WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.960 Schwiker, Cannison, Krazak, Rundio Bradley sponsors for Friday Night Drive. I'm 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.799 Mike Krizak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the 3 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.400 insurance company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:14.679 of dollars for our clients. Visit the g A n A SSI M dot 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:26.960 com looks up everyone. Welcome back and welcome into the Friday Night Drive Podcast. 6 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:30.600 I am Kyle Neighbors along with my co host Steve Stuci. It is 7 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:35.280 Thursday, November ninth. We are here to break down the corner final matchups. 8 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.159 Here. We got thirty two games this week and sus are you excited? 9 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:41.320 Man? Yeah? I mean I was kind of looking at the brackets 10 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:45.759 the other day and going through it, and I like, everybody like a 11 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:50.000 Cinderella story as much as anybody, but it kind of seems like, more 12 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:54.000 so this year than any other year that we've had recently, we don't have 13 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.280 a lot of them. I mean, this quarter final weekend is setting up 14 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:02.240 as a lot of games where you're like powerhouse versus powerhouse. I mean there 15 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:04.000 are a few teams sprinkled in there that are kind of new to the party. 16 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.519 But for the most part, there are a lot of games this week 17 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.920 where you're like, these are two Titans running into one another. Yeah. 18 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:15.439 I mean we've talked a bit about like seven A North or the top part 19 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.599 of that bracket being some team were not used to. But you're right, 20 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.519 overall, a lot of usual faces here doesn't mean that there's not a lot 21 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:26.439 of good matchups because I you know, honestly, the first two rounds, 22 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.680 there weren't a ton of games that I was excited to see, sus I 23 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:34.400 just kind of felt like I knew where these were going. That's not the 24 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:37.599 case this weekend. We're gonna get into this one A through eight A. 25 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:41.120 We got Michael will Jack and Joe Stevenson going to join us here just a 26 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:46.239 little bit. But this is a really really good slated game this weekend in 27 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.040 the quarterfinals. Yeah, you can. You can pick almost any class, 28 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.560 and if you don't find two or three games that are intriguing to you, 29 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.280 I don't think you're paying attention. You know, there are a couple that 30 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.879 I, you know, I look at on paper and I think they have 31 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.319 the potential to be maybe lopsided or whatever. But not very many. And 32 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.120 like I said, in each class, it seems like we've got two or 33 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:12.400 three games that I could feel comfortable talking about in five or ten minutes. 34 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.479 And then you ask me what I think Who's gonna win the game at the 35 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.319 end, and I'm gonna run back to my old staple. You know it 36 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:23.360 looks like a coin flip on paper, because it genuinely does. I mean, 37 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.639 that's what We have a lot of those games this week. All right, 38 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.879 We've got to get a few propers out of the way first. Make 39 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.560 sure you follow SEUs on x or Twitter at the Suits. You can find 40 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:37.719 myself on Twitter at Kyle Nighbors. You can find Friday Night Drive on Twitter 41 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.599 at fn drive. Also find Friday Night Drive on Facebook, Instagram, and 42 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:45.680 tiktoko to Shelllocal dot com or Friday Nightdrive dot com for all of our content. 43 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:49.599 We started posting sus his analysis for class by class breakdowns for the quarterfinal 44 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.680 round, but have a ton of preview content going up over the next one 45 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:55.159 four hours to get you set for Friday and Saturday. Really, Saturday is 46 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.800 the bulk of it, with only one game on Friday, Suits, I 47 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:00.360 know that that's still upset a little bit, but at least you got one, 48 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:04.800 buddy. Yeah, I got one. As soon as I saw it. 49 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.439 I did the triumph pump because I was skeptical we were even gonna get 50 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:12.599 that. But one Friday Night game is I guess the one that I'm going 51 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:16.360 to get. So I will be attending Sandwich and Wheaton Academy on Friday Night 52 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:23.039 because it's the only choice that I have. Absolutely make sure if you are 53 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.520 watching this live, we really appreciate that. If you're watching live on YouTube 54 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.280 or the Friday Night Drive Facebook page, do us a favor. Leave us 55 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:30.759 the thumbs up. 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Kerry Grove the final team left for McHenry County. They get a 66 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:10.520 match up this week in in Class six A against Geneva. I'm looking forward 67 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:12.719 to this. This is a one o'clock game on Saturday. I'll be over 68 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:15.960 there with you on the sidelines. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it as 69 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.680 well. Yeah, it does. It feels weird because usually you also have 70 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:23.160 Prairie Ridge hanging around, Richmond Burton hanging around, you know, maybe Jacobs 71 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:27.519 or someone else. We've had seasons where we've had three or four teams make 72 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.720 at this far, and it does feel odd to just have the one. 73 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.800 But you know, we're happy for that to have somebody to watch here on 74 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.759 Saturday. I think that's going to be a good game. I like the 75 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:42.560 way Carry Grove's looking right now. Yeah. Carry Grove is playing very well 76 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.279 in that two seed here hosting number seven seeded Geneva. Tell us a little 77 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:50.639 bit more about Kerry Grove, the way they're playing well the last two actually 78 00:04:50.759 --> 00:05:00.160 was it from like the week six on? I think Terry Grove scored forty 79 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:04.160 forty one or more points in every game except the loss. The loss in 80 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:09.000 a really good game twenty nine to twenty eight to Hunt. The offense has 81 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:14.040 really been hitting lately. The big fullback Logan Abrams, the sixty three to 82 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:20.399 twenty five pounds sophomore, he has twelve hundred and fifty one yards. He's 83 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.680 he's really really tough to stop. And then but you know with that, 84 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.040 with that triple option, of course, that's what teams are looking to stop 85 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.439 first, and then that opens up. Andrew Prio is just ridiculous. Numbers 86 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:38.959 one thousand and forty four yards on sixty seven carries. It's like fifteen and 87 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.519 a half yards to carry this guy, he's so fast. He had to 88 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:46.839 play last week against Tiland Park. He went seventy six yards and I looked, 89 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:48.959 you know, they blocked it. Well, there wasn't much of a 90 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:53.680 hole, and I'm watching it and he just you know, he just had 91 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.000 that sliver that he needed and just as soon as I kind of looked up, 92 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.519 I'm like, uh, oh, there he goes, because you know, 93 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.120 you could see he just did. He didn't have a lot, but 94 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.959 he didn't need a lot and he got through there, and once he gets 95 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:10.040 pasted, everybody forget it. Yeah, he's he's pretty crazy. Eight carries 96 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:14.199 for one hundred and ninety nine last week. You've seen obviously, you've seen 97 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:15.560 a lot of these carry group teams over the year. Prairie Dage two. 98 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.920 These are we talk about a lot, right with one of these teams carry 99 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:25.480 grope pr they both run the triple option in either one of these teams that's 100 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.600 been a representative in the Class sixt title games since twenty sixteen. I believe 101 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.560 it was sixteen. Ye, yeah, twenty sixteen. Can you offhand kind 102 