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GENERAL
Nickname: Patriots
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Dickie Wright
League: 6A Region 6
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #27

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Ameer Abdullah 5'9" 180 Senior ATH 4.5 [Nebraska]
Aaron Ernest 6'1" 170 Senior WR

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 34.9
2010 National Rank: #1081
2010 State Rank: #37
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 29.6
2011 National Rank: #1378
2011 State Rank: #47
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 30
Dynasty National Rank: #983
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.9
Dynasty Record: 25-27 (13-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 6-4
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (5th)
2010 Points For Average: 34.4
2010 Points Against Average: 26.1
2010 Differential: +8.3
2010 Wins: #1739 Pelham (50-21), #3540 Oak Mountain (Birmingham) (21-17), #3845 Huntsville (49-21), #4091 Thompson (Alabaster) (22-21), #5260 Bessemer City (Bessemer) (50-6), #8360 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (48-0)
2010 Losses: #29 Hoover (48-28), #174 Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (49-21), #308 Vestavia Hills (42-20), #541 Spain Park (Hoover) (36-35)
2010 Opponents W-L: 53-61
Recent State Championships: 2005 (5A), 2004 (5A)
Recent League Championships: 2005 (5A Region 3), 2004 (5A Region 3), 2003 (5A Region 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 1
Streak List: 10/14/11 Oak Mountain (Birmingham) (14-7)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/26 at Bessemer City (Bessemer), 9/2 Thompson (Alabaster), 9/9 at Spain Park (Hoover), 9/16 Mountain Brook (Birmingham), 9/23 Huntsville, 9/30 Vestavia Hills, 10/7 at Hoover, 10/14 Oak Mountain (Birmingham), 10/21 at Pelham, 10/28 at Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Hoover (56.1), Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (49.9), Vestavia Hills (43.5)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (1.7), Bessemer City (Bessemer) (8.6), Thompson (Alabaster) (16.4)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 29.5
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.3
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #19
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #379
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2011 Projected League Finish: 5th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 8/26 at Bessemer City (Bessemer) [projection: 42-21 win]



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