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GENERAL
Nickname: Mariners
Colors: Blue/Black/White
Coach: Marcello Giuliano
League: Empire
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Southwest (VI)
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2010 JV Record: 9-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Trent Langham 6'2" 200 Senior LB/WR
Jordan Rudnick 5'9" 225 Senior OL/DL
Marco Lopez 5'7" 200 Senior RB/LB

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Joel Willis 5'10" 180 Senior ATH 4.40 [California]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Quickness, LBs, RBs
Team Weaknesses: Experience, Physical Size/Strength, Small Senior Class

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 22.6
2010 National Rank: #2734
2010 State Rank: #225
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 9.7
2011 National Rank: #5091
2011 State Rank: #392
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 20.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2561
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.1
Dynasty Record: 37-22-1 (17-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 7-4
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 3rd)
2010 Points For Average: 25.2
2010 Points Against Average: 16.4
2010 Differential: +8.8
2010 Wins: #1987 Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) (15-7), #2786 Garden Grove (42-27), #4701 Valencia (Placentia) (27-7), #5320 El Dorado (Placentia) (28-24), #6295 Yorba Linda (30-8), #7861 Western (Anaheim) (41-14), #10361 Whittier (41-8)
2010 Losses: #849 Tustin (35-28), #1613 Cypress (10-9), #1831 Villa Park (33-14), #3907 Kennedy [John F.] (La Palma) (7-2)
2010 Opponents W-L: 72-54
Recent League Championships: 2007 (tied for 1st), 2006 (tied for 1st), 2005 (Garden Grove), 2004 (Garden Grove)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 at Bellflower, 9/17 vs Whittier, 9/23 at Garden Grove, 9/30 vs Yorba Linda, 10/6 vs Westminster, 10/14 vs Kennedy [John F.] (La Palma), 10/20 vs Tustin, 10/27 at Western (Anaheim), 11/4 at Valencia (Placentia), 11/11 vs Cypress
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Tustin (40.4), Cypress (31.4), Garden Grove (21)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Whittier (-9.8), Westminster (-3.6), Western (Anaheim) (0.3)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.1 (17.7 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.4
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.3
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #276
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3083
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2011 Projected League Finish: 6th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/2 at Bellflower [projection: 21-20 loss]