Santa Clara (CA)


GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Shinichi Hirano
League: El Camino
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none
CA Bowl Division: North 1
CA Bowl Division Rank: #109

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2008 JV Record: 1-9
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Everett Pinkney 5'9" 250 Senior DL
Anthony Laza 5'11" 155 Senior WR
Nick Martinez 5'9" 130 Junior DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience on offensive line, Experienced secondary
Team Weaknesses: Replacing RBs

RATINGS
2008 Final Power Rating: -12.3
2008 National Rank: #11050
2008 State Rank: #838
Off-Season Rating Adjustment: 0
2009 Starting Power Rating: -12.2
2009 National Rank: #11075
2009 State Rank: #841
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2008 Rating): -6.2
Dynasty National Rank: #9617
2009 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6
Dynasty Record: 26-33-2 [25-34-2 on the field] (18-17-1 in league)

HISTORICAL
2008 Overall Record: 4-6
2008 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2008 Points For Average: 13.6
2008 Points Against Average: 23.1
2008 Differential: -9.5
2008 Wins: #11633 Los Altos (22-6), #12132 Gunn (Palo Alto) (29-19), #13085 Lynbrook (San Jose) (15-12), #13169 Cupertino (34-14)
2008 Losses: #2817 Wilcox (Santa Clara) (42-0), #4640 Santa Teresa (San Jose) (28-0), #5732 Homestead (Cupertino) (35-0), #6248 Monta Vista (Cupertino) (28-7), #9301 Mountain View (25-22), #10922 Fremont (Sunnyvale) (22-7)
2008 Opponents W-L: 47-55-4
Recent League Championships: 2005
Winning Streak Entering 2009 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2009 Schedule: 9/11 vs Santa Teresa (San Jose), 9/18 at Westmont (Campbell), 9/25 vs Mountain View, 10/2 at Fremont (Sunnyvale), 10/9 vs Cupertino, 10/16 vs Los Altos, 10/23 vs Wilcox (Santa Clara), 10/30 vs Monta Vista (Cupertino), 11/6 vs Gunn (Palo Alto), 11/13 vs Lynbrook (San Jose)
Highest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Wilcox (Santa Clara) (26.3), Santa Teresa (San Jose) (18.1), Monta Vista (Cupertino) (6.4)
Lowest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Cupertino (-34.3), Lynbrook (San Jose) (-25.5), Gunn (Palo Alto) (-17)
2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.2
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.3
2009 vs. 2008 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.1
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #793
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10194
2009 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2009 Projected League Finish: 4th
2009 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/11 vs Santa Teresa (San Jose) [projection: 31-0 loss]