GENERAL
Nickname: Comets
Colors: Navy/White/Gold
Coach: Jim McQuaide
League: Greater Cleveland
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #8
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
D1 PROSPECT
Taj Ward 6'0" 170 Senior CB
COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Chris Glaser 6'4" 255 Senior OT
Jake McCurry 5'11.5" 170 Senior WR
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Some Experience
Team Weaknesses: Huge Graduation Losses To Fill At QB/OL
RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 60.4
2016 National Rank: #76
2016 State Rank: #8
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 59.4
2017 National Rank: #123
2017 State Rank: #11
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 39.7
Dynasty National Rank: #254
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.7
Dynasty Record: 120-42 (58-14 in league)
HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 36.5
2016 Points Against Average: 15.5
2016 Differential: +21
2016 Wins: #349 Mentor (37-8), #368 Medina (51-43), #373 Aurora (36-6), #612 GlenOak (Canton) (39-10), #829 Euclid (33-13), #2043 Shaker Heights (43-6), #2169 Twinsburg (43-7), #2331 Elyria (46-28), #2516 Brunswick (53-21), #2530 Strongsville (30-0)
2016 Losses: #21 St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (31-17), #208 Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow) (13-10)
2016 Opponents W-L: 77-56
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015 (tied for 1st; Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2010 (Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2009 (Northeast Ohio - Valley), 2005 (Western Reserve), 2004 (Western Reserve North), 2003 (Western Reserve North)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Aurora, 9/1 at Twinsburg, 9/8 at Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow), 9/15 at Elyria, 9/22 Strongsville, 9/28 Brunswick, 10/6 at Euclid, 10/13 Mentor, 10/21 at Shaker Heights, 10/27 Medina
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Mentor (50.8), Medina (48.7), Aurora (45.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Twinsburg (21.1), Shaker Heights (23.2), Brunswick (25.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 36.1 (43.9 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 35.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #32
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #255
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 58%