Little Axe (Norman, OK)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Ted Dorrell
League: 3A District 3 (moving from 3A District 1)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #33

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2013 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Jacob Sheppard 5'8" 185 Junior RB/LB 4.46
Blayne Lankford 5'11" 195 Senior K/LB 4.96
SirDell Lynn 5'11" 205 Senior LB/FB 4.98

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Off-Season Work Ethic, Balanced Offense
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -2.3
2013 National Rank: #8514
2013 State Rank: #164
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.8
2014 Starting Power Rating: 0.4
2014 National Rank: #7558
2014 State Rank: #147
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): -9.9
Dynasty National Rank: #11218
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.1
Dynasty Record: 35-77 [34-78 on the field] (17-56 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 3-7
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2013 Points For Average: 24.5
2013 Points Against Average: 33.3
2013 Differential: -8.8
2013 Wins: #9450 Lexington (29-28), #10999 Bridge Creek (Blanchard) (56-6), #12685 Santa Fe South (Oklahoma City) (44-0)
2013 Losses: #348 Blanchard (40-3), #1564 Tuttle (56-0), #2283 Jones (47-27), #3133 Marlow (55-21), #5807 Oklahoma Centennial (Oklahoma City) (38-30), #6844 Mount St. Mary (Oklahoma City) (27-6), #10183 Tecumseh (36-29)
2013 Opponents W-L: 53-57
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 Lexington, 9/12 Crooked Oak (Oklahoma City), 9/19 at Chandler, 9/26 at Seminole, 10/3 Grant [U. S.] (Oklahoma City), 10/9 Jones, 10/17 at Star-Spencer (Spencer), 10/24 Purcell, 10/31 at Pauls Valley, 11/7 Bethel (Shawnee)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Seminole (41.9), Jones (32), Chandler (19.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Bethel (Shawnee) (-23.1), Grant [U. S.] (Oklahoma City) (-22.9), Star-Spencer (Spencer) (-7.5)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.8
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #88
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5873
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%