Gaithersburg (MD)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Trojans Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Kreg Kephart League: Montgomery County 4A - West Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #4 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2010 JV Record: 1-8 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Simba Gwashavanhu 6'2" 175 Senior WR/DB 4.60 Billy Brown 6'4" 205 Senior WR/DE 4.70 Larry Kpadehyea 6'0" 200 Senior RB/LB 4.58 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: DL, LBs Team Weaknesses: Replacing All-State QB RATINGS 2010 Final Power Rating: 30.5 2010 National Rank: #1528 2010 State Rank: #22 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2011 Starting Power Rating: 25.6 2011 National Rank: #1904 2011 State Rank: #23 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 19.8 Dynasty National Rank: #2616 2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.2 Dynasty Record: 34-20 (22-7 in league) HISTORICAL 2010 Overall Record: 11-2 2010 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st) 2010 Points For Average: 27.5 2010 Points Against Average: 14.2 2010 Differential: +13.3 2010 Wins: #1706 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (21-20), #4159 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (28-0), #4159 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (26-7), #5076 Paint Branch (Burtonsville) (20-15), #5904 Clarksburg (22-7), #6468 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (27-14), #6479 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (42-0), #6671 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (50-34), #8564 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (28-7), #9208 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (26-13), #10759 Northwest (Germantown) (47-14) 2010 Losses: #171 Urbana (Ijamsville) (37-6), #1706 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (17-14) 2010 Opponents W-L: 81-58 Recent League Championships: 2010 Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 3 Streak List: 9/2/11 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (35-14), 9/9/11 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (9-0), 9/16/11 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (29-21) SCHEDULE 2011 Schedule: 9/2 at Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 9/9 Springbrook (Silver Spring), 9/16 at Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 9/23 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 9/30 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 10/6 at Clarksburg, 10/14 at Northwest (Germantown), 10/22 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/28 at Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg), 11/4 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (25.7), Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (22.5), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (17) Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (-18.3), Northwest (Germantown) (-11.7), Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (-3.6) 2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.2 (16.5 overall) 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.7 2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.5 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #84 2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5658 2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1 2011 Projected League Finish: 1st 2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 20% Opener: 9/2 at Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) [projection: 44-0 win]