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GENERAL
Nickname: Black Bears
Colors: Burnt Orange/Black
Coach: Jeremy Perkins
League: 7A Region 4
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank*: #9

D1 PROSPECT
Tre Shackelford 6'1.5" 180 Senior WR

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 35.5
2019 National Rank: #908
2019 State Rank: #27
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +2
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -0.3
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 26.5
2020 National Rank*: #808
2020 State Rank*: #24
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 28.2
Dynasty National Rank: #1653
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 1.7
Dynasty Record: 98-89 [97-90 on the field] (66-49 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 7-4
2019 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (4th)
2019 Points For Average: 33.9
2019 Points Against Average: 21.7
2019 Differential: +12.2
2019 Wins: #761 Florence (30-25), #2127 Huntsville (45-16), #2519 Athens (38-16), #3697 Gadsden City (Gadsden) (17-6), #4477 Hartselle (45-14), #4832 Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville) (49-7), #7389 Decatur (56-14)
2019 Losses: #33 Thompson (Alabaster) (54-20), #225 Clemens [James] (Madison) (27-24), #942 Sparkman (Harvest) (24-21), #2349 Jones [Bob] (Madison) (36-28)
2019 Opponents W-L: 65-58
Recent League Championships: 2017 (6A Region 8), 2016 (tied for 1st; 6A Region 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/21 at Hartselle, 8/27 Decatur, 9/4 Florence, 9/11 Clemens [James] (Madison), 9/18 at Sparkman (Harvest), 10/2 vs Grissom [Virgil I.] (Huntsville), 10/9 at Huntsville, 10/16 Albertville, 10/23 at Jones [Bob] (Madison), 10/29 Mountain Brook (Birmingham), 11/6 Oak Mountain (Birmingham)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Mountain Brook (Birmingham) (38.1), Clemens [James] (Madison) (37.9), Florence (28.6)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Decatur (-15.8), Albertville (-3.6), Jones [Bob] (Madison) (-0.5)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.1 (29.6 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 14.9
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -6.2
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #33
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #813
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 8-3
2020 Projected League Finish*: 3rd
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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