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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Darters
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Rick Darlington
League: 8A District 4
Playoff Division: 8A
Playoff Division Rank: #38

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Garrett Spek Senior LB
Dazzie Morris Senior OL
Deon Lowman Senior DE

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Ty Darlington 6'3" 275 Senior OL 5.1 [Oklahoma]
KJ Dillon 6'1" 190 Senior DB 4.50 [West Virginia]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Talented Youth
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At Skill Positions

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 31.4
2011 National Rank: #1538
2011 State Rank: #117
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2012 Starting Power Rating: 22
2012 National Rank: #2608
2012 State Rank: #182
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 32.5
Dynasty National Rank: #528
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.5
Dynasty Record: 81-27 (38-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 6-5
2011 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 35.3
2011 Points Against Average: 20.8
2011 Differential: +14.5
2011 Wins: #1579 West Orange (Winter Garden) (53-22), #2685 Bayside (Palm Bay) (60-21), #3068 Wekiva (Apopka) (49-33), #4975 Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah) (48-6), #5392 Ocoee (32-6), #7757 North Miami Beach (56-6)
2011 Losses: #300 Dr. Phillips (Orlando) (32-21), #533 Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs) (31-25), #878 Timber Creek (Orlando) (20-0), #1165 Olympia (Orlando) (17-15), #1282 Edgewater (Orlando) (35-29)
2011 Opponents W-L: 67-53
Recent League Championships: 2010 (6A District 5), 2009 (6A District 5), 2007 (6A District 4), 2006 (6A District 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 at Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 9/7 Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 9/21 Olympia (Orlando), 9/28 Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah), 10/5 Ocoee, 10/12 North Miami Beach, 10/18 at West Orange (Winter Garden), 10/25 at Edgewater (Orlando), 11/2 at Wekiva (Apopka), 11/9 Bayside (Palm Bay)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Dr. Phillips (Orlando) (48), West Orange (Winter Garden) (45.6), Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs) (42.8)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah) (-0.4), North Miami Beach (-0.3), Ocoee (9.9)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26 (28 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.8
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #47
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #618
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2012 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%