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Week four 13 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:38.119 the recap here on Friday Night Drive. I met Littlewald 14 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.799 and good to be with Steve SUSSI once again, hard 15 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.960 to believe we already get to the halfway point, and there's. 16 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.960 Been a lot of data points we've learned to get 17 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:47.560 to this point. 18 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:52.000 I would say, so, right, yeah, I mean, I guess 19 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.079 when you look back at Week four and what we 20 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.840 picked up out of that, it was as far as 21 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.079 a week can be. It was kind of calm for 22 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:01.280 the most part. Didn't feel like there were a lot 23 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:05.159 of monumental upsets at the top of the board, but 24 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:08.480 where I found interesting as we dug more into it, 25 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.760 there were some games in the middle of the pack 26 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.000 that kind of sorted out in a different way than 27 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.439 maybe I was anticipating. And it's led to some uh, 28 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.239 I guess, some chaotic reads and trying to figure out 29 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:20.920 how this might go. 30 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.159 Yeah, I think that's been the tough part. 31 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.439 And you know, we're gonna touch a lot of different 32 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.439 bases here in these next forty minutes or so. But 33 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.599 the one thing that stood out was when I read 34 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.719 what you had today in Nashaw Local, and if you 35 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:35.519 haven't read it, do so. Just the idea of parody 36 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.079 at the high school level and just kind of that 37 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:41.680 evening things out. I'm trying to think of dominant teams 38 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.680 right now. I think A one E Saint Louis, and 39 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.239 then I think everyone else. Really, you know, normally the 40 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.480 Mount Carmel's, normally the Loyals, but they all have a 41 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:54.280 blemish at this point and it seems like there is 42 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.480 more parody. What do you attribute that to if you 43 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.519 can guess, even at this point, just four weeks the season. 44 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.560 Yeah, I'm not really sure if I can put my 45 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.199 finger on exactly why that is. But It definitely feels like, 46 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:12.520 especially in a lot of conferences in the middle classifications, 47 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.240 when I'm talking about like three to six A six A, 48 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.080 it feels like the gap is closed a little bit 49 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.759 between the top teams and the middle tier teams. The 50 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.199 top tier teams might still be the same teams, but 51 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:29.840 it's not as easy to sled as it maybe has 52 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.400 been in years past. 53 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.400 I think of the matchup between like an All Tough 54 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.759 and Unity. I mean, that's A three A and A 55 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.560 one A, and that thing was a barnburder back forth 56 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.120 back forth. Is that a good example of what you're 57 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.599 kind of talking about in terms of just like people 58 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.520 can go play up and down maybe one class size, 59 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.080 but we're seeing the two class sizes where they're ranked 60 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.639 and they're playing barn burner games against each other. 61 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.080 I think there are two things that, like I can 62 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.240 point to just kind of looking at where we're at 63 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:02.840 right now that speak to something almost entirely different than 64 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:06.479 what we've seen before. The first, and we talked about 65 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:11.159 this a little bit on Friday night. The CCL Blue 66 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:15.520 is a conference that we usually expect dominance from, and 67 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.919 we look at it now, the collective record of the 68 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:22.199 conference is eight and eight. So that says something about 69 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:24.800 where we're at right now, just in general. And I 70 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:26.479 think the other thing, and I was looking at this 71 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.759 a little bit earlier. Let's take the Kishwaukie River Conference 72 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:34.159 as an example. Granted it's an extreme example, but you've 73 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.879 got one team at four and oh, and then you've 74 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:41.159 got six teams at two and two. Four of those 75 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:43.960 six teams have been outscored by their opponents this year, 76 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:47.199 so it's kind of all over the place. It's like, 77 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.719 you can't you can't just pinpoint it and make a 78 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.199 clear pecking order in a lot of these conferences. And 79 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.120 that's what's I think making it real interesting because that's 80 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:59.560 I mean, that's what I do on a regular basis. 81 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:01.479 I look at these and I'm trying to put together 82 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.360 what is a comprehensive pecking order, and I can't do 83 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.879 it because it's there's so many conflicting information, well like 84 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.919 pieces of information that through four weeks, maybe we haven't 85 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.479 got complete resolution to it. Maybe we'll get it in 86 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.720 a couple of weeks. Maybe we won't. I mean, maybe 87 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:20.680 it'll just like this all year long. 88 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.160 I wonder if it's gonna be like this until we 89 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:27.319 get to say a second or a quarterfinal round where 90 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:32.000 the entire day is just dynamite games because of the 91 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.079 fact that there's so much even keel and you know, 92 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.680 you get the element of non conference teams playing it's 93 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:40.120 against each other, especially when you go seven weeks in 94 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:40.600 a row with. 95 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:41.519 Your conference opponent. 