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GENERAL
Nickname: Buffalo
Colors: Green/Vegas Gold
Coach: Richard Pettus
League: 4A Region 2
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #29

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2017 JV Record: 7-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Mac Harris 6'3" 200 Junior QB 4.5
Mario Lockhart 6'2" 270 Senior OL/DL 5.0
Joshua Biggs 6'3" 285 Senior OL/DL 5.1

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Positions
Team Weaknesses: Lines

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: -5
2017 National Rank: #8135
2017 State Rank: #406
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -20
2018 National Rank: #7880
2018 State Rank: #401
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 1.2
Dynasty National Rank: #8972
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.2
Dynasty Record: 80-58 (32-21 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 5-5
2017 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st)
2017 Points For Average: 33.5
2017 Points Against Average: 26.6
2017 Differential: +6.9
2017 Wins: #7689 Keystone Heights (40-14), #10240 Interlachen (38-22), #10572 Hamilton County (Jasper) (7-6), #12172 Umatilla (55-0), #12849 Lecanto (47-6)
2017 Losses: #2813 First Academy (Orlando) (49-30), #4933 Crescent City (30-28), #5738 Wildwood (42-35), #7766 Taylor [T. Dewitt] (Pierson) (47-34), #8441 Tavares (50-21)
2017 Opponents W-L: 44-53
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2011 (1A District 8), 2005 (2B District 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/24 at Tavares, 8/31 at Hamilton County (Jasper), 9/7 Taylor [T. Dewitt] (Pierson), 9/21 Lecanto, 9/28 at Crescent City, 10/5 Umatilla, 10/12 at Interlachen, 10/19 Keystone Heights, 10/26 at Wildwood, 11/2 First Academy (Orlando)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Crescent City (1.9), First Academy (Orlando) (-3.5), Wildwood (-12)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Umatilla (-40.7), Lecanto (-40.5), Hamilton County (Jasper) (-30.7)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -22.1
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.1
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #475
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9082
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2018 Projected League Finish: 7th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%