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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Cardinal/White/Blue
Coach: Scott Sharp
League: 7A Region 4 (moving from 6A Region 7)
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #21

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 7-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Eli Reynolds 6'2" 200 Senior QB/FS 4.85
Cooper Constan 6'3.5" 190 Senior WR 4.88
Justin Teets 5'9" 220 Senior LB/FB 4.94

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Deonta Moore 6'0" 200 Senior RB [South Alabama]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: DL, WR
Team Weaknesses: OL, Secondary

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 27.6
2013 National Rank: #2130
2013 State Rank: #67
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 22.1
2014 National Rank: #2733
2014 State Rank: #83
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 23.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1694
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 71-55 (52-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 4th)
2013 Points For Average: 29.7
2013 Points Against Average: 26
2013 Differential: +3.7
2013 Wins: #2163 Pell City (34-24), #2841 Hazel Green (23-14), #4683 Albertville (28-27), #6443 Sparkman (Harvest) (28-8), #7469 Lee (Huntsville) (42-7), #10207 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (47-0)
2013 Losses: #55 Hoover (41-7), #427 Jones [Bob] (Madison) (43-42), #584 Oxford (42-14), #657 Clay-Chalkville (Pinson) (38-21), #2178 Gadsden City (Gadsden) (42-41)
2013 Opponents W-L: 69-54
Recent League Championships: 2008 (6A Region 8), 2003 (5A Region 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 3
Streak List: 8/22/14 Deshler (Tuscumbia) (36-6), 8/28/14 Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (22-21), 9/5/14 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (42-22)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 vs Deshler (Tuscumbia), 8/28 Mountain Brook (Birmingham), 9/5 at Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville), 9/12 at Buckhorn (New Market), 9/19 at Sparkman (Harvest), 9/26 Austin (Decatur), 10/2 Gadsden City (Gadsden), 10/9 at Hazel Green, 10/17 Jones [Bob] (Madison), 10/24 Clemens [James] (Madison), 10/31 at Florence
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Jones [Bob] (Madison) (51.3), Florence (42), Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (31.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (-12.6), Sparkman (Harvest) (8.3), Buckhorn (New Market) (20)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.7 (29.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1150
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-6
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%