WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.120 Schwiker, Cannison, Krazak Rndio Bradley sponsors for Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.280 Krizak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.519 company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions of 4 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:22.280 dollars for our clients. Visit g A N A SSI N dot com. 5 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.879 What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Friday Night Drive Podcast. I 6 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:30.199 am Kyle Nighbors along with my co host Steve Susci here on Monday morning, 7 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:37.439 October sixteenth to break down Week eight and Sue's Usually week nine of the high 8 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:42.119 school football season is when we get a lot of crazy results that arrived a 9 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.520 week early this year, a week eight really shaking up our projection for the 10 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:50.679 two hundred and fifty sixteen playoff field. Right, Yeah, it was definitely 11 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:54.960 one of those odd weeks when you look at it just on the general landscape, 12 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.320 like you just said, usually there's an expectation that a lot of the 13 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.960 I guess, wacky score and finals that you're kind of not expecting are going 14 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.640 to come in Week nine. When it's that stark realization that if you don't 15 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.719 come up with that big win, your season is potentially over. Well, 16 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:15.879 there were lots of teams that I guess maybe woke up to that fact in 17 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.760 Week eight and picked up wins that you know, on paper, it didn't 18 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:25.040 look like they were expected to get and kind of changed the group of teams 19 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:30.400 that head into this week either already having gotten to five wins or putting themselves 20 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.040 in a position now where they have the opportunity to get that fifth win when 21 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.879 it looked like before the week began those opportunities wouldn't be there for certain teams. 22 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:45.120 You're still working on your post Week eight playoff projector, which you can 23 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.599 find on Wednesday at Friday Night Drive dot com. But sus can you give 24 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.599 us just a little bit of a tease like kind of what you're seeing so 25 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.359 far, what changes you're seeing after Week eight? Well, just some of 26 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.640 those games that we just mentioned and on the grand sc seame of things, 27 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:06.359 a lot of those surprise victories came in smaller classifications Class one A through Class 28 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.919 four A, which basically meant we had to find spaces to put these teams 29 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:15.879 into the projection, and in doing that, we've talked about the teams that 30 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:22.360 were on the bubble between lots of classifications. You're seeing those power programs move 31 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:29.080 up to a higher classification from some of the smaller classifications in anticipation of what 32 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:34.479 those teams getting into the field meant to the overall projection. So talking about 33 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.080 teams like Bloomington Central Catholic going from one to two, Wilmington going from two 34 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:43.680 to three, Morris going from four to five, those are examples of the 35 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.240 schools that have been hovering on that fence all year long, but on the 36 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:52.199 small side of that fence have now leaped over the fence and gone to the 37 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:57.240 large side. Yeah, as I said, you can find Seuss's updated playoff 38 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.639 projection on Wednesday at Friday Night Drive. You can find what we learned in 39 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.919 week eight up there right now. We'll have plenty of content for you throughout 40 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.240 the week. Of course, it's a big week Week nine of the high 41 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.199 school football season. Make sure you stick with us. We'll have Live with 42 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.840 Friday Night Drive from eight to eleven PM. Steve Susie and Jake Barlson. 43 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:15.840 We'll be hosting that and then on Saturday, it's Playoff parent ding. I 44 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.840 cannot believe we're here, sus but we will get a look at the two 45 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.280 hundred and fifty six team field on Saturday night and then a five week jawnt 46 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:28.759 down to Bloomington. I really can't believe we're here. Yeah, it has 47 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.280 been so fast, and I know we say this every year, but when 48 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.360 we when I look at it and say, you know, two three weeks 49 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:38.199 ago, I was like, it seems like this thing is zipping along. 50 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.879 And then now I'm sitting here, you know, putting together that week nine 51 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:45.240 projection, the one that seems to draw obviously the most interest. There's a 52 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:50.199 lot of people that are already kind of sniping at me via text and a 53 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.560 direct message asking me if they can get a sneak peek at it. So, 54 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:58.479 you know, basically, it's it's crazy how quickly we got here. 55 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:01.039 You know, it feels like no more than a couple of weeks ago that 56 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.719 I was analyzing over forty five hundred yet to be played football games when putting 57 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:12.199 together the first projection. So just crazy speed with the way this regular season 58 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.520 goes. And I'm sure we'll be saying the same thing in six weeks from 59 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:20.720 now when this all wraps up. Yeah, make sure you follow SEUs on 60 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:25.079 Twitter this