WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.120 Schwiker, Gannison, Krazak Rundio Bradley sponsors for Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.280 Krizak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.519 company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions of 4 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:14.119 dollars for our clients. Visit G A N A, S S I N 5 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:27.320 dot com. What's up everyone, Welcome back, Welcome into the Friday Night 6 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:31.199 Drive Podcast. I am Kyle Nabors. Along with Steve Susie. We are 7 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.000 live with you here at eleven am on Monday, November sixth to break down 8 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.399 the second round of the high school football playoffs. All sixty four games obviously 9 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:44.320 now in the book for down to thirty two teams. Are thirty two games 10 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.039 left in the high school football season. It's starting to uh that realization is 11 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:53.799 starting to think it a little bit for me, sus Yeah, you know 12 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:57.359 when I was kind of doing what I do on Saturday nights after the playoffs 13 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:02.039 are over, you know, for that weekend, starting to sift through the 14 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.680 games and realize that there weren't quite as many games to sift through as I've 15 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:11.079 been going through for the last couple of weeks always an intriguing part of the 16 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.680 time of the year. But then I start to get a little, I 17 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.760 guess, a little tense because I realized that we're almost running out of time 18 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.519 here. I try not to look too far ahead, but you know, 19 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.840 we're down now to the last three weeks of the high school football season, 20 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.359 and that always makes me sad when I realize that that's around the corner. 21 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.239 I know that, like the bittersweet feeling starts to creep in about this time 22 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.120 of year as we really you know, you're so used to it to be 23 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.280 an insane for nine weeks of the regular season into the post and it kind 24 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:45.599 of quickly starts to tail off. Thank you everyone who is joining us live 25 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.680 this morning on the Friday Night Drive podcast. I see Alex Acevedo, a 26 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.079 big, big fan down in Kankakee County, already in the chat this morning. 27 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.280 Mister Shorty, a regular on the Bears podcast, checking in with ingreedients 28 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:02.799 here. Appreciate that as well. Through Shorty sus. We got a lot 29 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.280 to dive into from this second round. Before we do, make sure you 30 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:09.599 go to Friday Night Drive dot com. We'll have all your content up there 31 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:13.599 right now, including what we learned from the second round. Drop that from 32 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.800 the SEUs this weekend or this morning a lot to get ready through the quarterfinal 33 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:22.240 round of the playoffs. You can follow us on Twitter or at app and 34 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:27.639 drive. We're also on Facebook, Instagram, and we're TikTok. That's what 35 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.080 too many social media platforms to keep track of nowadays. You can find Seuss 36 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:35.479 on Twitter at the SUS. You can find myself on Twitter at Kyle Nabors 37 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.520 SEUs. As I was mentioning before we go game by game, let's hit 38 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:43.560 a couple of different things that you mentioned in your what we learn what you 39 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.439 learn in the second round of the playoffs. First off, let's go with 40 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:53.240 I know of at least three games that were decided on teams electing not to 41 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:57.439 go for the tie but going for the win. You had Rock Xanna go 42 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.919 for it, you had Bradley Bourbonet go for it. And who was a 43 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.120 third game I'm blanking off off hand here, there was another one. It 44 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:07.400 was Richards glen Wood. But let me correct you. It wasn't Rock Santa 45 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.360 that went for it. It was Saint Joe Ogden and they didn't get it, 46 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.000 and Rock Sanna won. So yeah, there were three games that came 47 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:20.400 down to two point conversion decisions in overtime, and strangely enough, it was 48 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.840 one of those situations where a couple of weeks ago we had a bunch of 49 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.560 these scenarios where they got the two point conversions. This time the team's trying 50 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.439 for the two point conversion were zero for three. In that situation, the 51 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:37.039 defense is held. So when you went back to that scenario of a couple 52 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:38.759 of weeks ago, you're thinking to yourself, well, why wouldn't you go 53 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.680 for it? Always seems to work out, but in this case did not 54 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.680 with much higher stakes. So gutsy calls in all situations, and I think 55 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.400 all of those teams would probably do it again if given the opportunity. But 56 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.759 yeah, definitely some wild finishes. And then on top of it, there 57 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.120 was another game that was decided by a touch down that was scored with less 58 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.439 than two seconds to play at the game. So you know, so a 59 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:08.639 lot of a lot of really intriguing finishes that came down to the wire. 60 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:14.840 Yeah. I can't hold it against any coach that Alexi go for two in 61 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.680 high school football. When you're talking, it's not like extra points are just 62 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:23.959 given at this level, so I don't really have any issue for any coach 63 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.920 that goes for two. It was I was talking to my nephew who played 64 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.839 for moments where I grew up right, and at that time they lost a 65 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.560 playoff game. This is we're going back like a decade now, agough Right. 66 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:39.279 They lost a a playoff game to Sterley Newman where they went for two 67 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.519 on the last play of the game to try and beat them. I think 68 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.000 it was a state quarterfinal and Matt Fox was the head coach at the time. 69 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:47.480 Interestingly enough, now the head coach or not the head coach, the 70 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.759 offensive coordinator over at Bradley, Burbane and another one of those teams involved. 71 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:55.519 As we were just mentioning going for it on the final play, I wash 72 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.160 my nephew was wondering if Matt was the guy that made that call for his 73 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:03.079 head coach, Michael, Yeah, it could be interesting to decide that I've 74 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.879 seen That's the only one of the three plays that I've seen on video. 75 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.040 I've seen it from two different angles, and to be honest with you, 76 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.360 I think if Bradley had to do it again, they might run the same 77 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.360 play. Again and nine times out of ten, I believe they probably converted 78 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.959 based on the scenario. The receiver was open. It was just one of 79 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:26.600 those situations where I think he slipped through. The timing was off just a 80 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.600 little bit, and the throw and the receiver was open. On the play, 81 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.000 it wasn't you know, and it wasn't a force throw. It just 82 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:36.959 it got away from him. Didn't happen. Sometimes that's the play that you 83 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.959 know that you know it happens. Sometimes it just doesn't click even though it's 84 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:46.399 there. But the play was there, the receiver was open, but you 85 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.480 know, there was something in the in the mixture that was it was a 86 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.360 little bit off and it didn't get completed. But I think if they did 87 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:56.439 that time and time again, I think, you know, they run the 88 00:05:56.480 --> 00:06:00.000 same play, it might have came out with a better factor. So definitely 89 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.680 hard to you know, hard to you know, second guess the decision, 90 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:08.720 especially when the play was there and it looked like they had the opportunity to 91 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:12.920 potentially win the game on the road against the top seed in seven A. 92 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:17.040 You're only going to get so many chances in that type of situation. They 93 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.879 took their shot. It didn't work. For Yeah, Alex says, the 94 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:25.560 Bradley Urbudy bulletmakers were close watching the clip back receiver slipped at the top of 95 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.839 the route on that graft field messed up the timing. Yeah, that's the 96 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:32.879 other side. You know. I talked about extra point at the high school 97 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:38.000 level being far from a given. The other thing is you a'll it take 98 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.439 to the players slipping at the top of a route on a bit of a 99 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.680 wet field, and that's how a season ends. But that is football, 100 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.680 right and seeing down here Alex follow that up with Cole made that decision in 101 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:50.480 twenty fifteen in the playoff two points for the wins. That was their quarterfinal. 102 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.439 Then he called it up with a semi run. Yeah, that was 103 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:57.879 the game against Libertyville that was played in the snow. I'm pretty sure I'm 104 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.040 trying to think back to I don't to that game, Alex or soon as 105 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.920 maybe you remember. Did they go for two in that Libertyville game? Or 106 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:08.040 is he or Alex are you talking about maybe like a matchup before they got 107 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:12.279 to that game against Libertyville, the Liberty Bill game. To my understanding, 108 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:17.279 that was that was the Riley Lee's game where it was controversial whether or not 109 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:23.920 whether or not he actually got into the He did not get into the inzoning 110 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.600 on that play. That is the that is, But there there were people 111 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.639 that were getting the torches out on that one because it was it was close. 112 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.000 I mean, I've seen, I've seen. I saw at the time 113 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:40.600 multiple video angles from it. And this is once again why I stress over 114 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.199 and over again, it's not easy to be an official, guys. It's 115 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:49.319 just not. There are plays like that that happen in every single game where 116 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:55.480 everyone swears that they saw it better. But you know, put the shirts 117 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:59.160 on you if you really believe that you're capable of making those calls right one 118 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.839 percent of the time. I heard you go ahead. I will say that 119 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.879 I got the call right. They got it wrong that day. Riley Leeves 120 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.279 did not make the in zone. I was right there on the end zone 121 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.040 next to it. Was funny, I can now that you mentioned it. 122 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.879 I can think of it. The official on my sideline, and the play 123 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.399 was on the opposite hash. But the official on my sideline, if I 124 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:24.639 remember correctly, they were they were divided. One put up touchdown, the 125 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.079 other did not. I think the guy on my side signal that he was 126 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.039 short, which he was short. It doesn't really matter. It's been ten 127 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.519 years, but just it's just football. Game of inches. Man and Alex 128 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.200 said it was the first game in that playoff run where they went for two. 129 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.600 Let's see what else we got in here before we dive in game by 130 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:48.759 game. Appreciating the question in the comments. You can join us live if 131 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.000 you are are on YouTube or the Friday Night Drive Facebook page and leave us 132 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.679 a question or comment. If you're watching this, do us a favor, 133 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.639 maybase thumbs up, help us get twenty five likes on this chance or on 134 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.000 this video subscribed to the channel. It helped other people find the show. 135 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.080 Kevin Patterson asked, Who's how good is Lincoln Way West? This is a 136 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:11.519 team you're pretty familiar with. Yeah, it's been really interesting to see what 137 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.399 they've done in the postseason, you know, kind of coming into this into 138 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:22.639 the playoff bracketings, I didn't really know what to expect of them. Opened 139 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.000 up in the first round against the Hoffmann States team that everything that I had 140 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.840 picked up against was it's going to be a fast athletic team that would be 141 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:33.120 able to do some things, and Lincolnway West just rolled them. And then 142 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.360 this week it was kind of like a little bit apprehensive for Lincoln Way West 143 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:43.759 having they make that long road trip down to Collinsville. Collinsville's shown a propensity 144 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.320 to be a little bit tricky in the seven a draw in the past, 145 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:52.399 and Joey campaigna a monster game five rushing touchdowns more than this week. They 146 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.240 were never really tested. I mean it was early in the game, it 147 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:00.120 was somewhat close, and then Lincoln Way West rattled off four consecutive touchdowns, 148 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.399 just ran away and hid. So obviously this is a football team that is 149 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:11.000 playing its best football at the right time. It makes for a very interesting 150 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:15.960 quarterfinal matchup with with another team that I think is doing exactly the same thing 151 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.480 in downers Grove North. They're playing tremendous football at the right time. So 152 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.279 an intriguing matchup of about twelve and a thirteen seed in the next round. 