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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Eric Trudo
League: 1A District 7 (moving from 1A District 8)
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 33.2
2020 National Rank: #944
2020 State Rank: #13
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +3.9
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -43.1
2021 Starting Power Rating: 25.3
2021 National Rank: #689
2021 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 10.7
Dynasty National Rank: #5592
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14.6
Dynasty Record: 144-52 (87-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 11-1
2020 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2020 Points For Average: 36.4
2020 Points Against Average: 11
2020 Differential: +25.4
2020 Wins: #1575 South Central Calhoun (Lake City) (20-12), #1907 Underwood (33-14), #4558 Winterset (33-14), #4613 Panorama (Panora) (30-0), #5352 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (41-0), #5569 Pella Christian (Pella) (49-23), #6032 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (36-0), #6032 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (46-12), #7601 Kuemper (Carroll) (35-18), #8696 Earlham (40-0), #12714 West Central Valley (Stuart) (48-6)
2020 Losses: #329 Odebolt-Arthur-Battle Creek-Ida Grove (Ida Grove) (33-26)
2020 Opponents W-L: 68-45
Recent State Championships: 2017
Recent League Championships: 2020 (1A District 8), 2019 (1A District 8), 2018 (1A District 8), 2017 (1A District 6), 2016 (1A District 6), 2015 (1A District 8), 2014 (tied for 1st; 1A District 8), 2013
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 8/27 Earlham, 9/3 at Williamsburg, 9/10 at Winterset, 9/17 Panorama (Panora), 9/24 at West Central Valley (Stuart), 10/1 Nodaway Valley (Greenfield), 10/8 at Interstate #35 (Truro), 10/15 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Williamsburg (6.4), Winterset (4), Panorama (Panora) (-5.8)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: West Central Valley (Stuart) (-54.3), Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) (-21.8), Earlham (-20.9)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.4 (9.3 overall)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.6
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #129
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6007
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0
2021 Projected League Finish: 1st
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 83%



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