week, it's an important week to follow him at the SUS. 61 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.279 You can find me on Twitter at Kyle Nighbors. You can find Friday Night 62 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.560 Drive on Twitter at fn Drive. You can also follow Friday Night Drive on 63 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:38.360 Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok by searching for Friday Night Drive. We're gonna 64 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:42.639 go ahead and dive into this week eight slate and we're gonna start with the 65 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:46.360 games that really and we mentioned earlier at the top there that had a big 66 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:50.480 impact on the playoff field. One major one with DePaul College Prep and Fenwick 67 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:55.519 on Friday evening. This game went multiple overtimes with de Paul pull out the 68 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:59.319 win. Here, sus, this is one of the bigger upsets. I 69 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.079 don't feel like that's an overstatement here, right. Yeah, when you look 70 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:06.360 at it, you know how the Catholic League is stacked up. Typically the 71 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:13.240 CCL Red teams kind of struggle to get themselves in a position to potentially qualify 72 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.519 for the playoffs. But if you watched what DePaul has been doing over the 73 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:21.160 last couple of weeks, this was kind of, I guess a little bit 74 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:26.399 foreshadowed that they might have a game like this in them. A couple of 75 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.079 weeks ago, they took Providence to the hilt, had a lead late in 76 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:33.040 the fourth quarter, have been very competitive in some of these games where it 77 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:38.000 looks like on paper that they might not have been. So while I was 78 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:43.959 really shocked to see that final score with the Paul beating Fenwick, when I 79 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.480 really sat down and thought about it after the fact, I guess I could 80 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:53.680 have understood that maybe DePaul has been a little bit underrated all along in regards 81 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:58.319 to how close they've been in some games where you know, it looks like 82 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:03.160 a CCL Red team might have difficulty in those crossovers. So obviously a huge 83 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:08.120 win for them puts them at four and four into a Week nine game with 84 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.879 a three and five d LA solid team. Obviously have to win it to 85 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.519 get in, but the opportunity is there for the Rams, and it usually 86 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.519 at this point in time in the year, all of the CCL RED teams 87 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:24.000 are pretty much eliminated from that chase, so a big step for to Paul 88 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:29.639 in their program. Uh. The Paul is one of five cc or c 89 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:33.000 c L E s CC teams that enter Week nine at four and four, 90 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.920 along with Brother Rise, Nazareth, Saint Vider and Fenwick. Fenwick, coming 91 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:43.519 off that loss against the Paul now has to face the solid, solid Icy 92 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:47.439 Catholic team uh and Fenwick does not have the points if they lose this game 93 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.600 to get into the field, right sous has a four win at large team. 94 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:55.560 No, because I mean that that also that list also tightened up a 95 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.439 little bit this week. And if you're if you're sitting where Fenwick is, 96 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:03.079 which is a round the forty point barrier through eight weeks now, it's not 97 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.720 gonna happen. I mean, at the very least, you have to be 98 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:11.759 in the high forties to be in that race, probably even at fifty at 99 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.279 this point in time, to have a strong consideration. So no, that 100 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.279 would not be a viable option for them. It's been kind of an erratic 101 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:23.399 season for Fenwick. Sometimes it feels like they're on the verge of breaking through, 102 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.160 and then you know, then there are games like this one that they 103 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.319 lost. It almost seems fitting that they're at four and four right now having 104 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.199 to punch their way in just based on the inconsistencies of their season thus far. 105 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.759 All right, let's head to downstate to some of these small school upsets 106 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.319 that you were talking about. Are surprising result, you know, one of 107 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:47.759 them, Litchfield. It's incredible to think that just a year ago that they 108 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:54.360 broke the state's longest losing streak forty seven straight games, and now Litchfield is 109 00:07:54.399 --> 00:08:00.879 playoff eligible suites. They had a win over Panna here in week Week eight, 110 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:07.000 first playoff apparent since two thousand and five for Lichfield. Yeah, when 111 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.759 I saw that final on Friday night, I didn't realize that that was actually 112 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:13.639 their fifth win. I was just surprised that they had won the game. 113 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:20.920 Yeah, primarily based on not only did they beat a quality team in their 114 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.600 conference, but just sometimes you put memory tags on a lot of these different 115 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.480 teams, I don't always know exactly what team's records are. I have a 116 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.960 pretty good idea. But with Lichfield, you know, based on their past 117 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.120 history and the fact that they snapped that giant losing streak last year, I 118 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:41.519 thought maybe they were you know, maybe had two three wins on the year 119 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.519 at best, and then I discovered it was their fifth win, and I 120 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.519 was really kind of surprised. So, you know, Lichfield, really fun 121 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.759 story for them getting in. It's been an interesting year down in that area 122 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:58.159 and in that conference. There have been some upsets by teams that have lesser 123 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.000 records, so you've kind of come to expect that there's probably gonna be one 124 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.639 outcome in that league on a week to week basis that maybe doesn't doesn't wash 125 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:11.200 with what you were expecting coming in. So a great story for them, 126 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.320 you know, really really great. Because there are programs like that, you 127 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.000 just kind of get used to them struggling after a while. It's always nice 128 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.080 to see them kind of punch their way into the field and make something happen. 129 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.440 After a one in three start to the season, Decater MacArthur has now 130 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.159 won four straight game suits, maybe the most surprising one this past weekend, 131 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.600 with a forty five twenty seven win over defending state champion Sacred Heart Griffin. 132 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.879 Obviously a lot of changes over at Sacred Heart Griffin this year, but still 133 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:45.320 they came into this game at six and one, MacArthur the general twelve. 134 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.399 That forty five to twenty seven win, that one surprised me, sus, 135 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.120 Yeah, I mean it had. I found out it had been six years 136 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.600 since the Kater and MacArthur had beaten Sacred Heart, and I figured it would 137 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:01.080 that streak had actually been longer. Yeah, so you know when I when 138 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.600 I found out it was that that recent it really kind of surprised me because 139 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:09.799 Sacred Heart and Rochester have dominated the Central State eight one step below is usually 140 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.360 glen Wood, and then there's teams in kind of that middle of the pack 141 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.639 that very infrequently rise up and pick off one of the wins of the's caliber. 142 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.080 You know, MacArthur. That was a giant win for them because it 143 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:26.320 was another one of those situations where it looked like they were going to head 144 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:31.000 into this game, you know, head into week nine with a four and 145 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.480 four record and a good opponent in week nine. Now they've locked in that 146 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:39.279 fifth win and they're in great shape. Did MacArthur beat was it? Did 147 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.080 they beat Rochester a couple of years ago upset them? I can't remember. 148 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.399 Or was that Glenwood I'm thinking of. I think it's Glenwood that you're thinking 149 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.679 of. I don't think they've got Rochester in quite sometimes. So yeah, 150 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.679 yeah, and Sacred Heart coming into this game, it looked like they were 151 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.720 rolling pretty well. I mean lost in the season opener, had one sixth 152 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.200 straight, so there weren't a lot of indicators that this game was the This 153 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:05.679 win for MacArthur was coming. I'm looking through the Central State eight standing right 154 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:09.039 now and seeing that they already have six teams in the playoffs. Huh yeah. 155 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.559 And it's kind of a weird situation in that league this year because in 156 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:18.360 the past it has been a closed conference. They added an eleventh team this 157 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:22.200 year this year in Lincoln and required some crossover games. This is all a 158 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.080 prelude to next season when they add Quincy Notre Dame as the twelve team and 159 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:30.679 then they go to divisions. So it was kind of a weird situation in 160 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:35.679 the Central State Eighth this year where multiple teams in the league didn't play other 161 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.559 teams in the league, So that's different than ever before. Usually everyone plays 162 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.440 everyone in that conference. Now with eleven teams, you can't do that anymore. 163 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.759 So they had some non conference crossovers with Big twelve teams, and some 164 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:54.559 of the middle to lower rung teams in the Central Eight State eight got paired 165 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.720 with the middle of the pack to lower rung teams in the Big twelve, 166 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.919 So it gave them another opera oportunity to pick up an extra win that maybe 167 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.919 they would not have had the opportunity to get in past seasons in the ten 168 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:11.639 team format, so most Central State eight teams enter the season under the presumption 169 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.120 that they're probably going to start with three losses Rochester, Sacred Heart, Gripman, 170 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.120 and glen Wood and then they have to go from there. So that's 171 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.440 it's kind of a hole that they have to dig out of almost almost every 172 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:28.799 season. Jacksonville at four and four in that conference as well, with a 173 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.840 chance that they can pull off an upset against Normally University this week to get 174 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.879 to five win and get themselves into the playoff field. But all right, 175 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.320 moving on to some other games that really kind of shaped up the field this 176 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.480 week soon. As we already mentioned to Paul, let's see, we've got 177 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.159 Litchfield about Monticello. This is a program that we're used to seeing in the 178 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:50.639 playoffs, this playoffs every year, but they had to pull off a win 179 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.320 over Prairie Central this past week to really make sure that that streak continues. 180 00:12:54.879 --> 00:13:00.279 Monticello getting it done though, Yeah, it was definitely when you look at 181 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:05.799 it on paper, it looked like last week's lost to Paxton in Week seven 182 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:11.120 was going to be devastating for Monticello's playoff chances here because they were needing to 183 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.919 find a way to get to that fifth win beating Prairie Central. You know, 184 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.840 they were definitely an underdog in this game. So Manticello a playoff staple, 185 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.000 a team that you kind of expect to be in the field every year, 186 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.000 but it didn't look like it was in the cards for them. We're 187 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.799 going to need that huge win, got it. So I believe, if 188 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.120 I'm not mistaken, every year that Coley Welter has been at Monticello that there 189 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.080 have been playoffs. Manicelo had made it so that streak was in danger, 190 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:46.200 but now the stages are in the field. Another game, Marengo and Sandwich. 191 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:50.000 This game actually played on Saturday afternoon. Junior David Lopez had an eighty 192 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.440 eight yard kickoff return for the go ahead touchdown, the game winning touchdown. 193 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.279 There. Marengo wins that game thirty eight to thirty one. Marengo came in 194 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.399 not projected to win. That got the back to four and four, and 195 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.879 that shuts sets up a showdown with Plano this week at four and four as 196 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.879 well. A win and get in situation for Moreno and Plango suit or Plano 197 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.120 suits. Yeah, they are about six or seven of those games around the 198 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.120 state this week, and this wasn't one that I, to be honest, 199 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.159 anticipated being on that list. I thought Sandwich would get that win over Marengo. 200 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:24.440 But this was another example of I think teams realizing in week eight, 201 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.039 hey, we got to go now because the opportunity won't be there for us 202 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.879 in week nine if we don't get it done. So not a huge gap 203 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:35.480 between these two teams on paper heading into the game, but you got to 204 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:39.440 make calls sometimes, so it looked like Sandwich was the favorite in that game. 205 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.919 Marengo pulling that out and now has some momentum going into that Plano game, 206 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:50.120 you know, and now you know they have that opportunity to get themselves 207 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:54.679 into the field. That's a straight you know, win and get in type 208 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.919 of situation, and if you don't, you're not going to playoffs. I 209 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:01.000 mean, that's it's it's clear cut. Some of them are a little bit 210 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.159 different that way. Maybe the loser still has an outside chance, but that's 211 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.759 a clear understanding. When you look at the scoreboard at the end of the 212 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.080 game, will win means you're in the playoffs, lost and you're up. 213 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:15.519 A few other schools that picked up wins that really needed them this past week. 214 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.679 Deer Creek, Mcinnall, Homewood, Flossmore and Nacomas Suits any anything else 215 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.759 there you want to hit on. You know, that was the group that 216 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.279 was kind of interesting just because of the size of the schools, with Deer 217 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:31.679 Creek, Mackinaw and Nacomas both being one a ads this week. That was 218 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.759 a big reason for why the field looks like it's going to shift with some 219 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:41.639 of those bubble teams fitting into higher classifications. And there were a few teams 220 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:46.720 that took losses in Week eight that really knocked them out of playoff contentionent picking 221 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:52.200 up that fifth loss. A couple that were surprising to me, Evanston losing 222 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.759 twenty eight to twenty one to Glenbrook North, Glenbrook North getting its second win, 223 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:00.960 Evanston now at three and five, and then going on the road. 224 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.240 It would funny. And during the day I had talked with Ty Reynolds, 225 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:04.639 who covered that game for us, and I told Ty that, you know, 226 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:08.679 I had this weird feeling I had looking through stuff that Rock Island was 227 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:11.559 gonna give Sterling a game. I thought afterwards, by about five o'clock, 228 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.759 I'm like I'm in an eighty. It's Sterling's can be fine, sure enough, 229 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:19.360 I would write My first instinct would write those us. Yeah. I 230 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:26.679 mean that conference has been really really tricky this year top to bottom. I 231 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.559 mean, it's it's been Quincy has clearly separated itself from the group. Geneseo 232 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:36.519 got off to a really fast start, but there have been some hiccups for 233 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:40.600 the Green Machine over the last you know, a couple of weeks where they've 234 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:44.399 been in tight games with teams on paper that it looks like they shouldn't be 235 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:48.639 and even had losses in the case of they lost to Sterling recently. So 236 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:53.039 you know, it's been very very hard to project and it makes it even 237 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:57.960 kind