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GENERAL
Nickname: Bullpups
Colors: Red/White/Black
Coach: Josh Young
League: West Yosemite
Section: Central
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2018 JV Record: 6-3-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Tyler Mello 6'2" 215 Senior LB/TE 4.8
Juaron Watts-Brown 6'2" 180 Senior QB/DB
Travone Houston 6'0" 225 Senior RB/DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Have Eight 3-Year Starters, Experience, Strength
Team Weaknesses: Speed, Secondary Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 9.1
2018 National Rank: #4387
2018 State Rank: #325
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.7
2019 Starting Power Rating: 1.2
2019 National Rank: #2999
2019 State Rank: #239
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 20.2
Dynasty National Rank: #3262
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19
Dynasty Record: 111-78 (57-38 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 8-4
2018 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 31.1
2018 Points Against Average: 22.1
2018 Differential: +9
2018 Wins: #3708 Mt. Whitney (Visalia) (28-26), #4662 Golden West (Visalia) (49-24), #5978 Redwood (Visalia) (34-14), #6446 El Diamante (Visalia) (14-7), #7699 Lemoore (42-6), #8514 Fresno (34-13), #8701 Sunnyside (Fresno) (40-21), #13144 Hanford West (Hanford) (63-6)
2018 Losses: #1903 Dinuba (41-14), #2300 Tulare Western (Tulare) (35-7), #3701 Sanger (48-28), #4058 Porterville (24-20)
2018 Opponents W-L: 64-70
Recent Section/State Championships: 2015 (III), 2015 (Bowl IV-AA), 2014 (III)
Recent League Championships: 2018, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/23 Hanford West (Hanford), 8/30 at Sanger, 9/6 vs Fresno, 9/13 vs Porterville, 9/26 Tulare Western (Tulare), 10/4 vs El Diamante (Visalia), 10/11 Mt. Whitney (Visalia), 10/17 Redwood (Visalia), 10/25 at Golden West (Visalia), 11/1 Lemoore
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Tulare Western (Tulare) (19.9), Porterville (2), Sanger (-1.3)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Hanford West (Hanford) (-47.2), Fresno (-25.7), Lemoore (-20.2)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.6 (3.2 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.7
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -22.3
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #371
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4857
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%