GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Orange/Blue
Coach: Jason Johnson
League: Northwestern
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #51
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Thaddeus Conley 5'10" 260 Senior OL
Wynton Jones 5'8" 145 Junior QB
Torre Hopson 6'0" 205 Senior RB/LB
D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Regan Atkins-Frazier 6'7" 195 Senior WR 4.7
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Defense, Physical Size
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On Offense
RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: -5.6
2011 National Rank: #9399
2011 State Rank: #196
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: -7.8
2012 National Rank: #9862
2012 State Rank: #222
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -8.3
Dynasty National Rank: #10840
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.5
Dynasty Record: 38-48 (20-7 in league)
HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 3-7
2011 League Record/Finish: 2-0 (1st)
2011 Points For Average: 18.4
2011 Points Against Average: 28.3
2011 Differential: -9.9
2011 Wins: #13020 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary) (22-6), #13179 Bowen (Chicago, IL) (34-6), #13336 Wallace [Lew] (Gary) (48-0)
2011 Losses: #827 Marshall [Thurgood] (Dayton, OH) (69-26), #2083 Andrean (Merrillville) (56-0), #2827 Morton (Hammond) (40-20), #2827 Morton (Hammond) (26-0), #6013 Hobart (33-6), #6243 Curie (Chicago, IL) (7-2), #7403 Hammond (40-26)
2011 Opponents W-L: 65-42
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2005 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/17 Hobart, 8/25 vs Lindblom (Chicago, IL), 8/31 Andrean (Merrillville), 9/7 at Riverside-Brookfield (Riverside, IL), 9/14 at Hammond, 9/21 at Tindley [Charles A.] (Indianapolis), 9/28 at Morton (Hammond), 10/5 Wallace [Lew] (Gary), 10/12 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Andrean (Merrillville) (23.5), Morton (Hammond) (19.9), Hobart (9.2)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Wallace [Lew] (Gary) (-41.5), Lindblom (Chicago, IL) (-36.7), Roosevelt [Theodore] (Gary) (-31.7)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.1 (6.4 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.8
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.9
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #219
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9721
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2012 Projected League Finish: 1st
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%