WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.640 Schweiker, Gannison, Krazak, Rundio, Praudley sponsors to Friday Night Drive. 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.639 I'm Mike Krazak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on 3 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:10.080 the insurance company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:23.640 millions of dollars for our clients. Visit GA nassi n dot com. What's 5 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.960 up everyone, and welcome back to the Friday Night Drive Podcast. I am 6 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:31.399 Kyle Neighbors along with host Steve Susy, here to recap Week four of the 7 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:34.719 Illinois high school football season for you. And it was a fun one across 8 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.280 the state. Whether it was games coming down to the wire. We had 9 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.960 a couple of different games lose their lighting in the last last minute or so. 10 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.439 We even had a full slate on Thursday night with more than two dozen 11 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:50.039 games. Suits a lot to talk about this week. Yeah, it was 12 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:54.079 an interesting week. I don't know if there were a lot of like matchups 13 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:58.920 between like top teams that we were really looking forward to, but I thought 14 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.560 there were a whole bunch of games out there that were like interesting, defining 15 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:07.599 games between teams that maybe had a loss or two and kind of defining the 16 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.719 separation between those squads, and some of them came down to the wire so 17 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.359 much that I'm not even sure if we even got much definition after those games 18 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:19.239 were concluded, but it was. I thought it was real interesting in that 19 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.799 we got a lot of context this week. That's one of the things that 20 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.719 I really like about this process. Absolutely, it was a real fun time 21 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.680 on Friday and night. We hope you joined us for Live with Friday Night 22 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.599 Drive from eight to eleven PM. SUS and Jimmy Musual co hosted that and 23 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.120 we had a lot of games come down to the wire and we got a 24 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:38.640 lot to talk about this week. But before we do, make sure you 25 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:42.400 head over to Friday Night Drive dot com. We got a ton of content 26 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.640 coming your way this week, and we wrap up week four and start looking 27 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.200 towards Week five, including suses updated playoff projecting that I'd be dropping there. 28 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:55.079 You can follow us on Twitter or x at Kyle Neighbors at the SUS. 29 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.799 You can also follow Friday Night Drive at fn drive. You can find Friday 30 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:02.680 Night Drive at FATE on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and SUS. You 31 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.319 know the one thing that you took away from this weekend or your top takeaway 32 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:09.840 from this weekend. You can find that right now. And what we learned 33 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.599 in week four from sus which is on Friday Night Drive dot com. There 34 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.840 are a lot of a lot of losses stacking up for a lot of teams. 35 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.960 Yeah, I mean I looked at it from the construct of this. 36 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.080 We have about eighty teams left in the state that are undefeated, but we 37 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:30.919 have less than two hundred that are above the five hundred mark. And that 38 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:36.680 to put that into context, I can't ever remember being through four weeks and 39 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.960 having, you know, having that number not be in the two hundred areas, 40 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.520 so that it doesn't seem like a lot in the grand scheme of things. 41 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:46.400 I mean, there are nearly five hundred teams in the state, but 42 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:52.400 a difference of about twenty teams that are you know, now sitting at the 43 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.199 five hundred mark rather than above it down the line, I think that could 44 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.960 be very telling to what we might be facing in regards to, you know, 45 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:05.240 the records of the teams that get into the playoffs. I don't necessarily 46 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.199 think we're going to have more teams get it get to five wins. I 47 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.719 think we're going to have more teams at five wins, If that makes any 48 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.919 sense, I mean less teams at six and seven wins, more at five, 49 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.360 and the same amount still being playoff eligible at five wins and more. 50 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.479 Because that's what I think, I think where breakdown is. This is what 51 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.000 I think you're essentially getting at here is well, we're gonna still have favorites 52 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.080 in each of the eight classes when we get to you know that that playoff 53 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.759 Saturday. But what we're gonna find out or what you're kind of leaning in 54 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:43.120 towards here is it's gonna be pretty wild behind those favorites because we're gonna have 55 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.080 a lot of teams that are going to end up with three or four losses 56 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:50.159 that are really quality teams. And it's just you know, you're gonna have 57 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.919 even if you know, we're used to that in seven, eight and eight 58 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.719 A where they go one to thirty two, where you have teams in the 59 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.840 twenties that can beat teams that are you know, number seven or eight, 60 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.199 but even in these six team team brackets where you're going to have teams with 61 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.199 three or four losses that are going to be you know, playing late into 62 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:11.280 the postseason. Yeah, another thing that starts to come out of this is 63 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:14.400 that you know, don't have a lot of six win teams that are usually 64 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.959 hosting opening round playoff games. I'm seeing it early in the projection. Now 65 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:23.480 it's happening quite a bit where it looks like that might happen more. We're 66 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:28.040 seeing sometimes entire sides of the bracket that the under seat, the lower seated 67 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.600 team is a five win team. That's also something that doesn't happen very often 68 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:35.639 where you have that many five win teams in one side of the bracket. 69 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:42.759 It's I think what we're looking at here is we're going to have more toss 70 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.519 up games than we've ever had before as we move forward, games where you 71 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.839 look at it on paper beforehand, look at their resumes and say, I 72 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:54.600 really think this can go either way. And there are always some of those 73 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.240 every week. I just think we're gonna have more of them this year. 74 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.000 I think there's just, you know, I'm always reluctant use the word parody. 