WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.919 SGKR Injury Attorneys proudly sponsors the Friday Night Drive. I 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:07.000 met round you. We are ready to take on the 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.519 insurance company for you and get you to the end zone. 4 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.000 Visit us G A N A S SI N dot com, 5 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:14.960 Gannison dot com. 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.239 This is State Representative Steve Reich. Since twenty sixteen. It's 7 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.920 been my privilege to represent the sixty third district in 8 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.239 the Illinois House. I'd like to continue representing you, and 9 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.039 I'm asking for your vote on November fifth. Thank you 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:29.320 pay for my citizens to elect Stephen Reich. 11 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:34.479 Hello everybody, and welcome to the Friday Night Drive Western 12 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.359 Suburbs podcast. I'm Josh Welge here with Joel Bennett's as 13 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.399 we're taking it here on a very dreary Tuesday afternoon. Joel, 14 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.719 you were supposed to be covering golf. It got rained out. 15 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.799 It's too bad. You're here talking football. That's pretty good. 16 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.439 How you doing. I'm very good. 17 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:54.399 I'm pretty happy that I got to stay indoors today. 18 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:58.719 Obviously it's very wet outside, and so you know, I'd 19 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.119 much rather be here kind of talking about football in 20 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:06.200 the company of my own heme prior than out there 21 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:07.280 to be completely. 22 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:11.280 Unished save the umbrella for the day, and that that 23 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.680 leads remind me and I'm probably testing the football and 24 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.319 weather gods, but we've had really good weather, I think, 25 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.120 so far for football so far, and it looks pretty 26 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.079 good for Friday too. I mean, I covered a game 27 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.879 on Saturday on September twenty first or whatever, and it 28 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:28.920 was almost ninety degrees, which is a little bit on 29 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:32.359 the warm side, but sunny and ninety is a lot 30 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.719 better than rain like today. So anyway, that's the weather 31 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:40.439 forecast for today. We're through four weeks at high school 32 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.439 football season. A lot of great stuff to talk about. 33 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.040 Before we get started with that, I want to remind 34 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:50.280 everybody what's on Friday Night Drive. Steve Seussy's updated power 35 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:53.560 rankings is out there. Got a little bit of movement 36 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.680 on some teams astwego, I'm talking to you. Had a 37 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.000 pretty good week, so pretty good started the season. So 38 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.239 check that out. And then Steve's updated playoff projections will 39 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.879 be dropping tomorrow morning, Wednesday morning. So a lot of 40 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.000 good stuff coming your way, a lot of good you know, 41 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.319 football notebooks from over markets. Joel had a really good 42 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.439 one with the Kane County market as well, so I 43 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.800 definitely want to check that out, Joel. I think we 44 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:21.560 got to definitely start as we review week four of 45 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:23.439 the game that you were at last Friday, Tavia Saint 46 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:25.840 Charles North always one of the games of the year, 47 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:29.080 and the Duke kne Conference and honestly around you know 48 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.759 the area period. And I got to tell you, you know, 49 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.000 sometimes when you're not at a game, you know, you 50 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.400 check your Twitter every so often see what's going on. 51 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.840 And obviously your game was really the one I was 52 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.599 paying attention to. And I think it was like end 53 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:45.360 of the third quarter, and and it was around end 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.280 of the third quarter and North led twenty one to seventeen. 55 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.639 I'm thinking, okay, yeah, that that makes it. That makes sense. 56 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.560 That set up for a really kind of down to 57 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.080 the wire finish and next thing I knew, I think 58 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.879 it was forty five to twenty one final Batavian, I'm like, 59 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:02.000 what what happened there? I guess Nathan Whitwell happened for one, 60 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:04.400 you know what happened in that game? 61 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:10.080 Yeah, I mean it's just a completely awesome game to experience. 62 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:12.319 I mean, for the first three quarters, it really looked 63 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.840 like Saint Charles North came in like truly prepared. They 64 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.759 got two touchdown scores in the first half thanks to 65 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.520 Joel Holloman, and you know, it kind of looked like 66 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:23.680 they were going to potentially run away with it. I mean, 67 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.800 at halftime it was fourteen to three. But you know, 68 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:30.080 coming out of the locker rooms, Batavia really had one 69 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.639 plan and that was get Nathan Whitwell going, and that's 70 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:36.280 exactly what he did. I mean, he found this after 71 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.680 not finding the end zone in the entire first half, 72 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.800 he found it five times in the second half, and 73 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.800 you know, three times in the fourth quarter in to 74 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.520 score twenty eight unanswered points, and it kind of just 75 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.639 blew the game out of proportion. Like you mentioned, the 76 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.199 final score was forty five