ponderosa (Shingle Springs), 9/15 Golden Sierra (Garden Valley), 9/22 Bear River (Grass Valley), 9/30 Ferndale, 10/6 Rosemont (Sacramento), 10/13 vs Liberty Ranch (Galt), 10/20 Cordova (Rancho Cordova), 10/27 at Galt, 11/3 at Union Mine (El Dorado)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cordova (Rancho Cordova) (8.4), Bear River (Grass Valley) (1.2), Liberty Ranch (Galt) (-3.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rosemont (Sacramento) (-35.8), Del Mar (San Jose) (-23.1), Galt (-21.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.1 (-3.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #764
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10983
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%