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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Melvin Pete
League: 5A Region 4 (moving from 5A Region 5)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #25

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Lester Cotton 6'4" 325 Senior OL 5.39 [Alabama]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 5.8
2013 National Rank: #6513
2013 State Rank: #193
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 8.6
2014 National Rank: #5556
2014 State Rank: #162
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 3.7
Dynasty National Rank: #6941
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.2
Dynasty Record: 47-70 [50-67 on the field] (32-43 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 3-7
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 6th)
2013 Points For Average: 22
2013 Points Against Average: 29
2013 Differential: -7
2013 Wins: #6033 Brookwood (25-18), #9630 Bryant [Paul] (Cottondale) (21-3), #10379 Sipsey Valley (Buhl) (51-18)
2013 Losses: #1752 Pleasant Grove (63-25), #1821 McAdory (McCalla) (31-16), #2159 Tuscaloosa County (Northport) (46-26), #2302 Parker [A. H.] (Birmingham) (37-15), #4311 Wenonah (Birmingham) (12-7), #4482 Fairfield (34-14), #7080 American Christian Academy (Tuscaloosa) (28-20)
2013 Opponents W-L: 58-52
Recent State Championships: 2007 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2008 (5A Region 5), 2007 (4A Region 4), 2006 (tied for 1st; 4A Region 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Brookwood, 9/5 Sumter Central (York), 9/12 Calera, 9/19 Wilcox Central (Camden), 9/26 Bryant [Paul] (Cottondale), 10/3 at Dallas County (Plantersville), 10/10 Demopolis, 10/17 at Jemison, 10/24 at Helena, 10/30 at Parker [A. H.] (Birmingham)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Demopolis (26.6), Parker [A. H.] (Birmingham) (25.4), Calera (16.4)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Dallas County (Plantersville) (-10.1), Bryant [Paul] (Cottondale) (-8.7), Wilcox Central (Camden) (-6.8)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #177
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6091
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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