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I'd like to continue representing you, and 10 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:26.519 I'm asking for your vote on November fifth. 11 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:29.320 Thank you pay for by citizens to elect Stephen Reich. 12 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:35.560 Hello everybody, and welcome to the Friday Night Drive Week 13 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:40.960 five preview podcasts. I'm Josh Walge here with Stecie Taming 14 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.240 here on Wednesday Night and Steve. I think I say 15 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.399 it every week. I can't believe we're this far along, 16 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.560 especially considering I covered a game last Saturday in darn 17 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.520 near ninety degree weather. It felt like week one. Kind 18 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.840 of wish it was week one, But we're here in 19 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.799 week five, and it is an exciting time of year 20 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.280 as we kind of hit the stretch run so field 21 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:00.679 right now. 22 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.439 Yeah, it's always interesting. I mean I always feel like 23 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.799 we get here really really fast because after this week. Fundamentally, 24 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.040 I mean it's not technically true, but we're gonna have 25 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:13.879 a handful of teams, you know, probably you know, sixty 26 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.159 so teams that have effectively clinched a playoff berth after 27 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:18.959 this week, if they get they managed to get to 28 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.760 five and zero, because as we've talked about a great length, 29 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:23.879 I don't think we're gonna have five win teams missing 30 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.319 this year. So if you get to five, you're in. 31 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:29.319 And we're already going to have a group of teams 32 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.319 that have effectively punched their playoff tickets. And it really 33 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.280 seems like you know, we started a couple of weeks ago. 34 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.840 Yeah, yeah, it really does. But yeah, you mentioned that 35 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.840 there's gonna be some teams that that will be clinching 36 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.439 their their well become playoff eligible. Let's put it that way. 37 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.000 That's kind of the way I always put it, playoff eligible. 38 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:49.400 But I think they're going to be in a playoffs 39 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.400 five wins this week. You touched on that a little 40 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.000 bit in your playoff projections that if people haven't seen already, 41 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.239 they dropped this morning Wednesday morning. Looks like a lot 42 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.280 of relativity in the bracket this week. But then again, 43 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:06.120 as always there's a situation. It's as I was looking 44 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.759 at it that you know, one team joins the playoff 45 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:11.919 field and then it kind of throws everybody else for 46 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.400 a little bit of a loop as you look at it. 47 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.319 Yeah, I think what happened a little bit this week 48 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:21.360 was we had some small schools that ended up losing 49 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.680 games that I didn't think that they would lose. And 50 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.439 then what that led to, and what it almost always 51 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.400 does leads to happening, is if you look at the 52 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.919 teams that are that are going to be potential for 53 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:38.000 win qualifiers, they tend to be from the larger classifications. 54 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.879 There are some that break that mold, but for the 55 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:44.599 most part, they're from the larger classifications, and that's there's 56 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.599 there's reasons for that, and I could go into a 57 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.680 dissertation of that for about ten minutes, but the history 58 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.879 of it shows that the teams that accumulate the most 59 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.599 points tend to be from classifications for through eight A, 60 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.199 with a heavier concentration towards six and eight aay school. 61 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.879 So when those small schools started losing, that left more 62 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.360 bids open for four win teams this week than the 63 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:10.280 previous week. They were bigger schools, so those bigger stools 64 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.360 start going into the field, they start pushing those schools 65 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:17.039 on the bubbles of all the classes down a class. 66 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:19.639 And what you saw this week I thought was most notable. 67 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:23.400 In six A you saw somebody like Quincy sliding into 68 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.000 the six A bracket from the seven. Bradley Bourbone was 69 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.680 another one. They're another team that has been in the 70 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:33.199 seven A bracket forever. But based on the the you know, 71 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:36.479 kind of the the formation of who the two fifty 72 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.199 six were this week, some of those schools that you're 73 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.039 used to seeing in certain classifications started to get pushed down. 74 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.639 We already saw it the week before with like Morris 75 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:50.159 sliding to four. You saw Wilmington going back down to two. 76 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.240 They're still very precarious, they're both they're sitting on those bubbles. 77 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:57.520 I believe Morris is the largest tour right now, Wilmington 78 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.560 is the second largest two. But that's what we're going 79 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.680 to see. We see the same teams on the bubbles 80 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.240 all the time, but when you see small schools not 81 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.240 coming through with those wins, it leads to larger schools 82 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.280 getting in as four win teams and pushing everybody down. 83 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:14.000 You mentioned or you talked about teams on a bubble, 84 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.279 and you know, obviously again teams that are four and 85 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:18.399 er are gonna have a chance to pretty much flock 86 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.360 up a bit this week. But then you look at 87 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.360 the two and two's and the one and three's out 88 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:24.639 there that have some work to do. And there's some 89 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.079 leagues that there are a whole heck of a lot 90 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:29.759 of those type of teams you touched on in your 91 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.079 in your story today. The Kishwaukee River Conference they have 92 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.759 six too and two teams I believe. Yeah, there's gonna 93 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.000 be a whole lot of a lot of stuff going 94 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.160 on in the last five weeks of the season in 95 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:41.759 that league. 96 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.079 You know, like I said, when we get into the 97 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.160 conference season, somebody has to take those losses. It's all 98 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.360 well and good if you do well in the non conference, 99 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:52.279 but when you get into that conference schedule, especially in 100 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:55.439 eighteen conference, four wins and four losses, that's the way 101 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.600 it's going to be dispensed on a weekly basis. So 102 00:04:58.040 --> 00:04:59.959 you need to find yourself on the side of that ledger, 103 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.399 you know, the right side of that ledger, as often 104 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.680 as you can. But if you are in one of 105 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.800 these conferences that is jumbled like the Kishwaukee River is. 106 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:10.560 Every single week, you're probably gonna have a team on 107 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.199 the other side of the field that's in very much 108 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.240 the same situation that you are needing that win really 109 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:19.480 really bad, and that loss can be potentially extremely damaging 110 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.399 in terms of getting yourself into the playoffs. So that league, 111 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:24.600 and there are several others that are sitting right now. 112 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.920 There are one hundred and twenty schools in the state 113 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:29.279 right now that have two wins and numbers a little 114 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:33.040 higher than it usually is. But some of them are 115 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.240 heavily concentrated in one conference. But there are some with six, 116 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.399 there are some with five, couple with four. You know, 117 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.800 so those teams are all probably running into each other 118 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.160 over the course of the rest of the season, and 119 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:49.199 as we go along, those teams become three loss teams 120 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:52.959 and maybe four loss teams, and they, I mean, that's 121 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.439 just what that's just ultimately what's gonna end up happening. 122 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.480 So I think there's gonna be a lot of chaos 123 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.279 on that last night. I think what's gonna be weird 124 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.680 is we usually have, you know, twenty or so games 125 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.399 where it's four and four against four and four. I 126 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:09.480 think there's gonna be more than that this year, just 127 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.319 because of that's the way the math is leaning. 128 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.040 What's your thoughts on chaos week nine Friday Night. 129 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.519 Oh, I think it's gonna be really high. I think 130 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.199 it's I think it's gonna be real, real high. I 131 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:23.480 think we're gonna have one of those situations because I 132 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.879 think we're slowly getting people adjusted to the concept of 133 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.439 we need four win teams in this playoff. But I 134 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.519 think that I think that number is gonna end up 135 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.920 being pretty high. So there's gonna be a lot of 136 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:41.480 teams that have four wins after Week nine. They're gonna 137 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:42.800 be like, do we have a chance or do we 138 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.360 not have a chance? And I think that's gonna be 139 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:49.199 a very interesting