Riordan (San Francisco, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Purple/Gold
Coach: Jay'Sen Morris/Danny Curtin
League: West Catholic
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 1-9
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Lasa Tofi 5'11" 230 Senior LB/RB 4.85
Demanuel Taulauti 6'1" 275 Senior DL 4.8
Adham Abdelghani 6'1" 170 Sophomore QB 4.6

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Defensive Front 6, Run Offense/Defense
Team Weaknesses: Adjusting To New Coaching Staff, Coming Off 2-8 Season

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 7
2016 National Rank: #5782
2016 State Rank: #416
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 14.5
2017 National Rank: #4110
2017 State Rank: #298
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 15.1
Dynasty National Rank: #3526
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.6
Dynasty Record: 43-102-2 (12-79-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 2-8
2016 League Record/Finish: 0-7 (8th)
2016 Points For Average: 12.5
2016 Points Against Average: 35.2
2016 Differential: -22.7
2016 Wins: #4779 Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton) (19-3), #7191 St. Mary's (Albany) (45-39)
2016 Losses: #199 Valley Christian (San Jose) (38-7), #273 Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (49-14), #427 St. Francis (Mountain View) (37-0), #943 Bellarmine (San Jose) (55-14), #1122 Mitty (San Jose) (56-0), #2345 St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (21-7), #4640 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (33-7), #6134 Hillsdale (San Mateo) (21-12)
2016 Opponents W-L: 64-56
Recent Section Championships: 2007 (Medium)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Central Catholic (Modesto), 9/2 vs Salesian (Richmond), 9/9 vs Napa, 9/23 vs Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo), 9/29 vs Mitty (San Jose), 10/7 vs Bellarmine (San Jose), 10/14 at Valley Christian (San Jose), 10/20 vs St. Ignatius (San Francisco), 10/28 vs St. Francis (Mountain View), 11/4 vs Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: St. Francis (Mountain View) (53.4), Valley Christian (San Jose) (50.4), Serra [Junipero] (San Mateo) (49.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Salesian (Richmond) (11.2), Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (17.7), Napa (24.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.6
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #47
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #357
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2017 Projected League Finish: 8th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%