153 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.919 But right now Lincoln Way West is uh, you know, at their apex. 154 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.679 I think, playing way better than they were four or five weeks ago. 155 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.399 I agree with you one hundred and Kevin Sue kind of alluded to there, 156 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:43.000 you got a match to get downers Grove downers Grove North here none of 157 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.919 the matchups at this point. When you get to the corner finals, they're 158 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:48.399 gonna be easy. But the way that Semny bracket has shaped up, Suson 159 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.799 and I have talked about it a lot through you know, once this practic 160 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:56.759 was revealed on that top side, you know there was there's opportunities for really 161 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:58.279 any of these teams to make it down to stay. I think Lincoln Way 162 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.279 Lincoln A West has as good as chance as glen Bard Ease, downers Grove 163 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:07.679 North or Normal Community to make it down to state suits. Yeah. I 164 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.480 think the top half of that bracket, if you go and you look through 165 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:15.240 it, you know, class by class. If I were to say which 166 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:20.679 four team pod is the most wide open, I would identify it as the 167 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:26.320 top half of seven eight. Let's see, mister shorty says Julia Kathock beat 168 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:31.240 my buddy's grandson's Peoria team. How is Juliet Juliet Catholic gun? Since sus 169 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:37.639 Well absolutely overwhelmed Triad in the second round, they came up to juliett Catholic 170 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:43.559 defensively stumulate, gathered, was all over everything, ran back two touchdowns on 171 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:50.279 returns and Jolianktholic's offense, which I was at the Pioria game, was running 172 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.960 the ball very effectively. Did so again with Tria, they were ahead of 173 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.679 that game. It felt like almost instantaneously they were head thirty five to nothing. 174 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:05.080 So that they've they've put out their playoff playoff gear and they're going, 175 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.440 I mean, that's the thing right now. So I mean they have now 176 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:13.000 offensively. I had some questions about them entering the playoffs. They seem to 177 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.879 have resolved those issues. Yeah, mister shorty, if you're looking for a 178 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.960 good football game to watch on Saturday this weekend, man, check out Joliet 179 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:22.080 Catholic against Morris in the five eight quarterfinals. That's going to be a duty 180 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:26.000 of a matchup. We'll be back later in the week to preview that game 181 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.360 since we got a couple more questions coming in here are questions and comment Whether 182 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:35.440 on the Go, a regular with the Friday Night Drive podcast says Dixon has 183 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.360 had a good chance to win that game against Saint Lawrence. They stalled inside 184 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.039 their twenty yard line three times. If they would have capitalized, Dixon would 185 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.879 have won thirty five thirty one. But that's football, right, Yeah, 186 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:50.120 Dixon in that game. You know, one thing I wanted to point out 187 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:56.200 Saint Lawrence was they win, as you mentioned in what we learned after the 188 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:00.679 second round, to seventeen percent of the remaining teams in the player, including 189 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.960 Saint Lawrence, coming from the Chicago Catholic League East Suburban Catholic Conference. Listen, 190 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.080 this is a we could go about this every single year and have this 191 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.840 conversation, right, but again, the this this conference is just a really 192 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:16.000 tough out. You got to play pretty much perfect football to knock these teams 193 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:20.440 out of the postseason. Yeah, you know, it's kind of funny. 194 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.279 We were looking at it, you know, as we headed into the weekend 195 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:28.360 and the first Catholic League team to play this weekend lost, so all of 196 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.960 a sudden we're like, well maybe a few of them will fall this week. 197 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.440 And then we got into Saturday and every single one of them won their 198 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:39.559 games. So you know, they are at the collective there. They've been 199 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:46.240 battle tested through their regular season. It's gonna take a very clean and uh, 200 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.399 you know, let's be honest, really really strong effort to get these 201 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:54.240 teams out of this playoff field, even at this level. When we get 202 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.480 to the quarterfinals. We're starting to see them pair off against one another. 203 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.399 So obviously there's gonna be less of them in the field next week. But 204 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.519 this week, I mean a lot of those teams took their shots. Not 205 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:09.799 a lot of them were actually in those games. So like weather mentions, 206 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:16.600 you know, if you're going to you're gonna take a shot at a team 207 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.279 like Saint Lawrence. In this situation, you've got to catch those opportunities in 208 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.320 when you have them. You maybe you don't have to play perfect football. 209 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.200 I mean they're not. You know, it's not like we're going against you 210 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:30.080 know, an NFL team going against a high school team here, but it's 211 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.559 but you do have to execute the opportunities that you're given and uh and not 212 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.720 capitalizing on three opportunities inside the twenty yard line are gonna get you against almost 213 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.840 any team, and especially the good Catholic League teams that are still remaining in 214 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.919 the field. I see W flag twenty sixteen in here with a question Jim 215 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:50.039 Sowers in here with the question Jesse, we need to cook with a comment 216 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:52.720 as well. Before we get to those. We're gonna go ahead because I 217 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.360 think those are usually are those are about the middle classes here, we're gonna 218 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.799 go ahead and dive in started with one A kind of work away up. 219 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.360 I'm gonna throw the result screen here, sues, and I go back up 220 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:05.840 here to one A. We'll quickly kind of work our way through each of 221 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.480 these classes here. We're trying to keep this to about forty minutes today, 222 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:13.720 guys, so about halfway through, you know, working our starting in one 223 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.960 A suit. What stood out to you in this bracket? You know, 224 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.679 this was a fairly I guess, consistent class at this point in time. 225 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.919 I felt like the teams that I expected were to win these games did win 226 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.440 them. And there were a lot of matchups here. I was looking at 227 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.399 the Hope Academy or a Christian game. I'm not stunned that that game flipped 228 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.200 for its regular season results, but that was the game that was most interested 229 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.679 to see the outcome, and as I kind of expected, it turned out 230 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:46.559 to be one of the closest games in the class, because obviously that Greenfield 231 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.879 Casey Westfield game came right down to final seconds, but a highly competitive game 232 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.720 between those two, and like I mentioned before, Hope Academy into the quarters 233 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.559 for the first time in school history. Did you did you pick Rovo to 234 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:03.759 be County. I did not. That was I guess that would be the 235 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.799 classified as the one game where the result was different than I thought. Stark 236 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:12.279 County beat them in the regular season when they played, but Stark County was 237 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:17.480 also kind of walking a tight wire during the regular season. They finished undefeated, 238 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:21.200 but they had a lot of close calls. I was a little surprised 239 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:26.720 by the margin, but not necessarily stunned that Rova won the game. Jesse 240 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.360 says Jesse. We need to cook, says one A and for a state 241 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.799 finals seemed like a lock already. Let's just hit on one A there quickly. 242 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:40.000 You know, I think going in this before the postseason, you and 243 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:45.720 I both felt we were looking at Alena Winslow Bellville All Top championship matchup as 244 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.639 the most likely scenario in one A, Has anything happened through the first two 245 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.879 rounds that has dissuaded you from from that feeling. Not really. If I 246 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.039 had to pick it, that would be the same way that I would pick 247 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.559 it today. I think. I think I'm very very intrigued. However, 248 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.880 with the quarterfinal game between cant Point Central and over All Top this week, 249 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:11.279 both of those teams are extremely fast and athletic for one A level programs, 250 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:15.240 I think you're going to be if you watch that game or go to that 251 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.039 game, I think you'll see a lot of blurs that will pass for football 252 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:25.039 players because team speed is what both of those organizations bank their bank, their 253 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.559 philosophies on. So really quick an athletic game there. So, but no, 254 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.759 those are the two teams that I think, yeah, and I completely 255 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:34.400 I completely agree with you looking at where we're at. If there's going to 256 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:38.279 be something that upsets the apple cart before we get to the Bloomington Normal to 257 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.039 State Championship, that I think it's gonna be Campoint Central being able to take 258 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.160 down Belleville all tough. But we'll see how that game plays out this week. 259 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.200 And let's go to Class two A, sous. You know, first 260 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:52.000 thing that stood out to me with my guys down there in the South bracket 261 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:56.880 Nashville taking down Quincy Notre Dame twenty seven to eighteen. You can't stop the 262 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.400 hornet. You don't. You can't even try to stop the hornet. This 263 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.799 is just what they do, sus Well, I mean they controlled this game. 264 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:06.720 I mean it was a relatively low scoring game, but right from the 265 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:10.079 get go they took the lead and just kind of kept Quincino Dam at arm's 266 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:14.079 length, you know, doing what they do in the playoffs. I was 267 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:17.720 looking at this the other day, and I guess this escaped me last year. 268 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.119 But they lost in the first round of the playoffs, which snapped the 269 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:26.119 string of two consecutive runs to the two A state championship game. So I 270 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:30.559 don't know what happened last year. They must have lost their mojo for a 271 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:34.640 little bit, but appeears like it's their playoff hats are back on again. 272 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.920 I'm not surprised to see Seneca a win over rock Ridge. I was a 273 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.039 bit surprised to see the margins forty seven to fourteen. There Seneca and Wilmington 274 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.000 bolth rolling to set up a rematch of those two teams that played back in 275 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.240 Week one. You think this game plays out in a similar fashion. How 276 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:57.240 many how how much of these teams learned about themselves and evolved from that first 277 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:03.160 matchup way back in late all Yes, well you know it went. The 278 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.279 first game was the battle of you know, exactly what you would expect it 279 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:12.119 to be. Hard running football teams on both sides, trying to keep the 280 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:17.559 ball in their possession if they can, you know, and looking to their 281 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.039 defense to kind of set the tone, and went back and forth, back 282 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:23.640 and forth, and then Seneca put together one of those monster drives that I 283 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:29.759 tend to associate with Wilmington, a fifteen play, seventy two yard drive I 284 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.839 think it was that chewed up like six or seven minutes of game clock and 285 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:38.440 provided a decisive touchdown in that game. So I would be surprised at either 286 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:44.359 one of them deviate at all from what they do in order to try to, 287 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:48.400 I guess, surprise the other one. And I will say this usually 288 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.799 when I'm going through, you know, the results on a Saturday night or 289 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.200 Sunday morning, after things are all over, I kind of sketch the picks 290 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.319 that I think for that I think are going to happen, and then next 291 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.759 round, just kind of a snap judgment type of thing. There were two 292 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:08.200 games out of the thirty two games that are left on the calendar for next 293 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:12.720 week where I did not fild in a pick because I cannot make up my 294 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:18.039 mind even in a snap judgment type of situation. That's one of the two 295 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.839 games I don't want you to tell me what the other game is yet, 296 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.000 I want to see if I can figure it out by the end of this 297 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.599 podcast, I'll ask, yeah, yeah, Okay, all right, this 298 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.839 is State Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor this year's Friday Night 299 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:34.160 Drive. There will be plenty of time for politics down the road, but 300 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:38.279 for now, let's enjoy some high school football. Whichever school you follow, 301 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:45.119 give him your support. All right, let's move on to Class three A. 302 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:49.079 Here, sus, what's it out for you in this class? You 303 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:55.599 know three A? This this bracket was largely, I mean kind of went 304 00:20:55.720 --> 00:21:00.400 exactly the way that I thought it would, you know, I picks. 305 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.599 I missed two games, but they were the two games that I was most 306 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:07.680 consternated about when making the picks. They were down in the South bracket with 307 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:12.720 Olympia's win and Roxanna's win. I got tripped up a little bit on something 308 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.200 in Olympia's track record there, which which is why I didn't see that game 309 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.920 coming. And Roxanna Saint Joe Agen I thought was a straight up point flip. 310 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:23.759 I don't really think I can take too much ribbing for losing that game, 311 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:27.200 considering the way that it finished. You know, it came down to 312 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:30.400 the two point conversion at the end of the game, so you know Roxanna 313 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:38.960 moving on. I wasn't totally convinced that Roxanna had played quality enough opponent to 314 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.759 kind of pencil them into the quarterfinals. This kind of convinced me now, 315 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:47.559 and it's very interesting moving on with them to see how long they can keep 316 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:51.200 this ride going on that top half of the bracket. Jesse says, I 317 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.000 think Princeton has a good chance at winning. Talking about a quarterfinal match up 318 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.480 against Montini, Montini pulled away, but didn't impress me against Prairie Central. 319 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:02.440 What do you think you they did that? Martini's right, Montini did have 320 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:08.200 a little bit of trouble against Prairie Central. Manti has been doing this a 321 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:14.359 lot this year. They've had a lot of closer games than you might expect, 322 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:19.200 but there has to be set said something for their ability to win close 323 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:25.160 games, especially against some of the opponents that they've played this season. I 324 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:29.359 think Princeton has a chance of winning this football game. I still lean towards 325 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:34.240 Mantini. I really like what Princeton does defensively, and I don't think Montini's 326 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.519 gonna be able to score a bunch of points against them, But I also 327 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.839 don't I'm not sure Princeton is gonna be able to score a bunch of points 328 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.319 against Martini either. So it's a very close game on paper. But I 329 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:48.160 see your I see the point that you're trying to make here. There's definitely 330 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:52.680 there's there's definitely a situation where I can see Princeton winning this game. I 331 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.240 think it's gonna be a low scoring game. So yeah, another game that 332 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.480 I think could end up being low scoring. I'm gonna move over for Here 333 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:06.240 is Sandwich against Weedon Academy coming into the class for a quarterfinals. Here wed 334 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.279 An Academy with a twelve three win, using its defense to shut down Saint 335 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:12.799 Fighter Sandwich. We've talked about it a lot, right, the team that 336 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:18.079 didn't even play varsity football last year now find itself in a state quarter final 337 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:22.599 against weeding Academy. Suits. Yeah, it's a game that if you would 338 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.559 have told me before the season started this will be a quarterfinal game in four 339 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:33.079 A, I would have laughed at you. I mean for various reasons, 340 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:37.119 because I mean, obviously what you said about Sandwich. We Academy had to 341 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:42.440 replace a lot of really key players in their program, most notably a quarterback 342 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:47.920 that started for four seasons, you know, and heading into the year, 343 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.519 coach Jim Johannick actually, you know, kind of admitted to me in a 344 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:56.079 preseason email, we're not sure what we're gonna do then, like and this 345 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:59.480 this was in the middle of the summer. They were still trying to sort 346 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:03.920 through several candidates because, I mean, it had been such a stable position 347 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:07.359 for them, So I would have thought that Wheaton Academy would have had to 348 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:11.599 work through some things early in the year, but they they gained momentum early, 349 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:15.680 only lost one regular season game, and now find themselves in the quarterfinals 350 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.240 for the first time in school history, which is a scenario that, like 351 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.599 I said, I would not have mapped out for this team. Got a 352 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:26.720 lot of respect for what these guys do and have done, but definitely definitely 353 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:30.960 a really, really nice job of putting the pieces together in that program this 354 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:36.279 year. Yeah, w Flag twenty sixteen asks any thoughts on Weedon Academy's path 355 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:40.160 in for a I'll start it off here at Susan give my thoughts. I 356 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:44.880 think Weedon Academy. Listen, I don't want to underestimate Sandwich. They I've 357 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:48.680 done that all season long and they continue to be very effective. But I 358 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:52.119 take weedon Academy as a favorite to win this game. After that, though, 359 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.359 I see Catholic remains, in my book, a pretty substantial favorite to 360 00:24:56.400 --> 00:25:00.519 become out of the North bracket. Seis Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with 361 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:06.160 that analysis. It's I think the Icy Catholic Saint Lawrence game this week will 362 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:10.359 be interesting. I do favor Icy Catholic in that scenario. I also favorite 363 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:12.759 week in Academy on the top. I think that's probably what we're going to 364 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:19.119 get in the semifinal matchup. But in that scenario, I think Icy Catholic's 365 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:26.240 got too many horses in that. The bottom half of the bracket went kind 366 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.400 of what I expected. Sus Can you tell me a little bit about Harrisburg 367 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.319 though? As an eleven seed taking down pr and Notre Dame, this is 368 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:36.559 a team that I'll be honest, I don't know anything about Harrisburg. You 369 00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:40.519 know, they're fast, they're athletic, They're capable of breaking a few big 370 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:44.799 plays. I never did see quite a breakdown on that game, but from 371 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.319 what I was told about them early in the year. They're the kind of 372 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.920 team that you feel like you have rained in and then all of a sudden 373 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.039 they've busted off of sixty five seven yard touchdown, run on you or passing 374 00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:02.960 play. They can score quickly, have some some top match athletes at the 375 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:07.640 skill positions, but their their gameplay could sometimes be a rat. They could 376 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:11.279 look like a really really good team one moment and then how do they get 377 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:17.200 here the next? So inconsistency has kind of marked their season so far this 378 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:22.440 year. We are handing out the final Friday Night Drive Team of the Week 379 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.480 m VP belt this week and I'm seeing Steve Mallar. We're trying to behind 380 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.480 the scenes here, our staff is trying to track down We set out the 381 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.319 belt around our region to try and make sure we get them to the right 382 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.599 place at the right time. A little inside Baseball looks like that belt according 383 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.200 to our vote total, will probably go into the dully up market here. 384 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:45.759 So do you have any belt club? I don't. I personally haven't haven't 385 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.359 had a belt this year. I don't know where the last one is. 386 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:53.519 I have not possessed one. So in the years past I was driving around 387 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:59.079 and with one in the back of my car for several months, but I 388 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.799 do not currently have one, so I don't know where the I don't know 389 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.839 where the phantom belt is. To be honest, I have one, as 390 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:07.480 maybe you guys can see behind me here from our very first season of handing 391 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:11.200 out these belts. This was a promotional belt that we had that I put 392 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:14.200 in the background here. I'm gonna have to track that town this afternoon. 393 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:18.480 But let's go ahead, sus and get to five A here where we have 394 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:26.039 Let's see there are several interesting games here. I'll start with the top side 395 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.160 of the bracket. Morgan Park Sycamore. This was a game another game that 396 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:34.880 came down to the closing second. Sycamore looked like Eddie Crippio out there covering 397 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:40.279 that game for us on Saturday. Sycamore was about to go into the end 398 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:44.720 zone, fumbled at the goal line, and Morgan Park recovered that to end 399 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:48.599 up winning this game twenty seven to twenty one. Sus, Any thoughts on 400 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:52.640 that one? You know, a lot of the I guess the criticism of 401 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:56.359 a lot of Chicago Public League teams, especially in the playoffs when they get 402 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:03.359 years. They might be you know, very town talented, but they tend 403 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:07.599 to come apart when adversity hits. I do not think that that's a component 404 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:12.319 of this particular Morgan Park team, because it felt like Sycamore kind of had 405 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:15.799 control of this game all the way along, and then all of a sudden, 406 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.359 morgan Park kind of jumped back into the game in the second half, 407 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:23.119 took the lead, and then we're able to make a play when you know, 408 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:27.440 it looked like things were going south for them. So obviously a huge 409 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:33.160 win for Morgon Park, getting them into the next round once again, the 410 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:37.680 only Chicago Public League team remaining in the field, and beating a Sycamore team 411 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:41.559 that has shown time and time again that they know how to get it done 412 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.359 at this time of year. This is a very good win for Morgan Park. 413 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.640 Sets up a matchup against Saint Francis. We have a question in here 414 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.240 from Jim who says, who do you like as your final four? In 415 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:59.279 five A will of course be breaking down the quarterfinal match up player in the 416 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:02.000 week, but let's go ahead, sus Let's let's go into this five A 417 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:06.119 right now. You know, I think we already we talked about Jolia Catholic 418 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:10.000 Morris. We're looking at Providence Highland. On the bottom side. There you 419 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:15.720 got Naz, Carmel, and Saint Francis Morgan Park. You know, right 420 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:18.039 off hand, I'm gonna throw my four teams out there and sus I'll let 421 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:23.480 you tell me if you agree or disagree. I'm gonna go Saint Francis over 422 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.200 Morgan Park. I'm gonna take Naz over Carmel. I don't feel good about 423 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:30.400 that one off hand, I'm gonna do it, though. I'll take Morris 424 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:34.039 over at Joliat Catholic, and I'm going to take Providence over Highland. Any 425 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.680 of those you disagree with, I disagree with two of them, and I'm 426 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:44.200 gonna start by saying that my caveat here is that this is Monday, Yeah, 427 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:48.920 and that does my answer may change on specifically one of these differences. 428 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:55.319 Uh as the weak develops and I get more information. I agree with the 429 00:29:55.319 --> 00:30:00.200 week in Saint Francis, and my gut is telling me to take Carnival right 430 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:04.119 now. That is, but that, like you, I don't feel comfortable 431 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:07.680 with that pick, even though I'm going the opposite way that you are. 432 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.319 I really feel like that that's no, it is not Actually I didn't pick 433 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:17.680 Carmel Lass when I went through it. And then on the bottom side, 434 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:22.680 I'm taking Joliet Catholic. And my reason for taking Jolie at Catholic is in 435 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:27.640 the Morris Sacred Heart Griffin game, two of the three components that I love 436 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:33.759 in the Morris offense sustained what I believe to be pretty serious injuries and I 437 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:38.200 don't know. I don't know their status right now, So if that changes 438 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:42.759 and those guys are both available and with a clean bill of health, or 439 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:47.559 at least a fairly clean bill of health, I might change my mind down 440 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:49.599 then, Like I said, that's a Monday pick for me. Right now, 441 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:53.480 I'm taking Joli Catholic on the information that I have, and that, 442 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.319 by the way, is the other game where I have not officially made a 443 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:03.240 pick. So and then I'm going to go Providence on the bottom they are 444 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:10.480 an inconsistent and inconsistent as inconsistent can be, but man, they seem to 445 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:15.079 know how to get it done to the playoffs. Yeah, they absolutely do. 446 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.839 All right, make sure you tune back in on Thursday, GYMC if 447 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.880 we can give you some different answers there. I completely you're right, sus 448 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.880 I should have thought about that before opening my mouth about the Morris injuries. 449 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:29.400 Definitely something to keep in mind this week as it develops. Let's go on 450 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:34.000 to Class six A though. Let's see there was a question about six at 451 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.480 w FLIGHT twenty sixteen. I'll use this kind of frame where we're at here, 452 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:42.160 he says, or w F twenty sixteen says Kerry Grove. East Saint 453 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:47.960 Louis State title game again in six A. Sus you see anything through the 454 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:52.079 second round that would dissuade you of that feeling. I don't know if dissuade 455 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:57.720 me. Obviously, I think East Saint Louis is more likely to be the 456 00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:04.519 entrance of the two there. Yeah, I think Geneva presents an interesting obstacle 457 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.119 this week for carry Grow, not that I would. I still favor carry 458 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:13.000 Grow, and I still think Lake Zerich's gonna be hard to knock out of 459 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:17.519 this bracket. So you know, East Saint Louis is doing East Saint Louis 460 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:21.200 things. I had learned the other day that they were up fifty four to 461 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.039 nothing. Uh in a blink of an eye, Yeah, no, in 462 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:29.039 a blink of an eye, and took a knee on the one yard line, 463 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:31.079 just before halftime, so they could have they could have gone in, 464 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:37.480 but they didn't just because then just because they they they they kneedled it out 465 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:43.200 to end the first half and then played then played freshman and sophomores for the 466 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:47.000 entire second half. Man. So that's tough for normal Left. And it's 467 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:52.240 not exactly like Normal West is a bad football team, like that's the thing. 468 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.680 It's like they're they're pretty solid and and they and and East Louis just 469 00:32:54.720 --> 00:33:00.920 took them apart. So yeah, that's and also nother thing about that South 470 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:05.759 bracket while we're here, I was really surprised with the difficulties that game he 471 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:10.799 had winning that game, Yeah, really surprised. Yeah, they they the 472 00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:15.799 case pulled away there in the second half, but they were really struggling in 473 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:19.160 that matchup. And so W flag twenty sixteen. I you know, I 474 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:22.400 agree with Sue's I think it would be very surprising if it wasn't East Saint 475 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.680 Louis on the top side of that bracket there. You know, I still 476 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:30.680 lean Kerry Grove, but as Sue said, like I think nothing could felled 477 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:32.640 to there North, but I think it would either be Geneva or Lake zerf 478 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:37.359 that would have the best chance to knock off carry Grow from that bracket. 479 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.200 But I'll be honest with I'm hoping for Kerry Grove East Saint Louis State title 480 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.200 game partially just because I want to see what Kerry Grove tries to cook up 481 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.359 again. Obviously, Kerry Grove surprise THEE Saint Louis in that state title game. 482 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:51.160 One of the best high school football games I think any of us has 483 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:53.400 ever witnessed a couple of years ago. It would be a tall task to 484 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:55.559 do it again, but I didn't think they could do it a couple of 485 00:33:55.599 --> 00:34:00.359 years ago, and Brad Sieberg and that staff figured it out. So that's 486 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:04.119 the matchup I'm looking forward to. I don't think it's thefore gone conclusion though. 487 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:07.039 All right, sus let's move on to seven A. I'll let you 488 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:09.440 lead us off here. What stood out to you in seven A? You 489 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:13.440 know, the one thing that really jumped off the page to me. And 490 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:16.639 we got word of this while we were doing Friday Night Drive Live on location 491 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:22.079 Downers Groves North to win over Hersey, especially considering how the game started, 492 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.719 where Herssey felt like they kind of had it in control. They had a 493 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:29.800 fourteen to three lead at halftime, unable to finish that off in downers Grove 494 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:35.119 North advancing on. I haven't seen downers Grove North live and I've been trying 495 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:37.519 to figure out a way to get that done. I'm hoping to get that 496 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.920 done this week because I'm very intrigued by this team now that they've got Noah 497 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:46.159 battle back from injury. They seem to me firing on all cylinders. They're 498 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:52.840 a very interesting team from that perspective. But you know, on the bottom 499 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:58.800 half of this bracket, like I really love the way Batavia is playing right 500 00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:02.440 now, and obviously Mount Carnal is doing Mount Carnal things. The one outcome 501 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:06.760 that kind of surprised me down there, even though they were the higher seed 502 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.719 and still haven't lost on the year, Quincy's ability to just kind of pull 503 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:14.880 away from Wheaton North. They were losing that game early, down fourteen twelve 504 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:17.840 at halftime and kind of took it over in the second half. So a 505 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:21.840 really nice win for Quincy in this I thought it was I thought it was 506 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:24.320 a mistake when I read it because I saw that fourteen twelve score at halftime 507 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:27.599 and then I was like, wait, we didn't North still had fourteen points. 508 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.320 What happened? Yeah, So yeah, a nice win for them. 509 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:36.280 So this is an intriguing bracket because obviously you've got the behemoths with Mount Carmel 510 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:39.159 and Batavia on the top on the bottom there, but you've got a whole 511 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:44.360 bunch of teams that someone's gonna come out of that North bracket and be in 512 00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:47.559 a state final in seven A. That to my knowledge, and I couldn't 513 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:51.719 be corrected on this, When Lincoln my West made a final, it was 514 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:57.159 it was in five A when we were in six classes. But I don't 515 00:35:57.159 --> 00:36:01.719 know if any of them have ever been in a final before. So someone's 516 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:06.480 gonna make it from that group. So I mean that we're gonna have a 517 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.079 new finalist out of the top half of that bracket, and that makes for 518 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:12.880 very an interesting situation for me. I can say, at least, you 519 00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:15.800 know, I've been doing this for a little more than a decade now I 520 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.719 can think back. I've never seen any of those teams in the state title 521 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:22.800 game. So I love seeing new programs with the champ to win state championship. 522 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.960 So looking forward to see how it's seven eight top half of that bracket 523 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:29.840 pays out plays out all right, aight, a sous, let's wrap it 524 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:35.360 up here. You know, you had New York with a close win over 525 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:42.519 Lions. The first thing that jumps out to me though, is Edwardsville forty 526 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.679 eight to fourteen over Glenbard West. This was a Glenbard West team that struggled 527 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:49.760 early in the season, seemed to be put in together later in the year. 528 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.559 Edwardsville first round. They ended up pulling away, but it took a 529 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:57.599 little bit. So I thought maybe Glenbard West would go down there and give 530 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.880 edwards Hill a game. Not the case, and Tiger really ran away with 531 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:06.559 this one too. You know. I'd like to say that I saw this 532 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:09.639 coming, but I didn't. I really kind of thought that Glenbard West was 533 00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:15.639 playing good enough defense where they were going to make this a better game. 534 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:20.440 Then it turned out to be Edwardsville. Just I mean, I was kind 535 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.480 of following that on Twitter, and it felt like Edwardsville was scoring every thirty 536 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:28.320 seconds. I mean, it was they put together a really nice situation. 537 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:31.400 It should have set off alarm bells with me. With Edwardsville, I mean, 538 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:35.000 they only have one loss in the season. It came to East Saint 539 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:38.599 Louis. They somehow held Ea Saint Louis twenty seven points in that game, 540 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:44.239 and that probably should have set up the flag that hey, these guys are 541 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:49.159 legitimate, because very few teams if any can do that, I can keep 542 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:52.280 East St. Louis in check and make it a competitive game. I know 543 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:55.599 Mount carn will beat them early in the year, but I mean Edwardsville was 544 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:59.679 hanging around in that game. I mean it was they were very competitive in 545 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:02.119 that game. Then they went over to Saint Louis and beat Desmett, who 546 00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:07.199 is one of the best teams in Missouri. It's a really good football team. 547 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:14.639 And I'll be perfectly honest, I underestimated. Yeah, they're playing really 548 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:19.679 good football right now. Now. We were over and we were talking at 549 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:23.679 Barrington on Saturday night for a live with Friday Night Drive on location Naperville Central 550 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:30.039 took a fourteen oer lead in that game, and there was a lot of 551 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:31.760 playoff football on Saturday. You and I were on the sidelines and I actually 552 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:35.320 said, all right, I'm taking off like I you know, I wanted 553 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:37.480 to get back. We had a lot of content coming on to Friday Night 554 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:39.639 Drive. I'll be completely honest with you with the way that game started. 555 00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:45.360 I didn't think Barrington had much of a chance to come back in that game. 556 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.199 I thought Naperville Central looked like they came ready to play with moving the 557 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:52.679 ball effectively. I should have stuck around. Apparently, sus Well, I 558 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:57.079 stayed a little bit longer than you did. And Jake Bartleson and I were 559 00:38:57.079 --> 00:39:00.079 hanging around for a little while, and I looked at Jake and and I 560 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:02.440 want to see if Barrington has a response here after they dropped down they fell 561 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:06.360 behind twenty one to seven, and they did. They came back in the 562 00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:10.719 game and and I was like, okay, and then I'm like I was, 563 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:15.079 I'm like, I too was a little wiped out from the day and 564 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.039 was like and I had a pretty lengthy drive to get back home. So 565 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:22.639 I was like, I'm not gonna stay through halftime, but I have a 566 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:27.960 feeling that I'm gonna regret that decision. And I was actually considering turning around 567 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:31.280 shortly thereafter when I found out that it was it was once again at nip 568 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:37.639 and tuck Battle, but carried on to home. But Neighboryville Central came out 569 00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:42.199 and did a lot of nice things. But Barrington, you know, to 570 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:47.559 their credit maintained contact when everything was going right for Nahberville Central, and that's 571 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:52.320 I think that was ultimately what the difference in the game was, because even 572 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:55.079 though it felt like Naberville Central might be on the verge of running away with 573 00:39:55.199 --> 00:40:01.199 the game, Barrington didn't panic. They put together an impressive drive shortly after 574 00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:06.639 they fell behind, you know, got into a good situation for themselves. 575 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:12.079 And that's kind of the hallmark of this team. I'm fascinated to see what 576 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.920 happens in this in the quarterfinals, in their next round. I felt like 577 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:22.360 this game several times this year I had to correct myself and go, those 578 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:24.159 guys played each other during the regular season, didn't they And then I'd be 579 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:29.239 like, no, they didn't. I don't thinking that. I just felt 580 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:32.039 like this game was inevitable. So I mean, I'm not really I can't 581 00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:36.960 really explain why I had that little nugget in my brain that led me to 582 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:40.079 believe that they had played. They hadn't. They'd got several common opponents, 583 00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:44.239 but they have not played. Yeah. I had that same thing too. 584 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:46.280 I don't know who was Main South and Palatine. Did they play? Yes, 585 00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:51.000 they did? Maybe that's maybe that's why I'm thinking of it that way, 586 00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:55.239 but yeah, I want to give a shout out or a name to 587 00:40:55.320 --> 00:41:01.960 watch here. Devin van Ness Barrington defensive end was all over the field once 588 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:07.400 again. Last name I sound familiar to you. That's Lucas van Ness's younger 589 00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:10.519 brother. Lucas van Ness with a standout at Barrington went on to Iowa and 590 00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:13.840 which is taken in the first round in the NFL Draft by the Green Bay 591 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:20.000 Packers this past spring. You were a fool of me watching Devin play out 592 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.719 there. I thought it was Lucas citizens well, you know, when I 593 00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:30.320 saw them earlier in the year. It I intentionally sometimes try to not look 594 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:32.760 when I'm just kind of watching a game. I try not to find out 595 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:37.880 what the key players are. I try to let my eyes find them. 596 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:42.400 It took no time at all for me to find him in the previous matchup 597 00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:46.440 of when that I went to see Barrington. I mean I discovered him within 598 00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:50.320 a minute of watching the defense play. I'm like, oh, yeah, 599 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:52.039 that's what it is, like it I mean, and then I checked my 600 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:55.079 program for verification, and you know, yeah, that's who it is. 601 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:58.719 So that's a fun little game that I like to play when I go to 602 00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:02.320 games that I have not seen the team before, but truly a capable player 603 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:07.519 and a guy to watch as we head into the next round. He is 604 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:12.159 Steve Seussie. You can find him on Twitter at the sus. You can 605 00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:15.519 find myself on Twitter at Kyle Naber. You can find Friday Night Drive on 606 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:19.559 Twitter at app and Drive and on Facebook. Instagram is TikTok as well. 607 00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:23.280 We'll have full coverage of these state quarterfinals coming up Laura at Friday Night Drive 608 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:25.840 dot com throughout the week. Sus and I will be back later in the 609 00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:30.400 week to preview that quarterfinal round suit, but before we sign off, give 610 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:34.159 us some final thoughts on this round. Well, the interesting thing that I 611 00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:37.920 look at as we've moved past this round is there were so many games that 612 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:43.719 had like intriguing finishes and just kind of broke down that way, and it 613 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.880 was what I expected from this round. But now my head is kind of 614 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:52.719 spinning because interestingly enough, I haven't figured out where I'm going this week and 615 00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:57.760 I can't make a decision. I mean, that's that's what it really comes 616 00:42:57.800 --> 00:43:00.199 down to. And I kind of stopped off scheduled, you know, what 617 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:02.159 we needed to do, and then I looked and I was like, wait 618 00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:06.280 a minute, I haven't given myself a game to go to yet. And 619 00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:13.039 I tried to pick and I couldn't. So that's I still haven't decided, 620 00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.199 and I'm going to give myself another day or two before I decide. I 621 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:21.480 might try something crazy like trying to go to multiple games. Something crazy. 622 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.360 Yeah, try to find that little area where I can, you know, 623 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:30.920 navigate the traffic to to see multiple games over the course of the afternoon. 624 00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:37.679 So it's going to be fascinating either way. 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