thing to watch because Week nine always 140 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:52.639 presents a lot of chaos, if you will. But I 141 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.639 think this year we're gonna be in a situation where 142 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.600 it's gonna be like, there's gonna be instead of there 143 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.120 being like five to ten teams that are gonna be like, hey, 144 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.360 can we get in? That list might grow to as 145 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.600 much as twenty where it's like do we have a 146 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:07.959 chance here? Do we have enough points? A point might 147 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.399 save you one way or another. I think that I 148 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.800 think it's going to be really wild. 149 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.519 Mixed for a lot of anxious moments for coaches and 150 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:19.519 players and whatnot. But you know, for fans, and I 151 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.720 count myself as a fan even though I'm a I'm 152 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:23.759 a writer. It's it's it's a lot of fun. I'm 153 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.680 looking looking forward to the last few weeks in the season, 154 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:29.639 you know, before we as we kind of look into 155 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:31.800 week five and kind of reflect on the first four weeks. 156 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:34.160 I want to bring in Michael duel Jack who covers 157 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.759 the c cl E SDC for me U for us. Michael, 158 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:38.480 how you doing tonight? 159 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.560 Okay, guys, how are you doing a little after Dark podcast? 160 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:46.879 Huh, little little little after Dark podcast? Exactly exactly, So 161 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:51.279 thanks for joining us. See I touched Michael covers the 162 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.879 CCL for us and Michael and your notebook. We this 163 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:57.560 week you talked about some teams in that league that 164 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:01.079 are four and also so far and maybe not you know, 165 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.279 sort of the normal kind of cast, the characters that 166 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.360 you would associate with. I mean, I know one of 167 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.480 them at a really great run last year in the playoffs. 168 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:12.439 But but some of those other teams, you know, different, 169 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:13.399 different group there. 170 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.040 Yeah, it's an interesting bunch. It's not your you know, 171 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.720 your usual guys who are in it. Uh, for those 172 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:20.839 of you who haven't you know, read the notebook. Obviously, 173 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.319 I'm talking about Saint Lawrence, Ben and the Paul prep 174 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.040 are the undefeated teams in the c C l C 175 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.160 like we all kind of expected, right, but you know, 176 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.399 for you know, when we're talking about Saint Lawrence, I 177 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.559 feel like all these different stories are kind of interesting. 178 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:40.000 Where for Saint Lawrence, you know, they started, they made 179 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.519 it to the four A title game, lost to Rochester 180 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.480 and they lost a bunch of guys they lost, you know, 181 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:49.279 and we got four returning defensive players, they got two 182 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.799 returning offensive players, and you know, they started the season 183 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.399 four no and you know, obviously you know they beat 184 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:59.960 they beat Saint byder uh to pick up a fairly 185 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.720 good win, you know, a good rankable win. But listen, 186 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:04.799 when you got so many new guys on the roster, 187 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.919 it would be pretty easy for you to just say, well, 188 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.120 you know, it's not gonna happen. It's easy to have 189 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:11.879 a blimp in that kind of stuff. And Set Lawrence 190 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.159 has kind of had a chip on their shoulder this year. 191 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.080 And they're trying to prove that, you know that they're 192 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.159 trying to build a program here I am neson is 193 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.240 to continuously succeed. So they're off to a four and 194 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.679 oh start. Obviously, they were ranked number one in the 195 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.559 AP four A POL so they've got tough fitting at 196 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.399 that point. For de Paul Prepp, this is the first 197 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.600 time ever the program has been four and o as 198 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.320 the Paul prep I try to look back at the 199 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.879 Gordon Tech records, but they only went back until nineteen 200 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.519 eight ninety eight, so I can't go all the way 201 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:44.360 back to the Gordon Tech days pre that to see 202 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:45.879 when the last time they were four and oh. But 203 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.519 for that program too, I mean, it's just a big 204 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:52.080 accomplishment for them to get to four and oh. A 205 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.360 lot of good things are happening, a lot of good experience, 206 