Waterloo East (Waterloo, IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Trojans Colors: Orange/Black Coach: Xavier Leonard League: 4A District 5 Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #45 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 4-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Jacee Clark 5'7" 155 Senior WR/DB 4.5 Tyrell Gordon 6'0" 190 Senior RB/LB 4.6 Joseph Putman 6'2" 225 Senior DE/OL 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Speed, Hard-Working Team Weaknesses: Very Young, 16 Starters Will Be Underclassmen RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -31.3 2016 National Rank: #13073 2016 State Rank: #252 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: -35.8 2017 National Rank: #13393 2017 State Rank: #246 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -19 Dynasty National Rank: #13003 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 16.8 Dynasty Record: 18-110 (9-69 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 0-9 2016 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2016 Points For Average: 5.9 2016 Points Against Average: 52.1 2016 Differential: -46.2 2016 Wins: none 2016 Losses: #2254 Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids) (63-14), #4144 Waterloo West/Waterloo Christian (Waterloo) (61-7), #4393 Cedar Falls (17-0), #6571 Newton (63-0), #8654 Mason City (65-7), #8799 Jefferson [Thomas] (Cedar Rapids) (50-0), #9831 Marshalltown (70-0), #10066 Hempstead (Dubuque) (39-19), #10365 Des Moines North (Des Moines) (41-6) 2016 Opponents W-L: 43-42 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Des Moines North (Des Moines), 9/1 Newton, 9/8 at Marshalltown, 9/15 at Hempstead (Dubuque), 9/22 Waterloo West (Waterloo), 9/29 at Mason City, 10/5 at Jefferson [Thomas] (Cedar Rapids), 10/13 Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids), 10/20 Cedar Falls Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Washington [George] (Cedar Rapids) (20.2), Cedar Falls (13), Newton (7) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Des Moines North (Des Moines) (-29), Hempstead (Dubuque) (-13.9), Jefferson [Thomas] (Cedar Rapids) (-11.6) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.5 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.5 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #136 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8579 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 0-9 2017 Projected League Finish: 5th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%