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.959 of give a comparison like Andrew Prio like to some of those past teams, 103 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:42.480 Like who does he compare to in that role in that offense? Maybe you 104 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.879 know, well, who's a good name? I think you know one guy 105 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:50.560 that sticks out And I'm going to say this because Brad Seeberg mentioned him a 106 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:57.720 few games ago. Was Danny Daegel on the twenty eighteen team he made I 107 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:01.680 think he made the big did he make the big defensive play at Notre Dame 108 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:09.240 when they almost lost in the semi finals. I think he had a couple 109 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.199 He might have had the touchdown and and I know I'm pretty sure he had 110 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.480 because I was I saw Richmond Burton that day. I'm pretty sure that he 111 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:19.600 had a really key defensive play and then turned around and had a big offensive 112 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:26.120 play. I think you're right. That's also absolutely insane that you're able to 113 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.399 remember that for a game. I know, yeah, because I was on 114 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.399 the sideline at I see Richmond Burton in that game, and because I kind 115 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.040 of wanted to see that game. It was Richmond Burton coach Mike Knowles first 116 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:44.319 semi final game ever. You know that he had reached and that was a 117 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.120 good game for IC kind of took over the fourth quarter. But I remember 118 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:51.639 kept looking for your tweets. You're an Alex or whoever was at that game. 119 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.639 I think it was Sean Hammond and I yeah, maybe it was very 120 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.800 very cold that day. I remember that, and I kept looking like, 121 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:01.839 oh my gosh, they you know, and then they and then they pulled 122 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.959 it out. They had the big defensive play in a in a big offensive 123 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.120 play at the end. Yeah, So that kind of stuff, I don't 124 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.000 know, that's the way I'm built. That kind of stuff sticks in my 125 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.839 brain. But yeah, that would be a guy, you know, that 126 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.800 that kind of jumps out somebody, you know, really really fast like that 127 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.680 they seem to have. They seem to come up with those guys. They 128 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:26.800 they come up with the big full back, and then you know a couple 129 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:31.240 of guys on the outside that are just really fast. You know, watching 130 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:37.519 he might be he might be the he might be Carry's fastest guy. I 131 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.320 think I think Seaberg the way he talked about him in a story I did 132 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.960 last week, I think Brad might think that, you know, Andrew would 133 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:50.039 be as fast as anybody's had. And when you see these Carregrove and PR 134 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.399 teams become truly dangerous, it's when you also see the quarterbacks start to become 135 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.200 a dangerous weapon in that run game. And it sounds like Peyton Sieberg. 136 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.320 Uh, it's kind of starting round in the format. He's had more time 137 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.840 to mature and get experience at the at the varsity level. Yeah, he's 138 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.759 had a couple of big games. And then their other wing back, Holden 139 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.919 Boone, has had some big He had two touchdowns last week as well. 140 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.919 So yeah, that offense is looking really good. And you know the thing 141 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:20.039 of it is, this is my crazy stat of the year that I've referred 142 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.320 to several times in notebooks and stuff. They don't throw the ball often at 143 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:30.840 all. Peyton Seeberg has thirteen completions on the year, and nine of them 144 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:35.480 have been touchdowns. So they picked their spots and when they throw it, 145 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.519 they're going to hurt you. So yeah, it's it should be. It 146 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:41.919 should be fun. I know, you know, Geneva had a little bit 147 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:50.200 of a playoff drought in the the from twenty sixteen through nineteen, and now 148 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.200 the Vikings are back in for the third year in a row, and so 149 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:58.039 yeah, I'm really looking forward to that one. On Saturday, we got 150 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.120 a question here in the chap from Jerry Miller, and I don't have the 151 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.279 answer to it. I'll see if you guys do. If not, we'll 152 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.519 have to check in with Jake Barlson, who covers Kane County for us a 153 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:09.679 get an answer from him. Jerry says, Geneva top wide receiver back, 154 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.320 Yeard, I believe he's got to be referring over here to Taylor. Taylor, 155 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.480 right sus. Yeah, that would be why I believe he'd be referring 156 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:24.559 to Yeah, Jake, Jake and I combined on that preview capsule and it's 157 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.360 going in. It's going in tonight. I think Jake did not know. 158 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:33.080 He said status was still unknown regarding his injury. That was what what Jake 159 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:37.879 had as of yesterday. Okay, Yeah, Taylor Taylor obviously a very very 160 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:43.720 talented player out of the twenty twenty five class at wide receiver for Geneva a 161 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.159 big part of what they do, So it would be interesting to see if 162 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:50.279 he's able to play in this game or not. Joe, you got anything 163 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:54.480 else for us before we let you go? Is Taylor Taylor's mom, I 164 00:10:54.600 --> 00:11:01.240 believe played for the you had putting a spot here right for the Chicago Bandits. 165 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:07.440 I think I haven't heard that that's but that doesn't mean it's not true. 166 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.279 I know there's a player on Geneva and his mom was played for the 167 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:16.879 UH, played for the Chicago Bandits, and then also coach softball at Judson 168 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.639 H Now, I sounds like we have a story idea. See there you 169 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:28.200 go. I think I think that I think he's I think he's the kid. 170 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.679 I'm not I'm not. I'm not completely sure, but I think that's 171 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:33.759 have to look that up. But all right, Joe, we'll let you 172 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.960 go for now. I'll see you over there on Saturday. Sound good, 173 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.440 very good, very good, guys. All right, talk to you later, 174 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:46.759 Joe. All right, Sue. So we're gonna go ahead, everyone 175 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.879 and start kind of jumping here, one A through a A. I'm gonna 176 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:54.639 bring Michael on quick though, Michael Drojak, who covers uh the Chicago Catholic 177 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.480 League for Friday Night Drive. How you doing? Man? Good? You 178 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:03.399 guys doing wonderful. I know you're a fellow Socks fan. So we're having 179 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.759 a great morning, are do we guys? A great? A great? 180 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:13.000 You know two years where we are right now. I may have swore a 181 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.480 couple of times this morning when I saw that news, I'm like, listen, 182 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.399 it bad enough to have to watch this White Sox team, at least 183 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:24.399 like Jason Bennetti and Steve Stone made it tolerable the last couple of years. 