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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: De'Timothy Floyd
League: AAAA Region 4B (moving from AAAA Region 4)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #6

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2011 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Cameron Sutton 6'0" 180 Senior 4.40 [Tennessee]
Taurean Ferguson 5'10" 175 Senior 4.40 [Vanderbilt]
Quinton Edwards 5'11" 205 Senior 4.60

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talent, Experience At WR, DB
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On Lines

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 30
2011 National Rank: #1691
2011 State Rank: #65
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 32.7
2012 National Rank: #1190
2012 State Rank: #51
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 2.9
Dynasty National Rank: #7186
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 31
Dynasty Record: 33-58-1 (27-45 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 9-2
2011 League Record/Finish: 9-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 28.7
2011 Points Against Average: 13.4
2011 Differential: +15.3
2011 Wins: #1065 Tri-Cities (East Point) (35-17), #3108 North Clayton (College Park) (13-6), #4148 Banneker [Benjamin] (College Park) (40-19), #4280 Creekside (Fairburn) (19-13), #4846 Riverdale (31-30), #6913 Mt. Zion (Jonesboro) (39-0), #7417 Mundy's Mill (Jonesboro) (34-6), #10235 Forest Park (32-0), #11898 Morrow (30-0)
2011 Losses: #241 Lovejoy (9-0), #1416 Griffin (47-43)
2011 Opponents W-L: 61-60
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 Mt. Zion (Jonesboro), 9/7 at Westover (Albany), 9/14 at Griffin, 9/21 at Eagle's Landing (McDonough), 9/28 at Woodland (Stockbridge), 10/5 at North Clayton (College Park), 10/19 Spalding (Griffin), 10/26 Riverdale, 11/2 Upson-Lee (Thomaston)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Griffin (35.2), Upson-Lee (Thomaston) (21.2), North Clayton (College Park) (20.9)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Eagle's Landing (McDonough) (0.7), Woodland (Stockbridge) (2.5), Mt. Zion (Jonesboro) (4.1)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.8 (16.5 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.5
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.7
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #160
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3195
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 27%