pointy one, but you know, 77 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:58.240 it really doesn't tell the entire story of the game. 78 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.560 It was a really great game for those first three quarters, 79 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:06.039 but that fourth quarter for Batavia was just absolutely dominant, 80 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.439 and it really did show what they could do as 81 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.840 an offense when everything gets clicking. I mean, offensive line 82 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:16.519 was just kind of dominating. The entire front force body 83 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:21.160 Anderson was finding wide receivers after not finding any for 84 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:24.199 pretty much the entire first half, and well once again, 85 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:28.480 Nathan Whitwell just was running everywhere and just controlling the 86 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.399 entire show. So that fourth quarter just was a really 87 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.920 dominant showing by Batavia and it just was a great 88 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.240 conclusion to a great game. 89 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.040 Nathan Whitwell, I mean, my goodness, kids just off to 90 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:43.920 a monster start. I mean I was there for week 91 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.920 one in going Bard West when he ran and I 92 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:48.959 think he had twenty carries in the first half alone, 93 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.959 it ran for over two hundred yards and thinking, well, 94 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.480 you know, maybe it's one week, maybe you know, maybe 95 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.800 that was just a matchup thing, you know, with Nathan Whitlow. 96 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.800 But they've really, you know, gone back to that well 97 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.120 and he's over eight hundred yards already through four games, 98 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.920 and you know, he's just on his way to a 99 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:10.360 monster season for them, you know, for people that haven't 100 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.199 seen him play. What strikes you about him as a 101 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:12.720 running back. 102 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.319 Thing about him is that, you know, usually when you 103 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:19.759 have a running back, you can either describe him as 104 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.480 a speedback who's usually you know, somebody who whenever you 105 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.079 find out or whenever he finds the open space, you 106 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.879 just go right out of the gate and just go everywhere, 107 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.040 or you have a power back he can just power through, 108 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:37.920 you know, the entire offensive lines and find open space. 109 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.600 He's a combination of both. If you if he finds 110 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.040 even a little bit of space in the middle of 111 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.240 the field and goes through that gap, he's gone and 112 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:52.519 he can just make big games happen from something that 113 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.879 looks like he may even gain just like two yards 114 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.439 or something like that. But he's just a great combination. 115 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.199 And the best part is he gets every single week. 116 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:02.959 He kind of talked about how he had one hundred 117 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.079 and seventy yards in that first week against Batavia or 118 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.519 against Glenbard West. I mean, he had one hundred and 119 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:15.040 twenty yards and is in one half against South Algid. 120 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.759 But after that he's had two straight two hundred yard 121 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.639 rushing games against pretty quality opponents Lake Park and then 122 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.920 Saint Charles North. And in case you're wondering, because I 123 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:31.560 know it's a question the scoring record underneath Dennis Pyron, 124 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:36.040 it's from Anthony Skasha in twenty twenty three or in 125 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:40.480 twenty thirteen when he rushed for one nine hundred and 126 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.839 thirteen yards in fourteen games. So he's well on his 127 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:48.600 way to doing that, and it's gonna be really interesting 128 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.600 to see what he does, especially through the rest of 129 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:51.120 the season. 130 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:53.600 Yeah, that record is definitely in trouble when you have 131 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:56.199 a kid eight hundred yards through four games. And I'm 132 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:57.959 just gonna say, I think Batavia is gonna be playing 133 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.800 a few more than nine games this year. The way 134 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:01.680 the way they're going, I think they have a lot 135 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.519 of games ahead of them. But uh but yeah, I mean, 136 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.759 you know, with with with Nathan Whitwell, I mean, I 137 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:11.079 know after week one when we talked to coach Pieran afterwards, 138 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.639 he noted about Nathan Whitwell, I mean, he's a track 139 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.279 kid at a lot as a lot of the Bay 140 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.480 Tavia guys are, they run track. So he's got that 141 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.720 that kind of breakaway speed that if he can get 142 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:22.920 to the outside, he can that he can run away 143 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.079 from defenses. That he had a long touchdown run against 144 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.800 Glenbard West. But then he's got that power too. I mean, 145 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.000 he's just any and he's and he's a he's a 146 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:34.079 guy that can take twenty five thirty carries in a game. 147 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.879 He's got that endurance level. So yeah, I mean I 148 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:42.240 think he's really really established himself early. I think Batavia, 149 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.079 you're gonna see body Anderson continue to grow week by 150 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.519 week and finance receivers. But when you got Nathan will 151 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.959 out to turn two and in a close game that 152 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:53.279 that we're just going to give it to him and 153 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:58.560 lean on our offensive line, you know, really really impressed performance. 