New Buffalo (MI)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bison Colors: Royal Blue/Gold Coach: Matt Johnson League: Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph - Blue Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 9 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Jonah Bussa 6'3" 180 Senior OL/DL 5.15 Jarvis Tarnowski 5'8" 180 Senior RB/LB 5.03 Andrew Coffeen 5'11" 185 Senior QB/LB 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Lines Return Intact Team Weaknesses: Lost Two Best Players To Graduation, Must Improve Consistency, Must Create More Takeaways Defensively RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -29.3 2016 National Rank: #12849 2016 State Rank: #494 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: -21.8 2017 National Rank: #11756 2017 State Rank: #440 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -27 Dynasty National Rank: #13917 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.2 Dynasty Record: 40-85 (24-43 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-6 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 18 2016 Points Against Average: 22 2016 Differential: -4 2016 Wins: #13638 Lee (Wyoming) (34-0), #14346 Centreville (44-0), #14489 River Valley (Three Oaks) (44-0) 2016 Losses: #4618 Beatty [Ross] (Cassopolis) (37-0), #6250 Climax-Scotts (Climax) (54-6), #8578 Mendon (34-0), #10560 Bridgman (44-14), #11189 Lake Michigan Catholic (St. Joseph) (7-6), #12040 Brandywine (Niles) (22-14) 2016 Opponents W-L: 49-42 Recent League Championships: 2013 (Red Arrow) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Lee (Wyoming), 8/31 at Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg), 9/8 at Parchment, 9/15 Brandywine (Niles), 9/22 at Bridgman, 9/29 River Valley (Three Oaks), 10/6 at Brandywine (Niles), 10/13 Nouvel Catholic Central (Saginaw), 10/20 at Lake Michigan Catholic (St. Joseph) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Nouvel Catholic Central (Saginaw) (7.8), Lake Michigan Catholic (St. Joseph) (-9.5), Bridgman (-15.8) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: River Valley (Three Oaks) (-58.4), Brandywine (Niles) (-32), Lee (Wyoming) (-30.5) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -23.8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #500 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #13311 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%