WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:04.120 Schweiker, Gannison, Krazak Rundio Pradley sponsors to Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:07.240 Krazak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.480 company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions of 4 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:22.879 dollars for our clients. Visit the ga nassi n dot com. What's up 5 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.399 everyone, and welcome back to the Friday Night Drive Podcast. I am Kyle 6 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:30.519 Neighbors along with Steve Susy. Here it's Monday morning. We're back with you 7 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:35.320 to break down week three, and we had some really crazy finishes on Friday 8 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:39.000 nights. SEUs you were filling in for me on Live with Friday Night Drive. 9 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:42.679 I was under the weather unfortunately this past weekend, but I would following 10 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.399 along with you guys, working kind of behind the scenes and things for that 11 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.880 last i don't know, forty five minutes Friday Night of games got pretty wild. 12 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.479 Yeah, they certainly did. And while we had that kind of work 13 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.520 switch up on Friday Night, I was kind of doing the angry Abe Simpson 14 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:06.079 fist shaking at you because I'm glad you're bet. I'm glad you're better now. 15 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:10.799 But I was supposed to be at bowling Brook and Naperville North on Friday 16 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.599 night, and I missed what turned out to be I think probably what will 17 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:19.040 be one of the more fantastic finishes of the season, But to be honest 18 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:23.239 with you, I'm not sure if it was the most fantastic finish of the 19 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:27.319 week. So I mean it was. There were some really crazy games that 20 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:33.319 came down to the wire, that being one of them. Quick recap on 21 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:38.680 that one, forty four seconds left in the game, bowling Brook scores a 22 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.920 touchdown, decides to go for two to go ahead in the game to make 23 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:48.359 it forty nine to forty eight. They get it Jonas Williams to Cayenne Barry 24 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:55.159 Johnson, but they left Naperville North too much time as surprising surprisingly, the 25 00:01:55.239 --> 00:02:00.879 Huskies were able to run the ball, which set Naperville North up for a 26 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.760 chip shot twenty yard field goal which gave them the win fifty one to forty 27 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:08.680 nine. So just an absolutely crazy finish. In that one, it looked 28 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:14.599 like bowling Brook had pulled out a pretty impressive win in that situation. Southamore 29 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:23.400 quarterback Jonas Williams had thrown six touchdowns in that game, just absolutely nuts bringing 30 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.680 that one down to the wire. Yeah. I thought when when Jonas Williams 31 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:29.719 got them the lead with forty five forty four that they were in good shape. 32 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.680 I'm sorry had gotten the lead in that game though late, but yeah, 33 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:36.719 Naperville North Cole Arl, I don't know if you mentioned him. Naperville 34 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.520 North running back ran for three hundred and fourteen yards in that one. Suits. 35 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.080 Yeah, and that's not really where you would expect Naperville North to be 36 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.800 productive offensively, but it looks like they had a nice pass run balance and 37 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.879 in the clutch they felt so confident in that ground game that usually you see 38 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:59.159 a team with less than a minute left and maybe a time out one time 39 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.120 out, you think the only logical course of action would be to throw the 40 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.879 football. But obviously they felt so strongly about how well they'd run the ball 41 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.719 that they were able to get into field goal position by running it. Plenty 42 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:15.319 to talk about this morning on the Friday Night Drive podcast or recapping week three 43 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.280 here Kyle Neighbors and Steve Susie withy. You can find all of our work 44 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:22.199 at Friday Night Drive dot com. You can follow us on Twitter at f 45 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.599 and Drive on Facebook. Instagram and TikTok by searching for Friday Night Drive. 46 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:30.240 You can follow myself on Twitter at Kyle Neighbors. You can find sus on 47 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:34.520 Twitter at the Sieus. Also throughout the week, you can come back and 48 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.280 listen to more of our podcast. Josh Welgee and Jake Marlston will be around 49 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.599 to recap the western suburbs from Cook to Page and Kane County down to Kendall 50 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.520 County, and then Eddie Cariffio and JT. Petalgy will break down the Illinois 51 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.039 Valley area from all the way to the western part of the state over to 52 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.719 Dical. We got a lot coming your way this week, SEUs or everyone 53 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.000 listen, but SEUs, you know you mentioned special teams there in that first 54 