154 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.680 I mean, to be able to to take a close 155 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.040 game like that against one of your biggest rivals and 156 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.759 just run away from them, that's that's pretty impressive and 157 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.839 a lot of good things to build on. And then 158 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:15.240 you know, their their neighboring rival, Geneva, they continue to roll. 159 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.199 I think in their notebook this week he wrote about 160 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.879 their quarterback Tony Chaino, he just keeps impressing and impressing 161 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:22.639 week after week. I know at the start of the year, 162 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:25.600 you know, the thought was, Okay, they had talent Taylor, 163 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.800 but who's gonna throw him the ball because they had 164 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:31.000 a new quarterback. Well, he's he's shown that he's pretty 165 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.919 good Tonyo. 166 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:36.080 Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, I kind of mentioned 167 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.399 it in my notebook. He has over a thousand receiving 168 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.639 yard or a thousand passing yard through four games this year, 169 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.519 and only three hundred and ninety of them had been 170 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:49.720 to Talon Taylor. A bunch of other receivers have gotten, 171 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:52.840 you know, a bunch of production out of it. And 172 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.919 it's not like it's a bunch of small completions that 173 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.399 are all combining into that. He only has thirty six 174 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.960 completions this year. He's averaging twenty two yards a completion 175 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.480 so far this year. And all of all of his stats, 176 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:12.440 probably the craziest one I didn't even mention in my notebook. 177 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.159 He's only played nine and a half quarters. He's only 178 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.159 completed one game this entire year he's played. He played 179 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.159 one quarter in the season opener against Larkin, three quarters 180 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:26.799 against Lamont, played all four quarters against Wheat and Oneville South, 181 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.320 and he played a quarter and a half against Lake 182 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:33.840 Parks last week. I mean, it's insane to see some 183 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.759 of the offensive production that they've had so far this 184 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:40.039 year in such a limited space, to see if what 185 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.200 they can do in all four quarters is gonna be 186 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:46.440 absolutely credible, especially when they go up against Batavia next week. 187 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:50.600 I think that based off of, you know, the production 188 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:55.759 of Nathan Whitwell on Batavia and then Tony Chikino and Geneva, 189 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:59.759 it's just gonna be insane to see what happens at 190 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:04.000 the next week, and I'm really excited to see what 191 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.360 happens whenever that game comes around. 192 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.480 Yeah, I mean, obviously they have to get through this week, 193 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.039 but spoiler or we're gonna be talking about Batavian Geneva 194 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.159 a little bit next week on this podcast because a 195 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:17.440 week for Friday, Week six, Batavian Geneva they meet up, 196 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.600 and man, I mean if they both go into that 197 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.440 game undefeated, which I think there's a pretty good chance 198 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.080 they will go into that game undefeated, it's gonna make 199 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:27.960 for quite an environment and quite a matchup with those 200 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:31.559 two teams really rolling. So yeah, they're off to the 201 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:34.600 great starts, both of those programs. Four and Oh another 202 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:37.360 program that I got to see last Saturday. They are 203 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.840 four and Oh talking about Lions Township and in the 204 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.080 West Suburban Silver. You know, a really really strong game 205 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.840 for them playing Glenbard West. You know, obviously we've talked 206 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.720 about in this podcast before. Glenbard West has had it 207 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.879 struggles this year, very uncharacteristic struggles. They're now they were 208 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:55.279 oh and three for the first time since nineteen ninety nine. 209 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:57.240 Well now they're oh on four for the first time 210 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.720 since since ninety nine. Nineteen ninety nine. But still, I mean, 211 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.799 even with those struggles, that was a big that was 212 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.320 a big hurdle I think for Lions Township too clear 213 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:09.039 to be able to beat a team like that. They 214 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.360 had not beaten Glenbard West since twenty sixteen, they had 215 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.480 not beat Glenbard West at home since two thousand and seven. 