Gibbs (St. Petersburg, FL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Gladiators
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Antonio Knox
League: 5A District 8 (moving from 5A District 9)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #43

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Devante White Senior QB/MLB
Najee Cooper Senior DB
Gary Simon Senior WR/DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talent At RB
Team Weaknesses: Lines

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 14.6
2010 National Rank: #4372
2010 State Rank: #281
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 14.4
2011 National Rank: #4016
2011 State Rank: #254
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 11
Dynasty National Rank: #4794
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.7
Dynasty Record: 23-29 (15-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 3-7
2010 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (tied for 2nd)
2010 Points For Average: 17.7
2010 Points Against Average: 21.2
2010 Differential: -3.5
2010 Wins: #4537 Pinellas Park (Largo) (33-27), #4935 Palm Harbor University (Palm Harbor) (22-17), #7336 Seminole (40-3)
2010 Losses: #302 Countryside (Clearwater) (21-7), #677 St. Petersburg (49-20), #1926 Lakewood (St. Petersburg) (32-12), #2255 Largo (7-6), #3397 Northeast (St. Petersburg) (12-6), #3666 Boca Ciega (Gulfport) (22-12), #5237 Dunedin (22-19)
2010 Opponents W-L: 56-50
Recent League Championships: 2009 (5A District 9)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/2/11 St. Petersburg (12-5), 9/9/11 Lennard (Ruskin) (27-0)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 St. Petersburg, 9/9 at Lennard (Ruskin), 9/16 at Spoto (Riverview), 9/30 at Dunedin, 10/14 Robinson (Tampa), 10/21 Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 10/28 at Jesuit (Tampa), 11/4 Blake (Tampa), 11/11 Largo
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Jesuit (Tampa) (36.7), St. Petersburg (32.9), Largo (29.9)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Lennard (Ruskin) (5.9), Dunedin (10.4), Blake (Tampa) (12.9)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.6
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.2
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.6
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #144
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1290
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2011 Projected League Finish: 5th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 St. Petersburg [projection: 31-14 loss]