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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Aaron De La Torre
League: 6A Region II District 9 (moving from 5A Region I District 6)
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #170

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 1
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2013 JV Record: 2-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Chase Goodall 6'0" 170 Senior WR 4.70
Morris Shell III 5'11" 170 Senior OLB 4.70
Kevon Thomas 6'1" 175 Senior QB/S 4.60

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Michael Coley 6'2" 185 Senior WR 4.6 [Texas Tech]
Davious Ballard 6'3" 290 Senior DT [Houston]
Tony Franklin 5'9" 170 Senior RB 4.27

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talent At Skill Positions
Team Weaknesses: Experience, Lines

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 25.1
2013 National Rank: #2506
2013 State Rank: #278
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -10.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 11.5
2014 National Rank: #4887
2014 State Rank: #527
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 17.3
Dynasty National Rank: #2873
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.8
Dynasty Record: 40-77 (26-51 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 25.3
2013 Points Against Average: 25.9
2013 Differential: -0.6
2013 Wins: #4412 Nimitz (Irving) (24-17), #4679 Grand Prairie (58-28), #5009 MacArthur (Irving) (49-25), #6496 Grapevine (33-7), #10202 White [W. T.] (Dallas) (43-0), #10280 Turner [R. L.] (Carrollton) (36-9)
2013 Losses: #32 Coppell (56-8), #39 Trinity (Euless) (42-7), #621 Heritage (Colleyville) (42-0), #1540 Bell [L. D.] (Hurst) (37-0), #1591 Lewisville (22-20)
2013 Opponents W-L: 48-69
Recent League Championships: 2003 (tied for 1st; 5A Region I District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/28 at Lakeview Centennial (Garland), 9/5 Grand Prairie, 9/11 Timber Creek (Fort Worth), 9/26 Skyline (Dallas), 10/3 at MacArthur (Irving), 10/10 at Dallas Jesuit (Dallas), 10/17 Turner [R. L.] (Carrollton), 10/24 at Nimitz (Irving), 10/30 Sunset (Dallas), 11/7 at White [W. T.] (Dallas)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Skyline (Dallas) (56.1), Dallas Jesuit (Dallas) (43.2), Timber Creek (Fort Worth) (21.6)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Sunset (Dallas) (-25), Turner [R. L.] (Carrollton) (-10.1), White [W. T.] (Dallas) (-9.8)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8 (28.5 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #476
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3717
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%