Spotswood (Penn Laird, VA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Trailblazers Colors: Royal Blue/Silver Coach: Dale Shifflett League: Valley Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #15 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2017 JV Record: 4-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Colby Morris 6'0" 250 T/DT 5.2 Brennan Brown 5'11" 190 RB/OLB 4.7 Connel Ischinger 5'11" 165 DB/WR 4.7 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: LBs, RBs, 3 OL Starters Return Team Weaknesses: DE, QB Inexperience RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 6.6 2017 National Rank: #5373 2017 State Rank: #122 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -9.4 2018 National Rank: #5390 2018 State Rank: #127 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 3.2 Dynasty National Rank: #8433 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.6 Dynasty Record: 67-88 (29-54 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 8-4 2017 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 28.2 2017 Points Against Average: 23.2 2017 Differential: +5 2017 Wins: #6453 Rockbridge County (Lexington) (42-35), #6453 Rockbridge County (Lexington) (42-28), #8075 Waynesboro (9-7), #8482 Fleming [William] (Roanoke) (14-13), #9171 Ashby [Turner] (Bridgewater) (20-14), #11656 Broadway (44-14), #12058 Fort Defiance (42-0), #12099 Monroe [William] (Stanardsville) (56-19) 2017 Losses: #745 Heritage (Lynchburg) (55-14), #2983 Monticello (Charlottesville) (48-21), #3288 Harrisonburg (24-21), #5055 East Rockingham (Elkton) (21-13) 2017 Opponents W-L: 60-73 Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/24 East Rockingham (Elkton), 8/31 at Monroe [William] (Stanardsville), 9/13 at Monticello (Charlottesville), 9/21 Fleming [William] (Roanoke), 9/28 Broadway, 10/5 at Waynesboro, 10/12 Ashby [Turner] (Bridgewater), 10/19 Rockbridge County (Lexington), 10/26 at Harrisonburg, 11/2 at Fort Defiance Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: East Rockingham (Elkton) (-0.1), Monticello (Charlottesville) (-0.7), Harrisonburg (-1.2) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Fort Defiance (-34.9), Monroe [William] (Stanardsville) (-34.9), Broadway (-31.7) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.2 (6.8 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19.5 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -15.3 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #222 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8228 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2018 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%