Gobles (MI)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Tigers Colors: Orange/Blue Coach: Thad Schafer League: Southwestern - Lakeshore Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Hunter Underwood Junior FB/OLB Caleb Brady Junior RB/ILB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Chemistry Team Weaknesses: Youth, Relying On Several Sophomores To Step Up RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -25.1 2017 National Rank: #11924 2017 State Rank: #473 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2 Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.8 2018 Starting Power Rating: -42.6 2018 National Rank: #12097 2018 State Rank: #484 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 0.6 Dynasty National Rank: #9146 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 43.2 Dynasty Record: 95-57 (52-23 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 1-8 2017 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (tied for 4th) 2017 Points For Average: 11.3 2017 Points Against Average: 37.6 2017 Differential: -26.3 2017 Wins: #11438 Martin (29-20) 2017 Losses: #1330 Watervliet (54-6), #3047 Hackett Catholic Prep (Kalamazoo) (49-14), #3469 Saugatuck (40-6), #4319 Coloma (61-8), #7192 Fennville (38-8), #8025 Constantine (34-7), #9406 Lawton (21-12), #11612 Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg) (21-12) 2017 Opponents W-L: 50-41 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st; Southwestern - North), 2012 (tied for 1st; Southwestern - North), 2007 (Southwestern - North), 2006 (Southwestern - North), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern North), 2004 (Southwestern North) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/23 at Hartford, 8/30 Constantine, 9/7 at Kalamazoo United [Hackett Catholic Prep/Kalamazoo Christian] (Kalamazoo), 9/14 vs South County [New Buffalo/Bridgman] (New Buffalo), 9/21 at Saugatuck, 9/28 Lawton, 10/5 Martin, 10/12 vs Fennville, 10/19 at Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Saugatuck (-4.8), Fennville (-12), Constantine (-18.5) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg) (-38.5), Martin (-37.7), Lawton (-32.6) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.8 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19.4 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -25.2 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #309 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8204 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8 2018 Projected League Finish: 6th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%