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.439 game. Another game where special teams played a factor. Late Lockport, we 55 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:08.879 talked about super Foot. Another big week for Superfoot helping Lockport get a win 56 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.120 in overtime. Well that was a game where, you know, as I 57 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.719 was kind of trying to follow along with it, I thought it was over. 58 00:04:15.279 --> 00:04:18.560 I mean I had gotten I had gotten some information about the game that 59 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:25.120 Lockport had been sacked on a fourth down play with less than a little less 60 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:29.240 than two minutes to play, and I figured that, you know, Naperville 61 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.920 Central would simply run out the clock and that game would be over. But 62 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:38.759 Naperville Central, on there that last possession where they were trying to leave the 63 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:44.560 clock, attempted a pass which they didn't complete. It stopped the clock. 64 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:49.279 It gave Lockport an opportunity to get the ball back after you know, they 65 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:55.839 had gotten inside of a minute, and Lockport moved the ball effectively enough to 66 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:00.959 get one crack at a field goal with less than a second. Nate Blazowski, 67 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:05.480 my guy superfoot, hits that field goal, sends it into overtime, 68 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:12.000 and then in the overtime period, Lockport scores a touchdown on their possession and 69 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:15.839 holds on to win. So a thirty one twenty four win for the Porters. 70 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.360 That look like from all indications. I actually talked to one of the 71 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:25.519 officials that was working the game on Saturday afternoon and he told me he's like, 72 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.480 yeah, we you know they it looked like the game was probably over, 73 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:33.800 but Naperville Central made a curious decision. They're attempting that pass that stopped 74 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:39.480 the clocks. So I don't know the exact specifics whether or not they felt 75 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:44.000 like they had to get one first down to lead the entire clock. But 76 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.759 that really looks curious on the grand scheme of things that pass attempt during that 77 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:54.000 that final drive. Yeah, I certainly fallen along with that on Friday night, 78 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.720 kind of turned my head to the side when I saw that come across 79 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.560 that Lockborn had the ball back. Another game that came down to the wire 80 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:04.319 and a special teams, a couple of special teams played, and this one 81 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:10.000 was Montini and Nazareth. Montini was forced to punt, and the closing minute 82 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:15.120 of that game had the punt blocked. Nazareth recovers at the fifteen yard line, 83 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.040 is able to attempt a field goal at the end, only to have 84 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:23.199 that block. So Montini holds on for the twenty four twenty three wins. 85 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:29.560 It was a wild one there. There were multiple opportunities for Montini to add 86 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.920 on to that lead earlier in the game, where it would have been it 87 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:39.360 wouldn't have mattered. Essentially, they could have pulled the old safety out of 88 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.800 the back of the end zone with you know, with a little bit more 89 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.839 of a substantial lead, and they wouldn't even have had new punt in. 90 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:48.279 But you know, really pulled that one out of the fire for Montini. 91 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:53.800 A game that looked like they had it in control early on. They had 92 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:57.600 an opportunity to kick a field goal just before half that would have sent him 93 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.560 into the second half of the twenty four to seven lead. They missed that 94 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.680 field goal and then all the matchinations started. They had a couple of other 95 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.680 opportunities in the red zone where they didn't capitalize for points. So I mean, 96 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:13.319 had Montini lost that game, they would have had a laundry list of 97 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:18.439 what could have been. But instead they did something that I mean, I've 98 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:23.000 been watching high school football for a long time. I don't know if I've 99 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:27.680 ever seen a sequence that went blocked punt, blocked field goal at the end 100 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.959 of a game. I mean, that's that's an incredible pattern of events that 101 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.959 just you wouldn't imagine a scenario where it would even come into play, let 102 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:41.800 alone actually happening. So great situation for Montini. They're three and ozo now, 103 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.040 and that's a that's a situation that I was talking to them before the 104 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.439 season. They felt it was absolutely critical that they get off to the best 105 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:55.399 start possible with the remaining catholically games that they have on their schedule SGKR. 106 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.959 