WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.919 Schweiker, Gannison, Krazak, Rundio Prudley sponsors to Friday Night Drive. I'm 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:06.759 Mike Krazak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the 3 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.400 insurance company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:24.640 of dollars for our clients. Visit the GA Nassi n dot count the Friday 5 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:30.000 Night Drive Podcast, Illinois Valley Edition. I'm the cal Daily Chronicle Sports Editor 6 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:36.280 Eddy Carriffio. I am with Shaw Regional editor, sports regional sports editor. 7 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.240 I'll get it out sooner or later. Now, I got to say your 8 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.479 last name right, JT penalty. As long as I get your name right, 9 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.320 that's what matters. That's what I care. Man. There's a lot 10 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.359 of regions and I kind of hope people and a lot of them. So 11 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.799 that's as long as as long as you hit the Shaw part and the last 12 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:56.079 name, kind of people will know who you're talking about. Yeah, So 13 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.759 excellent job. We're rolling. That's what matters. Let's just keep this momentum 14 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.119 going because I want to talk some sickamore Ardoa this week. It's uh, 15 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.519 someone up my way, someone down your way. No one wasn't the closest 16 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.079 match up here over the last you know, I don't know long long time, 17 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:18.040 but JT. Let's just say, what does an upset for Ottawa like, 18 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:22.480 what has to have like to be the upset of all upsets for Ottawa 19 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:26.879 to knockout Sickamore. It's not gonna look like to you. Uh well, 20 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.480 you know you're talking about two teams that were coming off the playoffs last year, 21 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.599 so you know it's not a Now there's different levels of making the playoffs. 22 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.959 Obviously there's your five and four and oh my gosh, Week ten's coming 23 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.359 and there's your five. There's your you know, Sickamore go eating one last 24 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.120 year. None to know they did go night. Yeah, they they want 25 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.480 because they beat Morris. So yeah, they beat Morris. Yeah, so 26 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.760 there's two. There's two different types of playoff teams and we all know that. 27 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:53.920 But uh, you know, I wouldn't be It would obviously be very 28 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.799 surprising. But ott was a good team. They have strong line play. 29 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:05.519 The corner back Kobe Mortenson's really kind of blossomed into kind of from Ottawa's head, 30 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.520 kind of a string of strong armed, kind of pocket passers, and 31 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.520 he's kind of more of a dual threat guy. And he's thrown for four 32 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:15.080 hundred and eight yards and five touchdowns and he's ran for four more touchdowns, 33 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:19.400 So obviously he has to have a really good game, make good decisions, 34 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.560 you know, the biggest and Ottawa has nice line play on both sides. 35 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:25.919 So you know, if they can win that battle or hold their own up 36 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:30.719 front and get a special performance from Kobe Mortenson, I you know they could 37 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:32.000 hang in there. Is it would it be an upset? Yes, you 38 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.879 are right, it would be. But you know, stranger things have happened, 39 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:45.520 right have they though that would be up there, that would be definitely 40 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.960 charts I mean, but yeah, it's like like you said, Ottawa playoff 41 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.080 team last year though, and looking like after a big win last week against 42 00:02:54.159 --> 00:03:00.400 the Harvard looking like maybe a playoff team this year too. Yeah, they 43 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:02.159 could. You know, we've mentioned this before and I think we'll circle back 44 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:06.719 around to it. You know, a lot of Ottawa's and lasal Pruce playoff 45 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.000 hopes are just tied into who wins that game against each other, assuming everything 46 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:13.080 else goes chalk. But you know, you got to play the games to 47 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.800 see if if it goes there and if that is what it comes down to, 48 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.199 then you know, one of them might be looking at five and four, 49 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:21.360 the other might be looking their way. But you know, when you 50 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.520 when you talk about Sycamore and just kind of not just the program they've built, 51 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:30.560 but you know, what they've done this season just looks just incredibly impressive. 52 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:31.879 Kind of what have you seen from them? I mean, what is 53 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:36.719 you know, speaking from my LaSalle County perspective, you know what is it 54 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:39.960 that Ottawa's going to have to stop them from doing? That? They do 55 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:49.879 so well, they'll they'll do the other thing That's what makes dangerous is they 56 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:53.879 you're keying on that run, and even stopping the run is the task in 57 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:58.520 and of itself, because you know they'll run a variant of the wing tea 58 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.400 and you don't know they have three or four different guys that can carry the 59 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.400 ball, that might get a ball in a particular carry. Yeah, there's 60 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:10.400 definitely tendencies and keys you can figure out with them, but you still gotta 61 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.319 go ahead and stop them. And with that line they have, it's difficult. 