Palmer Ridge (Monument, CO)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bears
Colors: Navy/Gold
Coach: Tom Pulford
League: 3A East Metro
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2016 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Ty Evans 6'3" 190 Junior QB 4.89
Zach Hester 6'4.5" 230 Senior DE/TE 4.82
Aidan Cullen 6'6" 225 Junior DE/OL 4.9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Play-Makers At Every Skill Position, Many Returning Starters
Team Weaknesses: Line Depth

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 11.5
2016 National Rank: #4814
2016 State Rank: #57
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.7
2017 Starting Power Rating: 21.9
2017 National Rank: #2743
2017 State Rank: #31
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.1
Dynasty National Rank: #6222
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.8
Dynasty Record: 50-44 (29-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 34.9
2016 Points Against Average: 25.3
2016 Differential: +9.6
2016 Wins: #7359 Vista PEAK Prep (Aurora) (63-32), #7506 Jefferson [Thomas] (Denver) (50-7), #7602 Canon City (26-23), #9891 Liberty (Colorado Springs) (47-20), #10384 Lincoln [Abraham] (Denver) (41-21), #11639 Denver North (Denver) (42-0), #11659 Sand Creek (Colorado Springs) (28-12), #12169 Kennedy [John F.] (Denver) (48-29)
2016 Losses: #1146 Discovery Canyon (Colorado Springs) (55-6), #1908 Lewis-Palmer (Monument) (51-9), #2331 Mead (Longmont) (28-24)
2016 Opponents W-L: 65-53-1
Recent League Championships: 2016
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Sand Creek (Colorado Springs), 9/8 Liberty (Colorado Springs), 9/15 Lewis-Palmer (Monument), 9/21 at Discovery Canyon (Colorado Springs), 9/29 Canon City, 10/6 Lincoln [Abraham] (Denver), 10/14 at Denver North (Denver), 10/20 at Jefferson [Thomas] (Denver), 10/27 Kennedy [John F.] (Denver), 11/3 at Vista PEAK Prep (Aurora)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Discovery Canyon (Colorado Springs) (23.6), Lewis-Palmer (Monument) (18.4), Vista PEAK Prep (Aurora) (9.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Denver) (-22.3), Lincoln [Abraham] (Denver) (-19.2), Sand Creek (Colorado Springs) (-14)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.8 (4.2 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #102
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8615
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 22%