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GENERAL
Nickname: Buffaloes
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Bryan Pratt
League: 5A District 3 (moving from 5A District 4)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Tony Kiefer 5'10" 180 Junior QB
Adam Boyd 6'0" 185 Junior OLB
Jesse Lane 6'3" 240 Junior DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: QB, WRs, OLBs
Team Weaknesses: Rebuilding OL, New RB, New Secondary

RATINGS
2009 Final Power Rating: 29.1
2009 National Rank: #1614
2009 State Rank: #32
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5
2010 Starting Power Rating: 24.6
2010 National Rank: #2051
2010 State Rank: #44
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2009 Rating): 11.8
Dynasty National Rank: #3982
2010 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.8
Dynasty Record: 40-37 (28-21 in league)

HISTORICAL
2009 Overall Record: 10-2
2009 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2009 Points For Average: 27.5
2009 Points Against Average: 9.9
2009 Differential: +17.6
2009 Wins: #1979 Broken Bow (7-0), #3067 Central (Tulsa) (13-7), #3344 Ada (21-7), #4384 Ardmore (26-18), #4914 Durant (35-0), #5577 Hale (Tulsa) (42-18), #7429 Stilwell (57-0), #7516 Coweta (33-7), #7542 Tahlequah (38-12), #11213 Edison (Tulsa) (38-7)
2009 Losses: #895 El Reno (21-14), #1629 East Central (Tulsa) (22-6)
2009 Opponents W-L: 66-65
Winning Streak Entering 2010 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2010 Schedule: 9/3 Durant, 9/10 at Ada, 9/17 Ardmore, 9/24 at Memorial (Tulsa), 10/1 Skiatook, 10/8 at Bishop Kelley (Tulsa), 10/15 Collinsville, 10/22 at College (Tulsa), 10/29 Hale [Nathan] (Tulsa), 11/5 at Washington [Booker T.] (Tulsa), 11/12 Grove, 11/20 at MacArthur (Lawton)
Highest-Rated 2010 Regular Season Opponents: Washington [Booker T.] (Tulsa) (37.9), Bishop Kelley (Tulsa) (29.7), MacArthur (Lawton) (21.5)
Lowest-Rated 2010 Regular Season Opponents: Skiatook (-6.5), Durant (3.9), Memorial (Tulsa) (6.3)
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.4 (14.7 overall)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13
2010 vs. 2009 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.6
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #100
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4416
2010 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-3
2010 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2010 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/3 Durant [projection: 35-14 win]







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