62 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:15.920 And I haven't gotten into the passing game yet. That seems to have 63 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.839 gotten clicking a little bit for the first time this year really to a degree 64 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:27.160 against Woodstock last week when you saw Burke Oucher and Carter York pult receivers last 65 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.079 year. Caucher's quarterback. This year, they rekindled that connection they had on 66 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:36.879 the freshman team when Goucher was backlane quarterback. I had a couple of touchdowns 67 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:45.759 to each other, so or Coucher York obviously, So it's and that surpassing 68 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.319 game. So go ahead and pick one. Yeah, exactly, And yeah, 69 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:50.879 it's a definitely a tall order frattle. The one thing you know that 70 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.800 you can sit there and look at it is okay out it was two and 71 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:58.319 one, you know where they're sitting. Yeah, you have sickamore in Canland 72 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.759 these next two weeks. You know, it's not hard to picture that they 73 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.279 might be two and three. You know. But then you got Woodstock North, 74 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:08.680 which is a team OUTA was done well against, even though Woodstock North 75 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.720 just played LP pretty tough, which would be a great transition if we were 76 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:15.399 ready to get there. But you know, and then you got that LP 77 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.800 game, you know, so so you know, OTAs ottawas in a position 78 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.240 where you know they don't have to pull off an upset to be a playoff 79 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:25.040 team there. You know, I'm sure they want to go out and play 80 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:29.279 well and give themselves a chance in that second half too. Hey wait a 81 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:31.040 minute, maybe the ball bounces this way, you know, maybe this happens, 82 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.199 maybe someone slips. You know, if you can put yourself in a 83 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.839 position, that's how upsets happened. It's just by playing hard and keeping yourself 84 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:43.079 within striking range. And one very important thing actually we haven't brought up yet. 85 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.439 It's kind of big dimensioned offensively for Ottawa. It's twenty points off of 86 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.000 Sycamore last year. And this was a team that the Sycamore team that allowed 87 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:57.879 fifty five points the entirety of the year. So Ottawa did find I mean 88 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:01.279 huge success if you're going in on a relative scale there based on what Sigamore 89 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:09.439 done when they scored the almost points Sigamore gave up all year. So they 90 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:13.319 had some offensive success against them last year in the past, so you know, 91 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.600 put some points up to see what happens. Absolutely, you know, 92 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.240 and kind of you know, we talked about that Ottawa LP game kind of 93 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:25.000 looming in a few weeks in Week seven, because that could break a break 94 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.000 playoff hopes. You know LP beat would Stock North and it was you know, 95 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:31.000 I'm used to Eddie and I'm sure you've kind of seen this too. 96 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:36.720 The the this Kishwaukee River Interstate eight on this large side, blue side white 97 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:42.279 was at white side white blue. I think of it as large and small 98 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:46.759 because that's what it really is. Yes, yeah, and on this large 99 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:54.079 side, the Interstate eight's pretty well dominated things since this conference affiliations come together 100 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:58.759 and would stock North played LP tough. They led him at halftime eighteen fourteen, 101 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.519 which is kind of a prize. LP got a big squib kick returned 102 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:08.639 down to the two yard line from Caleb Kennedy and that kind of opened the 103 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.800 doors for LP to pull away for a thirty five twenty five win. But 104 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.160 you know, LP like Ottawa two and one, Like Ottawa has those sycamores 105 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:19.160 and those Knelands kind of looming out there on the schedule, Morris, and 106 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:24.360 so you look at these games you know that they have coming up here, 107 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:28.800 coming up now, you know these are the games you gotta get because you 108 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.560 know those other ones like ottawas this week is going to be really tough. 109 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:35.000 So so it'll be interesting. LP host Plane, which is two and one 110 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.439 and beat Ottawa, So that's gonna be a big game for LP's playoff hopes 111 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.040 kind of kind of moving forward, and I guess I guess I would ask, 112 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.000 you know, as LP goes. You know, they've traditionally been you 113 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:49.680 know, maybe a notch above Ottawa here in recent years they have a nice 114 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.680 run of wins in that arch rivalry game. But kind of you know, 115 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.680 you'd like to think if LP, if you're LP, you want to you 116 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.240 want to be kind of at that Kane level. That's that's kind of where 117 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.120 you want to get to where we maybe you're not a favorite, but you 118 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:07.879 know you could give Morris trouble, you could give Sickamore trouble. And I 119 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.199 think that's what that team LP wants to be this year. But uh, 120 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.800 you know, it's it's it's a little bit of a climb to get to 121 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:16.079 where Canlan was because they did such a good job against Morris this past week. 122 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.879 Yeah, and ironically Canlan wants to be, you know, from where 123 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.720 they are storied like this is like kind of quote in big old quotes with 124 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.120 lights flashing above them, quote a down you know, yea from what they 125 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:35.480 had in the past, from when they were just you know State Titlist contenders 126 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:41.480 every year and that, so it's just ironical these maybe ironic strong word atlantis. 