GENERAL
Nickname: Gladiators
Colors: Red/Gray
Coach: Butch Schaffer
League: Howard County
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #12
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2015 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no
TOP PLAYERS
Dakota Davis 6'5" 305 Senior OL/DL 6.0
Trae Folkman 6'3" 290 Senior OL/DL 6.0
Daniel Kivioja 6'2" 210 Senior TE/DE 4.9
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, Experience
Team Weaknesses: Must Replace Several Key Pieces On Defense, Lost Top RB
RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 17.6
2015 National Rank: #3929
2015 State Rank: #64
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2016 Starting Power Rating: 20.8
2016 National Rank: #3133
2016 State Rank: #51
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 18.5
Dynasty National Rank: #2696
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.3
Dynasty Record: 93-48 [92-49 on the field] (87-39 in league)
HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 7-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 6-4 (5th)
2015 Points For Average: 24.3
2015 Points Against Average: 15.4
2015 Differential: +8.9
2015 Wins: #4154 Marriotts Ridge (Marriottsville) (13-7), #5051 Wilde Lake (Columbia) (15-11), #6456 Chesapeake (Pasadena) (41-13), #7690 Hammond (Columbia) (21-6), #9575 Long Reach (Columbia) (53-12), #10950 Mt. Hebron (Ellicott City) (37-7), #11498 Centennial (Ellicott City) (49-6)
2015 Losses: #948 Howard (Ellicott City) (26-7), #2614 Oakland Mills (Columbia) (40-27), #2988 Reservoir (Fulton) (26-7), #2988 Reservoir (Fulton) (10-7), #4930 River Hill (Clarksville) (21-14)
2015 Opponents W-L: 70-63
Recent League Championships: 2013
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/2/16 Oakland Mills (Columbia) (29-7)
SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/2 Oakland Mills (Columbia), 9/9 at River Hill (Clarksville), 9/16 Wilde Lake (Columbia), 9/23 at Hammond (Columbia), 9/30 Mt. Hebron (Ellicott City), 10/8 Reservoir (Fulton), 10/15 at Long Reach (Columbia), 10/21 at Marriotts Ridge (Marriottsville), 10/28 Howard (Ellicott City), 11/4 at Centennial (Ellicott City)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Howard (Ellicott City) (36.2), Reservoir (Fulton) (30.7), Oakland Mills (Columbia) (27)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Centennial (Ellicott City) (-21.5), Mt. Hebron (Ellicott City) (-10.2), Hammond (Columbia) (-5.3)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.5 (10.6 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #80
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5218
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%