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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Rance Gillespie
League: AAAAAA Region 1
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #23

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Joshua Norwood 6'0" 165 Senior DB 4.6 [Cincinnati]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Mac Loudermilk 6'0.5" 215 Senior K [UCF]
Darius Sapp 6'2" 325 Senior DT [Georgia Southern]
Malcolm Joseph 5'10" 190 Senior RB
Alex Cason 6'3" 185 Senior WR 4.5 [Marshall]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 41.5
2013 National Rank: #670
2013 State Rank: #27
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 35.9
2014 National Rank: #954
2014 State Rank: #37
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 34.8
Dynasty National Rank: #409
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.4
Dynasty Record: 80-49 (34-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 4th)
2013 Points For Average: 23.8
2013 Points Against Average: 18.1
2013 Differential: +5.7
2013 Wins: #965 Tift County (Tifton) (31-21), #1089 Thomas County Central (Thomasville) (28-24), #1210 Brooks County (Quitman) (43-20), #1882 Brunswick (41-8), #2880 Newton (Covington) (41-14), #5063 Crisp County (Cordele) (21-6)
2013 Losses: #107 Colquitt County (Moultrie) (17-10), #256 Camden County (Kingsland) (14-10), #325 Lowndes (Valdosta) (3-0), #336 Hughes [Langston] (Fairburn) (34-20), #710 Coffee (Douglas) (38-17)
2013 Opponents W-L: 84-44
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; AAAAA Region 1), 2010 (tied for 1st; AAAAA Region 1), 2003 (1-AAAAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 3
Streak List: 8/23/14 Brookwood (Snellville) (31-0), 8/29/14 Thomas County Central (Thomasville) (28-10), 9/5/14 Swainsboro (21-0)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/23 at Brookwood (Snellville), 8/29 Thomas County Central (Thomasville), 9/5 Swainsboro, 9/12 Thomasville, 9/19 Veterans (Kathleen), 10/3 at Camden County (Kingsland), 10/10 at Tift County (Tifton), 10/17 Colquitt County (Moultrie), 10/31 Lowndes (Valdosta), 11/7 at Lee County (Leesburg)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Colquitt County (Moultrie) (54.1), Lowndes (Valdosta) (44.7), Camden County (Kingsland) (40.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Swainsboro (-5.2), Brookwood (Snellville) (23), Thomasville (24)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34.3 (39.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 31.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #25
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #432
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 5th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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