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GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Henry Roberts
League: De Anza
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Adam Garza 5'8" 165 Senior RB/CB
Damont Hardnett 6'3" 205 Senior DE
Tyler Ashton-Yue 6'0" 200 Senior G

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Smart
Team Weaknesses: Young, Not A Lot Of Depth At Some Spots, First-Year Head Coach

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 9.8
2012 National Rank: #5598
2012 State Rank: #417
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.3
2013 Starting Power Rating: 0
2013 National Rank: #7744
2013 State Rank: #544
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): -5.8
Dynasty National Rank: #9716
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.1
Dynasty Record: 24-27 [23-28 on the field] (16-15 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 5-5
2012 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (6th)
2012 Points For Average: 23.9
2012 Points Against Average: 20.6
2012 Differential: +3.3
2012 Wins: #4562 Saratoga (28-21), #6821 South San Francisco (27-6), #7894 Mountain View (35-13), #11957 King's Academy (Sunnyvale) (34-0), #14011 Los Altos (53-8)
2012 Losses: #1535 Palo Alto (56-21), #2186 Los Gatos (14-0), #3216 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (36-26), #3484 Milpitas (23-0), #8144 Homestead (Cupertino) (29-15)
2012 Opponents W-L: 54-56
Recent League Championships: 2011 (El Camino), 2005 (El Camino)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/6 at South San Francisco, 9/13 Independence (San Jose), 9/27 Piedmont Hills (San Jose), 10/4 at Los Gatos, 10/11 at Mountain View, 10/18 Milpitas, 10/25 at Fremont (Sunnyvale), 11/1 at Saratoga, 11/8 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara), 11/15 Palo Alto
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Palo Alto (37.8), Los Gatos (26.1), Milpitas (25.7)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Independence (San Jose) (-10.1), Fremont (Sunnyvale) (-0.1), Piedmont Hills (San Jose) (5.4)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.1
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #267
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3314
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2013 Projected League Finish: 7th
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%