WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.120 Schweiker, Gannison, Krizak Rundio proudly sponsors for Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.280 Krizak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.519 company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions of 4 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:14.679 dollars for our clients. Visit G A N A S S I N dot 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:28.640 com. Welcome to the Friday Night Drive Podcast, Imperial Valley Prestige Edition. 6 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:36.840 I'm your host. Daily Chronicle Sports Editor Eddie Carriffio also a host. JT. 7 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:42.399 Penalty Shaw Shaw Sports Regional editor, JT. What is up? My 8 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.479 man? All of those words, you put them in any combination, it 9 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.240 comes out to the same thing. Regional sports editor, sports regional editor, 10 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.039 whatever. And I said, go to the wrong order. Turn it. 11 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:56.640 No, I'm thinking there is no wrong order. It's like a It's like 12 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.640 Djengo blocks. Whichever way you put them, it's still three three D three 13 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:02.719 three. Things are good, man, Things are good. I'm actually a 14 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.280 little u a little sore today, but I'm playing through the pain we had. 15 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.040 I coached my daughter's soccer team, and it's a big tradition in a 16 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:14.000 street to use soccer to have a parents versus kids scrimmage. But towards the 17 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:18.159 end of the season and my assistant coach elbowed his daughter in the nose and 18 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:23.239 it bled all over the place, And I did you got to play win 19 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.840 those games? Though? I mean, that's the these kids, man, 20 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.519 I've been waiting all year. But if they got to learn this, I 21 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:36.519 hope you guys wanted at least a hundred to nothing two too. But we're 22 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.640 old and decrepit, so and there were a fewer of us. Well, 23 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.560 oh, mine was great, but forget my weekend. No one cares about 24 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.359 me. Let's get right into games. We covered Friday, going back in 25 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.840 time here because your game my game both had something in common, so I 26 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.560 think that, uh, we'll start with my game. They both had two 27 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.760 point conversions at the into the game team's going for the win. We had 28 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.680 your game JT was Woodstock North in Ottawa, right, correct, Yes, 29 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:15.400 I had Sycamore Canelin's Sycamore went for the two. I got to win your 30 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:20.159 game Woodstock North win for the two. Did not get it and did not 31 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:23.919 get to it. So I guess the question. You know, it's always 32 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:30.280 one of those, so I guess The question then becomes, when does it 33 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.759 make sense to go for the two in that situation? So I love going 34 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:38.800 for it. I wrote a whole Columnroyd Thick about how I love going for 35 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.360 it, not just from that game, but NAU had a situation, of 36 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.599 course, not to win the game at this point. It's just to not 37 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:49.240 be down fifteen anymore for them. But JT, what was your thoughts when 38 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.960 you saw the Woodstock North coach trot out there going for two. You know, 39 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:54.800 it's always easy in hindsight when a team doesn't make it to say it's 40 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:59.319 the wrong call, but it was absolutely the correct call. You know, 41 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:01.360 Ottawa's co set it after the game? Would Stock North coach set it after 42 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:04.800 the game? I was thinking it at the time, just you know, 43 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:09.000 Woodstock North had all the momentum. They're on the road, and you know 44 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:15.120 Otto was out to starting insideline backers due to injury, and one of those 45 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.680 reserve inside linebackers ott was Louke Connell. Or yeah, lou Connell was actually 46 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:23.800 the one who blew up the play and sacked the quarterback and stopped Woodstock North 47 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:28.639 from getting the two point conversion. But yeah, it's I mean, you 48 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:30.719 got to read the room. You gotta how the momentum is going in the 49 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:34.719 game, how the matchups are, how you feel about it. How good 50 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.400 is your kicker? You know, do you trust? Is your kicker a 51 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:39.759 ninety nine percenter or a seventy five percenter? That makes a difference. But 52 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:45.599 I know in my game it was absolutely the right move. And and even 53 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.479 though it didn't work out, and I would think the way it worked out, 54 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:54.120 it absolutely was inland right. Yeah, No, it's absolutely the right 55 00:03:54.199 --> 00:04:00.319 call. In the Sycamore game, Sycamore actually gone three and out on their 56 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:05.599 only two possessions of the second half. They've scored the tie there up fourteen 57 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:10.879 to seven at halftime, fell down twenty one to fourteen. You look at 58 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:15.840 it, and I don't want to face Kaitlyn's offense in overtime. Kaitlyn put 59 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:19.920 up twenty one points on Sycamore. That's like the most anyone scored against them 60 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.480 since they lost the Morris By the way, I was going back and I 61 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.120 was very surprised to see that Ottawa actually came very close to putting up twenty 62 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.160 one on them. Last year they put up twenty obviously missed extra point in 63 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.199 there or something I was very surprised to see that that's the only team that's 64 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:40.040 reached twenty against them other than Kaitlin and Morris in the last three seasons now. 65 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:45.600 But no, the two point conversion, he was really great because it 66 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:46.959 looked like it was almost like an actor thought because he lined up to do 67 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.439 the extra point because usually the two point conversion is a road you go for 68 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:56.839 two on the road, you know, but you know so, so coach 69 00:04:56.879 --> 00:05:01.319 O'Ryan sends out the extra point, team calls time out. Besides who wants 70 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.199 to go for And I think it was a great college called the second time 71 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:09.560 out after they showed the matchup. Obviously your first instinct is, of course 72 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.759 sick and one should go for it. They run the ball very well, 73 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.759 they have a very good offensive line. That is apparently what Caitlin coach Michael 74 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.040 Ferguson was thinking, and that's what the players on the Caitlin field were thinking, 75 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:23.319 because the cornerbacks were sneaking in and kind of cheating in a little bit, 76 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:27.959 and so they're able to get a pass uh for Caucher to Joey Kolotta, 77 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.560 who I believe Kloda had one catch prior this year, and boom, 78 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:38.120 it's a win. So really uh, really exciting stuff when the game comes 79 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.240 down to that. Yeah. Yeah, And you know, I'm a I'm 80 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.120 a Los Angeles Chargers fan, and I don't agree with a lot of Brandon 81 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.759 Staley's decisions, but one of the things that I'll back them on, whether 82 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:50.839 it works or it doesn't. Lately it hasn't, is uh, you know, 83 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.959 when the game's on the line, I want the ball on your best 84 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.720 player's hands, you know, for the for the Chargers. You know that's 85 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.759 you know, justin Herbert or whatever. But I mean, if you're sick 86 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.759 of or you know, or or in Woodstock North's case, you know, 87 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.759 you want to put the ball in their best player's hands, and you want 88 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:09.759 to do what you do best and trust yourself to get two and a half 89 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:12.920 yards and if you don't, so be it. And you know, that 90 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.959 actually shows the depth that Sycamore has that they didn't put the ball in the 91 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.240 best player's hands. That you could argue quarterback per Couchers among the best. 92 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:24.560 It's hard to pick the best player for Sycamore, but they you know, 93 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.800 you would think running the ball behind that line with one of those three running 94 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.759 backs, that or at least two are really really good and one solid running 95 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.240 back. You put them in one of their hands behind the solid line and 96 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.920 boom. So I realized I should have probably thought that sentence out further rather 97 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.439 than make it sound like I'm dissing on one of the running backs now, 98 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.160 so I just won't mention any name across the board at this point. I'm 99 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.959 not they're all great, but when you're two of them, you could argue 100 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.319 for player of the year quality guys, and one of them is just going 101 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:56.959 to be a first team Sorry, you know, honestly, And right after 102 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.279 I said it, I kind of you know, honestly, Probably the most 103 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:03.079 effective weapon that would stock North showed Friday night was Maxwell Dennison, who's kind 104 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.160 of like a mostly wide receiver, but they find a way to get the 105 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.160 ball in his hands a lot of different ways, and he did not touch 106 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:10.920 it. I think he was going to be the target of that play, 107 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:14.639 but he did not end up touching the ball. So then you go from 108 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:16.360 playing checkers to chess where it's like, okay, but everyone knows who our 109 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.079 best player is, so now we're going to do something draw that defense and 110 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:24.519 get something else going. But yeah, it's first up. It's always exciting. 111 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.279 I mean, you know that there's no more exciting way to end a 112 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.120 ball game or to you know, in the final minutes of the ball game 113 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.480 and have a team goal for the win for two. But you know, 114 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:38.000 I don't necessarily agree that it's always if you're on the road, do it, 115 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:39.879 you know, if you're at home. I just think you have to 116 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.480 read how the game's going. You have to look across the field, like 117 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.839 you said, and say, do I want to face this team in overtime? 118 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.040 You know who do I think has a better line, a better defense 119 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.319 that can stop a team? You know, in high school it goes well 120 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:54.360 to the ten yard line, So you know, can you stop a team 121 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:58.120 from basically getting a first down? If you don't think you can, then 122 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:03.079 you might as well go for the win right there. Yeah, And in 123 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.720 Sycamore's case, it did. And for Cainlan Boyle, howdy, that's uh. 124 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.920 That's now three losses this year for them. They've had the lead and 125 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.240 fourth quarter of all three games, and the three teams they have played are 126 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.839 combined of the three teams they've lost to are combined seventeen and one. So 127 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.839 I'm I'm done with this is Caitlin and the Caitlin is right there at the 128 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:30.879 top of the division. I think they're getting into the playoffs and well, 129 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:35.159 obviously I think they're getting the last that's not the most I like the chances. 130 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:37.879 The bull statement is I think they're winning at least a playoff game. 131 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.879 I think they'll get a seven or eight win team in the first round that 132 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.679 sleeps on them, and I think they go on the road and get a 133 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.159 playoff win. I don't even need to wait for the matchups to see that. 134 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.320 Now I watch, there'll probably be some Catholic League team that probably should 135 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:56.960 be exactly I am. I'm very high on this Caitland team. Like I 136 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.279 said, Michael Ferguson is in his first year there forst year, is the 137 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.399 head coach there. He's been around the program since you know, pretty much 138 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:11.720 birth, so he is doing some great things there. We've talked about the 139 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:15.399 offense. I don't think we mentioned Josh Mothley a lot on this podcast. 140 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.799 I want to be sure to bring up what he's done. I'm actually doing 141 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:24.279 something for later in the week for Friday Night Drive on a list of players 142 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:30.120 that could potentially be the Player of the Year with the Daily Chronicle and Mathey 143 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:35.879 after seeing him on Friday, is absolutely on the list two way player. 144 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.919 He is the main running back. They haven't been able to find the success 145 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.440 with other people back there in they have with him. Start of the year, 146 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.440 Thorguson wanted to keep him fresh for playing defensive end. I want to 147 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.279 say he had a sack or a hurry up or something that Sycamore does not 148 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:58.440 usually give up. He had one or two of them against Sycamore last week. 149 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.159 He is just he's the real deal player on both fens and he's a 150 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.399 big part of why this Caitlin team is I know, three and three, 151 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.399 but having the success that they're having this year. Yeah, I know, 152 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:13.799 I know. High school football coaches don't believe in, you know, good 153 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.320 losses. Football coaches in general, they're just not the type of people who 154 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:22.200 have the mindset that believes in they believe in good losses. Yeah, when 155 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.399 you look at good losses and bad losses and that sort of thing, I 156 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.639 mean, you can get lost in labeling them and whatnot. But the takeaway 157 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.240 is they've played close games and well they've lost all three of them. They've 158 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:41.919 been against good teams. So they are, they are. I'm sorry, 159 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.480 they've the teams they've lost been against good teams, so good loss, bad 160 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.519 loss, whatever you want to call it. They're gonna be ready for the 161 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.039 postseason. They're gonna be absolutely ready for the postseason when they play a good 162 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:52.919 team. They're gonna have a chip on their shoulder in the postseason because they 163 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.639 haven't, you know, won one of those games. And that's why I 164 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:58.519 think they're absolutely frightening the play in the first round, and I think they 165 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.200 come away the first round win. Yeah, and you know, now, 166 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.200 I think would be a great time to go to break and we'll talk a 167 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:11.720 little more. Schwacke River Interstate eight o LP meeting. That sounds like a 168 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:16.600 great DH team. So we will absolutely go into break and well, like 169 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.159 we said, it will hit the k R C. I A gotta think 170 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:28.399 about that acronym when we get back. This is State Representative Steve Reich, 171 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.200 and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. There will be plenty 172 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:35.519 of time for politics down the road, but for now, let's enjoy some 173 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:43.360 high school football. Whichever school you follow, give him your support. So 174 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:48.440 we're talking about the top end of the k r C I eight. I'm 175 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:50.799 glad this last year. I have to remember all those letters the k r 176 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.559 C I eight. We were talking about that Sycamore Cainlin battle. But let's 177 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:58.799 now shift towards I think this is another big one we have to touch on 178 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:05.279 here. Maybe not quite as positive, but lesal Peru their playoff take chances 179 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:11.279 take a big ten in their loss JC. Yeah. Yeah, very surprising 180 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:18.000 loss to Woodstock, previously winning winless with seventeen to fourteen, and kind of 181 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.320 you know, we've talked week after this LP Autawa matchup was going to be, 182 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.759 you know, one where the winner has an excellent chance at the playoffs 183 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.919 and the loser probably won't. And everything played out exactly that way, and 184 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:33.639 we look like geniuses. And then the Cavaliers went up to Woodstock and you 185 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:35.200 know, got stunned. I don't I don't know how else to say it. 186 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.159 I don't think anyone's not to mention, not to mention a two point 187 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:46.159 conversion away from us really looking like idiots. Yeah well yeah, but uh 188 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:50.159 yeah, that outawo LP. You know, first up, it's it's you 189 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:52.360 know, always a huge game. This will be the one hundred and twenty 190 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:58.240 fourth meeting, and LP has won the last I believe nine. But me 191 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.720 pick a favorite, having seen LP two weeks ago and Ottawa last week. 192 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:03.480 If you made me pick a favorite, you know I would I would probably 193 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.600 say I like Ottawa's chances in this one. You know, they're playing for 194 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.039 a little bit more. I don't help. Crew's only real path to the 195 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:16.200 playoffs now is to beat Ottawa and then either upset Sycamore or Cainland, and 196 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.159 that's you know, that's the road that they have unless Steve Susi's finally right 197 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.039 this year in a wealth of four and five teams sneaking, it always looks 198 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.159 like it about this time, and then after week nine the dust settles, 199 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.200 it's like, oh, some teams got to five and four. We didn't 200 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.000 think would so. But yeah, it's a great it's a great matchup, 201 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.120 it's a great rivalry. But uh, I don't think it has quite the 202 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:43.720 shine it would have had. A Yeah, those those games you needed to 203 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.320 get a win against Sycamore or I'm sorry, needing to get a win against 204 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:52.120 Sycamore or Cainland. I mean, they're not impossible in the sense of any 205 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.320 given Friday, but in the more realistic sets. I mean, those those 206 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.200 are big asks needing to at one of those two games right there, that 207 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:05.519 they obviously if they taking care of, like you said, a winless team 208 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.720 and then wouldn't have needed it, and then can say themselves for the playoff 209 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.320 ups that they would have scored in the first round. But yeah, I 210 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:20.039 mean you mentioned Ottawa there, and let's hope this works out well as I 211 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.559 ask you this, and we're past technical difficulties, but how do you see 212 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.120 that match up going and what do you think Ottawa does come away with the 213 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:33.240 win? Yeah, those of you listening might notice Eddie's doing a little more 214 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.200 heavy lifting this week. I've had some internet issues the past couple can't past 215 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.240 couple of days. But it's better now, hopefully it sounds a little bit 216 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.799 better, but still kind of a little bit of lock ups here and there. 217 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:48.240 But yeah, you know, I think Ottawa maybe, and they're more 218 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:50.000 balanced team, which coming into the season I don't think people would have expected. 219 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.879 But yeah, I think I was a bit more of the bit more 220 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.639 balanced and a little more kind of their resume looks a little better going into 221 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:03.000 this one. Okay, I think I jumped the gun. You froze for 222 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.159 like half a second, and I'm just really jumpy right now. This is 223 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.759 well, we'll edit this all out. We'll take this all out. It's 224 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.039 fine, we'll edit the cutouts too. We'll make that. We'll use AI 225 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:15.960 and make itself like nothing happens. It'll be we We have the budget for 226 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.159 all this, definitely. Yeah. I look forward to the days we don't 227 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.759 even have to record this. Just the AI looks at us the score zone 228 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:24.639 and then does it for us. That'll be wonderful. Yeah, with how 229 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:28.039 great AI does, obviously that day is coming. I am being sarcastic. 230 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.440 So I think that's all we got to touch on. In the who is 231 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:39.039 We've spent like twenty minutes in the k r C I eight Hell, just 232 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.440 one division of it. But let's move this up that that's got my attention 233 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:50.279 down your way, and that's uh the ice ice baby, yeah, Illisly 234 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:54.519 they got themselves a game this week, don't they. Yeah, this is 235 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.240 you know we talk about those matchups, you know, like in the you 236 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.679 know, the Sycamore Morris and in week nine, you know in the Ice 237 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.519 it's this week it's Wilming City. Both of them have won five straight after 238 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:14.799 losing their openers to you know, powerhouses a slight upset and Cole City losing 239 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:18.320 to Morris Go ahead, Eddie, Yeah, I don't know. I was 240 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:23.399 gonna say Wilmington and Cole City both five and one. You would obviously very 241 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:30.240 clearly mentioned their upsets in week one. Wilmington kind of the favorite people thought 242 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:34.759 preseason. But who do you like in this one? Because I I mean, 243 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:38.960 knowing absolutely nothing about these teams or other than you know, scores and 244 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.639 whatnot, I'm thinking Cole City. Yeah. I think a lot of people 245 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:47.120 thought Wilmington with what they had coming back, was kind of the prohibitive favorite, 246 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.759 with Cole City just a step behind them, But kind of looking at 247 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.720 common opponents and how those games have played out, I'm not sure that maybe 248 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.360 it's not at least to pick them. I think it's just gonna be a 249 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.799 great game and maybe the fast one of the faster games played in the state, 250 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.000 although I think we have one that's going to nominate a faster because of 251 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:06.519 all the runner running that's going to be going on. But it should be 252 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:08.359 a great one. Either myself or Rob oolsterly should be there covering, depending 253 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:11.599 on how a few things fall. But if it's me, I'll really be 254 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:17.759 looking forward to seeing these pretty much decide the conference championship. Yeah, big 255 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:23.039 guns for the gay, the big guns that game deserves. I'm just apparently 256 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.240 you have an excuse your internet keeps cutting out. My brain is acting like 257 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:32.960 your internet right now, so I know which one is the bigger problem. 258 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:37.000 So no one more thing in the ice. I know you wanted to toss 259 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:42.000 out there, The mighty Mighty Piotones. Yeah, the Blue Devils. You 260 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:48.240 know they are the They are the Canlands of the Illinois Central Late Conference in 261 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:51.440 that they have three losses. They're three and three, and it'd be easy 262 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:55.319 to dismiss them, but their three losses are three five and one teams Sandwich, 263 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.319 Wilmington and Cole City, and left on the schedule for piotone is Streeter 264 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:03.160 to and four, Lyle one and five and hersher one in five. So 265 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:06.519 I think there's an excellent chance we end up seeing piotone be six and three 266 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.920 and giving someone giving a higher seed a really tough time in a first round 267 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.759 playoff game, just like you mentioned for Caitlin. Yeah, how did those 268 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.440 games against Sandwich, Wilmington and Cole City go? Because That's the thing with 269 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.880 Caitlan, as you know, like I said, the Knights had the lead 270 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:26.759 in all four of those games in the fourth quarter, including against Caitlan in 271 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:33.000 the last minute. How is Pyotone hung with those I don't believe I'm about 272 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.240 to call Sandwich big boy, given he didn't have a varsity program last time, 273 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.960 But how have they done hanging with those big boys? They gave will 274 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.920 and that. This is kind of one of the ones I was talking about 275 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:47.400 earlier when I said Wilmington and City. Kind of when you look at common 276 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.799 opponents, it kind of makes you go, huh. Because Pyotone hung with 277 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.839 Wilmington pretty good. It was thirty four to fourteen, and they lost forty 278 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:00.440 eight to seven to Cole City and forty two nineteen to say which, But 279 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:03.920 you know, that was a Sandwich team that nobody had film on, nobody 280 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:06.200 knew what to expect of. You know, you had one game to go 281 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.799 off of, so they didn't. They didn't compete particularly great in those games, 282 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:15.440 other than maybe sort of in the Wilmington one. But I think you're 283 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.079 I think they're kind of hitting their stride now. I mean they they really 284 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.400 did a number on Mantino and Mantino's a possible playoff team as well, so 285 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.079 I think it'll be interesting to see the tone down the stretch. I think 286 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.440 they're a team that we could see playing in Week eleven despite being three and 287 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.920 three. Now, yeah, no, especially if you know they take care 288 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.039 of business like you know we expect they should, you know, get in 289 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:40.519 at six and three, and they don't have to play a tough team in 290 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:44.160 the first round, so or you know, a tougher team in the first 291 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:48.720 round. So well, we'll see how that plays out. That's definitely one 292 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.039 to uh keep an eye on. I love now that I've done to mid 293 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.039 nineties musical references with the writing Mandy Bostones and Vanilla I so far, I 294 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:00.559 think that's uh why you tune in. But let's let's head up north. 295 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.440 Let's head back up this way. We can spend the minute in here, 296 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:10.720 big Northern conference. Let's start at the top there. Uh. Byron and 297 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:17.079 Dixon both keep winning. Byron actually played their closest game they have played this 298 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:22.279 year, in a scant fifty point victory over Genoa Kingston. No forty point 299 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.839 victory, right, yeah, every other game points, that's what I get 300 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:33.160 for looking at your notes first and not mine. Well I'm right, no, 301 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.640 no, no, no, there, they weren't on yours, it 302 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:41.920 was on mine. Oh yeah, yeah, Dixon and Dixon and Byron both, 303 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:47.400 you know they've been living a semi termed kind of life. Third reference. 304 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:51.920 But you know they're on that collision course for week eight and that's gonna 305 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.000 be uh you know you're doing. But they're both come in six and oh 306 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:56.559 now and uh, you know, Dixon has just been you know they have 307 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:02.039 some close ones early, but they've just been ruling the running backs Aidan Wiseman 308 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:07.000 and Brady Lawrence, the quarterback Tyler Shaner, wide receiver Tyson Damman. I 309 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:10.799 believe I only read it. I haven't heard it. But you know, 310 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.200 Dixon has just been great and they have Owen six Rockford Christian this week. 311 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.640 Byron has one in five Winnebagos. So there's a very excellent chance that both 312 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:22.160 of them will be seven and zero and that'll be a heck of a matchup 313 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.880 in week eight. Yeah. No, I'd say again, outside of any 314 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:33.279 given Friday element, go ahead and put those down as wins for Byron and 315 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.519 Dixon. Both are just like Byron's just been stopping over everybody. Dixon's had 316 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.920 a couple closer ones here and there, but I eve they're not winning by 317 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:48.680 fifty points every game. But still, yeah, I was looking at Byron's 318 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.839 averaging. Byron's average win is sixty four to five. But Dixon, after 319 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.480 a couple of close ones, the last four games have won by a combined 320 00:21:55.480 --> 00:22:00.359 one hundred and seventy four to twelve. So they're entering that atmosphere. Yeah, 321 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.480 and you look at the schedule, it hasn't been like all the bottom. 322 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:07.759 The two of those big wins have been against Genoa Kingston and Rockford Lutheran. 323 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.559 There's a whole bunch of the b NC lumped in at three and three 324 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:14.960 right now, that that middle of that conference. I do want to get 325 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:18.559 into that minute, but Dixon is definitely these last four games played two of 326 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:25.359 those teams in that middle, and one blank them both Jenoa Kingston and Rockford 327 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:30.599 Lutheran thirty to nothing and forty two nothing. Finally gave up points against to 328 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.319 Winnebago, stopping three games shutout streak. I've guess in those were post running 329 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:38.960 clock touchdowns. I was gonna go out on a limb most likely, and 330 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.680 I was I was going to ask you kind of a little about Genoa kingstonuse 331 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:44.640 I know a few weeks ago we had a matchup. We were kind of 332 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.759 wondering if they were going to prove themselves, and they you know, fell 333 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:51.039 short on that kind of what's their path look like here? And what do 334 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:53.680 they need to do to you know, make the playoffs and and you know, 335 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:57.000 get themselves in a position a seed where you know it's not yeah, 336 00:22:57.039 --> 00:23:00.880 and we're playing a nine to zero team, you know that's going to totally 337 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.200 crush us. What do they have to do to win out here? Yeah, 338 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:08.440 not impossible. The toughest challenge for them is probably this week they're at 339 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:14.039 Stillman Valley, Stone Valley also three and three. They are also in that 340 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.759 middle of three and three teams. Kind of surprising that they're sitting there. 341 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:25.319 Usually there it's been the past three or four years, a subcombination of Byron, 342 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:29.400 GK and Stille in Valley one, two and three are all tied at 343 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:32.000 one, as it was in I want to say nineteen, although that might 344 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.160 have been twenty one. Either way, it's no because Byron one and all 345 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:37.839 in twenty one very convincing. So I think in nineteen they were all sitting 346 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.319 there. So for a while it's been the subcombination of the three of them 347 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:47.200 at one, two and three. They're both three and three now in both 348 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:51.000 playing a game they want to have to make the path of the playoffs much 349 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:56.319 easier. GK has got rock Falls. After that, they close with Lutheran. 350 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:00.960 Lutheran is also three and three. It's pattern here in this conference. 351 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:10.160 Still Man also really can't let this one get away. Stillman still has to 352 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:18.039 play Byron. So yeah, so they they do have I think it's one 353 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:22.640 a bego. I want to stay week eight, So they need to get 354 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.720 this one to get the five. GK can still probably get the five if 355 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:30.119 they dropped this one, would have to, like I said, beat Lutheran 356 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:33.319 and take care of rock Falls. So it's just I'm just looking at like 357 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.279 two teams. You can permeate this out to the two and fours and the 358 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:42.400 four and twos. And this conference is for something that's usually been fairly close 359 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:47.079 to chalk other than an upset at the top or upset or two at the 360 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:51.240 you know top, or like Dixon, I think that is beaten like one 361 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:56.440 of the Big three every year. But then loses one beneath them mostly Chalk 362 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:00.440 this year. It's wow, crazy, Yeah, what's happening in the middle. 363 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.720 Yeah, And you talk about kind of some of those paths for those 364 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:06.559 teams being tough, and I think that transitions us while we stay in the 365 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:08.400 northern area of what we talk about to the CALB, you know, right 366 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:11.240 in your neck of the woods. You know, THECLBS kind of finds himself 367 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:15.440 at two and four now, I believe, and you know they have one 368 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:17.640 of those paths where you look at it and you're like, okay, can 369 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:21.400 we find can we find a fourth win? A fifth win? Are they 370 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:26.000 in there? Kind of what's your read on the Barbs? Yeah? They 371 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.200 they definitely. It's going to be very hard for them to get the five. 372 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:34.400 They would have to win out Naperville Central Is this week. That is 373 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:41.279 a very very tough team. Five and one. They have been some very 374 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:47.160 like running clock wins in the DBC, but they have had some very confident 375 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.440 in the league. So then they get Niqua, which is maybe down a 376 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:56.559 little bit by NIQUA standards. Still three and three still probably gonna go in 377 00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:00.640 four and three next week when they play in week eight, and again the 378 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.799 Calvs struggling with the like the Wabonzi, you know, losing to them last 379 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:10.519 week. I think you look back in that game they had against Samberg week 380 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:14.319 two as boy, they'd like to have that one back. That changes the 381 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:17.279 whole turner of the season. That's one of those things not to acentually gives 382 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:23.319 them an actual win. But and then the DVC does like matchups based on 383 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:27.279 record the last week of the year, so that's still a TVV for them. 384 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:30.759 For the calv it's been wa Bonzi each of the last two years that 385 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:37.440 they've done this, so I would I don't know who would be, but 386 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.839 they would have to win that one. You gotta get wins in all three. 387 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.000 It's gonna be tough for them. I know we got a little more. 388 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:47.279 I say this every week towards the Suburbs when we talked the horn boys 389 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:51.000 of the calb But you know, and you know, that's that's really interesting 390 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.920 and that is something I knew, but I you know, I don't have 391 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:56.920 any conferences that do that, so I don't want to think about it. 392 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.440 But kind of how long have they done this? This week nine open, 393 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:06.559 we'll find you an opponent based on skill level. It started in I would 394 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:11.440 think it. Yeah, no, they started in twenty one was the first 395 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:14.759 year they've done it because as a six team conference, you know, it's 396 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:19.039 very hard to schedule games when that happens the sixth. In fact, the 397 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:23.480 Interstate eight's going to have this issue next year unless something happens. I think 398 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:29.119 we might be seeing a lot of blue eye in the Eye eight. But 399 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:33.279 we'll see how that play is out coming up here. But yeah, I 400 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.039 know they've started this whatever you want to call it, bonus game. I 401 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:41.279 think they call it a playoff game. I don't think they've gone strict one 402 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:47.640 versus two. I think they've done it to try to get team's playoff points, 403 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.160 help them make the playoffs, you know that sort of thing. You 404 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:52.319 know, have a four win team, maybe play a two win team so 405 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:56.400 they can maybe you know, get the best chance to get that fifth win. 406 00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:02.480 So that's it's really just I remember reading about it last year, I 407 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.519 think, and just I found it fascinating. And you know, if you 408 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:07.640 go to the IHSA page, you know for the due page Valley Conference, 409 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:11.519 you know every week nine game is t B A t B A TV A, 410 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.799 which should be TB D. But I won't get to heavy handed about 411 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.480 stuff like I'm with you on that one. We can we can just us 412 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:23.200 already. We can do a whole podcast if you want. As you were 413 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:29.359 saying there, I think about tv D versus TBA. We could throw in, 414 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:36.559 uh, we could throw in postponed versus canceled if we want in that. 415 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.599 Oh, that's a good one. By the way, I do also 416 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:44.920 want to throw out that the cow their games almost always start at seven. 417 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.839 Uh. DVC games, I should say, because it happened on the road 418 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:52.039 to almost always start at seven, whereas uh, every time I go to 419 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:57.559 Sycamore there excuse me their sophomore games that doesn't end in their varsity games usually 420 00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:03.160 starting seven. Thirty year later, found out why the DBC starts their sophomore 421 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:10.240 games like the heroes they are at four thirty instead. So wonderful. Absolutely, 422 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.720 yeah, shout outs, thank You's endless praise to the DVC for that. 423 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.920 And like you said, it's an interesting thing that they do. You 424 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:23.559 got to get creative at a sixteen conference. It's really hard to fill. 425 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.799 Heck, it's hard to have to fill week three games, let alone either 426 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:30.440 Week four week nine, depending on how you do it. For a while 427 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:37.240 they were matching up with that conference down south around that Belleville and at Los 428 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:41.920 and all those are in because they're about the same size and also six teams, 429 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:48.440 but obviously that involves a little bit of travel for everyone involved. So 430 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:52.759 I don't think there actually was much crossover between the two conferences this year, 431 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:57.160 when it actually has been the past couple of years. So yeah, no, 432 00:29:57.319 --> 00:30:03.279 it's it's it's a it's a creative solution out of necessity for a sixteen 433 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:08.480 conference. So yeah, And if I can interject here between my internet pauses 434 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:12.960 and I apologize to everyone listening for the internet signal. If it was something 435 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.960 I knew how to fix, well i'd have a lot of money and and 436 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.759 yes, I wouldn't have the problem. But I really wanted to talk a 437 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:22.240 little bit about the Chicago Lin Prairie. We've been kind of down on this 438 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:26.160 new conference's first year conference forfeits, lap sided games, weird matchups in terms 439 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:30.960 of enrollment geography. But this is what we're here for, this is what 440 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:34.160 the conference exists for. Is these final three weeks, everyone's playing teams by 441 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:38.119 them, Everyone's playing old rivals, new rivals, schools around their size, 442 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:41.720 and you know, we'll have a really good one here. That's probably gonna 443 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:47.680 end up being the conference championship game at six and oh Seneca plays five and 444 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:52.759 one Marquette at Gold Stadium in Ottawa. And that's a power power team versus 445 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.160 wing team matchup there, Eddie. So that should be the fastest game in 446 00:30:56.200 --> 00:31:00.440 the state. If it goes past nine o'clock, I'd be still. But 447 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.000 uh, you know, this is this is kind of the finale, the 448 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.720 finish we were hoping that maybe leaves a good taste in our mouth for this 449 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:08.480 first year the Chicago Lamprairie. You know, lots of good matchups. The 450 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:11.640 four teams down my way, or you know Dwight's five and one, sat 451 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:15.799 Bete's four and two, Seneca six and O Market's five and one. They're 452 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.759 all playing each other to finish the season, the compact, to finish the 453 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:22.000 regular season and hopefully all you know, we'll find their way into the playoffs 454 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.839 and hopefully have some great games with some big crowds and be able to talk 455 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:32.480 some positive things about this new conference. What class level are these teams? 456 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:37.799 These are all three A and four a's right, Marquetes one A Marquettes one 457 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:42.440 A. Saint Bete goes one A usually sometimes two A Dwight. It's been 458 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.680 a while since in the playoffs they co op with Gardner South Wilmington, so 459 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:51.079 I'm betting they're probably more at two A three A. Seneca's I think usually 460 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:55.319 a three A two A three A type situation. I think they've been three 461 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:59.319 A recently, but then you know you have five a's up in the suburban 462 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.720 half of this kind. But you know those programs have been down this year, 463 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:06.519 and so the smaller schools down in the South County way have kind of 464 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.119 feasted. Yeah, well, I was just sniffing around for I'm always on 465 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:15.480 the lookout for what the heck the Interstate eight is going to be doing next 466 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.680 year, But that doesn't seem like a feasible option, so I don't think 467 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:21.319 so. I think I think the only one you could almost see sort of 468 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:24.920 kind of maybe if you squint your eyes matching as Seneca. They'd far and 469 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:30.359 away be the smallest school. But they they have such strong programs sport after 470 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:34.759 sport after sport that you know, you wonder if they couldn't, you know, 471 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:37.720 punch above their weight class. I don't think that's something they're interested in 472 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:42.319 doing. But if anyone in that conference we're going to be a fit geographically 473 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:46.200 and competitive wise, probably it would be Seneca. But I personally don't foresee 474 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:52.079 that situation happen. I think Streeter is a much more interesting version of that. 475 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:55.440 But you know, I live in Streeter. I talk to a lot 476 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:59.759 of people involved with Streeter High School athletics, and you know, their opinion 477 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:02.200 of it is, our conference is doing great. You know, everyone says 478 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:05.920 we shouldn't be in you know or not everyone. Lots of people say you 479 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:08.480 should be with these teams and not within the Illinois Illinois Central Eight. But 480 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:13.440 they're like, we are stable, we have great relationships with these schools. 481 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.960 Why would we want to mess it up and get into a conference that's having 482 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:20.759 turnover? You know, a group of schools that can't keep a conference together, 483 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.160 right, And that Streeter's already left once pretty much all six of those 484 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:29.920 remaining teams were you know, it wasn't Streeter and then twelve yeah, yeah, 485 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:35.160 and that NI twelve already left one furation. Yeah. I think Streeter 486 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:37.039 and Dixon the ink wasn't dry on them signing to join, and they were 487 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:43.279 already uh, finding other conference homes Streeter and Dixon both so yeah, and 488 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:49.519 personally the the nineteen early nineteen nineties graduate, you know, a person who 489 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:53.160 grew up in the Illinois Valley here longing for the old nc IC days. 490 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:57.200 I personally would love to see, you know, a Streeter Outawa game, 491 00:33:57.240 --> 00:34:01.200 a Streeter LP game have more of a have a impact to it. Streeter 492 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:05.640 Morris, you know, have those be conference games as opposed to a Streeter 493 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:09.679 Lyle game that you know, the visiting team has five people on the stand, 494 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.639 you know, and I But in terms of stability, I don't really 495 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:15.840 think it's arguable. I don't know what would be what the plus would be 496 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:21.119 from Streeter other than you know, playing against those regional rivals and things like 497 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.960 that. But in terms of stability, you just have to wonder is there 498 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.920 stability there and what's it going to look like. But Streeter would be your 499 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:31.280 obviously your first pick. Pontiac would probably be in that conversation. But yeah, 500 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:36.280 it'll be interesting to see if the Innertate can find some members. Yeah, 501 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.360 Chauncey, Kerri, Kadi and Sycamore always has creative ideas, always seems 502 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:44.440 to come up with something. So we'll see if it's a one or two 503 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:49.719 team solution or if they find a fix for the conference. But Street, 504 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:52.519 yeah, I don't I'm really understand. I don't know why Streeter would. 505 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:57.079 Like you said, you have stability and you have competitiveness, which you know 506 00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:01.039 that that's also a big thing. You found somewhere where you're competitive and the 507 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:04.960 other teams don't mind you in there then, you know, mind being in 508 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:09.320 their congratulations. You have something so few teams have these days. So yeah, 509 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:12.800 and that's that's really it. And like I said, I talk to 510 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:14.920 people all the time. It's like, man, Streeters should be in this 511 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.159 conference with us, you know when I go to ODAW or LP and I 512 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:19.920 tell them, yeah, they should. But I don't know why they would 513 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.559 make that move right now. You know, maybe if if those uh Interstate 514 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:27.159 eight teams, old twelve teams, old NCIC teams, what have you, 515 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:30.280 you know, if they find a stability and then it's like, hey, 516 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.559 man, if you just plug in here and you can offer that, I 517 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:35.199 would get it. But the way things are right now, I don't know 518 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.280 why you'd want to, you know, and not just for football though that's 519 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.039 obviously what drives everything. But I mean, you know Streeter's trying to rebuild 520 00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:45.199 its wrestling program, it's girls basketball program. They don't they don't need Sycamore 521 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:49.239 in their life right now. Yeah, I think they're perfectly not having Sycamore 522 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.239 in those life. Yes, in those you know, you could call them 523 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.880 secondary sports or what have you. But but I I I don't. I 524 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:59.400 don't see why they In so many ways it's a great fit, but in 525 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:01.639 so many ways is it's not. So yeah, it'll be, it'll be. 526 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:05.119 I really look forward to seeing what the Interstate Eate does. They're going 527 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:08.039 to need to do something creative. I hope it's not TVD games in week 528 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:13.239 nine because that can drive me mad. I can't imagine how the coaches feel 529 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:15.320 about it, trying to prepare and everything else. But you know, maybe 530 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.920 it gets you ready for the playoffs, you know, preparing for a team 531 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:22.880 in one week. And yeah, and uh so it's a it's a cool 532 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:28.760 setup. I think. Yeah, I have a feeling whatever the solution ends 533 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:34.159 up being, it's some sort of football only solution. I again, it's 534 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:40.719 just what my hunch is telling me. I think I know rachelle uh doesn't 535 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.679 necessarily like being up against Sycamore calm, and that was the driving force behind 536 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:49.760 the IE eight in the first place, before that blew up, before it 537 00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:53.079 even got started. Sterling or Geneseo was supposed to be in there or something. 538 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:57.119 It was not even that long ago, and it's already fuzzy to me. 539 00:36:57.519 --> 00:37:00.639 But well, so many changes have happened. Sense, it's hard to 540 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.840 keep straight which conversations were where. I know that was a time Streeter was 541 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.000 trying to join the corn Belt, you know, and that that feels like 542 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.039 seven thousand years ago now, yeah, even just in my decade out here, 543 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:15.719 it's I can't keep it all straight, so it's already blending together. 544 00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:20.280 But yeah, it's it's I have. Really it'll end up being a football 545 00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:24.880 only solution. I think for the most part it's a competitive league with the 546 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:31.159 six teams that are in it now. Outside of football particularly, I think 547 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:35.559 it's still pretty competitive. You look at the top of the settings in different 548 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:39.320 sports, it's it's everyone has at least one sport where they're at the top. 549 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:45.519 So I think it's good the way it's set up now. I think 550 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:50.519 they're happy as I'm playing psychic, But who knows, And that's what the 551 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:52.960 future will tell us. That's why. That's why I'm saying it's a football 552 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:59.599 only fix. It's some sort of another maybe another agreement with another. I 553 00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:02.519 don't think there's another six conference, sixteen conference other than the DBC, and 554 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:08.559 that does not match up well even for Sycamore and Cainland. So and I 555 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:13.119 don't know what is there. Yeah, And I don't know what it costs 556 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:16.880 in signage or or memo, letterhead or anything like that. But I would 557 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:20.559 love for them. You know, now that Sandwich and Plane Ore gone once 558 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:23.840 after this football season, we believe that the ties are going to be officially 559 00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:27.480 cut, I would love for them maybe to seek out a different name. 560 00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:31.360 It's still very weird to me to think of Sycamore Ottawa the salprou As Interstate 561 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:36.760 eight, you know, a traditionally smaller school conference, you know where Sandwich 562 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.000 and Plane overd like what you think of when you think of that conference. 563 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:44.159 And it's weird how ownership of that conference name and history has passed along to 564 00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:47.239 schools that really don't seem like they have anything to do with the Interstate eight 565 00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:55.119 conference. I can. I can definitely see where that might rub some old 566 00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:59.639 timers the wrong way. Traditionalists, whatever, you want to call it, 567 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:04.519 but I think we could call that a podcast. What about you? Yeah? 568 00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:06.719 Yeah, I think it's good. And I mean I could cut out 569 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:08.360 at any second, the way my web connection has been today, So I 570 00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:15.159 better leave while we can. My left arm, I think I threw it 571 00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:19.280 out my next sore. Now. I was say, well, we do 572 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.280 this over video, and was signaling the JT every time he was frozen, 573 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:27.239 so he knew that I was going to start babbling. Are you kidding me? 574 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:30.079 I thought you were just saying hi to me. Man. Oh, 575 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:32.440 maybe I should have told you about it. That's on me. Maybe I 576 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:36.360 should have told you what I was doing. Oh well, it made sense 577 00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:39.400 to me anyway. But I think we'll call that a wrap on the Week 578 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:44.480 seven edition. We'll dive into Week eight next week. We're hoping. I 579 00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:46.559 can't. I can't make any promises, but I'm hoping we can line up 580 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:52.760 a special guest for a Week eight. We're hoping we could get someone in 581 00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:59.079 here to talk Dixon and Byron a lot more thoughtfully than we can. Although 582 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.719 to say JT nailed it this week, I think we've been nailing it anyway. 583 00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:06.719 But still want to try to bring someone in next week. We'll see 584 00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:10.920 what the future holds. So he's been a JT penalty, I've been Eddie 585 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:17.719 CARRIFFIO. 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