184 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.519 It's that was that was some bad news this morning. I saw that it 185 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:33.519 was I saw that was trending this morning, and my initial reaction was I 186 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.879 didn't want to open it up because I knew it wasn't gonna be good. 187 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:41.000 And my second quick my second quick thought was, well, he got a 188 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:46.000 national gig. And while I'm upset about it. He deserves it. Happy 189 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.440 for him. I'm happy for him. And then I opened it up and 190 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:52.519 saw that he was just leaving because he was tired of the White Sox and 191 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.240 going to a division rival for a similar setup to what he had with the 192 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:01.519 White Sox, obviously for more money. And I just I just shook my 193 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:07.159 head and maybe cursed a few times. But that's I At this point, 194 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.159 I don't even know where I go with this nonsense. Yeah, I mean 195 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.159 I tweeted this out, like, are the White Sox at the early two 196 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.559 thousands black Hawks level at this point just totally irrelevant? Like just for probably 197 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.720 one of the worst franchises in sports at this point, I think that's a 198 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:28.080 fair asposed to were so I mean, I don't know, but we're talking 199 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.120 three guys here who loves sports, and like, I have absolutely no desire 200 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.559 to watch the White Sox. I did it all year long, and I 201 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:39.279 just don't see like they're not gonna the way they're talking, they're not They're 202 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:43.240 not gonna do anything that's offseason that changes as that. Like I probably watched 203 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:48.279 at max ten White Sox games this past year, but it's just it's insane 204 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.080 to think about it. I'm a guy that I didn't miss whether I was 205 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.360 at home, or if I wasn't at home, I had it on the 206 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.279 radio, you know, finding a way to at least listen to the game. 207 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:03.720 They've completely alienated me though. Yeah, it's it's ridiculous. All right, 208 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.080 this is a good therapy Session'm glad we're here. Yeah, I've been 209 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.440 looking forward to it all morning. I've been like going through our editing process 210 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.679 and like I just focused, Kyle, like you're gonna talk to these guys. 211 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.559 You can, you can hash it out that but all right, I'm 212 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.960 gonna hear if I can present. I should have done this before we started 213 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.320 here. I want to pull up the brackets here, say white quarter final 214 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:28.159 matchups. There we go. We'll do that and see if I can get 215 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.559 that to pop up a little bit larger so everyone can read that. All 216 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.279 right, guys, we'll start one A through work our way up, uh, 217 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.159 one A through a A. Uh. Not a lot of Catholic League 218 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.399 teams down here in the one A bracket that you're familiar with, Michael, 219 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:48.200 but sus we had a question here from Zachary asking do you think Anamon Weatherfield 220 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:52.080 has a chance to give Lena a game. And how do you see Rovo 221 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.840 william Field stacking up against Chicago Hope. So let's start with that first one, 222 00:14:54.840 --> 00:15:00.679 Anaalon Weatherfield against Lena. You know, I think it's a chance. 223 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.159 But the an one Weathersfield does have the one component that I think you really 224 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:09.440 need to have to have a shot, and that's they have a really good 225 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:15.200 defense. I mean, they've been rattling off really consistent performances even heading into 226 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.600 the playoffs, now four straight games where they've only allowed six points to the 227 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:24.519 opposition. So if you're gonna beat Lena, you have to get some defensive 228 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:30.039 stops. You have to limit their scoring opportunities and keep them away from these 229 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:35.639 long time consuming drives or those big hitters that they get when they've lulled you 230 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.000 to sleep on the other aspects of their offense. Maybe they can do this, 231 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.480 but you know it's gonna take I think, to knock Lena out. 232 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:50.279 You're gonna need to put together a darn near perfect effort. You know, 233 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.240 that really is what it comes down to. One a football right now. 234 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.720 The only way that I you know, I don't know if I'd ever consider 235 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:00.000 picking picking against Lena Winslow on the one, I feel until they prove that 236 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:04.480 someone someone had been I don't think I have ever had. Yeah, I 237 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.200 haven't in years, I'll say that much. Yeah, the last time I 238 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:15.360 probably did was probably like a Force in Lena Windlow matchup back when what that 239 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.840 like twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen on Force and was really really good. Yeah, 240 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:22.919 probably about the last time. Hope Academy versus Robot. What do you 241 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.960 think of that matchup? You know? I like Hope here. Ros had 242 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:33.120 a nice postseason run here kind of an unexpected one, Hope. You know, 243 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.679 getting past that hurdle of beating a Christian last week told me a lot 244 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:44.200 about where they're at right now, and for what Hope does. The forecast 245 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.240 looks favorable for them to be able to get out on the track and go, 246 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.320 and that's what that's what they need to do to kind of accentuate the 247 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:56.200 assets that they have. So I like Hope. I wouldn't say comfortably in 248 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:02.480 this game, but I think they're They're a substantial favorite. This is State 249 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:06.640 Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. 250 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.119 There'll be plenty of time for politics down the road, but for now, 251 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:14.640 let's enjoy some high school football. Whichever school you follow, give him your 252 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:19.640 support. All right, let's see, you know what, We're gonna help 253 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.759 Zach out here, I see, he says, headed back to work. 254 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:25.559 Just a few questions. Hopefully you guys can answer. Thanks, guys. 255 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.079 So he's got a question about three, so we'll come back here. I'm 256 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.480 gonna do this for his act since he's always on the show. Don't want 257 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.240 to discourage appreciate any of you guys who join us live regularly. So, 258 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.440 Zach, do you think Princeton, he asked, do you think Princeton could 259 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:44.799 beat Montini? And how let's start there? Uh, you know, let's 260 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.759 start with Michael, what do you think about Montini in this matchup against Princeton. 261 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.720 I mean, Sus has talked about this a lot. You know, 262 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:53.079 throughout the season. Montini has you know, played up the entire year. 263 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.480 They're playing in the cclis SEC. They've played against Brother Rice, They've played 264 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:02.359 against the pretty elite teams and know how to like win games against big teams. 265 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:04.000 So that obviously, I know Princeton has a lot of you know, 266 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.200 postseason success, and you know has really done, really well. I just 267 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:11.680 think that, you know, Montini has seen a lot of the best teams 268 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.359 in the state and has already learned a lot of lessons. They learned some 269 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.160 tough lessons against Brother Rice. Like I mentioned earlier, I just think that 270 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:23.839 Montini has the experience and has the talent, has playmakers like Alex Mara and 271 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.200 George Asay who can really take over games. And you kind of saw that 272 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:32.240 in their second round matchup as well, where Mari returned the opening kickoff for 273 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:34.759 a touchdown. You just have too many playmakers, You've got experience, and 274 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.119 I think that might be a little bit tough for Princeton to be able to 275 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:41.880 keep up with. You know, I've heard just talking to a couple of 276 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:48.160 people that you know, that know Princeton a bit the last couple of years, 277 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.519 you know, they've been really confident going into the postseason. You know, 278 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.000 when I asked him about this matchup, it was like maybe the last 279 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.440 you know, those last couple of years, teams they're a little more i 280 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:04.079 would say tempered on their expectations for this matchup. Sou So, I go 281 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:10.759 into this having heard that thinking Mantini's probably maybe substantial favorite is too strong of 282 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:15.359 a word, but you know, probably a decent sized favorite in this matchup 283 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.799 in Princeton. Well, you know, when you kind of look at some 284 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:22.599 of these some of these games, like on a granule level, I tend 285 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:29.359 to look at it like this. If I put Princeton down in Montini's schedule, 286 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:34.039 I don't know if Princeton would be able to duplicate the results of Montini. 287 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.200 I doubt that, to be honest with you. I mean, Martini 288 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:42.960 owns a win over Nazareth this year. You know, they their losses come 289 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:47.160 to you know, the list is brother Ice, Providence in Saint biat Or. 290 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:52.279 I don't mean to disparage Princeton's one loss to Morrison, but that's a 291 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.079 one a loss. I mean, it's just I mean, there's a huge 292 00:19:57.119 --> 00:20:03.039 difference between playing regularly in the five A, six A ranks to playing at 293 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.519 the level that Princeton schedule plays. And I'm not, once again not trying 294 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.920 to despair the success that Princeton has had. It's just a pretty big chasm 295 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.799 that they have to clear here to bridge that gap, and it won't be 296 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:19.680 easy. I'm not saying it's impossible, it would not, it would not 297 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:26.039 floor me if Princeton were to win this game, but I see them as 298 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.119 the underdog here. Yeah. One O. The other question from Zach see 299 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.359 if we get this before he goes back to work, do you think Quincy 300 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.400 has a chance against Mount Carmel and seven A if they can get into a 301 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:40.960 shootout with them? Michael, I think the first problem there is well, 302 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:45.720 I you know, Zach, I do think it would have to be a 303 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.920 shootout. I just don't see this Mount Carmel defense getting into a shootout. 304 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:52.039 Michael. No. I mean I wrote about that in my That was the 305 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.200 lead of my notebook for this leak. This a lot of people have been 306 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:57.880 talking about the offense, and justifiably so, Jack Elliott Darian the pre lines 307 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:02.519 on Nighting all those guys are amazing. This defense has been pretty elite. 308 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.079 I mean they're only you know, two big scores was giving up twenty three 309 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:10.079 points to Loyola and giving up thirty three points East Saint Louis to start the 310 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:12.519 season. Other than that, this team has been, you know, elite. 311 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:17.319 And even in those games against Loyola and East Saint Louis, like you 312 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:21.759 saw that defense have big stops and create opportunities for Mount Carmel to either beat 313 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:25.039 you know, the Flyers or try to compete against the Ramblers on a failed 314 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:29.079 two point conversion. So I just don't, you know, I think Mount 315 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:32.319 Carlo's gonna put up points and I don't think that this Mount Carmel defense is 316 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:36.079 going to wet up many points. So you know, in a shootout, 317 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.599 I still see Mount Carmel wins, but I don't think it really gets to 318 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:41.240 a shootout because that defense is just going to be too strong I think for 319 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.759 Quincy, Yeah, I'm gonna be, you know, completely honest with you 320 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.960 act. The only way I think Quincy has a chance in this game, 321 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:51.000 and so it's correct me if I'm wrong, is like Mount Carmel has to 322 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:55.000 have multiple turnovers and Quincy capitalizes on shortfield or something like that. I mean, 323 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.839 Mount Carmel to me is a heavy heavy favorite here. Yeah, I 324 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:02.599 would kind of agree with that. It's like Michael was just saying about their 325 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:04.799 defense. I mean, I haven't seen them live since going all the way 326 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:10.000 back to week one, and granted they did give up some points to East 327 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:12.440 Saint Louis, but everybody gives up points to East Saint Louis when they play 328 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:17.400 them that happens, and I will. In the first half of that game 329 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:19.279 against East Saint Louis, that was one of the things that stood out to 330 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:25.119 me. They really frustrated the heck out of that Saint Louis offense. They 331 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:30.240 didn't really get their footing until I want to say, probably late third quarter. 332 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.799 They didn't really get anything going offensively, and no offense to Quincy. 333 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.960 I know they have some good offensive players at the skill positions, those players 334 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:41.400 don't match what East Saint Louis has. And if Mount Carmel was able to 335 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:45.440 frustrate East Saint Louis and the bashion that they did, I think they can 336 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.839 do the same with Quincy, and I think it. I think it. 337 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.000 I think it kind of goes back to the same conversation we had about Princeton 338 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:57.160 and Montini, where I don't think Quincy has played a physical defense like Mount 339 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:00.440 Carmel's defense. Like when you talk to Loyally, you talk to other teams, 340 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.519 they know when they're gonna play Mount Carmel, they're gonna swarm you, 341 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:07.240 They're going to be physical, they're not gonna let up on any play. 342 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:10.920 And I'm just not sure Quincy has played a defense like that is going to 343 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:17.000 hit as hard as Mount Carmel's is gonna hit. So when it's all fair, 344 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:22.240 bringing up East Saint Louis and Luther Burden made me think of something suits 345 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.119 and I wanted to ask you, and it's football related this time at least. 346 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:30.960 But I am derailing us here with the announcement yesterday that the NCAA is 347 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:36.400 changing it to where underclassman can now be in the showcase games. Yeah. 348 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:38.799 I know you're a draft beat, Nick and love seeing tracking these kids that 349 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:42.160 come out of local high schools and go there. Like, how excited were 350 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:45.359 you to see that news yesterday? Yeah, that's gonna be interesting. I, 351 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:51.160 like I said, I'll go anywhere. I programmed my DVR multiple times 352 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:55.759 this year to tape games that he's involved in, Always looking for those clips 353 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:59.240 on Saturday afternoon when I'm out at games to see what crazy nonsense that he 354 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:02.720 pulls off. You know, like I said, when he was a senior, 355 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:06.279 I was specifically assigning myself to games where I could see him as off 356 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.359 as unhumanly possible. I think I saw him six times that year, So 357 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:15.279 yeah, I'm a huge fan and having him having more opportunities to see him 358 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.680 do stuff. That's that's all good with me. You know, I think 359 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.559 I'm gonna scrap our plan to go one A through A to A because we're 360 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.160 getting some questions jumping around here. So we're just gonna kind of go with 361 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.680 the guy. We're already at twenty six minutes into this. Love that everyone 362 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:32.200 is in the chat again. If you're watching live on YouTube or Facebook, 363 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.240 you can throw a question or comment into the chat. We will get to 364 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:38.640 it here, Jerry says, a normal downers Grove North semi finals. So 365 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:42.680 let's let's break that down here. We got two matchups here Normal Community with 366 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:47.839 Glenbard East and downers Grove North at Lincoln Way West SOUS. Starting with that 367 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:52.759 first matchup, glen Bard East has been impressive coming from the Upstate eight through 368 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:56.759 the first two rounds of the playoffs. Normal Normal Community able to get by 369 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:00.839 Bradley Bourbon at last week and over. Was it overtime or into regulation? 370 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:03.799 It was overtime, that was over. It was overtime. Yeah, Okay, 371 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:06.480 making sure I'm not saying the wrong thing there. How do you think 372 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:10.920 these two teams match up? You know, it's this is a battle of 373 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.200 two teams right now that, to be honest with you, I still don't 374 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.799 know what's even though we're eleven games deep in the season. I'm not sure 375 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:22.480 what to make them either one of them. I feel like glen Bard East 376 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:29.440 has gotten a really favorable playoff draw to this point. You have to beat 377 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:33.279 who's in front of you. I understand that, but this was a Harlem 378 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:40.079 team in the first round that you know, frankly, is not as good 379 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:45.759 as they've been in the past. Addison Trail had one of the weaker schedules 380 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.799 in the state and got a public league team in the first round. In 381 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:53.720 the second round game, congratulations to them getting to this point. I mean, 382 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:56.160 like I said, you have to play who's in front of you. 383 00:25:56.160 --> 00:26:00.160 You don't have any control over that. But it still has kind of given 384 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:04.960 me pause about how good they really are. And I think the same thing 385 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:10.000 can kind of be applied to normal community. I don't think the Big Twelve 386 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:15.119 was as strong as it has been in past seasons. The only team that 387 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.160 really put up points on them in the regular season was Peoria, who I 388 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:22.680 had the opportunity to see live in the first round of the playoffs. I 389 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.279 think granted the weather wasn't great, but I wasn't wowed by what I saw 390 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:32.880 from Peoria in that situation. So I don't know if Normal Community has really 391 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:41.079 seen that many upper echelon opponents either. So I'm really kind of mystified as 392 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:45.279 to what might happen in this game. I favor Normal Community, but it's 393 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:49.880 only by a slim margin. Then you have Downers Grove North getting Noah battle 394 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:56.680 back, playing much better as at thirteen seed. Tell us though about Lincoln 395 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:00.039 Way West a little bit more. You know, this is a team that 396 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:06.279 seemingly has really flipped a switch once we've gotten into the postseason. They'd had 397 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.480 some games in the second half of the season where they maybe weren't able to 398 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:12.279 get their offense going at the level that they wanted it to. But more 399 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:19.119 importantly, the defense has really really improved. I mean, shutting down Hoffman 400 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:22.720 Estates in the fashion that they did in the first round was really impressive. 401 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:26.640 And then taking that long road trip to Collinsville, a team that has shown 402 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:32.279 propensity to put up points, a good athletic team that can really fly up 403 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:36.119 and down the field, Lincoln Way West just kind of put the clamps on 404 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.119 that on the defensive side of the ball and then just turned the ball over 405 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.440 to Joey Campania and just let him go nuts. I mean he ran for 406 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:45.279 almost three hundred yards and five touchdowns in that game. You know, the 407 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:52.519 Friday Night Drive Team of the Week MVP deservedly so last week. This is 408 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:57.240 a team right now that is absolutely playing as good a football as they possibly 409 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:02.599 can at the right possible times. So, you know, and I think 410 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:06.240 that's kind of can be said about down as Grove North too, So in 411 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:11.119 that sense, I think you've got two teams at peak performance right before we 412 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.200 head back down to the smaller classes. I see a couple questions in here 413 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:18.519 about two A promise we'll get to those soon. I see a a down 414 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.920 here right below. So I'm gonna hit a Michael h You're gonna see on 415 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:26.519 Saturday at three pm. Loyola and Saint Ignacious. I don't think there's any 416 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:32.000 disputing that Loyola comes into this game as a considerable favorite. I really really 417 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:34.400 like saying ignacious. I like what we've seen them do this postseason. Obviously, 418 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:38.680 getting Justin Scott involved on offense has been fun for everyone to watch. 419 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.279 You know, this is a team that was in a semi final last year 420 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:49.319 in Class six A, and you know, if this if they were against 421 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:53.319 any other team here, I shouldn't say that this is tough and Ada with 422 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:59.240 Lincoln Way Easton there too, But I I really like this ignacious team. 423 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:02.839 I just find it to find a way for them to win this against Loyola. 424 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:06.200 I guess what I'm rambling about here. I'm in a really similar spot 425 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.720 with you there. I think that the Standing Nations team is really good, 426 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:12.079 has been fun all season. I think if you have them maybe going against 427 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:15.440 you know, I haven't seen Edwardsville, but maybe Edwardsville or York, even 428 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:19.079 even Maine South or Barrington, I think you have them potentially pulling off the 429 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:22.759 upset. And I'm not saying that they're not. They don't have the potential 430 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:26.839 to bring Loyola. I just think Loyola has everything to stop stayt ignacious. 431 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.240 I think they have the you know, whether Justin Scott is going to be 432 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:34.599 no pass rushing or he's going to be running as a rusher, Loyola has 433 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:38.680 the physicality and the size to stop it. You got their offensive line is 434 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:41.839 able to you know, double team, if not triple team. Justin Scott 435 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:45.400 and stop them on the defensive line, and you know they might have a 436 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.480 hard time stopping him for a one or two yard run for a touchdown, 437 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:52.119 but you know they can stop them, and you know, get three guys 438 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.680 on them, and you know he won't be able to run out for that 439 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:59.440 big twenty nine yard run. And you know that is what Loyola's defense does 440 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:02.519 once to stop your past, you know, your running attack, and I 441 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:06.119 know SAT Nations runs a triple option, so that might be a little bit 442 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:10.279 different. But once Loyola like gets a strangle on your running attack, they 443 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:14.279 destroy your passing attack and you pretty much don't have much to do offensively. 444 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:18.160 And Loyola's offense has shown that they can just put up points, and I 445 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:21.640 don't think they'll struggle against putting up points against the Satan Nation's defense, who 446 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.640 has done well. But I don't think Ignacious, you know, has seen 447 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:27.720 an offense like Loyo is this season. So like I said, if the 448 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:33.039 Wolfpack we're playing anyone else, I would give them a really strong chance to 449 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:37.279 win. But it's just a really tough straw to have to play Loyola basically 450 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:40.839 one of maybe a few teams they can you know, stop you physically and 451 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:44.599 stop you know a really big PCDA you have in Justin Scott and other guys 452 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:49.319 as well. Jerry. Jerry asked, does Mount Carmel move up to a 453 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:55.440 d A if they win it all? SEUs No. Basically, how the 454 00:30:55.480 --> 00:31:00.640 success formula works is that you have to trophy in two consecutive years, but 455 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:07.359 it matters when the two consecutive years are. So the two year period restarted 456 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:14.039 this year, so they would have to win this year and finish first or 457 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:19.200 second next year before they are they would be subject to the success formula in 458 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:26.200 what would be twenty five and twenty six seasons, So that's how that works. 459 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:33.160 It's if they would have won the state championship in twenty one prior to 460 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.640 twenty two, then they would have been success formula. That's what happened to 461 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:41.759 Sacred Heart Griffin. It's why they are under the success formula. They finished 462 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:47.440 runner up in twenty one, which is a trophy, won the state championship 463 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:52.079 last year, so they were success formula in that two year window. We 464 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.680 now do enrollments in two year periods and we're in the first year of a 465 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:00.200 two year period now, so new success Formula team tams would not be cranked 466 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:04.319 out until twenty five to twenty six, and that would be based on the 467 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:08.839 results of this year's state tournament and next year's state tournament. Yes, that 468 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:15.079 was a very very convoluted answer, because that is a very convoluted system, 469 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:19.400 and that is why he is Steve Susie. That's why you go to him 470 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:23.240 for all your Illinois high school football needs because he understands that stuff. And 471 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:28.119 you can of course follow him on Twitter at this Make sure you follow Michael 472 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:30.920 on Twitter as well at m dwo Jack ninety four. You can also find 473 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:36.599 him on threads and Instagram. Let's go back down here to one a here 474 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:42.079 Jesse, we need a cook sess love. The screen name always says is 475 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.319 a Campoint Central All Top winner, the South representative. That game taking place 476 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:51.359 at two o'clock on Saturday. Seuss is in one game. I'm gonna be 477 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.640 over watching Carry Grove Geneva. But this is one of those games where I 478 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.279 hope to be able to find a feed later in the afternoon to go back 479 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.079 and watch this one. Yeah, I think that the question gets to the 480 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.279 point of the matter. I do. I agree. Whoever wins this game 481 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.519 is going to be the South representative. I don't mean to disparage those other 482 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:12.519 two teams on the bottom of the bracket, but I felt like, you 483 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:15.400 know, if you had to rank the teams in this classification, you're looking 484 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:20.599 at number two and number three in this game behind Lena Winslow. Lena Winslow 485 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:23.400 is on top of that mounta until they prove they're not. But these are 486 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:27.720 the two teams since the beginning of the season that I believed are the two 487 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:31.480 spots behind them. I believe whoever wins it will will go to We'll go 488 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:36.720 to normal. We're getting a track meet in this game, aren't we. 489 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.240 Absolutely. I saw a tweet last night from the Campoint Central coach that they 490 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.799 were doing some sprint work, and I believe he said they had eleven guys 491 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.240 that had reached up the top speed of twenty one miles an hour, which 492 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:52.240 they'd never had done before. But you know, I don't know exactly how 493 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:59.759 that translates to field speed, but I know it's real fast. So that's 494 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:04.279 and and then you know that's one of those things, uh that what it 495 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:07.480 really comes down to. And and all top as well, has has speed 496 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:13.840 all over the field, So it's gonna be a very impressive display of athleticism, 497 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:17.320 especially at the one A level where usually you aren't blessed with that many 498 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:23.440 players that have that kind of speed. Yeah. Absolutely, Adam Anderson checking 499 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:28.679 in says thoughts on two A South this weekend. Athan's favored in my opinion, 500 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.920 but hard to win in Nashville. Can't get a read on Shelbyville or 501 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:36.199 modern Day both beat teams they should have, but unsure of how good they 502 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.360 are. Sus, what do you think about two A South? You know, 503 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:44.559 it's it. I agree with pretty much everything Adam's saying there. You 504 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:47.960 know, I have a hard time picking against Nashville in a two A postseason. 505 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:52.280 They've time and time again they've they've beat teams that you know you weren't 506 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:57.519 expecting to beat. I was reminded two years ago when I was I believe 507 00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:01.480 I was after seeing Luther Burden walking out to my car watching the end of 508 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:06.719 the Nashville Saint Teresa game, which was completely wild, but of course Nashville 509 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:09.519 pulled it out. So they can do all kinds of things, and they've 510 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:14.280 been an impressive program in the past, so hard to count them out in 511 00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.719 the postseason. As far as that other game, I'm getting exactly the same 512 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:22.719 read that you are with Shelbyville and Modern Day. I was kind of on 513 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.519 board with Shelbyville and then they got absolutely trucked in the last week of the 514 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:30.159 regular season. I don't know. It was against Nashville, so it wasn't 515 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:32.480 necessarily a bad loss, but it was a game that I thought that, 516 00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:37.400 you know, if they were a serious threat to do some damage into it, 517 00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.320 at least they'd be able to keep that game in range. But they 518 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:44.159 got beat pretty badly. And Modern Day is always a tough read this time 519 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:49.039 of year. Played kind of an eclectic schedule as an Independence, so you 520 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.000 know, getting a feel for exactly how they fall into the two A bracket 521 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:58.239 is always tricky. Iilean modern Day, but wouldn't be surprised either way. 522 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:02.880 There. Let's see where are we going next? Adams says, if Sandwich 523 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:07.800 wins tomorrow night, are they the story of the year in Illinois? Sandwich 524 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:13.239 with a match up at number four weeding Academy suits? What do you think 525 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.840 about that question? You know, I can't. I was thinking about this 526 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.440 the other day. I mean, granted, there haven't been a lot of 527 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:24.199 situations like this where there's been an established program that has dropped varsity football only 528 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:28.920 to bring it back the following year. So we don't have a lot of 529 00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:32.719 I guess documentation on how programs do in this situation. But I can't think 530 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:37.960 of anything like this. I mean, it would be incredible to go from 531 00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:44.760 you know, not playing the year before to a semi final appearance. You 532 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:49.239 know that that seems like just I mean, I can't think of precedent for 533 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.599 it or anything that I would even compare to it. It is pretty incredible. 534 00:36:54.159 --> 00:37:01.039 The only thing, the only thing that might surpass that is NAS starting 535 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:05.199 zero to four getting in as a four and five team. If they were 536 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:07.920 to then make the run and win a state championship, that the hell of 537 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:13.440 a story itself. Those are the two things that I could that are Those 538 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.440 are the two things that come to mind when are for contention for that question, 539 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:19.639 what do you guys think? Where should I go from here? How 540 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:22.960 about you know what, Jesse, We already talked about this a little bit, 541 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.519 but Byron at Montini potentially next week at the slob or knocker. Uh, 542 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:29.440 Yeah, that's a that's a that's a semi final matchup. I'd be 543 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:34.840 okay with Alex says thoughts on kank Key and East Saint Louis. K's have 544 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:38.880 to play a perfect game. Lorenz walchairs the quarterback minimum nas last week should 545 00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:43.079 have more snaps this week, Souce, what do you think? You know? 546 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:47.039 I think this game is something that the Kanka Key in particular has been 547 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:51.360 looking forward to for a while, the opportunity to play East St. Louis. 548 00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:54.000 They have them on their field. But like I mentioned on Monday, 549 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:59.320 the fact that they struggled in the fashion that they did last week in round 550 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:05.679 two, in comparison to what East Saint Louis did in round two gives me 551 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:10.599 a little pause for kanka Key's hopes in this game. I really think East 552 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:15.880 Saint Louis is just a pretty well oiled machine at this point in time of 553 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:19.840 the season. They're doing what they do in the in the you know, 554 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:25.320 and to come in here, Kanky's gonna have to play basically flawless football. 555 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:30.639 And for a while prior to last week, I thought maybe their defense might 556 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:35.960 be up to the task, but they must have had a lot of breakdowns 557 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.840 in that game. I mean, they gave up four touchdown receptions to the 558 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:44.559 same wide receiver in the first half of that game last week. So they 559 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:47.559 really have to get back to that level of defense that they were playing prior 560 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:51.280 to that Eisenhower game. And I don't want to put too much stock into 561 00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:53.480 him. Maybe it was just one of those days, you know, where 562 00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:59.119 your opponent just kind of caught lightning in a bottle. But it definitely gave 563 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:04.400 me a lot of about kanky Key's ability to slow down. I mean, 564 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:07.400 because that's what it's gonna be. You're not gonna stop the Saint Louis's offense. 565 00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:10.760 You got to slow at down and try to make it manageable. Uh. 566 00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.719 And you know, and there are, like like Alex mentioned, you 567 00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:17.760 know, there are some injury issues on kanka Key's side of things. They 568 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:22.320 have to be healthy. They got a good a good number of snaps last 569 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:28.400 week from a from an underclassman, Cedric Terrell, the third who filled in 570 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:31.480 and did a really nice job for kanka Key. But you know, they 571 00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:35.320 need to be at full strength and they need to have that defense playing at 572 00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:44.039 the level that it's capable of. If if Kanka Key falls behind early in 573 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:52.039 this game, my don't punt. It's essentially, like if you're in situations 574 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.159 where you're near midfield and you're facing fourth and five, fourth and six, 575 00:39:55.719 --> 00:40:00.199 just go for it. Like you're not gonna get enough stops a getting Saint 576 00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:05.800 Louis too for that to be you know, a viable solution, and you're 577 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:09.960 probably gonna have to steal a possession at some point, whether that's getting a 578 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:15.280 big turnover and creating a short field for yourself or we saw Kerry Grove when 579 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:19.599 they upset the Saint Louis in the state title game. You know, go 580 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:23.599 with on side kicking that game. You know you're you're gonna need something. 581 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:29.360 You're gonna need something to go your way to be able to get a Saint 582 00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:32.280 Louis on its heels. Yeah, you can't. And you can't have Hubris. 583 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:35.920 You can't go, oh, we were doing all this stuff during the 584 00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:38.079 regular season. We're gonna we're gonna show these guys, We're gonna show we 585 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:40.719 can do it against them. Who cares how you get it done, do 586 00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:45.760 it whatever way you have to. I mean, you know, if you 587 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:49.639 have something that's working, run it, run it till these Saint Louis Bruis 588 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:52.760 if they can't stop it. I mean, don't get don't get cute. 589 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:54.800 I mean, this is not the this is not the opportunity to show up 590 00:40:55.039 --> 00:41:00.480 that show. You know how you're gonna outsmart E St. Louis. You've 591 00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:02.320 got to do whatever you have to do in this situation. You get too 592 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:07.000 many teams that try to try to say we have to do what we what 593 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.920 we do? No, you you find whatever works. Who cares what it 594 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:15.880 looks like. John Maddox Junior says, mister Morris, JCA, talk what 595 00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:19.039 are you thinking? You actually haven't missed it. We haven't talked about that 596 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:23.599 game yet, so appreciate the question there, John sus let's start with Morris. 597 00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:28.760 Any updates on the injury side for Morris, I haven't heard anything in 598 00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:31.559 regards to you know, their their status, you know, I think, 599 00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:37.880 you know, this is just me speculating here. I think those two guys 600 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:40.360 are going to try to go regardless of what they're told. I think, 601 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:44.199 I mean, that's kind of the mentality that I think that they take there. 602 00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:47.800 How effective they are, I don't know, And that's what it really 603 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:50.719 all comes down to. You. I don't think we're going to get any 604 00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:57.400 real answers to these questions until we actually put the ball in play. Yeah, 605 00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.400 John, we talked about this a little bit on the RecA app show 606 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:04.800 the other day. On paper, I actually think Morris is the better team 607 00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:09.480 when that full strength here, but with the injury questions, it's hard to 608 00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:14.840 tell. So let's see where to go from here. Guys, we got 609 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:20.159 Jacob says it says lincoln Way East Warren semi final, but that's actually a 610 00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:23.440 quarterfinal. And that is these are two teams that are really familiar with each 611 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:28.840 other. Who's lincoln Way East and Warren. This is another matchup where between 612 00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:32.239 them where I don't expect there to be a lot of points scored. Yeah, 613 00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:37.679 I don't either, And I'm really interested to see what happens here because 614 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:43.119 when I have seen them, lincoln Way East, particularly in run defense, 615 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:47.320 is incredible. I mean they they they make all kinds of plays. I 616 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:53.159 mean, David Wesky, Kayden o'rour up front, you know, they they 617 00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:58.280 kind of Connor Jerkins another player that just always seems to be in an opposing 618 00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:04.480 teams backfield. I think I had eleven running plays for loss by Minooka last 619 00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:07.880 weekend in the second round. Just could not get anything going. The longest 620 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:14.199 rushing game that they had against against Lincoln Way East was a fifteen yard scramble 621 00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:17.559 by their quarterback, and other than that they were they were in very low 622 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:22.760 single digits the rest of the night. And then they they're playing an opponent 623 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:25.800 this week that has a pair of guys that have gone over a thousand yards 624 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:32.119 rushing and Warren pretty much does all their offensive damage, you know, running 625 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:37.480 the football. I believe they're completing an average of about three passes a game, 626 00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:40.639 so they want to run the football. So it is definitely a rock 627 00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:45.440 and a hard place type of situation, especially with Warren's offense against Lincoln Way 628 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:51.679 East defense. Warren's defense is very good as well, but lincoln Way East 629 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:55.039 I think has the about of the ability to balance their offense a little bit 630 00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:59.599 better if they need to. They can't. They they've been running the ball 631 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.400 a lot, but they can also throw the ball successfully if they need to. 632 00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:07.559 So that's where it really comes down to for me, I think will 633 00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:12.360 Warren be able to run against lincoln Way East, because if they can't, 634 00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:15.840 it's going to be a long evening for warm All right, guys, we're 635 00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:19.320 all cut up in the questions here. We got to wrap up in a 636 00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:22.239 couple of minutes. But since we've been jumping around, Michael Seuss, is 637 00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.039 there any matchup we haven't hit on that you want to talk about quick? 