Whether or not coach Ronnie Casey’s Stamford Bulldogs have numbers in their favor depends on one’s perspective.

On the one hand, the Bulldogs have just five starters coming back on both sides of the football from a 10-3 team. So improvement on last year’s product appears difficult.

On the other hand, Stamford has a whopping 20 lettermen back, plus some varsity newcomers from a deceivingly good junior varsity team that saw its three losses come to Brock by one, to Wylie by three and to a high-powered Post team.