127 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.360 Morrisett broke the meaning of that word in my brain. But it's just 128 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:50.480 weird how that word can mean many things that a lot of depending on the 129 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:56.080 circumstance. So yeah, I know, Canland definitely had a great game against 130 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:00.279 Morris kept a close second year in a row, obviously fall by ten. 131 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:05.159 You look at what they are able to do offensively. I mean, that's 132 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:09.799 no secret. Troyer Carlson is just a great, great quarterback. Trying to 133 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.519 remember if he committed somewhere. Yeah, I'm almost positive he did, but 134 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.879 I can't think if he did or didn't. You have Eric Johnson is just 135 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:24.960 a great receiver. You have Tony and Don de Blasio also solid talk targets, 136 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:30.519 all seniors I have. It's a very senior leading team. Josh Malthy 137 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.519 is occasionally running the ball, but they like him as a defensive end so 138 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.080 much they try to play him there and keep him fresh, although he's a 139 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.840 very good option at running back in that makes sense. I know, he 140 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.720 had a couple of touchdowns or yeah, yeah, two touchdowns, a couple 141 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:48.759 of weeks ago at running back, so it's you know, tempting to put 142 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:50.480 him in there and get those scores. But no, no, no, 143 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:56.759 Caitlin. I mean coaches players don't want to talk about moral victories. And 144 00:09:56.159 --> 00:10:01.000 that's probably an overused cliche term anyway, but it's like, you know, 145 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.919 you look at the loss and saying, Okay, well we know what we 146 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.039 did, and we know how we can bounce back from this, and we 147 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:11.799 know how we can improve to give a tougher just to do even better against 148 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.759 teams of that level. And I think that that absolutely what Klin takes out 149 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.679 of that. Yeah, and you flip it on the other side for Morris, 150 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.279 just kind of more of the same. You know, they beat a 151 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.799 tough opponent. They've they've been doing that this year. You know, they 152 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.440 get a ten point win. They know hard thought, but you get the 153 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:31.360 W. They're three and ozero, they should be all right. In week 154 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.440 four they visit Woodstock North, So I think four and oh is not an 155 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.159 unreasonable leap to make that Morris would be there and then they have three straight 156 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.559 home games. You know, we talked about LP trying to break into that 157 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:46.759 level. The host LP, the host Richmond Burton and then they host Woodstock, 158 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.639 So you know, depending on how games go. I know, I 159 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.799 think Morris should you know, hold course, with that big Sycamore game in 160 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.000 week nine, that kind of everyone has their eyes on. Yeah, no 161 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.639 one to overlooked that. Richmond Burton one, I kind of we've been talking 162 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:03.240 about and I out that that's not one to overlook at them. And obviously 163 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.039 with what Richmond Burton has done here the last couple of years, I know 164 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:13.960 we're treading into other people's territories right now, but you know that that's gonna 165 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.279 be hecky again. Man Richard, Richard Burtman Richard, I think he was 166 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:24.240 math teacher. Richmond Burton had a big win over Sycamore. I think it 167 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:28.759 was the first year of the combined leagues. They had a big win down 168 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.519 here. They've been rolling through opponents this year. Marian was only a twelve 169 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.120 point win. But it's a private school and a good so that's that whole 170 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:41.039 thing. Beat Notre Dame, beat Marengo, the roll past Maringo. So 171 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:45.639 they they're close to what they've been in the past, or are what they've 172 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.639 been in the pastle that you know, we can talk because I know are 173 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.120 regional bias would skew toward that Sigamore Morris game last week of the year, 174 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.120 But that Richmond Burton Morris game is going to be a pretty good one too. 175 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.679 It could be a good when games like that only make you better. 176 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.519 And uh, you know, I was just because we're talking about not to 177 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.080 look past, you know, anything between now and then, but because we're 178 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.519 talking about that more a Sickamore game. Kind of the teams that used to 179 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.639 be in the Interstate Eight, in the Illinois Central Eight kind of they have 180 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.559 their own, you know, big game looming that week seven. Wilmington Coal 181 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:24.480 City. I spent last Friday night at Coal City in Colder Country, where 182 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:28.440 quite the pregame fireworks show, by the way, last time I was there, 183 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.559 it was only like a few Roman candles or something. They've they've upped 184 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.679 their game on the fireworks. But Cole City took care of Street or fifty 185 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.320 five to six Street, or actually held in there pretty well early until the 186 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.679 star quarterback Christian Benning went down with a shoulder injury. I spoke to their 187 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:48.080 head coach, Kyle Tutt, quite a high school quarterback himself, talked to 188 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:52.240 him and he said that Christians kind of day to day as far as you 189 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.399 know, shoulder ligament separation type injuries go, It's probably about as good as 190 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:01.399 it can be, you know, in terms of grade and still be injured. 191 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.000 So so hopeful that he kind of comes out of that and can play 192 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.399 sooner rather than later. But you know, really cool City was why I 193 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:11.960 bring it up. You know, Cold City just looked amazing. Landon Benson. 194 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.960 If it was a road game, he would have drove the bus home. 195 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:18.639 He ran for one hundred and fifty four and three touchdowns. He threw 196 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.000 a sixty yard touchdown pass on like a halfback option, which I talked to 197 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.759 him after the game. He said, couldn't even see the receiver over the 198 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.039 people rushing at him, so he just threw it and knew he'd be there, 199 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:33.879 trusted him to be there. Not a not a big guy, not 200 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:39.159 a big guy. But he also he also kicked seven pats, So you 201 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.799 know, Landon Benson get kid to keep an eye on. Definitely with Colson 202 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:48.039 Cole City team to keep an eye on as they moved towards that inevitable probably 203 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.240 conference championship show down in Week seven with Wilmington. Yeah, we talked about 204 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.879 them needing a bounce back after Week one. We'll get into another team coming 205 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.679 up here. We're gonna take a little break. We're gonna to another team 206 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.320 that we knew was going to have a bounce back. They needed it, 207 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.600 we knew they were gonna get it, and hey, they got the bounce 208 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:11.360 back. We'll talk about that team here in a seconds right after these messages. 209 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.120 This is State Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor this year's 210 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.840 Friday Night Drive. There'll be plenty of time for politics down the road, 211 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.159 but for now, let's enjoy some high school football. Whichever school you follow, 212 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:33.039 give them your support. Welcome back to the Friday Night Drive podcast, 213 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.759 Illinois Valley Edition. JT. Penalty here with Eddie Cariffio. And you know, 214 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:43.960 Eddie, you let us in before the break into a team needing a 215 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:46.840 win, coming off a surprising loss, and needing a good performance and getting 216 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:50.039 it. And I'm going to take a wild stab and say, you're talking 217 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.080 about the Princeton Tigers. Oh, that's even better than what I was gonna 218 00:14:54.120 --> 00:15:01.559 say. Oh, yes, I was talking about Princeton. Yeah, yeah, 219 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.639 Princeton, you know, coming coming off a kind of upset. UH 220 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:09.120 lost last week where they lost their number one ranking in Class three A. 221 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:15.000 You and I you know, sat here last week in this very virtual space 222 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.639 and said that they would bounce back, they'd be just fine. And you 223 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.039 know they beat uh Sterling Newland Central Catholic twenty to nothing. What a defensive 224 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.720 showing against a you know, a Newman team that you know is gonna just 225 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.279 bludging you up front. But you know, Casey ath Ridge rushed for one 226 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.120 hundred and seventy yards and two touchdowns of League Princeton, And you know, 227 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.080 Newman's defense should not be lost. How well Newman's defense played in this game. 228 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:41.759 I believe they forced three fumbles that they recover forced four and recovered three 229 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.159 of them defensively. And you know just played played a fantastic game, held 230 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:50.799 Princeton at twenty points, but you can't win with zero, right, Yeah, 231 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.440 it looks like definitely, Uh the Newman defensive performance probably shouldn't be at 232 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:58.159 norton this one. I mean again, uh, no moral victories, but 233 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.159 that's something you build off of. That's something you look at like like literally 234 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.759 not even like momentum wise in that raw row stuff, but literally you look 235 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:10.240 at what you did, and you're able to you know, see what was 236 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:15.879 successful against the good offensive team and build forward when you're playing teams that are 237 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.120 at that level or not at that level. So yeah, absolutely, and 238 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.480 well go ahead, I'm just gonna say, and that's obviously big for a 239 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.840 newing team that you know, like Forrinceton is probably going to be there past 240 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:32.279 week ten. Yeah. Yeah. And and you know the other thing with 241 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.080 you know, with Princeton, they visit Orion, can you say that one? 242 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.960 Uh? Yeah, they visited two in one Orient team this week, 243 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.080 and then they host Sterling, which is, uh, you know, I'm 244 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.559 very interested to see having followed you know, Sterling back in the old nc 245 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:53.759 C days NIB twelve you pick the conference, but having followed Sterling for so 246 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.759 long and knowing the program they have, you know, Princeton against them, 247 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.320 that should be a really good Princeton or Sterling's one and two, but you 248 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.000 know, they play a high level of competition. And then Kawami's undefeated and 249 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.240 they're coming up on Princeton schedule. So you know, if Princeton did right 250 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.400 the ship, which is what we think happened, then I would say it 251 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.640 was a good time for it. Because they got a tough stretch coming here. 252 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.359 Yeah, well, well we'll see if this hypothesis is proved, but 253 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:22.839 yeah, they they've probably righted the ship. It was, you know, 254 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.880 like we said at the time, just unfortunate set of circumstances from their perspective 255 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:33.000 that led to a the upset. So yeah, and kind of the other 256 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.359 that kind of naturally leads me to Saint Pete on Saturday, got well after 257 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:42.160 a loss with the fifty four nothing when over walf of Christian and you know, 258 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.200 at the Saint Bee and now was sitting at two and one, and 259 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.119 you know, kind of that Chicago Land Prairie is. I like the way 260 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:51.440 they set up their schedule. I don't know if we've talked about this in 261 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.319 our two previous editions, but the way they set up the schedule. I 262 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:56.240 don't know if this was planned or if they just you know, through sand 263 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:02.519 and let it scatter this way, but they basically the way they built the 264 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.559 schedule for this first year of the Chicago Land Areas, all of the more 265 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:10.920 northern slash suburban whatnot teams all are kind of playing each other at the in 266 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.400 the last three weeks of the year, and all the teams down here, 267 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:18.559 Saint be Dwight, Marquette, Seneca are all playing each other in weeks seven 268 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.319 through nine, So it really is going to be a you know, you're 269 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:23.920 gonna have this whole midsection of this season where Saint Bede's playing the Waalfare Christian 270 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:30.039 and Seneca which also three and it took a forfeit from westmontin and it's kind 271 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.559 of like, why are these teams playing each other? Although Seneca and Westmont 272 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.160 who have a bit of a conference history together, but but boy, it's 273 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.640 gonna be fun week seventh through nine. You know, right now, it's 274 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.759 kind of like what is with this conference? You know, why are these 275 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.559 teams playing each other? But week seventh through nine, it's gonna be a 276 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:47.279 lot of fun when all these rivalry games start piling up and you have, 277 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.799 you know, Dwight, Seneca, Marquette, Saint Bede in week eight is 278 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:55.839 just going to be an absolute mad house. They haven't played since they were 279 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.599 members of the old Big Rivers Conference, So so I like the way they 280 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.240 set up that schedule. They really set it up in a way that the 281 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.960 way Major League Baseball used to until they went to this new schedule where you 282 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.359 know, you knew the Cubs and Cardinals if they were were going to be 283 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.279 playing each other at the end of you know, that last series of the 284 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:15.599 season and probably going to decide the division championship. Well that's optimistic as a 285 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.960 Cubs fan. But but I love the way this is set up. I 286 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:25.119 hope it's intentional. I hope it's something they continue. Yeah, I'm just 287 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:30.319 surprised Walter Christian is not eat man yet. Yeah. Yeah, and you 288 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.160 feel like that day could be coming, but they just found a conference. 289 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.039 So yeah, that's unfortunate part of that. Yeah, but you know, 290 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.440 let's say what you will. I mean, Westmont forfeited with Seneca coming up 291 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:44.400 due to low numbers, and you know you'd have to be deluding yourself if 292 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:47.640 you didn't say how good Seneca is. Doesn't isn't a factor in that equation. 293 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:51.839 So you know, Walter Christian, you know, they showed up and 294 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:57.640 played, so you know, give them that. Absolutely. So we've exhausted 295 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:02.519 down there, right, I have nothing else to talk to you about. 296 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.960 I will sit here and listen. Oh well, I'm gonna Suoz for a 297 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.160 while too. Let's just can we get some music? No, I'm being 298 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:12.680 told no, okay, Well, I want to talk to me and see 299 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:17.240 I've been talking a big northern a lot. And I think there's a game 300 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:23.240 on the radar this week that's gonna show just how weird this conference potentially is, 301 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:29.759 and that's g K is playing Dixon. Janoah Kingston is out at Dixon 302 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:33.839 this week. Dixon is still one of the two undefeated teams with Byron, 303 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:37.519 and I do want to say it to start that I think all the weirdness 304 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:42.720 in the conference is from spot two on death. I think Byron Byron is 305 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.200 well, if we go to state championship week with this podcast, that Byron 306 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.400 will still be there with us, although I don't think we're going that long. 307 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:55.359 But well, yeah, I mean Byron's put up seventy seven points, 308 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.680 sixty four points, and seventy points, so there, yeah, they're okay, 309 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:07.160 yeah, so they are excluded from this, uh this theory of like 310 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:10.920 I said, just trying to find out how how weird stuff is, and 311 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:15.960 stuff could get very very wacky here. Should Janoah Kingston win. Janoa Kingston 312 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:23.759 needed over time to beat Oregon last week, a thriller in Genoa. Dixon 313 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:30.400 also actually had a close one against Oregon in Week two. Yeah, yeah, 314 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:34.839 so this could be very interesting here, and SINGI can't get to win. 315 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:38.440 I mean that that's gonna leave just Byron is the undefeated team that's gonna 316 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:45.960 open up the floodgates of teams that could potentially, you know, get not 317 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.319 only take a second in the conference, which I know is like you know, 318 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:52.799 I don't know if that actually means anything, but more importantly, they 319 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:56.960 don't make banners for that in the gym. Well, I mean, oh, 320 00:21:57.119 --> 00:22:00.839 who was the what's was that? It was like an NBA team that 321 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.119 that opened up, like like conference semifinalists or put up a banner for that 322 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.160 or something. The NBA team a couple of years ago, like just pre 323 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:15.880 pandemic. I think to say, I can't remember, but I don't think 324 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:23.680 they're making those h for a high school football Yeah, but yeah, I 325 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:30.000 it'll be I think a great game. You know Dixon's played other than they're 326 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.599 forty nothing blanking rock falls this past week, you know, Dixon's all they 327 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:36.640 played his close games. You know, they beat Stillman Valley by fourteen, 328 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.279 they beat Oregon by nine, and uh, like you said, Janoah Kingston 329 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:45.079 just came off of an overtime win over Oregon where they won by six. 330 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.519 So you know, on paper, this looks like a really good game, 331 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:52.640 really good matchup, and you know, you got to play it on the 332 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.599 field, but on paper, it looks like, like you said, this 333 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:57.799 would be a really good measuring stick of just where these two teams stand in 334 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:02.799 the pecking order. Yeah. I think it's also big for Janoah to put 335 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.920 in the perspective that loss they had week two against North Boon, that thirty 336 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:12.799 five six loss were just absolutely nothing went right. You know, North Boon 337 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:18.599 by the way a win for Dixon. So there's that. But again, 338 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.359 it puts for it puts it in perspective for Janoa if they you know, 339 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:26.200 okay, was that just flukey or something else happening? So yeah, and 340 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:29.119 then you sit there, Yeah, and you sit there and you look at 341 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:32.319 that. Now you think, wonder of that that North Boon Dixon game that's 342 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.400 coming up in week nine, how's that going to say? You know, 343 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:37.440 what what will that game possibly mean for both of those teams in terms of 344 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.000 playoff hopes, in terms of maybe wanting a home game. You know, 345 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:45.440 because like you said, we all know Byron's on the schedule. So we 346 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:48.039 have a field and we know how that one's going to go. And Byron 347 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.160 has North Booon this week. So so you know, now you're thinking, 348 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:55.480 okay, can we get a home playoff game? You know, how can 349 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:57.160 we do that? So for Dixon and Genoa Kingston, I mean they're sitting 350 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.640 there going into this matchup and they have to think, think like, you 351 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:03.400 know this this game this Friday could be the difference between you know, being 352 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:08.319 at home or or going away to a really good team in Week ten. 353 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:17.359 I think the interesting battle there is Dixon. Dixon has the ability to throw 354 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:21.160 the ball. Surprising number of teams in the BNC do. Everyone in the 355 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:26.799 BNC is either like a spread or a wing teeth. I think Dixon is 356 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:30.599 actually one of the more balanced. I wish there wasn't a scheduling conflict, 357 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.920 or we could have a Dan whatso out here and he could tell you for 358 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:36.319 sure, the man knows everything about it. We could be good. Have 359 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.400 also had a lot more on Newman too. The man knows everything about any 360 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:42.519 of the sac Valley teams. But you're stuck with JT and me, And 361 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:48.480 I know Tyler Shanner is a good quarterbast blast with us. They're blessed with 362 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:53.720 us. Yeah, and you know, and GK can ballhawk. I mean 363 00:24:53.759 --> 00:25:00.920 they can absolutely get after some interceptions that Nolan Klein just had a big game 364 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.359 last week, six tackles an interception, and I think this is going to 365 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:07.759 be after the ceremony, so we could say it Friday Night Drive MVP. 366 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:14.640 He won himself the belt. We don't get a lot of no, and 367 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:17.480 you'd love to see it from some of these schools that maybe drift a little 368 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:21.279 further away from the city, a little lower in enrollment, you know, 369 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.400 not not taking it away when other people win it at all. But I 370 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.559 know a couple of years ago, we had a Princeton athlete win. It 371 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:30.559 was a Saint Princeton or Saint Bede, and I got to go up to 372 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:33.119 your neck of the woods at the now closed Tom and Jerry's and I met 373 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:38.880 our colleague Joe Stevenson and got a belt to deliver back to LaSalle County to 374 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:42.440 Kevin Clum to hand out. So by the way val to become a late 375 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:49.480 night cow zone place, is that right, I'm a yeah, no, 376 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:56.279 I it seems very specific and obviously college town oriented, but yeah, there's 377 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.440 still there's still the Tom and Jerry's in Sycamore, right, So if I 378 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:03.920 need my Euro fix, I can just go off, absolutely go up a 379 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.240 little further on Rock twenty three. Okay, And there's literally within within how 380 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:12.039 Tyler Shanner can throw a football or any of the quarterbacks we mentioned like three 381 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.400 pizza places. If you count the caw Zone Place as a pizza place, 382 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:19.839 there's like three of them, like all in a row. So that's for 383 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:22.000 whatever that's worse. I don't know, well, I mean, first I 384 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:26.200 lost if there weren't that other time in Jerry's, I might boycott the kel 385 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:30.359 because I I mean I lost my white castle there. That was my closest 386 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.240 white castle. And then and then now now time someone who's missing the white 387 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:37.200 Castle and you're the guy, am I the one? You? Me? 388 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.519 Yeah, me and my but me and my buddies Harold and Kumar used to 389 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:48.000 go there and cap off a good night. But you know, you know, 390 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.960 but you talk about the Big Norton. That kind of leads me to 391 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.160 something which is more just the general state of football. And this is something 392 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.440 probably you and I care about, and maybe some parents who are wondering where 393 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.559 they're kids are at all even o'clock at night. You know, we worry 394 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:03.400 more about it because of our deadline. But you know, you get to 395 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:07.599 these conferences that we're three yards and a cloud of dust conferences and they're throwing 396 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:11.000 the ball all over the field. You know, games are going so late. 397 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:14.240 You know, I would love to start a petition just to eliminate prelimb 398 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:18.480 games on Friday nights entirely, have a firm seven o'clock, start, six 399 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:22.119 thirty, start something like that. Get I'm going to sit here and take 400 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:25.680 back the moral high ground. Let's get these kids home by ten to ten 401 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:29.359 thirty. But honestly, it's all about me not having to write a story 402 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:33.559 in the cold city parking lot in fifteen minutes in order to deadline and get 403 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.960 something in the Saturday editions. It can be two things. And I will 404 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.599 sign that petition with as many fake names as you need to get at the 405 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:48.000 pass or do something. I mean, I know the early game is a 406 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:55.119 tradition obviously anywhere, but I mean so was the wing tea, and that's 407 00:27:55.119 --> 00:28:03.200 not a fig anymore. Mostly BNC aside. Obviously Sycamore is occasional little dalliance 408 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:08.799 with it, but yeah, but yeah, they are half hours and don't 409 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:12.839 start until seven forty five or even eight. It's not unusual to say eight 410 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:17.680 anymore. That's not no, And it didn't and I guess you say this 411 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:21.160 and I, you know, get off my lawn, old man talking. 412 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.799 But you know, it's it. It didn't used to be like this, 413 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.920 you know, it used to be these games would kick off at seven fifteen. 414 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:30.079 Oh, it's senior night, it's gonna kick off at seven thirty. 415 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:33.000 No, if it's senior night, it's going to kick off at eight fifteen. 416 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:37.119 The clock's going to be stopped more than it's running because the JV teams, 417 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.799 sophomore teams, freshman teams, whichever your conference says the prelim, they're 418 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.799 throwing them all around two and with a lower success rate because a lower skill 419 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:49.559 level. So the clock's always stoppages. Yeah, just the way the game 420 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.680 has evolved has evolved past, like these current schedules we have. Unless you 421 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:57.480 just think it's cool being at a high school football field till eleven, I'm 422 00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:00.279 sure some people. I'm sure the kids love it. Maybe not the players 423 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.640 as much, but I'm I'm sure the kids who are like, hey, 424 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:06.720 mom, I'm going to the game with some friends and they come home at 425 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.640 eleven thirty and have a valid excuse. I'm sure they're all about that, 426 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:11.640 but for me personally, I would I would love to see, you know, 427 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:15.720 let's get some dedicated start times, let's move these prelim games, and 428 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:21.480 let's kind of get back to sanity in these closing and when these games end. 429 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:25.440 I would like. If they're not going to do that, and I 430 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:29.839 don't think they will, at least let's stop deluding ourselves and call the start 431 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.160 time APM. If that's what we're gonna do, let's at least do it 432 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.799 that way so we can plan and there's no delusion about what's happening, and 433 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:45.000 fans know and we parents know, and least importantly, the media no that, 434 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:49.119 Okay, this isn't starting until eight. So that that's my selfish compromise. 435 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:53.039 First. I do think it will move that way eventually, and not 436 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:56.799 because of any of the reasons we're saying necessarily, but you know, I 437 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:00.440 think at the end of the day, you know, you see program numbers 438 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:03.319 going down, you see teams moving games around because they can't feel okay, 439 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:07.599 can we do our can we play freshmen here? That way we can do 440 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:10.440 the JV on Monday. That way we can have the sophomores come up and 441 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:12.680 play varsity and not have to play eight quarters of football. And you know, 442 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:17.160 you see all these all the switching around teams. I think eventually, 443 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.759 as you see program numbers kind of, you know, dip a little, 444 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.160 not everywhere, but in a lot of programs they are, and it takes 445 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:26.480 two to play a game, I think you'll start to see teams move away 446 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:30.039 and move more towards that small school model of Okay, yeah, we have 447 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.400 a varsity game on Friday nights at seven. We have our prelim games Monday. 448 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.640 You know, right now, it's these schools that have three levels, 449 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.720 and you I hope, I hope that that continues where these teams can maintain 450 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:42.720 three levels. But for these teams and their opponents nine weeks a year to 451 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:47.400 maintain the three levels, it's not the way it's trending. So I think 452 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:49.079 if it were to change, that would be what would change it. But 453 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:52.960 I hope, I hope numbers stay high and they can maintain the three levels. 454 00:30:53.240 --> 00:31:00.240 I just hope they start varsity games at seven. That's that's a dream 455 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:07.200 that's never never gonna. I don't think so. Anyway, maybe maybe, 456 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:11.480 but maybe Where are you at this Friday numbers? But was that? Where 457 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.799 are you at this Friday to fill midnight? I amn, I'm an Aurora 458 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:23.359 actually the cal mattea Valley, the barb start DBC play brutal Week three loss 459 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:27.200 to us Samberg just forty one thirty four. They put up some points, 460 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:30.200 they had a chance. I mean, I would say to tie it late, 461 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.599 but they weren't kicking extra points. It was it was all twos. 462 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:37.359 The special teams weren't there. By the way, if you did watch Live 463 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.720 with Friday Night Drive, you would have seen me and Jimmy Musual make good 464 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:45.920 prediction about how the second half of that game would play out. So there's 465 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:49.759 a plug for that. Note to Kyle, please put flashing the link on 466 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:56.799 screen at this point for Hey, when you're right, you gotta shout it 467 00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:00.720 because everyone else shouts it when you're wrong. Exactly. I just went the 468 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.680 link on Friday Night Live. Get that out there for people. So because 469 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:10.279 it's wait, no Live with Friday Night Drive, right, Yes, we'll 470 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:15.720 just dub over and it's a cool thing. I don't know if you haven't 471 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.920 checked it out just during game times, which spanned from as we said, 472 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:22.759 seven until about eleven thirty, and I think the show might go later than 473 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:25.400 that. But really cool thing. We're kind of, uh, you know, 474 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:29.880 it's a work in progress and I think it's improved a little every week. 475 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.799 But basically, you know, we have a couple of studio hosts that 476 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:36.839 are going over scores, talking match subtle with don't don't be humble with it. 477 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.839 This thing is kicking. But it's three weeks old born, you know, 478 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:44.720 it's it's kicking all kinds of uh yeah, and if you remember it 479 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.160 started week nine last year, we kind of first debuted it with all the 480 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:53.039 playoff exactly exactly, but really cool. I was able to join in at 481 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:57.160 halftime for my game last week, and uh, you know, just kind 482 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.960 of enjoy, even though I'm on a sideline, enjoy talking about some other 483 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.839 things. They have the scores pop up, they talk matchup, so you 484 00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:06.200 can access that at Friday Night Drive or through any of our shaw on local 485 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.519 websites, so you know, Daily Chronicle, My web Times, News Tribune, 486 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:14.039 Morris Harald News, just any of those sites. If you choose to 487 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.640 go to a middle it'll basically take you by the hand and lead you into 488 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:24.599 football from eight to eleven Friday nights. Just absolutely killer source of information and 489 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:30.480 analysis from the game's Kyle neighbors and like I said, Jim mutually do a 490 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:36.480 great job as hosts. Steve Susy filling in last week did a good job 491 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:38.680 for a very ill Kyle. So there was a twenty seven minute plugger. 492 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:45.400 I'm expecting a big cash drop now to lappen for I don't think that is 493 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:49.359 so I am. I'm assuming we'll be calling in because it's a pretty big 494 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:55.519 game in terms of both of these teams needing a win or probably not getting 495 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:59.839 the five wins. Mattea comes in owing three, Cal comes in one and 496 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.839 two. This is this is the game that both of them think they can 497 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.519 win, and this is a game that the team that's wrong is probably not 498 00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:13.559 going to the postseason in a tough place exactly. But I think that's Uh, 499 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:17.079 I think we've got you covered for this week. Uh in the Illinois 500 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:22.880 Valley area. You didn't say where you were at. Oh, I'll be 501 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:30.079 at Mantino at Street. Well, yeah, but I'm very I'm actually very 502 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.320 interested to see. This is one of those ones you know Street at the 503 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:34.800 Bulldogs have Circle at the beginning of the year, is a winnable game, 504 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.800 you know, if Christian Benning's unable to play with that shoulder injury, is 505 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:42.119 it still a winnable game? And you know, if they get it, 506 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.920 you're two and two and all of a sudden things look a lot better. 507 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.599 So so you just kind of have to I'm interested to see how the team 508 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:52.519 comes out, if Christian Benning can play, if he's limited, and just 509 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:57.519 kind of what that matchup looks like leading us into you know, basically week 510 00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.880 five, year half point of the regular season. You know, if you 511 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.599 get there two or three and two, it's a lot different than getting there 512 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:07.599 two and three or one and four. Yeah, there's no difference. There's 513 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.079 no bigger difference really between two and three and three and two. Those are 514 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:16.840 two very very different records. Yeah, they play apart. It could be 515 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:21.800 a one play difference, but it changes the entire look of the second half 516 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:24.679 of the season to you sometimes for teams. So so yeah, yeah, 517 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:28.719 yeah, I'm looking forward to a good one. And uh, you know, 518 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:31.840 honestly, I think Week four, you know, it fits so weird, 519 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:36.000 but I mean I remember, you know, our colleague Steve Susy wrote, 520 00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:38.920 you know, Week one, man, there's some great matchups and you 521 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.199 know, wow, I don't remember a Week one like this, and then 522 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:45.679 Week two Blue, Week one away with some of the awesome showdowns, matchups 523 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:50.239 and Providence rely a Catholic, and you know some of the matchups across the 524 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.440 state. And then you get into conference like wow, conference playing, it's 525 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:57.239 just you just you forget sometimes when you're not in high school football season that 526 00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:00.800 man, every week's awesome and and there's a reason it is, you know, 527 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:04.239 the king of high school sports, because week after week after week, 528 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:07.639 it's just it's just the great games keep coming. I'm looking forward to a 529 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:14.320 great week for I want to talk some Salukis. Are you good? They 530 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:20.599 got the dub? I'm good? H so sorry sorry Eddie. Wow. 531 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:25.280 Hey, I'm just the beat reporter. I I and I use the tough 532 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:30.920 fourteen eleven loss to SIU after a big win app Austin College. The Lord 533 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.159 knows what's going on there, although I will find out in about an hour 534 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:38.159 and forty five minutes at and I use press conference daily, uh yeah, 535 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:43.039 daily at Toronto dot com for all and i U coverage. If you're interested, 536 00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.440 but I think that's enough plugging. We've spent over twenty seven minutes plugging 537 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:55.079 various projects. Yeah, there was plenty of and he is delicious. There 538 00:36:55.360 --> 00:37:05.119 is plenty of insightful I thought, at least from JTSN insightful Illinois Valley Analysis. 539 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:08.119 So thank you for joining us for the third week. We hope to 540 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:14.679 see you back here four week four. Next week he was JT Penalty. 541 00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:22.079 I'm Eddie Carriffio. 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