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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Thomas Osteen
League: 4A Region 4 (moving from AA District 12)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 5-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Payton Hood 6'2.5" 265 Senior DL/OL 5.11
Steven Clemmons 6'3.5" 280 Senior OL 5.3
Jay Howard 5'10.5" 175 Junior WR 4.62

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Chris Walker 5'11" 190 Senior ATH

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Depth, Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Need To Find Quality Starters/Depth At LB

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 27
2014 National Rank: #2281
2014 State Rank: #65
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 29.9
2015 National Rank: #1728
2015 State Rank: #52
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 9.8
Dynasty National Rank: #5003
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 20.1
Dynasty Record: 67-66 (43-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 8-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 39.9
2014 Points Against Average: 24.2
2014 Differential: +15.7
2014 Wins: #2550 Shelbyville Central (Shelbyville) (40-26), #3897 Giles County (Pulaski) (34-17), #4329 Spring Hill (Columbia) (36-13), #4992 Page (Franklin) (54-30), #5205 Columbia Central (Columbia) (67-35), #6881 Franklin County (Winchester) (42-7), #8007 Stratford (Nashville) (42-8), #8508 Cascade (Wartrace) (50-19)
2014 Losses: #244 Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville) (42-14), #1578 Independence (Thompson's Station) (31-25), #3897 Giles County (Pulaski) (38-35)
2014 Opponents W-L: 67-61
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3
Streak List: 9/4/15 Tullahoma (41-0), 9/11/15 East Nashville (Nashville) (24-8), 9/18/15 Giles County (Pulaski) (46-6)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 vs Franklin County (Winchester), 8/28 at Overton [John] (Nashville), 9/4 at Tullahoma, 9/11 vs East Nashville (Nashville), 9/18 vs Giles County (Pulaski), 9/25 vs Stratford (Nashville), 10/2 vs Lawrence County (Lawrenceburg), 10/16 vs Spring Hill (Columbia), 10/23 at Maplewood (Nashville), 10/30 vs Page (Franklin)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Spring Hill (Columbia) (22.7), Maplewood (Nashville) (22.2), East Nashville (Nashville) (19.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Franklin County (Winchester) (4.2), Giles County (Pulaski) (4.6), Stratford (Nashville) (6.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8 (17.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.4
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #128
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3862
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2015 Projected League Finish: 1st
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 43%