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Bellflower (CA) GENERAL Nickname: Buccaneers Colors: Maroon/Gold Coach: Derek Brown League: Suburban Section: Southern Playoff Division: Southern (IX) Playoff Division Rank: #5 CA Bowl Division: South 2 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #121 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2007 JV Record: 4-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: 7.8 2007 National Rank: #5895 2007 State Rank: #428 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: -2.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: 5.3 2008 National Rank: #6509 2008 State Rank: #471 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 6.8 Dynasty National Rank: #5344 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.5 Dynasty Record: 31-23 (20-10 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 7-4 2007 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2007 Points For Average: 23.5 2007 Points Against Average: 16.4 2007 Differential: +7.1 2007 Wins: #6552 Valley Christian (Cerritos) (33-13), #7903 La Mirada (27-5), #8083 Norwalk (28-21), #8275 Artesia (Lakewood) (28-0), #9805 Paramount (24-7), #11666 Cerritos (23-0), #12309 Glenn (Norwalk) (25-7) 2007 Losses: #1581 Millikan (Long Beach) (30-23), #2842 El Toro (Lake Forest) (41-13), #3802 Warren (Downey) (35-21), #5591 Mayfair (Lakewood) (21-14) 2007 Opponents W-L: 49-71 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/5 at Warren (Downey), 9/12 at Millikan (Long Beach), 9/19 Paramount, 9/25 vs Troy (Fullerton), 10/3 Artesia (Lakewood), 10/10 Mayfair (Lakewood), 10/23 vs Cerritos, 10/31 La Mirada, 11/7 vs Glenn (Norwalk), 11/14 vs Norwalk Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Millikan (Long Beach) (27.9), Troy (Fullerton) (18.4), Warren (Downey) (17.9) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Glenn (Norwalk) (-25.2), Cerritos (-15.8), Norwalk (-5.7) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.2 (4.8 overall) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.3 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.5 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2008 Projected League Finish: 1st 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/5 at Warren (Downey) [projection: 28-14 loss] Outlook: A second-place finish in the Suburban League provided Bellflower an opportunity in the Southern Section Southwest Division playoffs. How well the Buccaneers fare this year may hinge on the development of their offense, which has a new coordinator and new QB, Tony Amezcua. Defensively, they were not bad at all last year and probably won't be bad again this fall. DL Fatu Ulale, DL Christian Funches, and LB Johnny Almond will lead a unit that allowed only 16.3 points per game in '07. If the defense can keep Bellflower in games late, then another playoff appearance will not be out of the question.