of more interesting to me looking at that Sterling Moline game in week nine, 238 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:03.799 because Moleene needs it to get in. Sterling pretty much can't get in, 239 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:11.279 but Sterling will probably relish the opportunity to play spoiler and drop Moleen from 240 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:17.079 the field. So Mollene has very poor playoff points, so it's a situation 241 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.240 where they could even win that game, and if we end up having to 242 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:25.240 drop five win teams, which may still happen, Moleene would be very very 243 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:29.799 high and potentially on that list, so they've got a treacherous path to tread 244 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.720 as well, but got to get past Sterling first. So that's just another 245 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:36.920 thing. You can't take that any game for granted. Right now in the 246 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.759 Western Big Six, it seems all right. We're gonna take a quick commercial 247 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:45.559 break and we'll be right back to wrap up Week eight. This is State 248 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.759 Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. 249 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.200 There'll be plenty of time for politics down the road, but for now, 250 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:56.720 let's enjoy some high school football. Whichever school you follow, give him your 251 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:03.880 support. Welcome back now to the Friday Night Drive podcast, and once again 252 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.519 make sure you tune in on Friday evening. It's gonna be a great time 253 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.039 week nine of Illinois high school football. There's nothing better. You'll be able 254 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:15.839 to listen to Steve Sussi and Jake Barlson live from eight to eleven pm on 255 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:18.920 Live with Friday Night Drive. I'll be on there as well, checking in 256 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.079 with the guys, our team and reporters, some coaches. Be a good 257 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.759 time, but for now we're gonna wrap up this week eight podcast suits with 258 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.440 starting with the Southwest Prairie Conference, where again you just had some really close 259 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:33.880 games. Here. I'm just gonna give you a couple of different ones. 260 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:38.039 You had Yorkville winning thirteen to eight over Oswego East Ben Alvarez with a twenty 261 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:45.880 seven yard twenty seven yard interception return for a touchdown. Yorkville forced three turnovers 262 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.200 in that game, and then Minooka winning the game thirteen to ten over Oswego. 263 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:55.759 Another game where it came down to an interception, Donovan Anderson picking off 264 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.599 a ball with less than a minute left to secure the win for Minooka. 265 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:04.240 Soft what Prairie west Man never never a dull moment, And you didn't even 266 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:10.559 mention in those games that you broke down. The team that I find wildly 267 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:15.440 most odd in that conference, Plainfield North with that ten tozering win over West 268 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:21.279 Aurora. And you look at their season numbers and it really perplexes you. 269 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:23.720 They're at four and four, which is exactly what you would kind of expect. 270 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:27.119 After I give you this next fact, they've given up eighty one points 271 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:33.160 this season, which is really good. Through eight yep, fantastic, They've 272 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:37.079 only scored eighty two, so it I mean, that's exactly kind of what 273 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.160 you would expect from a four and four team at this point in time. 274 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:47.519 So you know, exceptional on defense, challenge on offense, and it's making 275 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:53.079 for very you know, very rock against the hard placed games for every team 276 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:57.920 that plays Plainfield North and now they play Yorkville in Week nine, another team 277 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.720 that kind of it feels like they're very much like that as well. Have 278 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:10.359 been in numerous low scoring close contests during this recent string where it seems like 279 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:15.480 they're playing really good football, but yet they haven't been able to separate themselves 280 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:21.799 from any opponent. It's they've been touchdown or closer games. And I fully 281 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.599 expect that game on Friday night. You know, you look at it now, 282 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.480 every indication that that'll be a low scoring game. What do you want 283 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:30.079 to bet me? It's like forty two to forty. I mean, that's 284 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:34.000 that just is kind of what it feels like. It's just all over the 285 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:37.400 place, all over the board on that thing. There's currently you know, 286 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:44.119 three teams at the top of that conference in a three way tie. Monoka 287 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:49.160 looks like they're playing the best football right now, but still had to grind 288 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:52.960 out that win over oswegos we Go a very good defensive team kind of limited 289 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:59.799 Monoka offensively. Minoka needed a late field goal to finally get the separation that 290 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.920 they needed in that game. But every every given week in that league, 291 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.039 it looks like every one of these games has the potential to come down to 292 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:14.039 the wire. And once again it's we've gone eight weeks of this and I 293 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:18.960 can't comfortably stack the order of how good I feel like these teams are. 294 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.400 You could ask me right now one through six and ask me a half an 295 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.119 hour from now, and I could come back with a completely different list. 296 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:34.200 I wonder how many times it's happened where a team has allowed and scored less 297 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:40.400 than one hundred total points in a regular season. Yeah, that would be 298 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:44.119 something I'd have to dig in and look at it. It's very rare. 299 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:48.359 I mean, it can't happen. Yeah, it's it's it's it's not a 300 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:52.920 sustainable work model. Let's put it that way, Kyle. It's very hard 301 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.079 to have those two things line up in that fashion. Yeah. Absolutely. 302 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:02.039 I'd also be interested to know, by looking at it, how many of 303 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:07.480 the offensive points scored by offensive points supposedly by plain but length have actually been 304 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.640 scored by the defense. I know they've had some so the offense has actually 305 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:17.720 scored even less points than that in reality. God, So that's you know, 306 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:22.279 it's it's definitely a weird model, and it's definitely making it very difficult 307 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:26.680 to figure out what Plainfield North may do on a week to week basis because 308 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:32.880 their defense is so so good, but is it good enough to withstand the 309 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:36.319 fact that the offense just isn't going to provide that much and it's just their 310 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:38.839 reality. So and then on top of it, the kicker to it is, 311 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.839 if they don't win this game, they have a treasure trove of playoff 312 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:48.599 points, so they're very high on the potential list of teams that could still 313 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:52.039 get into the field at four and five. And while you know, if 314 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.440 they were to lose this game, while it happens occasionally, and I can't 315 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:02.000 point out a specific examples, Plainfield North, if they did get in at 316 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:06.000 four and five, would be that very rare team that enters the playoff field 317 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:11.799 having been outscored by their opposition during the regular season. So that doesn't happen 318 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:15.559 very often. But like, there's all kinds of options with that team right 319 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:19.799 now. It's very strange. But like you look at it on paper, 320 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.880 and you're like, they're in a three way tie for first place in the 321 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:30.279 conference right now with Monoka and in Yorkville. So if they were to win 322 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:34.400 that game and then Monika wins their game, then they don't win the conference 323 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:38.640 title, but they would still get into the playoffs. They would need Manoka 324 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:42.839 to lose to win the conference title outright, because they lost to Monika when 325 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:47.519 they played them head to head. So just a lot of a lot of 326 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:52.519 permutations right there with the conference that just won't settle down and give you consistent 327 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.400 results on a week to week basis. On the other side of the conference, 328 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.160 I just want to give a shout out to Juliet West picks up a 329 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:06.559 seventeen to fifteen win over playing Field East, the Tigers becoming one of my 330 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:11.000 favorite stories of the season. Soues now at seven and one. Yeah, 331 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:17.480 that seventh win apparently goes back to like the nineteen sixties for the Joliette football 332 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:22.920 program to have won seven games in a season, So that's pretty impressive seven 333 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:25.720 games in a regular season. I should say they've had a couple of good 334 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:33.240 teams when they were unified as a program between Central and West, but as 335 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:38.599 independent joliet West. This is the first time that they've been a seven win 336 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:45.400 program in the regular season in since the nineteen sixties, So that's one fascinating 337 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:49.720 stat from this breakout. So have the opportunity to win the conference championship outright 338 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:55.799 this week against a hungry playing Field Central team that's trying to fight their way 339 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:59.640 into the playoffs. But I like Juliett West chance to get to the eight 340 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:03.960 win level. I think they're going to get the school's first ever home playoff 341 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:10.200 game regardless of outcome in this week's game. So another feather in the cap 342 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:15.720 for the program. It's definitely it's been a fun year for the Joliette West 343 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:19.039 Tigers. Three more games that hit on before we wrap up this edition of 344 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:22.720 the Friday Night Drive podcast. I was watching this one as we were doing 345 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:27.359 live with Friday Night Drive Barrington and Palatine. It was a really, really 346 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:32.759 tight game in the first half. Nick Piper hit Ian Teppes for go ahead 347 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.599 touchdown right before halftime in that game, and from there Barrington really sees control 348 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.480 of that and ended up going going away with a fifty to thirty two win. 349 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.680 So she would talked a little bit last week about how Barrington, you 350 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.559 know, the middle portion of the season, the offense had not been as 351 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:52.160 efficient as early on. That make you feel a little bit better where the 352 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:56.079 Broncos are heading into the postseason, Yeah, sure does. I mean I 353 00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:00.759 had the opportunity to see them live in a person at midseason. Barrington's not 354 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:06.119 usually a team that I see during the regular season, just worked out that 355 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:08.440 way, had a Thursday night game that gave me the opportunity to go catch 356 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:14.000 them live, and I came away with impressed with basically the solidness of the 357 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:18.119 football team, but the fact that they just didn't seem to just be able 358 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:22.880 to deliver a knockout punch against at that time a New Trier team that currently 359 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.079 is two and six was a little bit troubling to me. And then over 360 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.920 the next couple of weeks, they really kind of had to, you know, 361 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.680 work their way into fourth quarter to make sure that they pulled out wins. 362 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:36.400 And and I wasn't sure what was going to happen in this Palatinon game. 363 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:40.839 I didn't know if they you know, had that ability to deliver that 364 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.359 kind of finishing move, if you will, against equality opponent. They answered 365 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:49.319 that with a resounding yes, we do. Stop worrying about us. We're 366 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:55.559 good because Palaton's an awfully good football team despite the fact that they now have 367 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.440 three losses. They picked up a couple of early season losses to quality opponents 368 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:03.200 in the noncom difference season. But Palatine's a really good team, and for 369 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:08.559 Barrington pull away from them in the fashion they did, very impressive suce. 370 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:14.759 The Upstate eight's getting a little squirrely on us because Glenbard's south hand South Elgin 371 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:18.400 its first lost in the Upstate Eight and seemingly forever, and then this past 372 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.119 week glen Bard East goes out and beats Glenbard South twenty eight to fourteen, 373 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:25.960 and now we got a three way tie sitting here at the top of that 374 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:30.000 conference at seven and one. Yeah, always an interesting kind of situation that's 375 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:34.960 kind of developed over the last few years with this conference. Those three teams 376 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:40.160 have kind of separated themselves from the group. But South Elgin definitely stood on 377 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.599 top of the heat. There was, you know, maybe Glenbard's South and 378 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:48.319 Glenbard East were kind of nipping at their heels. A little indicator early in 379 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.720 the year that this might be coming was Glenbard East lost by a field goal 380 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.039 to South Elgin early in the year. Earlier in the year, so it 381 00:27:56.119 --> 00:28:00.519 looked like South Elgin's perch was a little tenuous on top of there, and 382 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.519 then glen Bard South gets the win. So it looks like those three teams, 383 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.839 to be honest with you, might be kind of equal and any given 384 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.599 night, any of the three could beat the other ones. So a good 385 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:17.039 development for both the Glenbard South and glen Bard East programs that they've kind of 386 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:21.640 bridged that gap and now it looks interesting for those types of teams right now 387 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:25.279 because Glenbard East is a bubble team between seven and eight. But the team 388 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:30.240 that I'm most interested in seeing how this applies to their postseason run, to 389 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.599 be honest, is glen Bard's South, because unlike South Eligion and Glenbard East, 390 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:37.680 who our eight A teams, Glenbard's South is a five A team. 391 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:42.160 So I'm interested to see if maybe the progress that they've made will be able 392 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.960 to translate to maybe a couple of rounds of advancement in the five day playoffs. 393 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:51.559 Quick shout out to in the Upstate eight Conference Aurora East East, Aurora 394 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.680 going to the playoffs for the first time, and I don't have it in 395 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.880 front of me. But it's been a long time too, it's twenty plus 396 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.440 years. I had someone from the school to reach out to me this week 397 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:04.359 and ask me if I knew who was involved in that Chicago Bears Coach of 398 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:08.759 the Week award that is given out. I directed them to the right person 399 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:14.359 on that one, because they were extolling the virtues of what the program has 400 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:18.160 been able to accomplish, and as they should, that they've really stepped up 401 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.880 in a big way. This is you know. I hate to say that 402 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:25.000 there are certain programs that heading into the regular season I kind of dismiss as 403 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.279 legitimate threats to get to the playoffs, but I do it. I mean, 404 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:30.920 it's based on a lot of what I do early on in the season 405 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:34.119 is based on past history of programs. You have to prove to me that 406 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:38.640 you're actually, you know, this isn't a blip that that it's sustainable. 407 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:42.519 It took a long time for me to buy into East Aurora based on on 408 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:48.279 past history. So I believe in them now. Obviously they're in the playoff 409 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:52.200 field. They a chance to get a six win too, because they got 410 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:56.599 and eight fent in this week. Yeah, so I mean that'll set them 411 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:59.079 up with you know, they won't be at the bottom of the draw. 412 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:03.240 Probably a low twenty seed will be what ends up happening for them. So 413 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.000 you know, maybe an opportunity if the draw comes right, to give them 414 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.359 a competitive game in that opening round. So a lot of progress made by 415 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:15.440 that program this year. One more game here wrap up, going back down 416 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:21.720 to small schools. We didn't Academy thirty to Aurora Christian seven. This was 417 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:25.480 a game that we wanted to see Hollywood play out. We didn't Academy those 418 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.920 twos showing to be the class of that conference. Yeah, and we really 419 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:33.880 didn't get clarity on that for a while, to be honest with you, 420 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.240 because it felt like the teams were jostling back and forth in this league, 421 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:41.920 and you know, and then you go back to like early in the year 422 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:47.279 and you start looking at like what what Wheaton Academy had done, who they 423 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:49.799 had played, and then that one point lost the Hope Academy. While it 424 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:55.720 shouldn't give you, like any pause about the quality of Wheaton Academy and Hope 425 00:30:55.720 --> 00:31:00.519 Academy is good, but then Hope Academy loses to someone else and then you're 426 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.720 like, well, is that team better than Wheaton Academy. I don't know, 427 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:07.039 And so, you know, you just kind of had that you know, 428 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:10.799 three four headed monster at the top of the league that kind of had 429 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:15.079 to resolve itself. And now it looks like Wheaton Academy has has cleared itself 430 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.799 from the pack. So good for them. It will set them up with 431 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:22.880 a much better draw. They keep moving up the seed chart in the for 432 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:29.839 A North bracket with each consequential win, you know, so a good situation 433 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.720 for them. But now they have the opportunity to play a spoiler for Marion 434 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:38.200 Central Catholic in Week nine. Mary In Central Catholic, sitting on four losses 435 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:42.359 right now can't afford to pick up that fifth. They would have a chance 436 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:49.000 at possible for four win playoff berth. But the more you look at it, 437 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:55.119 anymore that you look at the extenuating circumstances of that bid, they need 438 00:31:55.119 --> 00:32:00.640 to win this game because if they don't win this game, they're playoff point 439 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:06.960 situation will not be all that great. Because in a weird quirk their non 440 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:12.400 conference schedule, they played Milwaukee Academy of Science and they have not played for 441 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:15.640 the last two weeks, so really that does that, Yeah, that they 442 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:20.160 they kind of have a hodgepodge schedule that they put together. They're they're a 443 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:23.200 pretty solid football team, but they have not had a game and either they 444 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:27.839 have not had a game last week, they have not had a game in 445 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:32.440 scheduled for this week. So for a team that will need every possible playoff 446 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:37.160 point that it can get, having a team of quality not playing games is 447 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:42.920 really bad for them. So they will probably pick up obviously, probably pick 448 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:49.559 up a one point from their non conference schedule with Richmond Burton, but if 449 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:52.759 they you know, if they don't win, the maximum number of points that 450 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:57.279 they can pick up this week is five and that would get them to forty 451 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.920 seven, which, to be honest, is not going to be in the 452 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:06.640 so so so that's that's where they stand right now, and that's it's their 453 00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:13.000 point. Situation has gone from being very good to good but not great, 454 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:19.440 primarily because of that little quirk with the Milwaukee Academy of Science. All right, 455 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.599 so if we're gonna get out of here, you got any final thoughts 456 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:25.200 on week four US, You know, it was definitely a fact finding mission, 457 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:30.720 and I talk about this a lot. It was people don't realize, 458 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:37.359 especially in the larger classifications fans, how much the small school results affect the 459 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.759 big school results and far as far as how we're gonna end up putting this 460 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:45.759 playoff field together. So a very interesting development in terms of what the small 461 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:50.480 schools did this week. It'll be fun to watch because if you look ahead 462 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:53.599 to week nine, there are a ton of interesting games involving in the bigger 463 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:59.319 schools this week, and maybe those results can upset the apple cart and change 464 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:02.079 it in another directions. So, uh, it's gonna come down to wire. 465 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:07.000 Week nine is always fascinating, really looking forward to it, but Week 466 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:10.880 gate provided some some uh some deep intrigue, and I'm not used to getting 467 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:15.519 that from week eight. All right, well, make sure you stick to 468 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:19.840 Friday Night Drive dot com all week long. We're gonna have tons and tons 469 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.280 of playoff content coming for you this week. For now, though, we're 470 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:27.079 gonna sign off for Steve Susci. I am Kyle Nabors. 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