It's the sponsor of the Friday Night Driving podcast. They are also the title 107 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.199 sponsor of Live with Friday Night Drive. If you tuned into that on Friday 108 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.000 night, you would have seen SEUs and Jimmy Musual fallen, that chaos added 109 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.399 unfolded. Sus, that was your first time in the co anchorcy with me 110 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.720 out under the weather on Friday night. What was that experience like? Yeah, 111 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.240 it was fun, but it was one of those situations where it's it 112 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:20.879 was a different setting for me on a Friday night. Usually I'm trying to 113 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:26.680 watch a game that's laying out in front of me, as well as tracking 114 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.399 twenty five or thirty other games that I'm interested in the results. So just 115 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.200 kind of a different situation with snapping my head back and forth, trying to 116 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:39.240 figure out the way to go, what to follow, and what the big 117 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.879 moments were. Because I had a couple of games up that I was trying 118 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.000 to watch on YouTube. I had a few other things that I mean, 119 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.679 I had a few different scoreboards that I was tracking. I had two computers 120 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.720 in front of me. I kind of, and this is gonna sound crazy, 121 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.360 I kind of wish I had four. I get it. Yeah, 122 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.679 that was the way it was. I mean, it was one of those 123 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:05.320 things where I don't know how many people are familiar with MLB dot com where 124 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.399 they have the split screen option where you can cube your screen in four different 125 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:13.720 ways. I wanted to cube my screen in about eight different ways. So 126 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.159 it was really it was really kind of chaotic. It was fun. I 127 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.600 enjoyed it. I did miss being on the sidelines. It's one of my 128 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.559 favorite things. But if I had to have a replacement for that, that 129 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.840 was a pretty good one. We talked about. We modeled Live with Friday 130 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:35.360 Night Drive under the concept similar to the NFL Red Zone Channel on Sundays, 131 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.399 which is so much fun. But the big difference between the NFL Red Zone 132 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.399 Channel and what we do on Friday nights is, like yesterday, Week one 133 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.919 of the NFL, there was twelve games during the day yesterday, I think 134 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.519 it was seven at noon and five more at the three o'clock's late. I 135 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:52.840 mean on Friday nights, who how many game were there? One hundred and 136 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.840 twenty more one hundred and got there were more than that. It was it 137 00:09:54.879 --> 00:10:00.559 was like almost two hundred that you know, one of those things is uh 138 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.720 that I always joke around about, is Yeah, there might be two hundred 139 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.799 and ten or two hundred and twenty games on Friday, but you're not interested 140 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.279 in all of them. Yes, I am. I am interested in all 141 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.559 of them. That's that's actual truth. I want to know what's going on 142 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:18.440 in every single one of those games. It's an impossible situation to try to 143 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:24.200 wield. And like you said, the red Zone, it seems very busy 144 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.840 for those that are watching it, But me, I've got two hundred ping 145 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.480 pong balls in the air that I'm trying to figure out on Friday night. 146 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.840 So it's it's definitely one of those things that I don't know if there is 147 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.600 a good system to try to keep track of everything. I haven't found it 148 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.399 yet. Jimmy and I have sat through there the first two weeks, and 149 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.279 you know, it's it's a learning process that we try and let the viewers 150 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.720 know it's something new that we're trying. Yeah, and I feel like I 151 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.679 need about eight different monitors up with different games and different scores to be able 152 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.480 to keep track of everything happening on Friday night. It just it comes so 153 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.840 fast and so furious, even working behind the scenes to try and feed you 154 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:05.000 scores and some info. It's just everything updates so quick that I miss so 155 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.639 much. I was trying to find out finals and like, uh, you 156 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.559 know, it's it's things are refreshing so fast. Yeah, they're just like 157 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.080 I said, there's a lot of things that end up happening around the nine 158 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.320 thirty to ten o'clock range, because you know, you got games that started 159 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.120 at seven that are running a little bit slow, you got the seven thirty 160 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.399 