638 00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:30.320 I think we've we've bounced on just about everything. I'm really interested in this 639 00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:35.920 Nazareth Carmele matchup. That's why that's one of the better matchups. And I 640 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:38.559 think you know, both at five A and the four A bracket as well 641 00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:42.599 has some really good, you know, matchups there, but that Nazareth Carmel 642 00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:45.440 game should be really fun just to see, you know. I feel like 643 00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:49.000 we've been hyping up Carmel, you know, from the beginning of the season, 644 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:52.159 and we've been talking about the talent that they have. I'm really curious 645 00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:55.119 to see how the talent that nas has compares to the talent that KRMEO has 646 00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:59.320 because I feel like those are two deeply talented teams that you know, kind 647 00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:02.360 of play styles. I don't know's it's exactly the same, but they kind 648 00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:06.119 of have similar style of philosophies, which I'm kind of excited to see how 649 00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:09.480 they compare against each other. I was scooping out a little bit on Carmel's 650 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:15.840 schedule this week, and I didn't realize until I really looked at it it 651 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:21.679 was it was definitely an uneven schedule for Carnmeal this year. I mean, 652 00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:23.760 they played and lost them Mount Carmel. They were competitive with that, but 653 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:27.679 they played a lot of the teams that didn't actually make the playoffs or the 654 00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:31.039 Catholic League. Right So there's still in my mind kind of a little bit 655 00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:36.199 of a mystery. I mean, what they did to Antiochs last week surprised 656 00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:39.719 me a little bit. I think Carnmeal's a very good team, but I 657 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:44.159 still think this is one of the few times that Carnmeal has matched up with 658 00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:47.840 the actually a really strong football team this year, you know, so it'll 659 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:52.880 be interesting to see how they respond to that challenge. Yeah, I'm also 660 00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:55.280 I'm also looking down in the questions right now. We didn't talk about Wilmington 661 00:45:55.320 --> 00:46:00.719 Seneca either, which is another interesting game that I think we didn't really address. 662 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:05.519 I don't ask me to pick it. I still don't feel comfortable with 663 00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:12.000 putting that out there, but goodness gracious, yeah, that's played during the 664 00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:16.719 regular season Week one. Wilmington Seneca beat them in that game. Wilmington's been 665 00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:22.239 out of tear ever since, so has Seneca. Just something that I felt 666 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:24.039 like was going to happen all along. If both teams ended up in Class 667 00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:28.039 two A, they were going to run into each other again at some point. 668 00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:31.519 Once again, this is another game that if you're if you're planning on 669 00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:36.199 going to the game, make sure you get there early because if you don't 670 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:38.239 get there right when it starts, you might miss the entire first half. 671 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:44.800 This will be a very quickly played game. Paul says, what games are 672 00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:49.440 Steve? What games of Steve going to this weekend? I think I'm Friday, 673 00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:52.079 I'm going to go to the Sandwich game, and then Saturday. I 674 00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:55.719 still have not mapped out my course yet. I'm going to try to get 675 00:46:55.760 --> 00:47:00.719 to three or four different games. I've decided I figure that was coming. 676 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:04.000 Yeah, So I mean, I don't know how I'm gonna do this, 677 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:07.239 and I'm trying to figure out the best way to map it. But I'm 678 00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.639 thinking about hanging around the Elmhurst area because there are a lot of games in 679 00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:16.360 a very short distance. So and the first ones are the Elver Slash Wheaton 680 00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:20.480 type of area in there, because the earliest game I can get to is 681 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:22.039 the wheat in Saint Francis Morgan Park game, which is a game that I'm 682 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:27.719 interested in. It starts at twelve thirty, so I think I'm gonna probably 683 00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:30.880 just wander around in there and actively follow Twitter to see if there's a better 684 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:35.119 game that I need to be at. So it should be an adventure for 685 00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:39.880 Mele Buzz says Carmel, Mount Carmel, Southern Illinois, and Mount Carmel Chicago 686 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:45.119 all up, how many survive the weekend? I think all three? Do? 687 00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:52.719 I agree? Let's finish it up here, guys. I'll start with 688 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:59.679 you, Michael on this question best best game of the weekend? Best game 689 00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:02.400 of the week up, best game of the weekend. Here we're looking at 690 00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:08.239 in the CCL or overall? What's your overall? What game do you are 691 00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:13.360 you both looking forward to this weekend? Carmel Nazareth is really interesting. I'm 692 00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:15.519 just really curious to see, you know, how those two teams match up 693 00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:20.559 against each other. I know Maine South Barrington is getting a lot of billings 694 00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:22.800 just for how good that's supposed to be. But yeah, I mean, 695 00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.119 you know, even the game I'm going to Ignacious Loyal, I don't know 696 00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:28.519 if it will be particularly you know, I don't know if Ignacious can pull 697 00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:30.960 off the upset, but listen, if you're seeing tweets from me, you 698 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:34.679 know, in the second or third quarter, and it's a fourteen to fourteen 699 00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:37.119 gamer, it's a seventeen to fourteen game, don't be that surprised. I 700 00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:42.400 just think that, you know, Loyola has the defense and the talent to 701 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:45.559 stop the triple option. It might take a little bit to stop it, 702 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:49.440 and then eventually the offense is going to get going. But you started the 703 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:52.320 podcast this way. There are so many good games this weekend, and obviously, 704 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:54.960 like you know, there are a lot of great stuff going on, 705 00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:58.880 so should be a lot of fun matchups to look forward to. And if 706 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:00.639 you could do what SEUs does just jump around a little bit and deal with 707 00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:07.599 some Chicago traffic, I'm definitely recommend it. Yeah, Sus, you were 708 00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:10.960 talking about that that those games up in the elmen Hurst area. My personal 709 00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:15.280 favorite game is actually that Edwardsville, York matchup. I'm really intrigued to see 710 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:20.280 how that game plays out in Class A. Outside of that, if if 711 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:22.280 I knew the kids and Morris were healthy, that was gonna be my my 712 00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:28.000 pick this week and then you know that that Campoint Central all to off game 713 00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:30.400 and one A is looking really good. But I'll let you finish up. 714 00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:34.760 What is your favorite game this weekend? Well, there are several. I 715 00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:38.960 don't know if I can pick one, but I'm going to answer this by 716 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:45.880 saying the game that I'm most confused by because I just don't really know what's 717 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:49.760 gonna happen. And I'm gonna go with Downer Scrove North in Lincoln Way West 718 00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:53.400 because I think that's the one where when you look at it on paper, 719 00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:59.079 they both have a lot of assets, they're both playing really good football right 720 00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:02.280 now, and honestly, I just don't know who's going to win it. 721 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:07.440 So when I look at that question what's the best game, I tend to 722 00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:10.760 answer it with what game do I potentially think we'll be most entertaining to watch? 723 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.159 And I think that's the one. All right, Well, thank you 724 00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:17.679 everyone who joined us live this morning. We really appreciate it. Of course, 725 00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:21.920 you can get this in podcast format if you ever miss this, go 726 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.519 to Friday Night Drive dot com. You'll find that up there. 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