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GENERAL
Nickname: Eskomos
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Scott Arntson
League: Northeast - Blue
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2017 JV Record: 5-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Dane Stoyanoff 6'5" 230 QB/DE 5.0
Peyton Koskola 6'1" 210 TE/DE 5.0
Dawson Hoffman 6'1" 190 WR/LB 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Position Depth, Potentially Have A Special Player At QB
Team Weaknesses: Interior DL Size, Strength

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 6.6
2017 National Rank: #5390
2017 State Rank: #96
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -18.4
2018 National Rank: #7494
2018 State Rank: #139
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 2.9
Dynasty National Rank: #8517
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.3
Dynasty Record: 94-58 [95-57 on the field] (48-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 8-2
2017 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 27.4
2017 Points Against Average: 20.6
2017 Differential: +6.8
2017 Wins: #6571 Two Harbors (7-0), #6629 Mora (41-38), #8000 Moose Lake/Willow River (Moose Lake) (39-15), #9341 Pine City (20-12), #9344 Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Coleraine) (7-6), #9344 Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Coleraine) (48-28), #11056 Aitkin (45-28), #11234 Crosby-Ironton (Crosby) (33-0)
2017 Losses: #1475 Cloquet (55-20), #4432 Proctor (24-14)
2017 Opponents W-L: 64-42
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2005 (tied for 1st; Polar AA), 2004 (Polar AA)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/31 Cloquet, 9/7 Two Harbors, 9/14 at Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Coleraine), 9/21 Moose Lake/Willow River (Moose Lake), 9/28 at Pine City, 10/5 Aitkin, 10/11 at Crosby-Ironton (Crosby), 10/17 at Mora
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Cloquet (3.9), Moose Lake/Willow River (Moose Lake) (-13), Mora (-13.1)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Crosby-Ironton (Crosby) (-43.2), Aitkin (-33.3), Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Coleraine) (-29.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.6 (1.4 overall)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -20.9
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -10.3
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #148
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8692
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%