Alief Taylor (Houston, TX)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Red/White
Coach: J.D. Jordan
League: 5A Region III District 18
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #90

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Greg Allen 5'11" 185 Senior CB 4.40
Denzel Barrett 5'11" 170 Senior FS 4.60
Vonnail Cook 5'8" 160 Senior RB 4.50

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jordan Are 6'2" 185 Senior QB 4.65 [Dartmouth]
Givens Price 6'4" 260 Senior OG [Nebraska]
Emmanuel Omoegbele 6'0.5" 225 Senior DE 4.90

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Secondary
Team Weaknesses: Graduated Large Senior Class

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 38.4
2010 National Rank: #762
2010 State Rank: #102
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2011 Starting Power Rating: 27.1
2011 National Rank: #1663
2011 State Rank: #203
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 21.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2261
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.9
Dynasty Record: 34-22 (19-15 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 10-2
2010 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2010 Points For Average: 39.6
2010 Points Against Average: 23
2010 Differential: +16.6
2010 Wins: #1715 Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston) (52-27), #1829 Dobie [J. Frank] (Houston) (43-13), #1834 Cypress Ridge (Houston) (37-36), #2979 Dulles [John Foster] (Sugar Land) (35-27), #3457 Alief Hastings (Houston) (51-10), #3996 Alief Elsik (Houston) (37-21), #5341 Aldine (Houston) (44-28), #5484 Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston) (42-22), #7694 Conroe (45-12), #10191 MacArthur (Houston) (41-0)
2010 Losses: #43 Katy (45-20), #493 Memorial (Houston) (35-28)
2010 Opponents W-L: 66-68
Recent League Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/10/11 Dulles [John Foster] (Sugar Land) (46-13)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/26 Dobie [J. Frank] (Houston), 9/2 Katy, 9/10 at Dulles [John Foster] (Sugar Land), 9/16 at Conroe, 9/30 at MacArthur (Houston), 10/7 Alief Hastings (Houston), 10/15 at Alief Elsik (Houston), 10/21 Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston), 10/29 at Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston), 11/5 Aldine (Houston)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Katy (56.1), Eisenhower [Dwight D.] (Houston) (32.1), Dobie [J. Frank] (Houston) (27.6)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: MacArthur (Houston) (-11), Conroe (-4.5), Nimitz [Chester W.] (Houston) (5.9)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18 (23.7 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.4
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.6
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #397
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2791
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 8/26 Dobie [J. Frank] (Houston) [projection: 28-27 win]