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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Eric Trudo
League: 1A District 6
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

D1 PROSPECT
Sean Boles 6'6" 305 Senior OT

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Dylan Boles 6'3" 245 Senior SDE

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 26.7
2016 National Rank: #2112
2016 State Rank: #29
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -10.4
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 30.8
2017 National Rank: #1539
2017 State Rank: #20
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -2.9
Dynasty National Rank: #9135
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 33.7
Dynasty Record: 97-49 (65-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 11-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 41.1
2016 Points Against Average: 7.2
2016 Differential: +33.9
2016 Wins: #3883 Madrid (31-24), #3883 Madrid (28-7), #5699 A-H-S-T (Avoca) (21-14), #6914 Panorama (Panora) (47-0), #7865 Earlham (41-0), #9405 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (52-0), #9965 South Hamilton (Jewell) (42-0), #11189 Northwest Webster (Manson) (45-0), #12057 Eagle Grove (49-0), #12699 West Central Valley (Stuart) (69-6), #13234 Ogden (54-0)
2016 Losses: #413 Western Christian (Hull) (35-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 67-51
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015 (1A District 8), 2014 (tied for 1st; 1A District 8), 2013 (1A District 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Earlham, 9/1 Woodward-Granger (Woodward), 9/8 at Ogden, 9/15 South Hamilton (Jewell), 9/22 at Eagle Grove, 9/29 Northwest Webster (Manson), 10/6 at West Central Valley (Stuart), 10/13 Panorama (Panora), 10/20 Madrid
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Madrid (14), Panorama (Panora) (10.4), Earlham (3.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: West Central Valley (Stuart) (-29.3), Ogden (-28.6), Eagle Grove (-18.5)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.6 (4.9 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #181
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10049
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 86%



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