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GENERAL
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Ken Whalen
League: 6A District 5
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #11

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 10
2010 JV Record: 7-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Tanner Evans 6'3" 190 QB 4.90
Beau Biller 6'0" 225 LB 4.90
Shane Fields 5'9" 170 DB/WR 4.60

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jon Davis 6'3" 230 Senior ATH 4.60 [Illinois]
Nick Bennett 6'2" 275 Senior OL [Army]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed, Defense, Kicking Game
Team Weaknesses: Line Depth, Inexperienced Offense

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 27.7
2010 National Rank: #1884
2010 State Rank: #26
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 27.9
2011 National Rank: #1564
2011 State Rank: #26
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 22.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2055
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.7
Dynasty Record: 30-26 (7-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-5
2010 League Record/Finish: 1-2 (3rd)
2010 Points For Average: 28.4
2010 Points Against Average: 28.1
2010 Differential: +0.3
2010 Wins: #1637 Seneca (Louisville) (50-47), #4277 Butler (Louisville) (35-15), #4682 Oldham County (Buckner) (20-0), #4802 Fern Creek (Louisville) (60-20), #6511 Jeffersontown (Louisville) (35-13), #10999 Shelby County (Shelbyville) (49-6)
2010 Losses: #16 Trinity (Louisville) (49-0), #108 Highlands (Fort Thomas) (46-0), #712 DuPont Manual (Louisville) (40-14), #722 Ballard (Louisville) (38-21), #797 Male (Louisville) (35-28)
2010 Opponents W-L: 81-56
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 2
Streak List: 10/7/11 Ballard (Louisville) (36-0), 10/14/11 Oldham County (Buckner) (42-21)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/19 vs Jeffersonville (IN), 8/27 vs Bryan Station (Lexington), 9/2 at Butler (Louisville), 9/10 at Collins [Martha Layne] (Shelbyville), 9/16 Seneca (Louisville), 9/23 Male (Louisville), 10/7 at Ballard (Louisville), 10/14 at Oldham County (Buckner), 10/21 Fern Creek (Louisville), 10/28 at Western (Louisville)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Male (Louisville) (38.1), Ballard (Louisville) (34.9), Western (Louisville) (23.8)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Jeffersonville (IN) (-10.7), Bryan Station (Lexington) (-0.2), Fern Creek (Louisville) (7.4)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.5 (28.5 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.1
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.4
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #31
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2615
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2011 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%
Opener: 8/19 vs Jeffersonville (IN) [projection: 48-8 win]