Howell Central [Francis] (St. Charles, MO) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Spartans Colors: Blue/Silver Coach: Pete Eberhardt League: Gateway - South Playoff Division: 6 Playoff Division Rank: #30 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 3-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Dominick Puni 6'4" 285 Senior OL/DL Justin Hedrick 6'4" 275 Senior OL/DL Sam Davis 6'3" 210 LB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL Team Weaknesses: Young Defense RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -0.7 2016 National Rank: #7567 2016 State Rank: #146 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.8 2017 Starting Power Rating: -3.2 2017 National Rank: #8161 2017 State Rank: #168 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 5.9 Dynasty National Rank: #6285 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.1 Dynasty Record: 49-91 (34-44 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 2-8 2016 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2016 Points For Average: 27.2 2016 Points Against Average: 43.8 2016 Differential: -16.6 2016 Wins: #4595 St. Charles West (St. Charles) (26-25), #5699 Fort Zumwalt South (St. Peters) (32-29) 2016 Losses: #222 Blue Springs (49-8), #2215 Howell [Francis] (St. Charles) (59-24), #2938 Fort Zumwalt West (O'Fallon) (35-26), #3356 Parkway Central (Chesterfield) (64-16), #5183 Timberland (Wentzville) (33-22), #5612 Howell North [Francis] (St. Charles) (43-40), #7279 Troy-Buchanan (Troy) (45-30), #8317 Fort Zumwalt East (St. Peters) (56-48) 2016 Opponents W-L: 66-47 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Fort Zumwalt East (St. Peters), 8/25 Fort Zumwalt South (St. Peters), 9/1 at St. Charles West (St. Charles), 9/8 Timberland (Wentzville), 9/15 Troy-Buchanan (Troy), 9/29 Fort Zumwalt West (O'Fallon), 10/13 Parkway Central (Chesterfield) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Fort Zumwalt West (O'Fallon) (29.6), Parkway Central (Chesterfield) (22.2), Timberland (Wentzville) (16.5) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Fort Zumwalt East (St. Peters) (-0.9), Troy-Buchanan (Troy) (3.8), Fort Zumwalt South (St. Peters) (5.4) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.8 (21 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #48 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3427 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-6 2017 Projected League Finish: 6th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |