GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Thomas Sitton
League: 4A-1 Region III District 9 (moving from 3A Region II District 16)
Playoff Division: 4A-1
Playoff Division Rank: #17
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2013 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no
TOP PLAYERS
Jeffery Minor 5'10" 160 Senior WR 4.60
Gonzalo Arreguin 5'10" 230 Senior OL 4.90
Jabraylon Franklin 5'8" 155 Junior DB/RB 4.50
D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Joseph Clark 5'9" 175 Senior DB [Texas Tech]
Shaquille Warren 6'2" 225 Senior DE 4.7 [Louisiana-Monroe]
Wesley Thompson 6'1" 190 Senior RB 4.49 [Louisiana-Monroe]
Keith Minor 6'3" 240 Senior DT [Cincinnati]
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Experience
RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 43.6
2013 National Rank: #548
2013 State Rank: #71
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 28.5
2014 National Rank: #1776
2014 State Rank: #218
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 25.8
Dynasty National Rank: #1313
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.7
Dynasty Record: 79-50 (31-23 in league)
HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 9-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 42.6
2013 Points Against Average: 33.1
2013 Differential: +9.5
2013 Wins: #1323 Athens (52-26), #1483 Gladewater (51-19), #1986 Palestine (62-27), #2013 Decatur (55-40), #2853 Henderson (49-28), #3826 Spring Hill (Longview) (49-14), #3980 Crandall (38-14), #4180 Bullard (56-7), #4360 Lindale (56-37)
2013 Losses: #57 Carthage (52-22), #89 Kilgore (42-25), #89 Kilgore (59-19), #194 Whitehouse (42-34), #199 Gilmer (56-28)
2013 Opponents W-L: 116-56
Recent State Championships: 2011 (3A-I)
Recent League Championships: 2011 (3A Region III District 17), 2010 (3A Region III District 17), 2007 (tied for 1st; 3A Region II District 14)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Lindale, 9/5 at Whitehouse, 9/12 Paris, 9/19 at Port Neches-Groves (Port Neches), 9/26 Tatum, 10/10 at Brownsboro, 10/17 Palestine, 10/24 at Kilgore, 10/31 at Henderson, 11/7 Carthage
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Kilgore (52.5), Carthage (50.3), Whitehouse (46)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Brownsboro (-6.3), Lindale (16.2), Paris (20.9)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 31.7 (35.5 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #113
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #661
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%