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GENERAL
Nickname: Fighting Tigers
Colors: Red/Black/White
Coach: Wade Cooper
League: AAA Region II (moving from AAA Region III)
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #24

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 1
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2011 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Corey Dogan 5'10" 180 Senior FS 4.39
Brennen Griffin 6'0" 165 Senior WR 4.37
Jonathan Bull 5'9" 185 Senior OLB 4.76

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Caleb Rowe 6'3" 180 Senior QB 4.9 [Maryland]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed, Strong Secondary
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience, Lost 18 Starters From Last Year

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 27.8
2011 National Rank: #1976
2011 State Rank: #45
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 15.6
2012 National Rank: #3869
2012 State Rank: #85
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 6.1
Dynasty National Rank: #6115
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.7
Dynasty Record: 45-50 (19-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 8-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 41.9
2011 Points Against Average: 17.5
2011 Differential: +24.4
2011 Wins: #2963 Hampton [Wade] (Greenville) (15-13), #3850 Chapin (44-20), #4566 Union County (Union) (50-20), #5324 Pendleton (42-14), #6793 Chapman (Inman) (62-17), #9517 Travelers Rest (49-7), #10221 Eastside (Taylors) (57-0), #10957 Berea (Greenville) (56-0)
2011 Losses: #959 York (44-34), #1445 Greer (28-24), #3783 Clinton (29-28)
2011 Opponents W-L: 55-67
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 at Hampton [Wade] (Greenville), 8/31 at Mann [J. L.] (Greenville), 9/7 Chapman (Inman), 9/14 at Eastside (Taylors), 9/21 Berea (Greenville), 9/28 at Greenville, 10/5 Travelers Rest, 10/12 Southside (Greenville), 10/19 Pickens, 10/26 at Greer
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Greer (32.7), Mann [J. L.] (Greenville) (24.6), Hampton [Wade] (Greenville) (21.7)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Southside (Greenville) (-14), Berea (Greenville) (-13.1), Eastside (Taylors) (-9.3)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.7 (14 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.9
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.8
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #127
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5153
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2012 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%