games that are running a little bit fast. You have a couple of earlier 161 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.480 games that are coming in and you get those before. But it always seems 162 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.679 like everything's ending at the same time. You know, those teams are still 163 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:43.440 teams in mode that they have to prove it. But as far as Lincoln 164 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:48.120 Way Central goes, I mean, it hasn't taken long and they've proven it. 165 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.159 To me. It'll be an interesting rivalry game with Lincoln Way West this 166 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:56.039 week. But I think it's possible, and I certainly think you know, 167 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:00.320 six and three, seven and two is in the cards for them, which 168 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.320 is which would be two things that like you know, I would have said 169 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.559 that's highly unlikely at the beginning of the year, but really nice job for 170 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.120 them they have. They have some fun guys you know that are just getting 171 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.960 the job done right now. And another team that has excellent special teams. 172 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.440 Big shock. I mean that seems to be one of those things that you 173 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.840 know is coming into play with a lot of teams winning games that maybe they 174 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.440 weren't expected to, or toss up games, excellent special teams there. With 175 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:31.840 Andrew Schiller leaving the kicking game for Lincoln Way Central, I wanted to take 176 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.919 a quick commercial break here, but Susan I will be back to finish up, 177 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:41.519 finish up, rapping Week three for you. This is State Representative Steve 178 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.320 Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. There'll be 179 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:48.799 plenty of time for politics down the road, but for now, let's enjoy 180 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:54.039 some high school football. Whichever school you follow, give them your support. 181 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:00.000 Welcome back into the Friday Night Drive podcast. Before we took a commercial break, 182 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.919 we were discussing some three and three and OZ teams. Before we get 183 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:05.639 back into that, because we were just talking about Lincoln Waight Central and their 184 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.799 Week five opponent, It's Sandberg. Sandberg pulled off a forty one thirty four 185 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.720 win against the calb in week three. Susan, I'm gonna go ahead and 186 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:18.200 say I did not anticipate that. I thought to Caleb was starting to play 187 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.919 better after week two. They were up in that game early on. I 188 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.720 thought they were in control. Sandberg goes down and scores, gets an on 189 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.799 side kick, recovers the on side kick, goes down and scores again. 190 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.679 Suddenly, uh, Samberg goes down from being down eleven. I believe to 191 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.320 up three points in that game. It was a major shift. Suddenly the 192 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:41.159 Barber fighting, uh, you know, fighting hard, and Sandberg, Troy 193 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:46.960 McCalister gets gets another big win. Yeah. I mean, Sandberg was one 194 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.519 of the wild card teams for me. In the beginning part of the year. 195 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:56.080 I didn't really know what to make of them. I've long had respect 196 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.879 for what Troy McCallister does with his programs, you know, I thought maybe 197 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.879 last year was a little bit of a hiccup. I'd heard they'd had some 198 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.759 injuries that they maybe never really quite came over. But even so, I 199 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.519 wasn't really sure like where they fit in the grand scheme of things. And 200 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:18.159 to be honestly, I'm not totally sure now, but one of the things 201 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.879 that kind of ended up being a forty two twenty one loss to Saint Rita 202 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.720 to start the season. But that game was actually a little bit closer than 203 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:31.960 that final score would have indicated. Sandberg was hanging around, you know, 204 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.639 into the third quarter in that game and kind of gave me the idea that 205 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:41.279 maybe we'd have you know, uh, you know, maybe they were coming 206 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:45.080 back to us a little bit in the way that I had maybe expected them 207 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.559 to. Week two, you know, held down an Oak Forest team that 208 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.480 I think might be a little bit better than people think. And then I 209 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:56.000 was looking for this to Cow game to be kind of a measuring stick for 210 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:01.279 them, and it looks like they have, you know, some interesting things 211 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.240 that they're doing. Special teams plays have been really good for them. They've 212 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.960 got a nice quarterback wide receiver connection. You know, they have some pieces 213 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.639 here. But Sandberg is another one of those teams like we mentioned with Lincoln 214 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:20.399 Way Central, Andrew was another Bradley Bourbon At these are all they all look 215 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.399 like good teams on paper. How does it all sort out? Yeah, 216 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.639 the Eagles with a good road win over Dick cal Going back to our three 217 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:33.320 and O teams donners, Grove North sitting and here at three and o and 218 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.840 listen, this is a Donners Grove North. I think most people, including 219 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.840 us, expected to be a really quality team this year. That being said, 220 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.279 they beat Glenbard West this past weekend. They had not beating the Hilltoppers 221 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:50.919 and I believe sixteen years sus Yeah, correct, And that was one of 222 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.399 the things about them, like the fact that they're three and o right now 223 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.600 is a little bit surprising. The fact that they're a good football team is 224 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.440 not lost on me. I knew that they would be, but when they 225 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.240 opened the season in the fashion that they did, with a Week one game 226 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:07.559 against Wheat and Saint Francis Crosstown, you know, Crosstown rival down or Grove 227 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.120 South in Week two, which is always a challenging game regardless of the records, 228 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.519 and then now in Week three with Glenbard West. Let's be honest, 229 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.440 if you looked at that schedule at the beginning of the years, you wouldn't 230 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.000 have put the odds of Downers Grove North coming out of that with a three 231 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.159 and old record very strongly. But they've been convincing and all three of these 232 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.039 games, particularly in that Glenbard West win they didn't just win it, they 233 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.279 won it. I mean they ran away and a hit in that game. 234 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:40.480 So a really really nice win for those guys, sets them up well in 235 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:44.960 a conference that once again is extremely deep. To be three and ozho at 236 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:49.320 this point, great sign for the Trojans. You know, now it has 237 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.840 my eye actually kind of looking towards that York game. I believe that it's 238 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.679 in week six. Yeah, that game is in week six, but more 239 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:02.000 immediately, Glenbard West now find itself at one and two and has a matchup 240 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.599 at home this weekend against Lions, A not an easy battle here for the 241 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:11.559 Hilltoppers. The Hilltoppers now through three weeks have scored a grand hotal of fourteen 242 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:17.839 points seven against merist in week one, shut out against Ut Jesuit out of 243 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.200 Saint Louis, Missouri in week two, now taking a thirty one seven loss 244 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.799 to Donners Grove North in week three. The Hilltoppers are going to have to 245 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:29.880 get their offense go and here soon, sus. Yeah, and they're another 246 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:33.160 one of those teams that you look at what is left on their schedule and 247 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:37.000 boy, it's it's not going to be a slam dunk for them. I 248 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.400 mean, they still have to play York and you know the Lions there. 249 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.279 I mean, there are a couple of games in there, and then if 250 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.000 somebody rises up, you know, gets rose up for Glenbard West, they 251 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:52.240 could be in trouble making the field. To be completely honest with you right 252 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.039 now, it's and that's looking back at their beginning schedule. You know, 253 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:02.119 Marist, you know Decmat is a really good program out of Saint Louis. 254 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:07.400 So it's not shocking that they are sitting here at one and two right now 255 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:11.440 based on the quality of that schedule, but it certainly makes makes it a 256 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.519 lot more difficult for them to you know, get themselves into the field, 257 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.119 to be completely honest with you right now, with what they have left, 258 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.000 Yeah, that not a lot of room for error here because you know, 259 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.240 like we said, the Lions and the Lions game is going to be tough, 260 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.599 the York game is going to be tough. Outside of that, like 261 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.400 they're winnable games. I worry, you know, Hensale Central's oh and three, 262 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.400 but that's a that's a tough oh and three. I don't think you 263 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.920 know, they're gonna find a way to put some wind on the board before 264 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.079 this is all said and done, it's a pretty good game between them and 265 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.640 West usually, and then Week nine, that OPRF game could be a bit 266 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.119 of a sticker. I feel like as well, Yeah, I mean, 267 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.200 there could be a scenario where both of those programs potentially would be you know, 268 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:55.559 you know, fighting for one spot. I mean that that's that's a 269 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:03.160 scenario that could play out. It's it's very That conference is always pretty difficult, 270 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.960 but now with the emergence of York as you know, I guess the 271 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:12.000 standard bearer at this point in time, makes it even even crazier for those 272 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:15.759 teams. And like a few years ago, you would have been hard pressed 273 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:19.920 to say, okay, I can't I'm not including Hinsdale Central and the lead 274 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:25.480 of that conference, and now they've kind of slipped back a little bit to 275 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.400 the middle of the pack in that group. But the middle of the pack 276 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:33.440 of that group is awfully good too, So you know, it's it's one 277 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:38.160 of those leagues where I feel like, at least one team that is in 278 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:44.119 that conference is probably more than worthy of getting itself into the playoff field, 279 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:48.880 but the conference schedule is just too strong for it. They're not going to 280 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:52.119 They're not going to be able to find a way to get themselves to five 281 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.480 victories and stay away from the you know, the four losses in league play 282 00:19:56.519 --> 00:20:00.960 because the teams ahead of them are just too good. We got East Saint 283 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:06.160 Louis sitting at one and two, Merists at one and two, Simeon at 284 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:11.880 one and two, Warren. These are all quality programs, and I expect 285 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.000 looking through just clamping through schedules pretty quickly. I think a Saint Louis is 286 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.640 not going to have any issues. Merrist, I think is able to get 287 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.920 to five wins pretty easily. Still, what teams at one and two that 288 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.559 are notable programs are you starting to say, like, oh, I'm not 289 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.200 sure they're going to get to five wins. You know, it's you know, 290 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.680 you mentioned the Saint Louis. You still have to keep in mind that 291 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:38.480 they still don't have a week nine game. So for them, I mean, 292 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:42.519 while I would say yeah, I think they're okay, you know, 293 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:48.119 I would be surprised if they if they didn't get ultimately get to at least 294 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.960 five wins, there's there's still a problem there because it's a it's a week 295 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:59.119 nine situation that uh, you know, hey, not not great Bob in 296 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.720 that in that situation and being at this being at this point of the season 297 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:07.000 and not having yourself a Week nine game guaranteed. I'm sure they're working on 298 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:11.559 it. But yeah, that's that's not ideal. They have to go out 299 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.119 of state for that, right, like the yeah, they're not going to 300 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.440 find an in state upon them. Well, I mean, I'd be stunned. 301 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:21.759 I mean, something crazy would have to happen for an Illinois team to 302 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:25.119 open up for them that would be willing to play them. You know, 303 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.720 the ones that kind of jump off the page at me when I start talking 304 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:33.039 about one and two teams that that I don't think that are that have a 305 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.119 rough track. One of them that surprised me when I was looking at it 306 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:41.839 the other day is Sterling. They they narrowly beat East Moleen. Uh and 307 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.119 they they're now one and two. They started the season oh and two. 308 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:51.200 You know they have games left with a resurgent Genes CEO team Quincy, who 309 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.599 I think is you know, one of the stronger teams in that conference, 310 00:21:55.079 --> 00:22:00.240 uh, if not the strongest, and Moleen in Week nine a strong program. 311 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:03.839 And then it's kind of odd to consider this, but they're going to 312 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:08.759 Princeton, which is a game that, like on paper, you would think 313 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:15.559 Sterling would be the favorite just because of the bigger program and such. But 314 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:19.359 sitting there at one and two, Princeton, you know, is a pretty 315 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:22.880 strong program. I don't think that's a slam dunk win for them. So 316 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:26.799 if they you know, if they end up losing that game, I think 317 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:33.119 they're really in trouble. You know, going into this season, I would 318 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:37.640 never have even considered that a possibility that Sterling would lose to the Princeton and 319 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:41.119 not again, this is not a shout against Princeton, and you're just talking 320 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.599 about six or five a such a larger school. The thing that this East 321 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:51.240 Mauleen result is actually really concerning to me for Sterling, even though they won 322 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.920 the game, like East Malin is coming off and one and eight season, 323 00:22:53.960 --> 00:23:00.400 it's not a strong program. The beat them only by four points is concerning. 