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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Chris Gilbert
League: 4A Region II District 15
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Daeshon Hall 6'6" 220 DE 4.60 [Washington]
Dakota Austin 6'0" 180 CB 4.50
Demarcus Ayers 5'11" 180 ATH 4.40 [Washington State]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
La'Darius Newbold 6'0" 175 Senior DB 4.52 [Texas Tech]
Chris Thomas 6'3" 320 Senior OG

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defense, Recent Success
Team Weaknesses: Young Offense

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 35.3
2011 National Rank: #1109
2011 State Rank: #135
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.3
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: 42.1
2012 National Rank: #474
2012 State Rank: #70
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 23.6
Dynasty National Rank: #1585
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 18.5
Dynasty Record: 56-42 (31-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 9-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 6-2 (3rd)
2011 Points For Average: 32.7
2011 Points Against Average: 21.5
2011 Differential: +11.2
2011 Wins: #1253 Hutto (33-27), #1338 Poteet [Dr. Ralph H.] (Mesquite) (20-19), #2124 West Mesquite (Mesquite) (38-21), #3151 Red Oak (40-16), #3433 Ennis (28-7), #4268 Forney (28-27), #5769 Lincoln (Dallas) (74-7), #6366 Terrell (49-18), #8923 Carter [David W.] (Dallas) (25-13)
2011 Losses: #290 Corsicana (55-38), #818 Waxahachie (34-13), #1021 Kilgore (14-6)
2011 Opponents W-L: 72-63
Recent League Championships: 2008 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/1 Nolan Catholic (Fort Worth), 9/7 Tyler [John] (Tyler), 9/14 at Kimball [Justin F.] (Dallas), 9/28 Mansfield Legacy (Mansfield), 10/5 Waxahachie, 10/12 at Seguin [Juan] (Arlington), 10/19 Lake Ridge (Mansfield), 10/26 at Red Oak, 11/2 Ennis, 11/9 at Summit (Arlington)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Tyler [John] (Tyler) (59.7), Summit (Arlington) (38.3), Nolan Catholic (Fort Worth) (36.8)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Seguin [Juan] (Arlington) (9.7), Mansfield Legacy (Mansfield) (16.8), Kimball [Justin F.] (Dallas) (27.3)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1 (25.6 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.4
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #83
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #444
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2012 Projected League Finish: 1st
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%