216 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.120 And it was not an easy game. I mean it was. 217 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:20.039 It was at seven to seven game late in the 218 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:23.840 first half, but then Lions Township they had a really 219 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.120 good drive in the third quarter to open up a 220 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.759 ten point lead. And then Travis stam who's a kid 221 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.519 going to Illinois State, he had nine catches in the 222 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:32.559 first half. He had a pick six at the end 223 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:34.159 of the game that, you know, kind of put the 224 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:36.720 cherry on top of it. And Travis Stamon kidd that 225 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.919 he's an all time leading receiver at Lions Township, and 226 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.279 you know, he was really emotional afterwards talking about about 227 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.320 beating Glenbard West. I mean, he's a kid that grew 228 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:48.120 up following Lions Township watching games, and he's like, you know, 229 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:51.720 I'd never seen us beat Glenbard West as a kid, 230 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.720 as a fan and as a player, He'd never done it. 231 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.919 Before and you know, I mean after the game, and 232 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.440 you know, it was homecoming, so there's a lot of 233 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.679 emotion there with former players coming back, and then they 234 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.720 were taking pictures at the fifty yard line after the game, 235 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.840 after the wins, so I mean, you know, part of 236 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:10.960 me is like, man, really, I mean it's September. Do 237 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.960 you really take pictures of September? But that's a big win, 238 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:15.799 so you know, you can't really take it away from 239 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.440 them to be able to beat a team point Glenbard West. 240 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.559 And it's a program that I mean two years ago, 241 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:23.879 I felt like Our York was really a team that 242 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:25.759 was emerging that league. And then last year it was 243 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.080 Downers Grove North that did and they went to the 244 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.759 semini final. Lions Township has kind of been like the 245 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.559 next maybe step behind those two programs. John Butcher has 246 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.960 done a great job there. They've been to the playoffs 247 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.039 the last three years. They made a quarterfinals two years ago. 248 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.559 But they're a program theer now four and oh and 249 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:47.679 they got nice win over Prospect, the beat Wheaton South, 250 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.120 to beat Glenbard West. Now they're gonna be a team 251 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.840 to watch going forward. They still play York, They still 252 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.000 played Downers North. All three of those teams still play 253 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:58.399 each other last It's gonna be the last four of 254 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.200 the weeks of the season, so you know, gonna be 255 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.759 a lot of fun stuff. So there's a great win 256 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.919 for Lions Township. On the other side, obviously, Glenbard West 257 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.120 on four not to start they wanted. They played just 258 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.799 the absolute bear of his schedule the first four weeks, 259 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.200 and on top of it, their star running back to 260 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:19.679 on Oriental. He hurt his hand week one against Batavia. 261 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:23.000 I will say I asked their coach Chad had laid afterwards, 262 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:25.399 and he said that that he is expecting him back 263 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:29.519 week six against Hinsdale Central. They play Lighten this week, 264 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.360 which on paper it looks like it'll be their first win. 265 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.519 We'll see what happens with that. And then they get 266 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:37.840 their star running back the last four games, and obviously 267 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.000 it's kind of got kind of go time for them. 268 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.480 They're gonna really need to get going. But but I 269 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.320 still I'm not shutting the door on them, even in 270 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.720 oh one four and running the table. Especially we saw 271 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.399 what Nazareth did a couple you know last year, going 272 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.320 on four and then getting the playoffs and making a 273 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.679 run I don't know if Glenbard West can make a 274 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:58.799 run like that, but I think getting the playoffs is 275 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:03.600 not completely unraised realistic. So so, yeah, really good football 276 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:04.159 last aretay. 277 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.919 Yeah, okay, I mean obviously, you know you mentioned Lions, 278 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:11.960 you know, first time beating you know program, a historic 279 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.519 program with Glenbard West in such a long time, it's 280 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:17.600 definitely there to be a big confidence booster, especially whenever 281 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:20.440 it comes to facing teams like downs Grove North in York. 282 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.039 I think they're facing them back back weeks in week 283 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.159 seven and week eight, so they've got a couple of 284 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:29.039 weeks where they can you know, kind of keep building 285 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.639 that resume and maybe heading to the towns Grove North 286 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.240 with the six and er record, that would be a 287 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.159 very interesting game to watch whenever that comes and whenever 288 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.879 and with Glenbard West obviously they are oh and four 289 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.600 to start this season, but I think three of the 290 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:44.720 teams that they've lost to have a four to no record, 291 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.399 So I mean, running the table is definitely going to 292 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.080 be hard, especially with York still in you know, their 293 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:55.240 schedule later on. But you know, obviously there's been talks 294 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:58.399 about you know, potentially having four and five teams making 295 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.440 it into the playoffs this year, and it wouldn't be 296 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.399 surprising to see Glenbard West, you know, with a four 297 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:06.480 and five record, especially against some of the teams that 298 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:11.519 they've lost to, obviously Batavia, Mount Carmel and you know, 299 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.159 just kind of teams like that downs Grove North or 300 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:17.159 not Mount Carmel loyal but my bad, and then downalds 301 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:21.240 Grove North. I mean, with those three there alone, that 302 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.080 may be you know, enough to get them the points 303 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.320 that they need in order to potentially sneak in at 304 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:29.200 that number thirty or at that thirty two seed potentially. 305 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.600 So you know, it's not over yet for Glenbard West, 306 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.399 even if they two end up losing the game. So 307 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:38.480 it's that's gonna be interesting to see. 308 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.720 Yeah, I mean again it's getting ahead of ourselves. But 309 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.000 Week six, their game with hins Zeale Central, it's gonna 310 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.799 be a game played on Saturday. I mean, in my mind, 311 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:48.840 it's gonna be that could be a playoff game right there. 312 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.559 Those are two teams that when the season's over, they're 313 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.960 gonna be right on that line of potentially being four 314 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.399 and five, or if one of them loses, you know, 315 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:59.120 maybe even dropp into three and six. So that's gonna 316 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.759 be for both of those teams an absolute you have 317 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:03.600 to win that if you want to get to the playoffs. 318 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.360 I mean, there's just there's honestly probably no two ways 319 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:08.519 about it. You know, both of them need are gonna 320 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.399 need that win. A couple other teams that are after 321 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.279 a really nice starts that you're familiar with. 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And you know, it's 348 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:35.480 a really hot start for this team who hasn't made 349 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:38.480 the playoffs since twenty fourteen. They're trying to make sure 350 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.720 that they can get to that five win threshold this 351 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:44.720 year and hopefully make it back. They've had a winning 352 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:47.160 season since they last made the playoffs in twenty seventeen. 353 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.200 Cou they miss the playoffs but two points. So if 354 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.799 they keep rattling off these victories, you know, and they 355 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.480 give them, you know, that chance to make it back 356 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:57.519 to the playoffs for the first time in the decade. 357 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.640 And they're making a really strong case so far. As 358 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.359 special after bouncing back from that Week one loss to 359 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.039 Carry Grove. 360 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:07.440 Yeah, I mean that's that Fox is a tough conference, 361 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.640 and you know they're relatively new to that league, and 362 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:12.839 but they've shown they compete, they can compete. It's just 363 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:16.440 you know, not quite getting to the playoff level. So 364 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.799 but you know they're off to obviously off to a 365 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.119 really nice start with them in Caitlin. Both another team 366 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.480 that that's four and oh. I wanted to note it's 367 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:28.799 a team that similar they've been in a very difficult league. 368 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.920 So they've been very very close to the playoffs last years, 369 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:35.039 haven't quite made it. I'm talking about Bennett there now 370 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:36.640 four and oh. They had a really nice win over 371 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.599 Saint Viider, a matchup of three and oh teams. Their 372 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:43.359 quarterback Ryan Kabaki through for two hundred and sixty five 373 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.319 yards and two touchdowns. So Bennet is now four and oh. 374 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.960 Interesting game, you know, kind of observing it. They were 375 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.559 actually I think they're up twenty three to nothing and 376 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.759 a half. They had to hold on to win twenty 377 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.559 three to sixteen. But but yeah, I mean, Bennett, you know, 378 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:00.000 feeling pretty good about themselves. They have a very experienced 379 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.200 quarterback with Ryan Kabaki. He's got a couple of pretty 380 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:05.160 good receivers. I heard. I think they're both named Luke 381 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:07.440 because in the story they were talking about Luke and Luke, 382 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.519 and I was getting confused about which one is which. 383 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:15.000 But but, but Bennett is off to a nice start 384 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.400 four and oh. They got Mount Carnival this week, so 385 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.680 it's gonna be a little bit of a grind to 386 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:23.720 get to five and oh. But nevertheless, you know, Bennett's 387 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.880 got to be feeling pretty good about themselves at four 388 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.319 and oh before you kind of look at it to 389 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:31.720 tweek five. There there was some teams that got to 390 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:34.680 two and two that really kind of needed to going 391 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:38.279 into the second half of the season. Game that I 392 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.720 got to see last Friday, Askquigu East. They played Plaintfield South. 393 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:44.160 They came away with a thirteen to seven win. They 394 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.960 started the season zher and two, and you know, you 395 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.160 never want to get in that situation. But but their 396 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.240 defense has been really strong this year. I think they've 397 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.640 only given up four touchdowns all year. The defense has 398 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:58.799 been kind of their calling card. They had a you know, 399 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:01.519 game saving interception by Andy Pullman at the end of 400 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.640 the game. That that preserved it. And they had a 401 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:05.720