75 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.879 I just think we have a lot of really good, like good football 76 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:10.240 teams, above average football teams, and they all are kind of congregating in 77 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.079 the same conferences. It's just that's that's where we're at right now. So 78 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.439 I think there are a few teams that have separated themselves from the rest of 79 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.360 the group. But I think that team a step, that group of step 80 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:27.959 behind those teams is larger than it may have ever been. I think no 81 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:33.199 conference in the state showed or demonstrated this better than the Southwest Suburban Conference on 82 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:39.040 Friday nights Sues And there's several games we want to talk about this week while 83 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:42.240 recapping, you know, Week four, but the place to start is at 84 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:48.160 Sandburg Lockport game, because Lockport played really well to start the season at three 85 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:54.199 and oh Sandberg was more of an unknown. I think we can both agree 86 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.600 that Lockport was a a pretty substantial favorite coming into this game Sandberg. Listen, 87 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.360 we both love what Troy McAllister does as a head coach with his programs. 88 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.240 I mean, you saw it at Phillips, you saw it in its 89 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:08.360 first year at Sandberg, like no one expected that to be a playoff team. 90 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.040 They make the playoff, but they did take a step back last year. 91 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:15.079 So you don't really know exactly what to expect in this game against Lockbore. 92 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:17.839 As I said, we had the Porters of the significant favorite. Sandburg 93 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.839 ends up winning that game thirty to twenty eight, ends up blocking it in 94 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:26.720 a hand. Declan Glenn, I believe was the player for Sandberg get the 95 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:30.639 pall on the field goal attempt Sadbrig wins thirty to twenty eight. But that's 96 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:36.839 a perfect example of how unpredictable this season. It's starting to play out well 97 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:42.639 that particular division of the Southwest Suburban I'll be honest, I looked at that 98 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:48.000 division before the week started, and this is absolutely no disrespect to Sandberg. 99 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.959 It's more of a nod to the quality of the rest of the conference. 100 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:57.839 If I was to stack it one through five, I had Sandburg fifth heading 101 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:02.240 into this week, you know, behind obviously Lincoln Way East, behind lock 102 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:05.800 Court, who we had talked about being favored over Sandberg in this game, 103 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:12.000 behind Bowling Brook, and behind Homewood Flosomore. Well, Sandberg, in my 104 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.639 mind, just beat the second best team in the conference. So then I 105 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.360 have to restack my whole way of thinking they're good enough to beat the second 106 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:21.920 best team in the conference. In my mind, they're probably good enough to 107 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.680 beat the third and fourth best teams in the conference. But then you look 108 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:30.079 at those are they better than those teams? I don't know this is when 109 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.720 later in the season you have a little bit of cross referencing available to which 110 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:39.360 you don't have yet. But that one result caused me to reassess and reevaluate 111 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.759 four different teams just in that division. So and that's what I think what 112 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.279 we're going to kind of be looking at from week to week. We're gonna 113 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:51.279 have to see is that a fluke or is that something that they're going to 114 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:57.040 consistently be able to do down the line. And that's that's not answered right 115 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.680 now. But in my mind, that was a huge telling win for Sandberg, 116 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.959 the fact that I didn't really think that they would have a chance not 117 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.680 I mean, I thought they would probably get beat somewhat comfortably in that game. 118 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.079 But that raised my level of value on Sandberg and then causes me to 119 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.079 give a lot more thought to each and every one of Sandburg's remaining games. 120 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.920 And you know, Bradley bourbon A lincoln Weight East matchup in our last Friday 121 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.240 Night as well, and we talked about it in the preview that Bradley bourbon 122 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.040 A for some reason had really given Lincoln Way East fits over the last decade 123 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.720 or so. But lincoln Way East does a pretty good job in this one 124 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:39.159 takes down Bradley bourbon A twenty seven to three sous And as we were talking 125 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:43.559 about earlier, this is a case where I feel like in each class right 126 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.600 now, there are one to two teams that I feel are head and shoulders 127 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:54.080 essentially above the rest of them. And then there's just a huge pile of 128 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:58.279 teams that we're looking at in that six win range. Lincoln Way East is 129 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.559 one of them. Mount Carmel's another on East Saint Louis I'd put up there, 130 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.320 yeah, and Loyola would be added to that group. But I mean, 131 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.480 they're they're just I mean, like you said, there's there's a gap 132 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.600 developing. I mean, and it's with Lincoln Away East. You look at 133 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.360 them at the beginning of the game, you think that they're you know, 134 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.440 you know, they just they put on their hard hat, they go to 135 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.679 work, and by the end of the game they seem to have found a 136 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.720 way to separate themselves from whoever they're playing. And that was kind of the 137 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.120 case on on Friday night against Bradley. It was just it was a field 138 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.000 goal battle early and then before you knew it, Link Away East had ran 139 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:39.960 off. I believe twenty seven consecutive points and turn the game into a runaway. 140 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.279 They just meticulously just kind of take you apart. They're not that flashy, 141 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.679 and I don't know if they if they really have a home run hitter 142 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.039 on that offense, but what they are going to do is they're just they're 143 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.559 not gonna make a lot of mistakes. They're just going to kind of grind 144 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.360 you into submission. And that's too much for a lot of teams to take. 145 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.000 I'm sitting here kind of got lost in my own thought because I realized 146 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:09.120 that I included East Saint Louis in that list, and I absolutely believe they 147 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.600 deserve to be on that list of teams. But there's a more than i'd 148 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.519 say, more than fifty fifty chance that I get a comment talking about their 149 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:22.240 record and the fact that you know, they've they've lost more than once in 150 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.440 a title game where they've been a heavy favorite. Suis Yeah, And I 151 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:28.720 mean, and that's one of the things you just, I mean, you 152 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.879 have to kind of take stock of the things that they do. I mean, 153 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:37.799 they there are three of the four teams that they've played thus far this 154 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:45.120 season are teams that are currently ranked among the top one hundred programs in the 155 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:50.759 nation right now. Nobody else is doing that. I mean, granted, 156 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:56.720 you have to compete well and occasionally beat some of those teams to actually have 157 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.919 that mean something. And this current brand V Saint lou has done that. 158 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.200 I mean they deep a nationally ranked team out of Maryland earlier this year at 159 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:11.759 the time, in the top thirty. So yeah, there's there's a it's 160 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:13.519 a it's kind of a double edged sword with East St. Louis trying to 161 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:18.559 decipher where they really fall in the grand scheme of things, because they come 162 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:24.080 back to the regular season in Illinois this past week and win their game forty 163 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.960 seven and nothing well, and that's I want to ask you this. So, 164 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.440 this isn't the first time East Saint Louis has taken losses early in the 165 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.759 season to you know, very very good out of state teams. And we've 166 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.399 you know, we've talked about them being in the favorite in their class. 167 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.840 Right two years ago, they go out as a favorite and carry Grove up 168 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.919 sets them in the state title game. Last year they go out as a 169 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:52.039 heavy favorite and absolutely destroy a very good Prayer Ridge team and the state title 170 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.279 game. Now, this is an East Saint Louis team that lost its entire 171 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:01.000 starting offensive line, and that's that's just not your standard offensive line to lose. 172 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:03.440 I mean, was it three Division one football players, Well, I 173 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:09.480 believe I believe four of them sign Power five offers, so yeah, yeah, 174 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.639 and so on another one it's also playing college football. Yeah yeah, 175 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.480 so that and that we're tough. But so my question, I guess to 176 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.519 you is just what I say. I still believe they are a considerable favorite. 177 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.519 But when you look at maybe the last three teams, is it the 178 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.159 most susceptible so maybe getting tripped up in the playoffs that we've seen, You 179 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.440 know, I don't know if that there's an answer to that. That's that's 180 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.480 clear at this point. The one thing that you have to recognize about this 181 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:43.159 group, it's very experienced quarterback who's been through the battles of a lot of 182 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.120 these a lot of these games against elite competition. Yeah it was starting as 183 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:52.399 a freshman. Yeah. And still a lot of very nice pieces on the 184 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.720 defensive side of the ball are still in place. So it's not like the 185 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:01.080 cupboard is bear here and they're kind of living on their laurels. Right. 186 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.720 You know, when I saw them in Week one. Obviously not the same 187 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.639 offensive line, but that wouldn't have been the reason why I thought they got 188 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.600 beat in the Mount Carmel game. It was not that. I mean that 189 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.440 it was not like a glaring, glaring problem for them, and that was 190 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.320 only in week one, and they're only going to get better because this program 191 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:31.320 has shown a proclivity to developing offensive lineman. So you know that's the thing 192 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.360 about them. I see your point, and I understand where you're going with 193 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.360 it. I don't even know it's a point. I don't even know it's 194 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.360 a point, more of a question to you as someone who's now you know, 195 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.120 I know you got to see him early live and have gone back to 196 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.960 watch to make it to these other nationally ranked teams. I mean, the 197 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.519 last time I've seen them flies over the last couple of years, and it's 198 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.320 been in those title games. So you know, that's that's the only reason 199 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:58.320 I brought it up. Well, And sometimes when I get into this discussion 200 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.360 with people about like, oh, yeah, well, they've lost games like 201 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:07.120 that before, I think people look past how well Carry Grove played in that 202 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.120 football game that remains one of the best state championship games I've ever seen. 203 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.600 Sometimes I got sometimes you gotta tip your cap to Carry Grove and say they 204 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.200 brought it. They didn't back down from them. They won that football game. 205 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.639 It was I didn't think it was an East suit. Saint Louis let 206 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.960 down Carry Grove beat them. Let's just be honest about it. It was 207 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.399 the best team effort I've seen in a state championship game. It's the best 208 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.519 coaching effort I've seen in terms of the way they scheme. Like Brad Sieberg 209 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.960 did an incredible job in that game. And I don't want to, Like 210 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.480 I said, I don't want to brand did a great job with the players 211 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.080 also, I mean flying around. They even lost. I'm now in blanket. 212 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:50.240 They lost their top fullback in the first half I believe to an a 213 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.279 c L injury and still were able to get the job done. Just an 214 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.559 incredible effort to get that. But you saw it last year that Prairie original 215 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:01.759 team very good, had improved throughout the postseason as well, had a quarterback 216 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.440 in Tyler Basie who set the state record for rushing yards in a season. 217 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:09.639 And it just didn't matter last year. Yeah, yeah, I know, 218 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.320 And it's it's a special I mean it's a special program. They do a 219 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:18.480 lot of great things, and I feel like sometimes some people might feel like 220 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.720 I'm over hyping them a little bit, but I mean they it's an extraordinarily 221 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:28.799 talented group. They do really good things. And the ambition that they have 222 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.039 in I mean, they could find a schedule in Illinois, they I mean 223 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:35.720 they could find opponents willing, I mean enough opponents willing to play them. 224 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.679 They don't have to do what they're doing, but to go out and do 225 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.840 that, I mean speaks to a larger purpose. I mean that's they're trying 226 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:50.519 to give their kids the best possible opportunity to just show themselves for college recruiters 227 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.519 and and play a schedule that challenges them on a week to week basis. 228 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.080 And right now it's it's starting to be a little bit of a problem because 229 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:02.679 they once again they still don't have a week game. But I now that 230 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:06.120 they're back in the Illinois portion of their schedule, I frankly, other than 231 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:10.120 maybe Edwardsville, I don't think there's a team remaining on their schedule that's going 232 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.960 to really even push them. I was it you saying that I didn't even 233 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.639 look at the result this fact, I guess, and that was O'Fallon. 234 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.480 No, that was Belleville East this week, which is was three and oh 235 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:23.720 entering the game. So it's not like they were exactly rolling over some you 236 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:29.240 know weekling. I mean double East is East beat Lincoln Way West the previous 237 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.720 week. I mean, they they're they're not a bad team. They're gonna 238 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:37.399 probably make the playoffs at the very least, I think so. And I 239 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.360 mean, like I said, they just they just steam rolled right over them. 240 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:44.080 They play O'Fallon this week, and then you know, Edwardsville down the 241 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.559 line. But they don't have a Week nine game because their Week nine opponent 242 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.879 dropped them and actually switched to playing Edwardsville. So that's that's what I mean. 243 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:56.840 I don't I don't know if they're going to find think about think about 244 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:00.360 that. You you you dropped them to switch to Edwardsville, which is not 245 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.920 exactly walking the park. Yeah, I mean, I don't know what the 246 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.599 rat I never did hear what the rationale was for making that switch. Which 247 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:15.880 which team it was U Saint Louis, Okay, it was an it's a 248 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:22.599 it's a Saint Louis based team, Okay, I can't remember which one, 249 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.359 because I thought it was Cardinal Ritter, but it's not. It's somebody else. 250 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:30.599 Okay, Well, yeah, now that I after I completely derailed. 251 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:37.880 Okay, yeah, after I completely derailed our conversation, Let's get back to 252 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:41.119 talking Week four and the Southwest Snbourban Conference. We have one more game we 253 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:45.559 wanted to hit on there and that was Lincoln Way West holding off Lincoln Waight 254 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:51.480 Central. Maybe I just got a little too high on Lincoln Waight Central here. 255 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:56.200 This onen't surprised me. Sue's not overly so, but I don't know 256 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.559 enough that it raised raised an eyebrow. Yeah, I mean can get that 257 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:06.880 game. Heading into it, Lincoln Wait Central seemed to be riding a significant 258 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.839 wave of momentum, went down to Illinois State and beat O'Fallon on a neutral 259 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:15.480 field. Was feeling pretty good about themselves. And if you happen to see 260 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.799 it on you know, Friday Night Drive Live, uh, you know, 261 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.240 Dave Woodburn, the Lincoln Way Central coach, came on and joined us, 262 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.279 and uh to say, I mean, it was nice of him to come 263 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:32.400 on after a loss. It we weren't expecting him to but shout shout out 264 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:38.440 absolute you know, true professional and and that's awesome to coach Woodburn appreciate him 265 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:42.559 jumping on for after a loss, but to say that he was a little 266 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:48.480 disenchanted with his team's focus heading into that game would probably be a little bit 267 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.839 of an understatement. You could you could tell he was still steaming a little 268 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.640 bit after they They did not come out to play very well, falling behind 269 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.319 twenty one nothing in that game. They did rally force overtime, but ended 270 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:06.799 up losing to a Lincoln Way West team that frankly looked like a substantial underdog 271 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:11.839 as they headed it into the game with a backup quarterback in place after losing 272 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.599 Colecraft and for the season. You know, just on paper, heading into 273 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.200 that game, it just looked like all the boxes were checked for Lincoln Way 274 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.839 Central in that one. I think never can tell in that district rivalry, 275 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:25.960 it's just it's it was kind of a reverse of the year before where it 276 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.839 felt like link Away West had all the momentum and Lincoln Way Central was kind 277 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.319 of spinning its wheels, and Linkway Central beats Lincoln Way West. So I 278 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:36.000 guess when you when you look at this game and look at the history of 279 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.920 this game, you just kind of you kind of have to throw out some 280 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.920 of those external factors and figure it's just going to be one of these back 281 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.720 and forth, you know, throwing haymakers at one another. You know, 282 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:49.920 I said earlier that the result was surprising, and it is still somewhat surprising, 283 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:52.799 but I think, as you hit on there, the more surprising thing 284 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.160 was the fact that they were down twenty one Linkolway Central found itself down twenty 285 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:00.960 one zero. I do think as as as coach, they would burn hit 286 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:06.720 on after the game when he joined us that you know, it should serve 287 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.359 as a good learning moment because they didn't lay down, They got back in 288 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.839 that game, they took it overtime. I think the Nights are going to 289 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:17.200 be fine after that. That was probably one of those situations where you know, 290 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:23.000 you you'd rather happen now than the first round the playoffs. So yeah, 291 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:26.799 yeah, And I mean with their remaining schedule they I mean, if 292 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:30.640 if over confidence or any of those things might have been an issue, and 293 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:36.319 and he wouldn't directly say that that was something that might have contributed to the 294 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:40.599 loss, but you know, it's better they, like you said, better 295 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:44.640 they resolve it now because there's a lot of a lot more hurdles coming up 296 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:48.559 on that schedule for them, and they need to maybe they needed to be 297 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:51.920 reminded, you need to be prepped and ready for each one of your games 298 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:57.359 because there's I mean, there's a lot of really good football teams remaining on 299 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.480 Lincoln White c schedule starting with this week. Guess who they've got. They've 300 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:08.279 got Sandberg, So you know that's they're playing another team that obviously has a 301 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:11.839 lot of wind in their sales right now. So I got to get back 302 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:18.839 on the horse and keep going because nobody's going to slow down for him. 303 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.000 One more game before we hit a quick commercial break here, Susy wanted to 304 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.480 hit on say Ignation taking down Merit, and I'm right there with you. 305 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.880 This was not a result I expected to see. Well, I mean, 306 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.279 I think it speaks to the whole Catholic League in general. This week there 307 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:40.240 were so many of those games, you know, inside of the actual divisions 308 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:45.200 now and these crossovers and all these other things. They're all well and good, 309 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.279 but you need to kind of figure out where those teams stack and and 310 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:55.119 looking at that Merits Saint Ignatious game and kind of the results that coming into 311 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.440 it, I felt like it could go either way, but I was leaning 312 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:03.799 towards Marist. It's just it was just one of those games that kind of 313 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:07.599 surprised me at the end of it, just Saint Ignatius had seemed to struggle 314 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:11.400 to kind of, like I guess, deliver a knockout blow late in games. 315 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:15.680 They've been in almost all of their games this year, but the earlier 316 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.960 lost to Fenwick. They just couldn't get quite get over the hump. But 317 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:22.880 that Catholic League, and I talk about this a lot, but I really 318 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:30.119 think it's worth mentioning absolute craziness. So many teams right now are sitting there 319 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:34.480 with two and two records in that league, and we're halfway through the season, 320 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:37.960 so we've got you know, it's going to be a challenge for a 321 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:45.680 lot of these teams to avoid falling into that four and five gap because every 322 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.680 week is such difficulty. When you look at it, there's you know, 323 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:55.079 there's five teams left that are undefeated. That list includes a couple of teams 324 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:57.680 that I would have been surprised if you would have told me before the season 325 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:02.680 that they were going to be on it. And then five more at three 326 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:07.160 and one, a whole mess of teams at two and two, two teams 327 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:12.000 at one and three including Marist, and a grand total of one at oh 328 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:15.599 and four, and that's Nazareth, which you wouldn't have been on either. 329 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:22.279 So just kind of a melting pot of you know, a lot of right 330 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:25.400 in the middle of the pack records in that league right now. Yeah, 331 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:30.079 saying Ignas at two and two, you know, it's a team that played 332 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:37.880 really well in the postseason last year as a considerable considerable amount from that team 333 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:41.279 that lost a close battle against Prairie Ridge. Uh, you know, including 334 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:45.480 justin Scott. That's a big win against Marris there because even though you know, 335 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.559 like they played Nazis, we got one and four. But come on, 336 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:53.279 like we all know that that's not your typical oh and four team that 337 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:57.400 that it's it's so every win, You're right, it's gonna be really tough 338 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.000 in the Catholically, that's a big one for an Ignatious. It can be 339 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:04.680 even still looking at that, looking at the remaining schedule. Man, it's 340 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.480 just everyone it's it's hard to get to five wins for these teams. Yeah, 341 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.799 you can do that with almost any team. I mean, we were 342 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.960 talking with with Dave Archibald for Saint Buieter after their win on Friday Night. 343 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.640 They got them to three and one, and and you know, I mentioned 344 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:23.200 to coach Archibald that, you know, you gotta make you feel a little 345 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.559 bit better that you've gotten through these first four with three wins in the bank. 346 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.039 And he's like, you know, we got these five left and none 347 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.079 of them are going to be a cake walk. And he's right. I 348 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:37.279 mean, they're all games on paper that they're either you know, clips or 349 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:44.759 maybe brother maybe fighters the underdog. Yeah yeah, Brother Rice Carmel Montini, 350 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:49.720 Saint Ignatious Marmion. Yeah, I mean yeah, Well, all right, 351 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:52.200 well stick with us. We got a lot more to talk about here to 352 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:59.559 wrap before we wrap up our conversation on week four. This is State Representative 353 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:03.720 Steve Right and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. There'll be 354 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.279 plenty of time for politics down the road, but for now, let's enjoy 355 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:11.440 some high school football. Whichever school you follow, give him your support. 356 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:17.759 Welcome back into the Friday Night Drive podcast. Make sure you go to Friday 357 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:21.400 Night Drive dot com to find all of our content throughout the week. Here 358 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:26.119 as we head into week five. Right now, we have a story up 359 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.599 suits that I want to hit on from an update from the Marengo Johnsburg game. 360 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:32.559 If you were watching live with Friday Night Drive or you know, if 361 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.839 you follow high school football in general and Illinois, you probably heard about a 362 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:41.960 scary injury that took place in that game Marengo Marango Junior Altenburg Bright. I 363 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.920 had a scary neck injury in that one. Ended up being airlifted to Advocate 364 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:52.640 Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. But good news to share on that from 365 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.799 Joe Stevenson in the story that is posted right now on Friday Night Drive dot 366 00:25:55.839 --> 00:26:00.519 com is Alton is back home. Arrived there on Sunday afternoon. Sounds like 367 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:07.319 he escaped the worst case he has is able to walk struggling right now, 368 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:12.160 but they do expect him to make a full recovery. Has I believe full 369 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:18.000 movement in his right side and limited in his left side. I apologize if 370 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.039 I'm flopping that on the side there, but they do expect full, full 371 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:25.759 movement to come back here in short time. Suits. Yeah, that's good 372 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:30.440 to hear. I mean, obviously a tremendously scary moment for everyone involved, 373 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:34.039 but good to hear that he's the prognosis at least at this point in time 374 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:38.359 is really really good. So, you know, the best wishes to him 375 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:42.319 and his family and the journey that he has ahead and getting back to normal. 376 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:51.519 Yeah, it's something we've dealt with it several times in our professional career. 377 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:56.160 I've no, I've had a couple where I've been at games myself. 378 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.680 I know Tim Fowlick without covering that. You know. The thing I think 379 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.799 tended a good job how to try and to convey that to readers and it's 380 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:08.799 talking about on social media is I always feel terrible for the kids that have 381 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:12.839 to go back out there and finish a high school football game in that situation. 382 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.119 Yeah, I mean, you know, keeping focus after he's seeing something 383 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:22.640 that like that happened for everybody, that's got to be difficult. I mean, 384 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.240 that's that's just something that is going to sit in the back of your 385 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.200 mind for a while, but particularly right in the moment, you know, 386 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:36.440 not knowing exactly what's going on with you know, with your teammate. Uh, 387 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:40.400 it can be something that obviously causes a lot of stress and and and 388 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:45.400 then being asked to you know, to to stay, you know, stay 389 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.680 in the moment of the football game that you're trying to play. Sometimes seems 390 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:53.000 like a little bit too much to ask. Yeah. Absolutely, But it's 391 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.319 it's great to hear good news on Alton. We with him the best in 392 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:03.160 his recovery. Even mentioned in this to uh that he's already got a date 393 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.079 target he hopes to play again this season. Sus, Well, you know 394 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:11.599 that the ambitious and and I hope that he's able to do that. But 395 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.839 but yeah, that's that's good that he's thinking that way, that you know, 396 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:18.680 keeps that positive frame of mind. His boy, it would be easy 397 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:22.240 to get caught up in so the real negatives of the situation. Good to 398 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:26.880 see that he's not allowing that to happen. Yeah, well, you know 399 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:32.599 elsewhere on Friday night had you know, you run into weird things every week, 400 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:36.559 but this one, we had two games that pretty much the exact same 401 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:41.200 time and the closing minutes on Friday night, sus have their lights go out? 402 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.480 Do you ever have that one happened before? Yeah, I've had I've 403 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:48.880 had a power outage of a couple of games in the past that I've been 404 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.440 at, but nothing quite like the way that those scenarios played out, where 405 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.960 it was both games that were heading right down to the wire in terms of 406 00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:03.359 the outcome. U the IC Catholic Nazareth game was heading towards overtime, not 407 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.680 quite there, I see. Catholic was on its last drive in the fourth 408 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:12.440 quarter with under thirty seconds to play when the power went out. Fenwick was 409 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:18.079 on its last drive of the game, trying to score a go ahead touchdown 410 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:23.680 with less than a minute left when the power went out. So ultimately Fenwick 411 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:29.200 Fenwick threw a couple of incomplete passes to try to score the touchdown and then 412 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.160 kick the game winning field goal, but not after sitting through a twenty minute 413 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.359 delay. So I've heard of freezing the kicker, but that seems like a 414 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:42.000 pretty extreme case of it, you know, because I mean the kicker noticed 415 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:47.799 that he was probably it might come down to him and just spent the entire 416 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:51.920 time in the dark thinking about the context of the kick that he was probably 417 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:55.960 going to be asked to make there for a while. So definitely definitely a 418 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:00.000 unique situation. This is just the first of four rid and Night Drive podcast 419 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.039 coming year away this week. Eddie Cariffio and JT. Penalty will have the 420 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:08.440 Illinois Valley edition of our podcast where they talk about everything out in the western 421 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.920 part of this day. And Josh Welgi, who congrats Josh just becoming a 422 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:17.079 first time dad last week. He's back this week he'll be joining in joining 423 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:21.960 with Jake Bartleson for the Western Suburbs podcast and then SEUs we'll be back later 424 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:25.480 this week to preview week five and we'll have Joe Stevenson on to talk Prairie 425 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.079 Ridge Carry Grove then. But frankly, it's it's I'm too excited to not 426 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:34.400 just start diving into this now because I posted the question behind the scenes for 427 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:40.599 you guys to talk about with live on Friday Night Drive, was is there 428 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.519 a chance that we see Prairie Ridge and Carry Grove both hit the play in 429 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:47.559 state title games? And to give a little context here to listeners, these 430 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.839 two teens Fox Valley Conference rivals go into this game four no this week on 431 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:56.640 Friday Night. But you know they're usually battling in the Class six A playoff 432 00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:59.200 for the last decade or so for the chance to go to the six A 433 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.640 title game. It's been every year since twenty seventeen, twenty sixteen twenty sixteen 434 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:07.240 that one of these two teams have been a representative there, but for the 435 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:11.400 first time since then. You know, in this time period, Prairie Ridge 436 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:17.319 is trending heavily towards me in a five A playoff team suits now a little 437 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:22.240 more of contact. Pray Ridge just really soundly beat a good Huntley team last 438 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.960 week. Carry Grove just beat a good Jacob's team last week. I'm starting 439 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:30.880 to feel like sus that this is not just a question we should be asking 440 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:38.240 but almost not inevitability is too strong a word, but almost the favorites is 441 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.839 that too strong as well? You know, I don't know if I quite 442 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:48.079 go. I mean, I would maybe put a co favorite label on them. 443 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:52.799 There's a couple of teams that I think are definitely worthy of consideration for 444 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:56.000 that. You know, that situation in six A. I think you gotta 445 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:00.920 look to potential of Geneva falling into that group, and with the enrollment falling 446 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:05.599 the way that it does, I think Lake Zurich is a possibility for six 447 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:08.519 A North. This year, they've been bouncing back and forth between the six 448 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:15.720 and seven eight fields, So six A North is in my opinion, not 449 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:19.480 all that deep, but I think that the couple teams at the top of 450 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.160 kind of separated themselves, and obviously Carry Grove would be amongst that group. 451 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:28.519 Five A is a little bit I think i'd be I'd be okay with with 452 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:32.119 declaring that that, you know, the Prayer Ridge is probably the favorite they're 453 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:38.079 In the past, you'd obviously have to give a nod to somebody like Nazareth, 454 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:45.240 But now we now we're in the situation that Nazareth is in where I 455 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:47.240 think it's probably unlikely that they're going to make the field this year. So 456 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:51.799 yeah, I would say I'm comfortable with putting Prairie Ridge on the on the 457 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:55.960 favorite line in five A North. Right now, they're sitting five or six 458 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.799 teams deep and five A the projection, so that means are probably gonna end 459 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.640 up there too. I know we talked about this every year, but I'm 460 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:07.599 more confident than ever that with their new enrollment number, that they're a five 461 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.279 eight team this year. All right, well you heard it here first everyone, 462 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:15.759 Prairie Ridge and Carry Crown. I've got ahead of myself here, But 463 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:19.519 now looking forward to that game on Friday night, we'll talk with Joe Stevenson 464 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.440 later in the week, let's go to some small school football. Though quickly 465 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:27.400 sus a game that we had a lot of interest in and was Sterling Newman 466 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.000 going out and playing rock Ridge. And the biggest interest there was you're talking 467 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:34.480 Newman as a is it two way? Yeah? Two A right there? 468 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.359 Actually one yeah, that's what I said, two A. And immediately it 469 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.240 was like, wait a second, I feel like they're down to one. 470 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:42.799 Yeah, Newman down to one A goes out to rock Ridge, a seven 471 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.680 eight team and ends up winning that game. And over time, you know, 472 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.759 Rock Ridge isn't exactly you know, a ti endom a program by any 473 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:52.799 meets, but still that's a one A school against seven A. That was 474 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:59.000 that's that's an entertaining one Well, I mean just let's let's talk about this 475 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.920 for a one second and text. Sterling Newman's Central Catholics enrollment number this year's 476 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:08.119 two hundred and ten. That's their natural enrollment. They don't have it multiplier 477 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:15.519 anymore. Rock Islands enrollment number is sixteen hundred eighty six a half. So 478 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:20.960 I mean, by the numbers of that, Rock Islands eight times bigger than 479 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:24.760 Sterling Newman. So it was a contextual game that I was very interested in 480 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:31.119 because it's one of a couple of games this year that pairs teams from the 481 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:37.679 Three Rivers Conference against the teams from the Western Big Six. The reason for 482 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:42.760 that would be St. Bede left left the Three Rivers Conference to join the 483 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:47.079 Chicagoland Prairie, leaving Three Rivers teams with this open date in their schedule that 484 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:52.639 they had to fill somehow pretty late, right, Yeah, it was fairly 485 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:57.679 late late in the process when that was announced. Usually teams planned like two 486 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.519 years in advance on their schedules. They did not have that much time. 487 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:04.920 Western Big Six teams had to filidate on their schedule because Rock Island, Alaman 488 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:12.000 elected to not play varsity football this season. Yeah, so finding, you 489 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.880 know, matches for teams that this late in the season, you know, 490 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:20.760 week five, Weeks six, week seven, you know, week four are 491 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:25.519 difficult because most teams are already ankle deep in their conference season. They have 492 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:29.400 an even number of teams, so they don't have a team out there that 493 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:34.559 fits with them. So that's why this game materialized. And I remembered when 494 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.880 it was scheduled, I kind of raised my eyebrow and said, you know, 495 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.440 I have a lot of respect for what Sterling Newman does. But man, 496 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:44.639 that is a huge disparity enrollment number. I mean, that's that, 497 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:47.719 I mean that might be too much to overcome when we have another interesting matchup 498 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:52.559 of those two conferences again this week when Sterling goes to Princeton. Yea, 499 00:35:54.400 --> 00:36:00.360 yeah, we'll talk about that l Yeah, but it's it's it's definitely a 500 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:06.719 situation where the three Rivers team is putting themselves at a substantial disadvantage. But 501 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:13.159 unfortunately for them, they didn't have the option because of having enough time to 502 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:17.920 find a game. They couldn't take a forfeit if if they were unable to 503 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.719 fill that date so that they have a certain amount of time to do that. 504 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:27.800 In the case of the Western Big Six teams with Rock Island element, 505 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:31.079 they made that decision fairly late in the process, so if they were not 506 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:36.079 able to find a game, they were allowed to take a forfeit victory over 507 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:39.920 Elements. So just kind of a you know, maschination thing with how some 508 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:45.519 of these games happened, but definitely a really, really impressive win for Sterling 509 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:49.840 Newman. I know, like you mentioned, Rock Island not quite at the 510 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:52.519 level that they've been in past years and they are owing four right now. 511 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:58.920 But I mean they've played Manuka, they've played gun Lap, and they've played 512 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:04.480 Quincy to start this season. All of those teams are strong teams. Yeah, 513 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:07.079 and they're gonna all gonna be playoff teams. So looking at their own 514 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.320 for it isn't like they're, you know, just a punching bag. They're 515 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:15.920 they're they're a decent team I think in the grand scheme of things. But 516 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:21.920 a huge win for for Sterling Newman. You know, that will help them 517 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:28.199 in a lot of ways moving forward. All right, SEUs, before we 518 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:32.440 get out of here, let's talk. We had about two dozen Thursday night 519 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:37.480 games and you got your first Barrington experience. You got to see the Broncos 520 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.199 win against New Treer on Thursday night. How was that and how was the 521 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:45.599 pork chop sandwich? Well, first of all, the pork chop sandwich was 522 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:49.639 outstanding. I mean, I know that the IHA is sponsoring another one of 523 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:53.440 those those pork chop sandwich tournaments and I will protest the bracket if the Barrington 524 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:58.639 pork chop is not included in it. So that's that's my stance on Matt. 525 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:02.000 So uh, very good there, but a good, solid football game 526 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:06.440 with new Trier, and you know, I was impressed with Barrington, but 527 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:09.440 actually it kind of taught me. It gave me a little bit of lesson 528 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:13.400 about what I thought a new Trier because I thought they made a very good 529 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.760 accounting for themselves, had an opportunity to potentially tie the game in the last 530 00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:23.800 minute. But Barrington played a good exactly what I expected to them. They 531 00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:29.719 were very solid. They didn't do a lot that was really flashy, but 532 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.159 you know, they beat a pretty good football team in New Trier, in 533 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:36.760 my opinion, the team that's probably going to be playoff bound, and we'll 534 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:40.519 hear from again before the season's over. But good sound, you know, 535 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:45.039 effort from Barrington. Did what they had to do to win the football game, 536 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:50.360 didn't make a lot of mistakes, and I expect that whoever you know, 537 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.760 ends up having to deal with them for the rest of the season. 538 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:57.159 We'll have their hands full with the Broncos. All right, Well, we're 539 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.320 gonna go ahead and get out of here. But we appreciated everyone who's tuned 540 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.960 in to listen to this edition of the Friday Night Drive podcast, and I 541 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:07.320 appreciate sus you jumping on and spending some time talking football with me this morning, 542 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.840 man, because in about an hour from now, I'm going to go 543 00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:13.480 do a live stream with Sean Hammond, our our Chicago Bears beat reporter, 544 00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:17.280 and this is going to be a much more pot or This conversation this morning 545 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:21.280 was a much more positive conversation than the one I'm going to be having this 546 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:25.719 afternoon talking football. Yeah, I can't imagine that that will be a you 547 00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:31.000 know, a Roses and candy type of conversation, because that's not going to 548 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:35.639 be a great discussion I would imagine. Yeah, We're we do that podcast 549 00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:37.480 live. By the way, you can find y'all locals YouTube page if you'd 550 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:42.760 like to join us live. You can also download the Bears Insider podcasts if 551 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:49.079 you're interested. But I expect the commenters today to probably have pitchforks and pitchforks 552 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:52.000 ready to go, sus and I can't blame them after watching that game yesterday. 553 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:58.079 And unless you're a huge enthusiast of screen passes and screen passes only, 554 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:01.039 I can't imagine. I can't imagine. I can't imagine, you know what 555 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:05.239 it's going to go too well, or screen passes that go for six or 556 00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:10.199 pick sixes in inexplicable situations. Yeah, I don't know. I don't I 557 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:14.320 know that I would probably not be all that good at calling a game, 558 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:20.639 but boy, sometimes I'm watching that. And a full disclosure, I claim 559 00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:25.800 no allegiance to any National Football League franchise, so but I usually watched the 560 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:29.800 Bears on a regular basis, and I'm not going to say it's for comedy 561 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.920 purposes, but sometimes it feels like you definitely could have had some Betty Hill 562 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.360 music playing here in that game. Yea head, it would would not have 563 00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:38.280 been out of place. But all right, Well, thank you everyone who 564 00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.880 joined us for this edition of the Priday and Night Drive podcast. I am 565 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:45.280 Kyle Neighbor for Steve Susy. 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