GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Darters
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Rick Darlington
League: 8A District 4 (moving from 6A District 5)
Playoff Division: 8A
Playoff Division Rank: #8
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no
TOP PLAYERS
Ty Darlington Senior OL [Oklahoma]
Qua Barnes Senior QB
KJ Dillon Senior DB
D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Tom Smith 6'0" 195 Senior RB 4.50 [Tennessee]
Spencer Waseem 5'10" 170 Senior DB 4.47 [Washington State]
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Off-Season Conditioning
Team Weaknesses: Experience In Offensive Backfield
RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 43.5
2010 National Rank: #440
2010 State Rank: #50
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 37.2
2011 National Rank: #653
2011 State Rank: #56
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 41
Dynasty National Rank: #227
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.5
Dynasty Record: 52-12 (25-2 in league)
HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 9-2
2010 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2010 Points For Average: 33.5
2010 Points Against Average: 14.7
2010 Differential: +18.8
2010 Wins: #707 Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs) (28-3), #788 Olympia (Orlando) (24-16), #977 East Ridge (Clermont) (43-29), #1204 Jackson (Miami) (36-6), #1605 Wekiva (Apopka) (35-14), #1856 South Lake (Groveland) (50-14), #4676 Evans [Maynard] (Orlando) (43-19), #4731 West Orange (Winter Garden) (33-6), #6452 Ocoee (49-7)
2010 Losses: #973 Oak Ridge (Orlando) (34-14), #1582 Edgewater (Orlando) (14-13)
2010 Opponents W-L: 56-57-1
Recent League Championships: 2010 (6A District 5), 2009 (6A District 5), 2007 (6A District 4), 2006 (6A District 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 9/9 at Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 9/23 at Olympia (Orlando), 9/30 Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah), 10/7 at Ocoee, 10/14 North Miami Beach, 10/21 West Orange (Winter Garden), 10/27 Edgewater (Orlando), 11/4 Wekiva (Apopka), 11/11 at Bayside (Palm Bay)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Dr. Phillips (Orlando) (42.9), Bayside (Palm Bay) (40.4), Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs) (38.1)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Ocoee (5.5), West Orange (Winter Garden) (10.8), Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah) (19.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28.3 (28.4 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 28
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.3
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #53
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #516
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2011 Projected League Finish: 1st
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%
Opener: 9/2 Dr. Phillips (Orlando) [projection: 34-31 loss]