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.759 they've got tough tests. They last five teams that they 207 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.639 play are all ranked starting with Loyola. This stuff coming Friday, 208 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.200 so it'll be tough sledding for a team that's trying 209 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.559 to make it to the playoffs. And you know, for Bennett, 210 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.399 you know, reaching four and oh for the first time 211 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.879 since twenty nineteen, they've been in four and five. For 212 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.039 the past three days, they've been knocking on that door. 213 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.320 They're trying to get trying to get through, and they 214 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.840 got Mount Carmel this Friday, so that should be, Ah, 215 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.279 that'll be an interesting test. But you know, for these programs, 216 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.399 you know, it's it's fun just to kind of see 217 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.919 these guys, you know, start off at four and oh. 218 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.679 I got the same message every time talking to those 219 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:32.399 coaches though, like they're not looking ahead or righty, they're 220 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:34.639 not looking at playoff earts or anything like that. They 221 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:36.960 know they need to get that fifth win and they 222 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.320 know it won't come easy in that c c L 223 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:40.480 E SEC schedule. 224 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.320 Yeah, no, Benn, it's the program that's a lot of 225 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:46.960 success really. You know, I've covered several o their playoff 226 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.000 games over the years, but it seems like when they 227 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.480 went to that Mega conference, they've just just just to grind. 228 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:55.159 They they've struggled to put together the requisite wins to 229 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:57.440 get to the playoffs. But so, I mean, at this point, 230 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.399 looking pretty good for them. So good starts for those teams. Michael. 231 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:04.399 Another story that you that you report on today, you know, 232 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.360 unfortunate Delasal suspending the rest of their football season. What 233 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.639 did you learn there and what kind of effects does 234 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:12.120 that have for the rest of the league over the 235 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:14.759 last you know what five weeks of the season. 236 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.519 Yeah, it was a tough situation. I talked to you know, 237 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.320 phili SLA head coach Harold Lackman. He's in his first 238 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:25.159 year as their head coach, and I mean he just 239 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:27.440 put it bluntly like they just don't have enough guys 240 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.279 to play. You know, it just comes to a level 241 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:32.720 where you just can't keep putting guys out, playing them 242 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.639 both ways and not really giving them any rest or. 243 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:37.960 You know, they started the year with twenty three players 244 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.200 on their varsity roster. Injuries got in the way. After 245 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.159 Friday's lost in Marmion, they ended up with seventeen guys, 246 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.799 and they just came to the decision as a school 247 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.759 on Monday that listen, like it's it's in the best 248 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.679 interest for everybody if they just you know, suspend the 249 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:00.440 rest of the season. They're gonna play freshman football. Apparently 250 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.639 those levels are pretty good, so they'll continue with that 251 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:06.919 for all the underclassmen coming back. They'll play, they'll do 252 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.399 some you know lifting, they're gonna kind of work on, 253 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:11.440 you know, kind of getting at the level that they 254 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:13.159 want to get to and kind of prepare. It's a 255 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.240 pre off season pretty much as coach Blackman talked about. 256 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.279 But yeah, it's tough news for you know, tough news 257 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.080 for that program obviously, just you hate to see when 258 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:25.879 a program doesn't have enough players, and it seems like 259 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.440 it was kind of the right move for the program 260 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:30.159 to just kind of be like, you know, be smart 261 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.679 and put the kids interests ahead of everything else. And 262 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.159 you just can't have guys playing both ways all the 263 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.600 time and that getting rest or risking injury or anything 264 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.000 like that. But for the rest of the teams, they 265 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.200 have five more game. They were supposed to have five 266 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:45.480 more games. Friday's game was already a forfeit between Fenwick. 267 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.799 They have Nazareth, Julie Kathlick, and I forget the other 268 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:50.399 two off the top of my head right now, but 269 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.879 those will obviously be forfeit wins for those teams as well. 270 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.320 So a lot of those teams already picked up a 271 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.600 wins and obviously a tough situation, but phil a Cell 272 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:03.240 coach Harold Blackman said that he was pretty confident that 273 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.080 they would be able to field the team next year, 274 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.200 just the way with things kind of went that they 275 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.000 knew this was going to be a low year for them, 276 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:11.759 and once those injuries kind of started to stack, copices 277 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:13.039 became too much to deal with. 278 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:16.120 You mentioned the names Joey at Catholic and Nazareth, and 279 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.320 then those are two teams are going to be, you know, 280 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.480 meeting up this Friday, and you'll be there for that one. Obviously, 281 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:25.240 the rematch of last year's class by the state championship game. 282 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.600 Nazareth a lot of guys back from that team that 283 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.320 were big parts of that team. Joey at Katholic. I'm 284 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.039 gonna be honest, you probably know a lot more about 285 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.080 them than I do. I do know that they've been 286 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.519 I don't want to say living dangerously or winning winning 287 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.720 wild at the end, but they've had some you know, 288 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:42.919 kind of close finishes the last couple of weeks. You know, 289 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:44.000 what do you think about that matchup? 290 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:46.679 You can say that they've been they have been living dangerous, 291 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.799 ye and they won by one point in overtime against 292 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:54.440 Marist on Friday with the mixed mixed extra point. There 293 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.480 should be a fun matchup. I don't you know, it's 294 00:13:56.480 --> 00:14:00.279 funny because Nazareth is obviously pretty much bringing at a 295 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:02.840 majority of its team from last year's state title game. 296 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.240 A lot of linemen are back for Juliet Katholick, but 297 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:07.759 a lot of the skilled players and a lot of 298 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.600 the guys that you know, we saw a little bit 299 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:12.759 last year when the h J Grisby got a little hurt. Obviously, 300 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.159 we saw some depth in that in Arab Dards, we 301 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:17.519 saw some of those guys kind of step into that scenario. 302 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:20.360 But it should be a fun matchup. It's honestly the 303 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:25.039 best CCL E SEC matchup of the week. You've got 304 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:29.320 obviously the two highly ranked teams in their respective classes. Obviously, 305 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.600 then I feel like a lot of a couple of 306 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.000 teams that want maybe want to prove something obviously just 307 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:38.279 to get a crossover win over here. Nas obviously was 308 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:40.320 off to a good three and one start, very different 309 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:43.039 from the last couple of years. But I think, you know, 310 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.639 it feels like they want to pick up a you know, 311 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:49.240 kind of a statement win to start the year where 312 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.960 you know, obviously they fell to Mount Carmel by a 313 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.519 couple of scores, and I feel like this could be 314 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:55.200 a good test for them just to kind of show 315 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.759 you know where they are at this point, and you 316 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:59.519 know how talented they can get to this point and 317 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.919 pick up a pretty marquee win. And you know, for 318 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.440 Julia Kathock being able to be Mariss, I think you 319 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.679 can't really have you know, you can't really you know, 320 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.240 be like, well we just be Maris, we can be Nasreth. Obviously, 321 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:13.879 they're gonna head into that matchup, you know, prepared for 322 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:17.159 a tough battle, and they probably want another marquee when 323 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:19.759 to kind of add to their resume. So it should 324 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.080 be a really fun matchup. But I think it'll test 325 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:26.440 some you know, some some interesting skills obviously with the 326 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.000 strong line that Julia Katholck has and some skill players 327 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.240 against mass obviously size and their skill players. So that 328 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.240 should be a really fun matchup in the Breage Park 329 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.879 on Friday. 330 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.480 You know, what are some of the other matchups that 331 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.039 you're looking at. I know you touched on some of 332 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.159 the unbeatens like de Paul Preppen Bennett. They're respectfully playing 333 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:44.519 Loyal on Mount Carnial this week, so those will be 334 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.799 tough tests. And then another one that I saw, I mean, 335 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.919 you know, Providence sitting two and two plays Saint Francis, 336 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.559 you know, big one for them. You know what, what 337 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.799 else are you looking at this week? 338 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.279 I think that's pretty much the matchup that I'm looking 339 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.799 at this week. It's one of those crossover weeks where 340 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.960 you got you got the Blue playing the Purple and 341 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.799 then you got the White playing the reds. So some 342 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.679 you know, some maybe mismatches here and there, but listen, 343 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.399 you know that that is very ripe for a lot 344 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.000 of blood debate, David and Goliath moments and you know, 345 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.039 upsets in that side of stuff. And that's obviously what 346 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:17.759 makes high school football interesting. And I am curious to 347 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.240 see how Bennett competes against Mount Carmel. Talking with coach 348 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.519 Patrick Knew, he said that he was curious to see, 349 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.639 you know, when they're at their best, how they are 350 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.279 against Mount Carmel, who he considers one of the best 351 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.440 teams in the Midwest. And for the ball Prep against Loyola, 352 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.159 that'll be a really interesting matchup as well, just to 353 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.840 kind of see how the Paul Prep matches with Loyola 354 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.879 and how Loyola kind of tries to build off their 355 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.799 brother Rice. But but yeah, Saint Francis in Providence should 356 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.360 be really interesting Providence in at two and two. Right now, 357 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.360 Saint France is coming off that scene rita loss, I 358 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:50.600 would I wouldn't say it's obviously not a must win 359 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.279 game for either of these teams, but I do feel 360 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.759 like it's a it's a good win for if either 361 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.399 of these teams win these games. I feel like it's 362 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:59.080 a boost win, you know what I mean, where you're 363 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.639 just kind of like, okay, like I'm starting to get 364 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.000 confidence in you and I'm starting to see things for you. 365 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.720 And obviously, you know, if Saint Francis falls down to 366 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.680 three and two, not you know, people are going to 367 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.960 be chumping ship or any human calf. But you know, 368 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:13.680 it is it is a tougher situation for Providence to 369 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:16.160 jump out of two and three and then jumping back 370 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:19.240 into Division play the next week. So you know, it's 371 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.200 not a best win game. But I do think that 372 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.119 both of those programs are going to be looking for 373 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.599 bounce back wins just to kind of you know, pick 374 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.519 up another mark you win and try to you know, 375 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.000 scratch another win as they try to get the five here. 376 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:36.359 I think the interesting thing about Providence's situation is this end, 377 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:41.559 this starts a significant road gauntlet for them with Saint Francis. 378 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.680 It's followed up with a road trip to Marist, and 379 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.079 then they've got a Saturday afternoon date in Loyola. So 380 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.920 I'm actually kind of the opinion that this is kind 381 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:53.480 of a must win for them, just looking at that schedule, 382 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.720 and you have to consider that they close the season 383 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:59.839 with Joliet Catholic, So absolutely no joke on the back 384 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:01.920 half of this Providence schedule. So for them to be 385 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.960 sitting at two and two, they got to find they 386 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:07.160 got to find, you know, at least at least one 387 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.359 out of those those four games that I just mentioned, 388 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:15.400 and probably two. So it's just as as good to 389 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:17.680 try to get one here then to put it in 390 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.279 the hands of oh, I've got to go up to 391 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.640 will Met and beat Loyola, or I've got to go 392 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:24.640 up to Marist and beat Marist. So I mean, I 393 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:27.319 think they I think ultimately if they finish four and five, 394 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:29.880 they're obviously going to have a treasure trovel playoff points. 395 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.519 But I think this is pretty close to him must 396 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.359 win for Providence. 397 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.839 Yeah, I think we'll learn a lot about them too, right, 398 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.880 I think we'll see, you know, obviously We've seen the 399 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:41.079 highlights of Gavin Hagen. He's obviously one of the top 400 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.319 players in the state. But I do want to see more, 401 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.079