324 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:06.200 Yeah, And then that's kind of what jumped out at me this week 325 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.400 when I was looking through them. You know, I go conference by conference, 326 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.720 so I didn't get down to the Western Big Six until the end. 327 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:15.039 And uh, and that was one of them that just kind of jumped off 328 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:18.119 the page at me as like, you know, I don't know if there 329 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:22.279 are five wins in that schedule right now. Another one that that kind of 330 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:29.200 surprised me when I was going through is Yorkville. They were surprised, and 331 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:33.279 I think it was I think I can safely say that with a loss to 332 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:37.519 Joliet West on Friday night. They lost by game twenty to seventeen. Big 333 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:41.799 win for Joliet West. I mean that that's the kind of win when you 334 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.359 start scripting out, you know what teams could potentially get into playoffs. I 335 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:51.319 think that's the kind of win that gets I think almost you know, provided 336 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.440 they do would take care of business in their own division. That was a 337 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:57.720 huge win for them. But Yorkville, you know, they have one more 338 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:03.079 game in Crossover, which I think they should be fine, but only going 339 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.680 into that SBC East Race with a two and two record. Yeah, I 340 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:11.119 mean that means they got to win three of five coming home, and in 341 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:15.000 that league. I don't know if three wins are there for him this year. 342 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:22.720 Minooka a resurgent Oswego team Plainfield North and then Oswego Easton and you know, 343 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:27.519 West Aurora, even though they haven't played the strongest competition is three and 344 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.519 oh out of the box and look like they're probably gonna be four and oh. 345 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:37.559 That's not a breezy win. So winning, you know, potentially winning 346 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:42.920 three of five. They're just to get to five wins doesn't look exceptionally easy 347 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.920 for Yorkville. Definitely not. Yeah, the Fox is coming off at nine 348 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:52.000 and two season. Can't be happy to be sitting here at one and two 349 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.200 after that loss to Julia's a huge win for that that Tigers program. Wrapping 350 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:59.799 it up here, Sue's before we get out of here, thought's talk about 351 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.599 a oh and three teams, and you know the first one is Na Nazareth. 352 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:08.079 Now at Owen three, you and Jimmy were discussing in this live on 353 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:14.000 Live with Friday Night Drive. I'm not really seeing a path for the Roadrunners 354 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:18.119 four and at this point. Yeah, I mean it's one of those things. 355 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:21.440 I mean, you look at it right now, and and I'll be 356 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:26.200 honest, there are there are two or three games that I think they're almost 357 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.759 certain to probably not win at this point. Brother Rice in week seven is 358 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:36.240 a big problem. They finished the season with Saint Francis in week nine. 359 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.839 I don't think they win this week you know, and they play and like 360 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:42.799 I was just getting to that, they play icy Catholic this week, which 361 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:48.720 flexed its muscles with a comfortable win over Bennett. I did not think that 362 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.920 I thought they could win that game. I did not think they would win 363 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:53.319 comfortably. Yeah, so much, So much for our talk of wondering how 364 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:59.319 I see Catholic is going to how they're going to adjust to the Catholic League 365 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:02.680 rigors just going out and get punching Bennett right in the face on Friday night. 366 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.039 Yeah, And I haven't even mentioned the fact that they also have seen 367 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:11.440 Ignatius and Fenwick on the schedule, So I mean, they've done this before. 368 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:15.519 So it's it's it's difficult to you know, completely dismiss them. But 369 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:19.039 boy, it does not look good for them. I mean that's that's the 370 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:22.200 complete, being complete honest there man, And holy hell, I mean you 371 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.319 look at their schedule at the I mean they started four games in a row 372 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:32.119 on the road Kankakee, York, Montini. Now I see Catholic. I 373 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:36.440 mean that is brutal. Yeah, now that's it's one of those things. 