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GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Mark Krail
League: De Anza (moving from El Camino)
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2011 JV Record: 6-3-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Patrick McCaffrey 5'10" 190 Senior TE/LB
Adam Garza 5'8" 175 Junior RB/DB
Jason Aguirre 5'11" 190 Senior ILB/TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Running Game, Defense, Special Teams
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On OL, Youth At QB

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 9.4
2011 National Rank: #5604
2011 State Rank: #452
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 4.7
2012 National Rank: #6498
2012 State Rank: #502
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -5.5
Dynasty National Rank: #10034
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.4
Dynasty Record: 41-49-2 [40-50-2 on the field] (29-24-1 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 8-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2011 Points For Average: 31.9
2011 Points Against Average: 15.9
2011 Differential: +16
2011 Wins: #8498 Monta Vista (Cupertino) (46-20), #9711 Gunn [Henry M.] (Palo Alto) (27-6), #10435 Los Altos (40-7), #10899 Del Mar (San Jose) (21-0), #11896 Lynbrook (San Jose) (49-14), #13245 Harker (San Jose) (56-28), #13406 Fremont (Sunnyvale) (28-0), #13610 Cupertino (35-0)
2011 Losses: #1903 Menlo-Atherton (Atherton) (40-22), #3376 South San Francisco (20-7), #4318 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (40-20)
2011 Opponents W-L: 52-61-2
Recent League Championships: 2011 (El Camino), 2005 (El Camino)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 South San Francisco, 9/7 at Los Altos, 9/14 at King's Academy (Sunnyvale), 9/28 at Mountain View, 10/5 Saratoga, 10/12 Milpitas, 10/19 at Homestead (Cupertino), 10/26 at Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara), 11/2 Los Gatos, 11/9 Palo Alto
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Palo Alto (37.8), Los Gatos (34.5), Milpitas (22.6)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Los Altos (-16.6), King's Academy (Sunnyvale) (-4.4), Saratoga (5.1)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.4 (-3.4 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +26.6
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #291
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3008
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2012 Projected League Finish: 7th
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%