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| Birmingham (Van Nuys, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Patriots Colors: Blue/Gold/Silver/Black Coach: Jim Rose League: West Valley Section: Los Angeles Playoff Division: I Playoff Division Rank: #11 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 9 2014 JV Record: 5-4-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Sterling Salguero 5'10" 180 Senior RB Eric Flowers 6'0" 210 Senior LB Solomone Taufahema 5'11" 220 Senior MLB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: 9 Defensive Starters Returning, Have All-State RB, Speed/Depth At Skill Positions Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On OL, Very Tough Non-League Schedule RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 16 2014 National Rank: #4287 2014 State Rank: #308 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 18.5 2015 National Rank: #3623 2015 State Rank: #271 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 27 Dynasty National Rank: #1177 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.5 Dynasty Record: 90-56 (50-10 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 6-6 2014 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st) 2014 Points For Average: 25.3 2014 Points Against Average: 32.4 2014 Differential: -7.1 2014 Wins: #5199 Banning [Phineas] (Wilmington) (36-30), #5604 El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (19-14), #5835 Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills) (53-20), #8382 Chatsworth (36-26), #10310 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) (33-11), #10399 Granada Hills (28-0) 2014 Losses: #294 Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) (56-6), #413 Chaminade (West Hills) (45-20), #569 Newbury Park (42-14), #1284 Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) (55-6), #2355 Garfield [James A.] (Los Angeles) (49-28), #8822 Fairfax (Los Angeles) (41-25) 2014 Opponents W-L: 71-63 Recent Section Championships: 2007 (City Championship), 2006 (City Championship), 2004 (City Championship Division) Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013 (tied for 1st), 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2003 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 Newbury Park, 9/4 at Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks), 9/11 at Canoga Park, 9/18 at Chaminade (West Hills), 9/25 Oaks Christian (Westlake Village), 10/9 Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda), 10/16 Chatsworth, 10/23 at Taft [William Howard] (Woodland Hills), 10/30 Granada Hills, 11/6 at El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) (49.2), Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) (44.6), Chaminade (West Hills) (44.3) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Cleveland [Grover] (Reseda) (-19.2), Granada Hills (-16.6), El Camino Real (Woodland Hills) (4.3) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8 (17.5 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.2 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.4 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #229 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2821 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2015 Projected League Finish: 1st 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |