Alcovy (Covington, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Black/Vegas Gold
Coach: Kirk Hoffman
League: AAAAAA Region 2 (moving from AAAA Region 3A)
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #39

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2011 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Cornell White 5'11" 180 Senior ATH 4.52
Curtiss Benton 6'4" 240 Junior DL/OL 4.89
Joaquin Ross 6'1" 210 Senior LB 4.74

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Devon Edwards 5'10" 180 Senior DB 4.50 [Duke]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Strong Defense
Team Weaknesses: Depth On Lines

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 17.9
2011 National Rank: #3709
2011 State Rank: #138
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 20
2012 National Rank: #2971
2012 State Rank: #124
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 7.9
Dynasty National Rank: #5511
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.1
Dynasty Record: 21-40 (16-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 6-5
2011 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 1st)
2011 Points For Average: 25.1
2011 Points Against Average: 27.5
2011 Differential: -2.4
2011 Wins: #1416 Griffin (17-16), #4014 Union Grove (McDonough) (20-17), #4251 Jones County (Gray) (44-28), #4520 Starr's Mill (Fayetteville) (47-31), #7339 Woodland (Stockbridge) (34-8), #7817 Ola (McDonough) (14-3)
2011 Losses: #798 Northgate (Newnan) (42-13), #1065 Tri-Cities (East Point) (51-28), #2711 Eastside (Covington) (38-15), #3785 Harris County (Hamilton) (35-20), #3880 Dutchtown (Hampton) (34-24)
2011 Opponents W-L: 63-54
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; AAAA Region 3A)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/30 Jones County (Gray), 9/7 at Perry, 9/14 Eastside (Covington), 9/21 at Jackson, 9/28 Luella, 10/5 at Newton (Covington), 10/19 Morrow, 10/26 at Druid Hills (Atlanta), 11/2 Rockdale County (Conyers), 11/9 at Lovejoy
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Lovejoy (63.2), Newton (Covington) (29.7), Perry (24.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Morrow (-18.2), Rockdale County (Conyers) (-4.2), Druid Hills (Atlanta) (4.6)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.5 (21.1 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.1
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.6
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #118
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2280
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2012 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%