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GENERAL
Nickname: Greyhounds
Colors: Blue/Gray
Coach: Biff Poggi
League: MIAA A
Playoff Division: MIAA A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 8
2010 JV Record: 7-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Cyrus Jones 5'10" 185 Senior ATH/CB 4.50
Brian Gaia 6'4" 290 Senior OL/DT 5.22 [Penn State]
Kenneth Goins 5'10" 220 Senior RB/DE 4.56

ADDITIONAL SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Devon Porchia 6'1" 200 Senior LB 4.50 [Pittsburgh]

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Darius Jennings 5'11" 175 Senior ATH 4.45 [Virginia]
Hunter Goodwin 6'6" 280 Senior OL [Wake Forest]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experienced Skill Position Players, Experienced Defense
Team Weaknesses: Secondary, QB

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 59.9
2010 National Rank: #49
2010 State Rank: #1
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.4
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +5.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.7
2011 Starting Power Rating: 72.2
2011 National Rank: #4
2011 State Rank: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 38.6
Dynasty National Rank: #345
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 36.3
Dynasty Record: 30-17 (16-9 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 7-2
2010 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (tied for 1st)
2010 Points For Average: 36.3
2010 Points Against Average: 12.9
2010 Differential: +23.4
2010 Wins: #72 Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) (28-7), #600 DeMatha (Hyattsville) (35-10), #694 Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda) (42-6), #806 McDonogh (Owings Mills) (42-6), #974 Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (63-7), #1691 Archbishop Spalding (Severn) (41-14), #2367 Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore) (49-7)
2010 Losses: #3 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) (33-6), #242 Calvert Hall (Baltimore) (26-21)
2010 Opponents W-L: 73-28
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009 (tied for 1st), 2006 (tied for 1st), 2005, 2004
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: 5
Streak List: 10/16/10 Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (63-7), 10/30/10 Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore) (49-7), 11/6/10 McDonogh (Owings Mills) (42-6), 8/26/11 Maryland Christian (Bel Air) (68-9), 9/2/11 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake, VA) (51-27)

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 8/26 Maryland Christian (Bel Air), 9/2 Smith [Oscar] (Chesapeake, VA), 9/10 vs Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney), 9/23 at Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda), 9/30 Archbishop Spalding (Severn), 10/7 Calvert Hall (Baltimore), 10/15 at Loyola Blakefield (Towson), 10/28 Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore), 11/5 at McDonogh (Owings Mills)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) (79.1), Calvert Hall (Baltimore) (51.4), Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda) (43.9)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Maryland Christian (Bel Air) (25.1), Archbishop Spalding (Severn) (26.5), Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore) (31.9)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 42.9
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 42.2
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #24
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2011 Projected League Finish: 1st
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 28%
Opener: 8/26 Maryland Christian (Bel Air) [projection: 50-0 win]