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GENERAL
Nickname: Owls
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Jeff Jordan
League: 6A Region II District 11 (moving from 5A Region II District 11)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #100

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 5-4-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Luther Kirk Senior QB
Justin Leimer Senior G
Jose Alvidrez Junior G

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Donovan Ransom 6'1" 265 Senior DT 5.36 [Arkansas State]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Lay'trion Jones 6'3" 285 Senior DT 5.4 [Kansas]
V.J. Gates 5'9" 175 Senior ATH 4.6
Drashane Glass 5'11" 200 Senior WR 4.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Lines, Team Speed

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 26.9
2013 National Rank: #2230
2013 State Rank: #253
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 25.7
2014 National Rank: #2176
2014 State Rank: #250
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 36.8
Dynasty National Rank: #306
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.1
Dynasty Record: 88-41 (59-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 5-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 23.2
2013 Points Against Average: 27.2
2013 Differential: -4
2013 Wins: #2876 Naaman Forest (Garland) (37-28), #3211 Rowlett (42-36), #4655 Lakeview Centennial (Garland) (30-14), #5264 South Garland (Garland) (26-7), #10739 North Garland (Garland) (37-7)
2013 Losses: #206 Horn [Dr. John] (Mesquite) (42-14), #206 Horn [Dr. John] (Mesquite) (35-7), #405 Boyd (McKinney) (51-9), #613 Sachse (24-10), #1389 Plano East (Plano) (28-20)
2013 Opponents W-L: 56-53
Recent League Championships: 2012 (5A Region II District 11), 2011 (5A Region II District 10), 2009 (5A Region II District 10), 2008 (tied for 1st; 5A Region II District 10), 2005 (5A Region II District 11), 2003 (tied for 1st; 5A Region II District 12)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/28/14 MacArthur (Irving) (24-22), 9/4/14 Mesquite (49-28)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/28 MacArthur (Irving), 9/4 at Mesquite, 9/11 Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall), 9/19 Naaman Forest (Garland), 9/26 at Sachse, 10/3 Rowlett, 10/17 at Lee [Robert E.] (Tyler), 10/24 at Lakeview Centennial (Garland), 10/31 North Garland (Garland), 11/7 at Rockwall
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall) (45.2), Rockwall (43.4), Sachse (39.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: North Garland (Garland) (-14.9), MacArthur (Irving) (7.6), Lakeview Centennial (Garland) (13.3)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27 (31.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.6
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #194
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1208
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%