374 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.640 I mean, it's not surprising if you you know, look at at playoff 375 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:45.720 points that the amount that your schedule has achieved, that Nazra sits number two 376 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:48.400 in the state right now, who's number one? I'd have to look for. 377 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.720 I'll get it for you real quick because I'm curious myself now that we're 378 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.039 looking at it. That's all right, Yeah, So as you're looking at 379 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:02.559 man owing three icy Catholic there. I mean, by the way, it's 380 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.680 nights win for Weed and Saint Francis as well, their first game the Catholic 381 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:07.319 League, taking down St. Louis forty two to twenty eight. There. 382 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.720 That helps them a lot. They get Fenwick this week, followed by Julia 383 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:15.519 Catholic, which Julia Catholic taking that loss against Saint Rita. I guess I'm 384 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:22.720 not surprised. I'm not surprised. I don't know though, Like I guess 385 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:33.599 I expected JCA to score more than ten points in that game lost. I 386 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.559 guess lost control of that game and Sat Rita just pounced on the opportunity. 387 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:42.599 They were defensively strong for three quarters, but that third quarter kind of did 388 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:47.359 in the Hilltoppers. Saint Rita had just made a couple of plays at the 389 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.440 right time. So I was watching that game a little bit during the craziness 390 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:52.920 of Friday night. Jolie Catholic held a tend nothing lead for most of the 391 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.359 game and then all of a sudden it seemed like it was it was Saint 392 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.839 Rita had put up twenty points and taking control of that games. So Jolie 393 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:06.680 Catholic's offense right now needs to get a few more touchdowns, a few less 394 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:11.880 field goals. They've been moving the ball, but they've they've and Patrick Durkin's 395 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.720 a good kicker, and I'm sure they appreciate having him, but I think 396 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:18.839 they'd appreciate him kicking extra points a little bit more than kicking field goals. 397 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:22.920 So moving forward, I think that's an emphasis for Joliet Catholic. But I 398 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.960 felt like that game was kind of a toss up on paper. But it 399 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:32.640 was definitely one that if you would have put me put my hand to the 400 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.039 fire, I would have said, I thought Jolie Catholic would win that game. 401 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:40.279 So definitely interesting that. Getting back to your strength of schedule question, 402 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.839 I checked. It's Sandberg. Sandberg is the answer to the strongest schedule in 403 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:47.359 the state right now. No, it just you know, pretty much an 404 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:51.880 interesting week all around. We thought we would get some answers to some teams. 405 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:56.119 Now that we most conferences are now in conference play or crossover conference play, 406 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:02.880 so measuring sticks all about. I think we're about where we expected to 407 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:06.079 be. The results of Week three, for the most part, kind of 408 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:10.279 fell in line with what we were kind of expecting, So it'll be interesting 409 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:14.480 to see if that trend continues into Week four. There are some big games 410 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:18.119 sitting on the calendar for them too, so the big games just keep on 411 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.200 coming. So that's the really fun thing about this. It seems like every 412 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:25.680 week we've got fifteen or twenty games that you're really excited to see what's going 413 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.960 to happen. It's not like you have a team that you think is head 414 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.000 and shoulders above the other one. I think you're gonna have some fun games. 415 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.880 We certainly had some fun games this week, so hopefully that trend continues. 416 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:40.200 Yeah. I always say it's best to wait until teams get four games 417 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:42.720 under their belt to make a determination of how much we know about them. 418 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:45.640 So we have finally reached that week, but we got plenty of content coming 419 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:49.079 your way before that, so make sure you stick to Friday Night Drive dot 420 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:53.319 Com. We'll have seus's updated power rankings. We already have what we learned 421 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:57.960 in week three up there for you. Will have SUSS updated playoff projection coming 422 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.680 on Wednesday, and then show up on Thursday for us as well. We'll 423 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.680 be back here Susan I to preview week four. But for now we're going 424 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.079 to go ahead and sign off. Thank you everyone who listen. We'll talk 425 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:11.880 to you later this week. 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