Hiram (GA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Hornets Colors: Purple/Gold Coach: Chris Brown League: AAAAA Region 5A (moving from AAAAA Region 5) Playoff Division: AAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #57 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 8 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2013 JV Record: 1-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS JJ Lester 6'0" 170 Senior QB 4.70 Attorney Gallman 6'2" 240 Senior DE 4.90 Jonathan Greenard 6'4" 215 Senior TE/LB 4.70 [Louisville] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Defensive Front Team Weaknesses: OL RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: -1.2 2013 National Rank: #8246 2013 State Rank: #315 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.1 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4 2014 Starting Power Rating: 7.1 2014 National Rank: #5921 2014 State Rank: #227 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 10.5 Dynasty National Rank: #4697 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.1 Dynasty Record: 58-57 (33-43 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 1-9 2013 League Record/Finish: 1-9 (10th) 2013 Points For Average: 16.3 2013 Points Against Average: 32.6 2013 Differential: -16.3 2013 Wins: #10102 Lithia Springs (41-19) 2013 Losses: #676 North Paulding (Dallas) (52-21), #1533 South Paulding (Douglasville) (42-13), #1971 East Paulding (Dallas) (31-19), #2037 Allatoona (Acworth) (44-7), #3678 New Manchester (Douglasville) (30-13), #4536 Rome (35-13), #4887 Villa Rica (22-7), #6399 Woodland (Cartersville) (28-23), #7006 Paulding County (Dallas) (23-6) 2013 Opponents W-L: 58-50 Recent League Championships: 2009 (7B-AAAA), 2006 (tied for 1st; 4-AAAAA) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1 Streak List: 8/29/14 Cedartown (34-14) SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Cedartown, 9/5 at New Manchester (Douglasville), 9/12 Paulding County (Dallas), 9/26 at Chapel Hill (Douglasville), 10/3 Lithia Springs, 10/10 at Alexander (Douglasville), 10/17 Allatoona (Acworth), 10/24 Villa Rica, 10/31 at East Paulding (Dallas), 11/7 South Paulding (Douglasville) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: South Paulding (Douglasville) (30.6), Alexander (Douglasville) (30.2), Allatoona (Acworth) (27.9) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Lithia Springs (-7.9), Paulding County (Dallas) (3.9), Chapel Hill (Douglasville) (7.8) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.7 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.5 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.2 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #119 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2674 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2014 Projected League Finish: 4th 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |