WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.919 Schweiker, Gannison, Krazak, Rundio Fridley sponsors to Friday Night Drive. I'm 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:06.759 Mike Krazak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the 3 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.400 insurance company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:25.120 of dollars for our clients. Visit ga Nassim dot com. What's up everyone, 5 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.640 and welcome back to the Friday Night Drive Podcast. I am Kyle Neighbors 6 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:33.439 along here with my co host Steve Susie here to recap week five for you. 7 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.960 And what a week it was. Just went completely off the rails on 8 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:41.799 Friday Night. We had wild finishes all over the board and we were broadcasting 9 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:46.320 live with Friday Night Drive Jimmy Mugel and Steve Susi. We're hosting there for 10 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:51.640 you and Suz As I said, just crazy stuff all over the board last 11 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:56.600 week. Yeah, And to be honest with you, looking into the week, 12 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.640 I really kind of didn't expect that. I didn't think there'd be quite 13 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.399 as many games that came down to the wire in the fashion that they did. 14 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:10.040 It just seemed like every game in the last I don't know, ten 15 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.359 minutes of their game time just went. You know, it was like all 16 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.200 right, I think I know how that's going. I think I know how 17 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:17.760 that's going. Like, for instance, we'll get into it a little more, 18 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:19.719 but like Warren down seventeen to seven at a half, and like we're 19 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:25.719 like, all right, Lake Zurich won the Northern Suburban last year, maybe 20 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.920 they've really kind of taken control of this conference. And then Warren just comes 21 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.599 charging back in the second half there late in that game. It was just 22 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:34.920 one example of a lot of games that ended up coming down to the wire. 23 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:38.120 Yeah, it was one of those games. I was kind of watching 24 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:42.280 out of the corner of my eye as it developed, and it felt like 25 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.959 you had a good handle on it, like you said, And then I 26 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.280 looked up and then all of a sudden, Warren was within a field goal 27 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.200 and they were marching again to go score. And it felt like that happened 28 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.040 in a blink of an eye, almost a very quick kind of rally, 29 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.319 and all of a sudden, complete control of that game had switched hands. 30 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.879 It was. It was, it was, and it was the way that 31 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.360 a lot of games ended up going in the in the final, you know, 32 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:15.080 the final quarter of a lot under control and then they just kind of 33 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:20.919 rested it away and it made for a very interesting conclusion to you know, 34 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.159 fifteen or twenty games coming down to the wire on Friday Night, And like 35 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.639 I said before, I thought this was going to be one of those calmbing 36 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.719 weeks where we had a lot of teams winning, you know, winning as 37 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.800 they expected to win. But I guess I ought to know better by now. 38 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.479 Yeah, Sus already sent me a message and to let me know how 39 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:39.960 in saying the week's six schedule. Look, we'll be back with you later 40 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:44.719 this week to preview weeks Week six. You can find all of our content 41 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.120 at Friday Night Drive dot com. You can follow us on Twitter myself at 42 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:52.080 Kyle Neighbors, Sus at the Sus. You can follow Friday Night Drive at 43 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.520 fn drive. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok by 44 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:59.039 searching for Friday Night Drive, and of course you can also find us on 45 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.400 YouTube, which on Friday night from eight to eleven PM you can join sus. 46 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:07.199 He is part of Live with Friday Night Drive while breaking down games from 47 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:08.840 like I said, eight to eleven pm with our team of report, we 48 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:13.520 got coaches and players checking in after suit. We're now starting to get into 49 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:19.199 that time of year where it's you know, talking week playoffs after Week one 50 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.120 always feels a little foolish. But now we're here, we're week six, 51 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:23.680 man, It's it's time to really start cranking it up, because we got 52 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:30.199 teams that are playoff eligible already. Yeah, I mean there's sixty five of 53 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:34.080 them that are sitting there already with five wins in the bank. You know, 54 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:39.800 technically the IHSA calls that playoff eligible anymore. I pretty much consider that 55 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:43.439 that's good enough. I mean, like I said, last year, we 56 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.000 had one four win at large team. But I definitely think we're in a 57 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:51.199 situation now where you get to that five wins, it's going to take something 58 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.759 pretty extreme to keep you out. And to have five wins already, obviously 59 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.400 we've got a ton of breathing room. I think you're Liger's trying to eat 60 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:10.840 the microphone over there, SEUs people, everyone, what was that? He 61 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.639 just ran behind the behind me there. But and that's unlike him, because 62 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.120 he's a lazy hobo. He's like fourteen years old. I'd say, yeah, 63 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.000 everyone who's listening, like, what the hell are you talking about? 64 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:26.519 A Liger SEUs has a giant cat that I it's what We've known each other 65 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.040 for over a decade now, and that thing has been a giant menace for 66 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:31.439 as long as I've known you. Just so what it? Papa? Hide 67 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:35.160 you on screen there the kind of and then it came over right behind your 68 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:39.560 mind and I was like, oh, it's about to eat it. Yeah, 69 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.920 he's just he's really just kind of a fat, lazy guy at this 70 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.759 point. But so that's definitely out of character for him. It's usually the 71 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.399 Golden Retrievers that joined us on the broadcast, but we got a we got 72 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.079 an appearance from the Lager today, which, by the way, we are 73 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.959 recording this on Monday afternoon. Sus has a couple of people over doing a 74 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.759 little work on the house. If we get an interrupted, you hear someone 75 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.439 in the background, don't worry about it too much, Sus. Here's a 76 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.000 fun story for you. I actually had a new dishwasher coming this morning and 77 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:09.000 then you know, paid for professional installation. Everything. Guys get in the 78 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:13.639 house today look at the pipe and go, oh, that's five eight. 79 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.600 It has to be three eight. You had to pay us cash or check 80 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.360 for one hundred and twenty five dollars for us to put a new pipe in 81 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:23.000 first. How would you react in that situation, buddy. Oh, it 82 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.800 wouldn't be pleased, that's for sure, and no doubt about that. I 83 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:30.800 had a similar type of situation where the washer dryer set a while back that 84 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:32.639 did not please. That did not go over very well with anyone in this 85 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:36.519 house. So I sympathize. I sent them packing. I was like, 86 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:41.600 listen you this They may very well be something that needs to be done, 87 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.720 but I'm not a big fan of handing cash to people in my house that 88 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:49.040 I just met. So we're going to reschedule this one, guys. Yeah, 89 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:53.000 so I at least don't. I don't have anyone banging around in the 90 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:55.920 background yet. But I got some headaches to look forward to after we're done, 91 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.279 including I gotta edit the Bears podcast where Sean and I were just on 92 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.800 that and it sounded like we were taping it from the Morgue because it's just 93 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:10.639 oh in three and absolutely awful football suites. Yeah, like I was. 94 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.040 I think you saw yesterday that I went to one of my favorite Simpsons gifts 95 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:19.560 to describe the Bear as Bears Outing yesterday, which was a young child proclaiming 96 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:24.519 stop, stop, he's already dead. I think that pretty much sums it 97 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:30.160 up. Yeah. Absolutely, it was after a fun Friday night, good 98 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.600 college football on Saturday. That was kind of a punch to the face there 99 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.680 to finish my week with watching the Bears get rolled up by the Chief. 100 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.639 But that's let's talk some high school football. That makes me feel a lot 101 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.879 better after talking about the Bear for nearly an hour before this, Sus, 102 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:46.560 we got a lot of good games. I want to start with up in 103 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:51.399 my neck of the woods, Prayer Ridge and Carry Grove. We knew these 104 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.240 two team Fox Valley rivals. We expected it to be a good one. 105 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:59.879 Came right down to the final minute twenty one twenty Carry Grove goes down the 106 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.199 field and scorched with fifty five seconds left, thinking we're going to overtime. 107 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:08.720 Joe Stevenson's over at that game and the extra point goes wide left. Prairie 108 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:15.680 Ridge hangs on and absolutely classic. Another classic between these two, between these 109 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.879 two rivals on Friday night, SEUs. Yeah, like I said, I 110 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:23.120 was trying to kind of keep my eye on all of these different games, 111 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:28.480 and we were able to catch the kind of while it was happening last two 112 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.160 minutes of that game, kind of following along on video. And and like 113 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.920 I said, I couldn't in real time, I couldn't tell that the extra 114 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:45.279 point had been pulled and missed. That would have correct that he had missed 115 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:48.040 the extra point. So unfortunately, it's kind of unfortunate because I would have 116 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:53.040 really been interested to see how those two teams would have chose to, uh, 117 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.879 you know, pull the maschinations that I always enjoyed during overtime, especially 118 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:01.399 knowing each other so well and what they're capable of, you know, offenses, 119 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:09.439 yeah, anyone, I'm sorry, see I don't mean, but yeah, 120 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:13.600 offenses where they could be passing, you know't say like no one, 121 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.959 no one in the offenses throwing the ball very often. But that is the 122 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.199 perfect example where they just start getting a little bit weird because if you try 123 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.480 and just run it up the middle, I can't imagine in short start yard 124 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.680 situations it would go very well. Yeah, And I mean it's just like 125 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.960 I said, all the layers of overtime are just especially fun when you have 126 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.559 two teams that are doing the same things, have pretty good knowledge of what 127 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:41.840 the other one's gonna do. It almost almost forces your hand into doing something 128 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.879 out of the unorthodox and hoping that you can pull it off because, uh, 129 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.840 you know, going by the book in that situation, uh probably won't 130 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.840 work as well because the other team has your book. So so I mean 131 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.480 that that's what makes it kind of interesting there. I say, they would 132 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.840 probably have to go to the air, but you know, both of those 133 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.279 coaches know each other well enough to know to watch out for that little play 134 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.559 action pass, right, Yeah. So I mean, like I said, 135 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.759 it's you know, when when the other team, like you know, has 136 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:16.679 something that very much resembles the script of what you're doing, they also know 137 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.639 probably a lot of the keys in regards to, uh, you know, 138 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.000 what you're probably going to do in that situation. So, like I said, 139 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.519 great game the way it was, but it would have been even in 140 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.759 my mind, it would have been even more interesting if they would have went 141 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.440 into overtime. Joe Stevenson asked me after the game, you know how sure 142 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.480 I was that I thought Prairie Ridge was going to be a five A playoff 143 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:41.519 team this year, and I remained really confident of that. But apparently coach 144 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:46.720 Trmp said that Cold told coach Sieberg that after the game, he told him 145 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.480 that he really really hoped that they ended up in five A because he didn't 146 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.879 know if they could survive another game against Carry Grove if they hadn't to play 147 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.159 in the six A playoffs. So that's I found that kind of funny. 148 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.120 So uh, so far, I think Coach Trump will get his wish. 149 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.480 I believe they will be a five A playoff team. So and now they're 150 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.840 guaranteed to be in the playoffs because that was their fifth win. Yes, 151 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.720 absolutely, all right. We got a game that did make it into overtime 152 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.879 on Friday night, that was Saint Charles North and Weed and Warrenville South. 153 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.600 Saint Charles North wins that one forty two thirty five. Jake Fertney caught a 154 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.720 career high four touchdowns, including the game winning twelve yard or from junior quarterback 155 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:33.759 Ethan Plum and overtime. Another classic Duquene match. Matchups twos, you know, 156 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.960 and that was one of them. I guess you could say that was 157 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:41.240 kind of down card on the on the Duquene schedule this this week because I 158 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.120 still wasn't quite sure what you know, and I'm and I'm still not one 159 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.759 hundred percent positive what we're gonna get from Wheaton Warrenville South on a week to 160 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.159 week basis. Are they in that upper echelons? Are they close to it? 161 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.320 But they gave Saint George Charles North a really good fight, And Saint 162 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.840 Charles North was trying to avoid, you know, some potential real problems there 163 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.440 because a loss there would have dropped them the three losses on the year. 164 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.519 So I wouldn't have really thought that that was something that was in the cards 165 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.320 for them. But they, you know, they fended them off and kept 166 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.240 themselves above the five hundred mark, which I'm sure we'll get into a little 167 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:16.120 bit later, but you know, that was a that's a pretty pivotal win 168 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.120 for both of those both of those two teams in that situation, just based 169 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:24.360 on the fact that the conference you know right now above them is Batavia, 170 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.039 Geneva, Wheat North. So if you didn't get through that non conference schedule 171 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.279 with a two and oh record, there's three teams right now that you know 172 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:35.519 you're going to be an underdog against. When you when you line up against 173 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:39.200 them and you start to do the count, I mean, you're running out 174 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.200 of options here. So a pivotal game for both of those two teams, 175 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:48.200 Saint Charles Marth being able to pull it out of the fire. All right, 176 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.480 we got a lot of games where teams were trailing in the second half 177 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.519 that came back to win, and want to hit on those. But before 178 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.080 we do, we're gonna take a quick commercial break. We'll be right back 179 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.879 to finish up precapping Week five. This is State Representative Steve Reich, and 180 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.919 I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. There'll be plenty of time 181 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.440 for politics down the road, but for now, let's enjoy some high school 182 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:16.639 football. Whichever school you follow, give him your support. Welcome back now 183 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.080 to the Friday Night Drive podcast. And as I was mentioning SEUs before the 184 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.080 break, we had a lot of games where teams came back in the second 185 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:26.679 half. We got I think I had five in my notes. I want 186 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:31.159 to make sure we hit on here, starting with Icy Catholic and gets merits 187 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.159 and one of the more interesting matchups in the week in terms of just maris 188 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:41.960 very very much the larger school here. You know, you get Icy Catholic 189 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:48.120 quarterback Dennis Mandela really helped engineer that quarterback or that that ending. Joey Gleiota 190 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.679 scored two touchdowns in a four minute span as Icy Catholic came back to win 191 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:58.480 that game. SEUs, I don't want to call it surprising as much as 192 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:05.960 I yes, bow down to the program I see Catholic has built at this 193 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:09.159 point, like you just kind of it. Just give him a clap and 194 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.480 be like you just keep doing you guys. You know when you when you 195 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:16.399 take away the you know, all the multipliers and all the other factors that 196 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.519 come into play. I see Catholic has a little over three hundred students in 197 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.799 their school, and I'm just like, I don't know how they're going to 198 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:30.840 be able to compete against superpowers in the Catholic League that have five times the 199 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.200 enrollment roster sizes that are sometimes two or three times as large as I see 200 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.840 Catholic with upper classmen. If you look at I see Catholic over the over 201 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:45.360 the term, they have South Moors that contribute on a regular basis that roster 202 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.320 because they have to have that happen. I mean, it's to me, 203 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.960 I'm pretty sure Dennis Mandala played as a freshman right then he started Yeah, 204 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.960 yeah, yeah he did. And it's just like, so you know, 205 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.320 that was like, you know, I was looking Joey Gliott I had a 206 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:05.240 big role in Friday Night's victory. I remember when he came up and was 207 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:09.440 contributing as a freshman. I mean, he's now a senior. But that 208 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.320 just shows the kind of you know, contributions they get from underclassmen there, 209 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:16.639 and it's a must. I mean. And then you look at a team 210 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:22.919 like Merits that they beat. That's an eight A program that they knocked off 211 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:26.320 and a good one. We're not talking about just an eight A program here. 212 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:30.720 I mean, it's a very successful ADA program. And granted Marist does 213 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.159 now one in four, it's not your ordinary one and four. Let's look 214 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.360 at their schedule. I mean, that's that's that's the reality of the situation. 215 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.679 But that in the grand landscape of things, was something that I thought 216 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.960 at the beginning of the year. I see Catholic would not be able to 217 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.240 bridge that gap. As good as they are, I just didn't think. 218 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.559 I thought this was something that they wouldn't be able to do. And they've 219 00:14:52.720 --> 00:15:00.600 already proven on multiple occasions they're capable of doing that. And right now we 220 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.399 still have four regular season games to go. I have to give them. 221 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.639 This has been a banner success for that program, no matter what happens the 222 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.039 rest of the way. I mean, he went from you went from what 223 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:16.000 you already played off eligible, Yeah, you went from wondering could they find 224 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.000 their way to five wins? Two? Are they going to get to seven 225 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:24.200 or eight somehow? You know? Yeah? Yeah, I mean you know 226 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.799 this, The thought is starting to creep into my head can they run the 227 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.960 table? And I'm like, before the season, I would know they can't 228 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.679 run the table, and then it's in that schedule that's that's not even comprehensible. 229 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.639 And now it looks like, now that thought's creeping in my mind, 230 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:46.840 can they do that? Maybe they can. Another team that joined I see 231 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.759 Catholic in the Catholic League this year for the first time. Saint Francis also 232 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.080 with a big win on Friday, SUIS against Juliet Catholic thirty three twenty eight. 233 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:58.759 Taivon Ransom scored on a two yard touchdown run with a minute fifteen leap. 234 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.879 Saint Francis was down two scores in this game. Another example of a 235 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.399 team coming from outside the Catholic League joining at this year. SU's where we 236 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.320 didn't know exactly how they would be able to compete. Now, this isn't 237 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:15.240 Icy Catholic against a much larger merit, but this is Saint Francis against one 238 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.720 of the most story programs in the state and Joliet Catholic. You know, 239 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.679 and you look at that game the way it was developing. Joliett Catholic had 240 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:29.960 their running game going and their defense, especially their front seven good luck. 241 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.759 That's the best way that I can describe it. So when Joliet Katholic has 242 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:38.440 those two components going, running game, you know, vaunted defense, I 243 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.559 don't like a lot of teams odds and it looked like Saint Francis was going 244 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.240 to get overwhelmed in that game. But they came out in the second half 245 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:51.200 fixed some things and could you could tell just by watching it on camera, 246 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:56.679 overcame a significant size difference in the game too. They just kept finding ways 247 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.360 to move the ball, running the ball, throwing the ball. They did 248 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.599 what they had to against a defense that I've seen shut people down. And 249 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.480 you know, you don't usually don't have a lot of success running the ball 250 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:14.160 against the Jet Catholic defensive line that has the component like Dylan John the Wisconsin 251 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.079 bound Dylan Johnson, Mitchell Ragusa is a good player. These are guys that 252 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.960 really bottle up the inside and force you to do things you don't want to 253 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.279 do offensively. But St. Francis crack the code somehow, especially in the 254 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:32.079 second half, and a really really strong performance from that offensive unit. It's, 255 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:36.559 like you said, not on the level of the win over Marist Joett. 256 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:40.160 Catholic still is a smaller school than a lot of people realize, but 257 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:44.880 it's it's still a very very impressive win, and it was the kind of 258 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.400 win that if you look at what Wheat and Saint Francis has left on their 259 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:52.000 schedule, might turn out to be the most pivotal game for them all season. 260 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.960 Because they're three and two right now. There are two or three hurdle 261 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:00.680 games left on their schedule that I think I think they will they'll probably enter 262 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.519 either at best to toss up to win the game. So getting that win 263 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:10.640 extremely crucial for their quest to get to five wins based on what they have 264 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:15.640 left on their schedule. All right, let's head out of the Catholic League 265 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:21.599 now and head over to your neck of the woods. Suits Bradley bourbon A 266 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:26.680 thirty eight thirty two win over Lockport. Lockport led the game by twelve points 267 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:30.319 at halftime. Bradley bourbon A scores twenty eight points in the second half to 268 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:36.960 win thirty eight to thirty two. I gotta say, sus, this was 269 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:41.799 not a result that I expected. Yeah, I mean, I'll be honest, 270 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.599 I didn't see it either Lockport. And I've looked at this time and 271 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.359 time again this season because I think it's very interesting. I think there's actually 272 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.440 a possibility that every one of the teams on Lockport's schedule this year might be 273 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:59.480 going to the playoffs. And that's incredible. I mean, I'm sure that's 274 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.440 probably before. But week after week after week, they're running into good football 275 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:08.920 teams and right now they're having a little problem. They're Achilles heels. They're 276 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.720 giving up big plays through the air, and they gave up a couple more 277 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:17.359 of them against Bradley. Bradley has a very talented quarterback and Ethan Cole, 278 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.079 the coach's son, who knows how to get the ball down the field and 279 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.799 make place, and Lockport had that happened to him again. A couple of 280 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:29.599 big plays in the second half. Quick big plays too, like quick drives 281 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:33.279 that like lock Court would do something positive, Bradley would answer it immediately. 282 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:37.480 It was just that was what happened there, you know, And it's it's 283 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.359 just kind of crazy times in the in the Southwest Suburban Conference this year, 284 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:48.559 all ten teams are about five hundred after five games. That doesn't happen. 285 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.720 That's that is a mathematical situation. That is, even if you're play non 286 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.880 conference games, it just does not happen. I mean, everyone is at 287 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.640 least three and two in the league. That's the that's the worst record in 288 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.279 the league right now. So you know that every week that you're going into 289 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.400 that game, you're gonna have a good football team on the other side. 290 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.319 So I think we're gonna have games like that all along in the Southwest Suburban 291 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:15.480 where you're just gonna have two really good teams running into each other and there's 292 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.160 gonna be one or two key plays that flips the tide in the second half, 293 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:22.720 and the momentum was going Bradley's way and they carried it through. This 294 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.759 is a series that over the last three or four years has garnered extremely close 295 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.880 games. Lockport won last year's matchup at Bradley in the final minute. It's 296 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:37.000 just two evenly match programs that this time Bradley was able to get the key 297 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:42.759 plays when they needed them. Moving on down the road. Not too far 298 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:47.680 down the road, though, to the Southwest Prairie Conference playing Field North. 299 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:51.559 With a ten seven win over Oswego Ease, the North defense held outswe Go 300 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:55.640 to just thirty seven yards in the second half series. Omark Coleman hit a 301 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.599 seventeen yard field goal with a minute forty seven left to give North that lead. 302 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:03.880 They hang on their goodwin for the Tigers in the SPC. Yeah, 303 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:10.400 Plainfield North coach Anthony Mbordino is not shy about telling you when he's building his 304 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:15.960 team, he starts with the defense and tends to put his best athletes, 305 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:19.839 the best players that he's trying to figure out where they go on the football 306 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:23.240 field for him, he puts them on defense. If he can use those 307 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:27.480 guys a little bit on offense too, he will. But you know, 308 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:33.359 so far this season that shown Plainfield's offense has really struggled. That they've they 309 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:37.839 don't have a lot of guys that I would classify as you know, breakaway 310 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:42.160 players, but they you know, usually they'll just put on their hard hats 311 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:47.440 and try to grind out wins and keep the other team completely stifled, and 312 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:52.319 that plan has been a little spotty so far this year, but they certainly 313 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.599 executed that game plan to perfection against an Oswego team that came in there as 314 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.960 an undefeated team and they just really shut them off, gave them very few 315 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:06.680 options, and Plainfield North, fortunately for them, only needed to have about 316 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:10.680 two effective offensive drives, one that led to an early touchdown in the first 317 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:15.000 quarter, the last one in the final minutes setting up an Omark Coleman game 318 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.359 winning field goal. You know, they didn't need a lot of offense in 319 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.319 this one to win, and that's kind of the way I guess Plainfield North 320 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:26.640 prefers to play. They expect to hold people in check and hopefully squeeze out 321 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:30.319 enough offense to get by. But in the long run, this is another 322 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.720 game that if Plainfield North had fallen and lost this game and dropped to one 323 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:38.839 and four on the season, it did not look real good for them the 324 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:44.200 rest of the way. They still got several games down the line with good 325 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:48.279 teams in their conference. They're still kind of walking that tight wire at two 326 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:52.680 and three, but at least now there's a little bit of a breath that 327 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:56.079 they can take, you know, oswego. You hate to say that they 328 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.759 could afford the loss, but at four and one, they were much better 329 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:06.480 equipped to take this loss in this game than Playfield North would have been going 330 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:08.640 over to a couple more teams that do not like to give up points. 331 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:14.720 Warren and lake Zurich SEUs. This was the game where Warren trailed seventeen to 332 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.680 seven at a half. I think you and I commented even before we went 333 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.039 on air for Live with Friday Night Drive that we kind of felt like, 334 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:25.160 maybe, hey, lake Zurich really started to take control of the North Suburban 335 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:27.880 Conference. Not so fast, my friend, though, Warren comes back wins 336 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:33.200 that game twenty one seventeen with a couple of second half touchdowns the Blue Devils 337 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.160 showing that they shouldn't be counted out. SEUs. Yeah, I mean, 338 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.240 it was a really impressive effort for them. I mean, it looked early 339 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.720 in the game like lake Zurich was doing what they've done in recent matchups. 340 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:49.680 They looked like they had kind of taken control of the game and built a 341 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:56.119 pretty decent lead for two teams that pride themselves on playing good defense. And 342 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:59.359 you thought, hey, that's probably gonna be enough. But it was almost 343 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:02.400 like a bang bang type of situation in the second half with Warren. It 344 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.920 was like, Okay, now we're gonna step on the accelerator. Let's go, 345 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:07.200 And before you knew it, they had scored a pair of touchdowns, 346 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:12.359 taking control of the game, and you know, then then switched it back 347 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.319 and said, okay, defense, you got to hold them and check the 348 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:18.839 rest of the way, and they did their jobs. So we're not quite 349 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:23.240 ready relinquished control of the North Suburban Conference just yet. It looks all right, 350 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:26.359 two final games before we get out of here, and these weren't comeback 351 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:30.160 games, but just a couple of notable things that I want to hit on. 352 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:34.440 Palotine had a forty nine to thirty four win over halfmant State running back 353 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:37.720 Dominic Ball, Tulane commit, had a huge first half of that one, 354 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:42.160 and he left. He missed the entire second half, and I was kind 355 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:47.359 of concerned with what happened. Found an update though from that and that was 356 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:52.599 just a cramp. So we found that out after the game, So excuse 357 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:56.880 me there, good news for Dominic Balls. Who's Palotine starting to come on? 358 00:24:56.039 --> 00:25:00.640 Come on nicely? After a slow start. You know, it's gonna 359 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:03.440 be interesting to see how they bounce back and carry through. You know, 360 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.839 They've still got a couple of hurdles on their schedule. They got a game 361 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.960 coming up with Barrington as well that should be another flag planting type of situation 362 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.480 for them. But you know, I saw them live last year and it 363 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:21.240 was very impressive what they were able to do, not only using dominant ball, 364 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:23.519 but they used a lot of other things on their offense effectively and kind 365 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:27.279 of manhandle the Minook in a playoff game that I saw, So I you 366 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:32.839 know, if they don't have ball, I think they have options that they 367 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:37.559 were able to use them. And then one final game, Princeton with a 368 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:42.039 twenty eight to six win over Sterling Sues, which was a game I like 369 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:45.559 this little note from Kevin harronymus here and this is what you get from a 370 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:49.160 terrific veteran writer like Kevin. It was an opportunity, as he said, 371 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:55.119 it was an opportunity for Princeton to play it's old North Central Illinois Conference rival 372 00:25:55.279 --> 00:26:03.319 for the first time in seventy four years. Yeah, So I mean this 373 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:07.640 was a game that you know was created out of a couple of different scenarios. 374 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:12.279 You don't usually see teams like this playing one another during the regular season. 375 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:17.799 You know, Uh, Sterling had a vacancy on their schedule because of 376 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:22.160 Rock Island Isleman's decision to not play varsity football this year. Peru Saint Bede 377 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:27.319 swapping out of the Three Rivers Conference to go to the Chicago Land Prairie left 378 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:33.000 Princeton with an opening on their schedule that they had to fill, and filling 379 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.400 scheduled dates in the middle of the year like that are often very, very 380 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.000 difficult. So you know, these two schools aren't too far apart, and 381 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:45.559 they had a let's say, not ancient history, but it's been a while 382 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:51.599 since they played on a regular basis, so it's, uh, it's definitely 383 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:55.200 you know, it was definitely an intriguing matchup to see kind of you know, 384 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.880 almost almost what I like to call a football class warfare. I mean, 385 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.119 Sterling, you know, a class or two above where Princeton is. 386 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.559 Both have had pretty good programs over the last couple of years. And on 387 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.160 paper, when you look at those types of things, typically the bigger school 388 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:15.279 ends up dominating, but Princeton, you know, really put it together a 389 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:18.079 nice especially in the path, a nice effort and kind of ran away from 390 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:25.599 Sterling. You know what this means for Sterling moving forward? They've still got 391 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:29.359 some challenging games left on their schedule. I don't know if the playoffs are 392 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:32.200 in the cards for them this year. I mean, this is this is 393 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.359 a costly loss, and this is the program that's been to Is it the 394 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:41.759 quarterfinals for what at two three? I'm not I don't have it right in 395 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:44.599 front of me, but this is the team where you used the scene playing 396 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:48.920 a couple of weeks into the playoffs at the very least. Yeah, I 397 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.519 mean, but now they're sitting at two and three, and the next the 398 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.680 next two weeks they play, they go to Genoeseo and then they host Quincy. 399 00:27:57.480 --> 00:28:02.000 Those two teams are both five on the year. Yeah, you know 400 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:06.559 when they finish, and they finish in week nine with Moleen in a long 401 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.599 time rival that you know, I think, at least on paper, is 402 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:14.279 playing better than Sterling right now. So you know, they've got to win 403 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:18.559 two of you know, two or three of those games to keep them you 404 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.440 know, in the in that situation where they're alive if they lose two of 405 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:26.200 those games, and they've still got Rock Island a week eight two. But 406 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:29.759 you know, they gotta go. They gotta go three and one the rest 407 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.599 of the way, and I mean, honestly, looking at that, I 408 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:36.359 don't think they can. So I mean they're gonna have to pull a major 409 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:40.839 rabbit out of their hat. It's either this coming week or the following week. 410 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.680 So all right, suth, Well, we gotta get out of here. 411 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.240 But you got any final thought for us before we get out? All 412 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:49.519 right, get out of here. Yeah, surprisingly fun week. You know, 413 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:52.200 in Week five looked like it was gonna be kind of you know, 414 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:56.279 chalky all over the place, but we had a whole bunch of interesting outcomes, 415 00:28:56.799 --> 00:29:00.119 and uh, I guess I just have to take into account that this 416 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.599 is the kind of season that we're going to have a lot of fun games, 417 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:07.200 a lot of games between two evenly matched teams. And we'll get to 418 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:10.559 it later this week, but it looks like we've got a real real barnburger 419 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.799 coming up in a week six as well. Yeah, thank you everyone for 420 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:17.200 listening to the Friday Night Drive podcast. Stick with us all week long. 421 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:22.599 We'll have our week six playoff projection. We'll have our playoff. 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