BAY MINETTE, Ala. - The Baldwin County Tigers come into the 2013 football with more questions than answers. The man in search of those answers is head coach Bobby Moore.

Coming off a season-ending victory a year ago over Escambia County the Tigers finished 2012 with a 1-9 record bringing their record over the last three seasons to just 2-28.

This season the Tigers bring in a slew of players, especially on offense, that Moore hopes will be the start of a turnaround that the Tigers have been looking for the past three seasons.

“We have some good football players on offense especially up front. We have had some new guys step up and play new positions,” Moore said. “Offensively I think we have a chance to be a pretty good football team.”

Unlike the offense, the defense seems to be lacking experience up front. Finding continuity up front should go a long way towards a successful season for the Tigers.

“We lost a lot of guys up front, defensive backs and safeties,” Moore said. “We are young up front but sometimes youthful enthusiasm is a good thing.”

The Tigers who were so strong on the offensive line going into last season will have the responsibility of rebuilding another young group for the rebuilding tigers.

“Eddie Jeselink is the only guy we have coming back for us this year. It’s not a very big group this year but overall we still average between 250 to 260 lbs.,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a big group but these 5, 6, 7 guys will be pretty good.”

Coming into his first season a year ago Moore understood that he had acquired a rebuilding project, a project that continues to be an uphill battle for him and the tigers.

“It’s an ongoing process; from year to year whatever happened last year really doesn’t make a difference. That’s the way it is in college and the NFL,” Moore said. “I think the big thing is that our guys need to understand that the game is played at a different level than where we have been playing. I think we are getting closer every day.”

The 2013 version of the Tiger rebuilding project will be led by starting quarterback Andre Davis who started at cornerback a season ago.

“I think it should help him in the pocket and those types of things but you still have to go out there and make throws,” Moore said about Davis converting from defensive back to quarterback. “He is an athlete who has actually started a few games over the last few years when injuries have occurred.”

With Davis expecting to get the bulk of the snaps this season, he and the Tigers will continue a trend in the county that sees the majorities of the teams bringing in a new starting quarterback in 2013.

The Tigers in 2013 will match-up against foes that arguably are part of the toughest 6A region in the state of Alabama. They will face tough opponents away from Simmons Field this season like the Daphne Trojans as well as the Foley Lions. They also have to make the long trip up to Dothan to play second year Region 2 member Northview.

Fairhope and Robertsdale make up the regional home schedule for the Tigers. The Tigers’ schedule also comprises of two non-regional games beginning with an exhibition home game against Theodore. They will also host Gulf Shores later in the season.

The 2013 schedule for the Tigers open up on August 30 when they host Theodore. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.