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Del Oro (Loomis, CA) GENERAL Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Black/Gold Coach: Casey Taylor League: Sierra Foothill Section: Sac-Joaquin Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #5 CA Bowl Division: North 2 (not yet official) CA Bowl Division Rank: #9 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 1 2007 JV Record: 9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: 36.1 2007 National Rank: #837 2007 State Rank: #75 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: -7 2008 Starting Power Rating: 29.1 2008 National Rank: #1403 2008 State Rank: #128 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 35.7 Dynasty National Rank: #278 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.6 Dynasty Record: 53-9 (26-3 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 11-2 2007 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2007 Points For Average: 24.5 2007 Points Against Average: 18.2 2007 Differential: +6.3 2007 Wins: #601 Roseville (16-13), #928 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa) (48-28), #1087 Rocklin (14-0), #1916 Burbank (Sacramento) (16-14), #2127 Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) (10-3), #3120 Oakmont (Roseville) (41-28), #4304 Christian Brothers (Sacramento) (48-32), #4721 Kennedy (Burien, WA) (21-7), #4750 Nevada Union (Grass Valley) (33-21), #5245 Cordova (Rancho Cordova) (30-13), #5564 Woodcreek (Roseville) (14-7) 2007 Losses: #250 Granite Bay (49-14), #250 Granite Bay (21-14) 2007 Opponents W-L: 90-53-1 Recent Section Championships: 2005 Recent League Championships: 2006, 2005, 2004 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/13 vs Lake City (Coeur d'Alene, ID), 9/20 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa), 9/26 Enochs (Modesto), 10/3 vs Merced, 10/10 Elk Grove, 10/17 at Granite Bay, 10/24 at Roseville, 10/31 Woodcreek (Roseville), 11/7 Rocklin, 11/14 Oakmont (Roseville) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Granite Bay (43.6), Elk Grove (38), Roseville (37.8) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Enochs (Modesto) (-3.2), Oakmont (Roseville) (12.7), Woodcreek (Roseville) (15.6) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1 (27 overall) 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.4 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.3 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5 2008 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/13 vs Lake City (Coeur d'Alene, ID) [projection: 24-21 win] Outlook: Perennial powerhouse Del Oro returns only five starters from last year. The Golden Eagles, however, have a strong tradition of winning. Coach Casey Taylor defended his opinion that the team would be right back in the mix this year. "This team reminds me a lot of the 2006 team. We won the section in 2005, went 13-0, and only had 3 or 4 starters coming back. But we had a lot of players who didn't play as Juniors step up and play as Seniors. In 2006, we went 10-2 only losing to Cardinal Newman (who played Oaks Christian in the state finals) and Grant who went 13-0." Coach Taylor has a good basis for his argument. Outstanding players to watch this year include Mason Magelby QB, Joe Brunet LB/FB, Cole LaBar OL, Casey Cox DB/RB, Codey Gandy DB, Barry Nobles WR and Nathan Richmond DB/WR. Brunet was one of the leading tacklers for 2007. According to insiders, this team is one of the strongest ever in the weight room. And the Golden Eagles reload with a strong 9-1 junior varsity squad. Nevertheless, the coaching staff appears to have a long road ahead of them to make up for the lack of team experience and loss of exceptional 2007 talent. Taylor continues, "We will probably have 8 senior starters on offense again this year with 6 or 7 senior starters on defense. We really feel like the kids buy into the program. We feel like our schedule is one of the toughest in the section[…] We are 46-5 over the last 4 years, and we have made it to the section finals in 3 of those years. Our expectations are to be contending for the section title this season." Del Oro does have a difficult 2008 schedule. Aside from a strong league schedule, the Golden Eagles take on perennial powers Cardinal Newman, Elk Grove and Merced, as well as Idaho State 5A runner up Lake City (Coeur d'Alene, ID).