96 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.959 Yeah, you're depending on how the brackets sort out, fine, 97 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:46.959 but all of a sudden, you're gonna get that. You're 98 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.920 gonna get that Geneva Canlin matchup in a quarterfinal, which 99 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.560 could be really good. For example, in Class six A, 100 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:54.519 and I'll give you another point is when I go 101 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.720 through the six A top ten rankings statewide. Here, you 102 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:59.920 know you have an opponent. You have teams that play 103 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.000 seven eighteen another seven EIGHTEAM. These are ranked teams by 104 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.000 the way three A, four A, and then in their 105 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.560 class at six that's just Class six A. So they're 106 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.560 willing to play all over the place. Fenwick having to 107 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.240 play Montini. So you have the enrollment disparity there, close game, 108 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.480 you had Belvidere North and Boiling kind of a close 109 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.639 game for a while, and they're in conference fos and 110 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.560 you have enrollment changes, so you know the rolements may 111 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:26.879 not matter as much as just the fact that the 112 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.800 football seems to be pretty even all the way around. 113 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.120 Yeah, and I think that we're gonna see it kind 114 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:37.079 of work gets way, excuse me, work its way towards 115 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.439 that you've got you know, well over one hundred teams 116 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.079 right now that are sitting at the five hundred mark. 117 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.160 The pools of teams that are sitting at three and 118 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.120 one are smaller than they usually are. The four and 119 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.680 oh group is staying pretty much the same, But I 120 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.079 think that's really telling. The pool of the two and 121 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.199 two teams is so much larger than it usually is, 122 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.800 and I think that speaks to the general overall argument, 123 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:06.800 are we experiencing more parody? The list of teams that 124 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:10.319 we have at one in three right now includes some 125 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:14.439 heavy hitters. I mean, so it's like we've got you know, 126 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:17.000 it's almost feels like it's like a new era where 127 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.040 you're like you can't take a lot for granted anymore. 128 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.680 You can't sit here and say, well, these are the 129 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.319 teams that I think are gonna be four and oh 130 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:27.079 and three and one, and know you're pretty much gonna 131 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.920 be right when we start the season. That is not 132 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.680 the case this year. We did have some of those 133 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.600 three and oh teams fall off last week that maybe 134 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.160 we're not that we're not ready to, you know, kind 135 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:43.120 of make that leap into the elite group, but there 136 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.560 were some that continued on. I mean, so it's I 137 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.959 think we're having some flip the script situations with several teams, 138 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:53.519 and that's what we've talked about this before. We both 139 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:57.639 really enjoy those stories. But not only is that is 140 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.360 that interesting for those schools and also has a very 141 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:03.759 interesting effect on what these brackets are going to look 142 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.319 like too, because some of these teams that we're talking 143 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:09.519 about that are emerging are gonna take the spots that 144 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:12.759 we're accustomed to much different programs being on those lines, 145 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.519 and then those programs are either gonna maybe not be 146 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.560 in the field or on much lower lines because of it. 147 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.920 So it's gonna make for a really interesting playoff field. 148 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:23.600 I think that we're gonna get and I thought we 149 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.839 saw it a little bit last year. I think we're 150 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.879 gonna see even more this year where you're gonna get 151 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.920 to the second round and you're gonna feel like this 152 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.879 is a second round game. Yeah. 153 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.160 Now it's just gonna say that you know. 154 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:37.360 I mean that I feel like that's what we're gonna 155 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.000 We're gonna end up having this year. Obviously, there's gonna 156 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.120 be bracket situations that don't provide for that, but I 157 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.240 do think there's gonna be several scenarios where you just 158 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.600 look at it and say, this does not feel like 159 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:48.800 a Round two game to me. 160 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.439 It's just gonna be a different look all the way around, 161 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.199 because you know, at this point with Loylo two losses, 162 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.000 it's gonna slip down a little bit here. You know, uh, 163 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.279 they're gonna be in a different spot than you're normally 164 00:07:59.319 --> 00:07:59.759 seeing them. 165 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.720 You've got Glenbard West at zero and four. 166 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.040 That's a different story altogether. But you know a lot 167 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:05.480 of those one in threes, and we'll get to the 168 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.199 one in threes, you know, are gonna be teams that 169 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:10.279 you're not accustomed to seeing on the road in the 170 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.240 first round. And you're gonna have a lot of coaches 171 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.639 and I know there are a lot of assistant coaches 172 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.160 a gonna pay attention to this line is you know, 173 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:21.079 see those jerseys, the teams you see on TV the 174 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:25.240 last ten years, those guys aren't on the field. It's 175 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:27.959 this group you know, it's you're seeing a different group 176 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.959 out that matters. To kind of illustrate it that way, 177 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.399 you mentioned three and oh teams that kind of slipped back, 178 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.559 Maris being one of them, down to three and one. 179 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.480 Seven A was riddled with him with Saint Charles North 180 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:41.240 Lincoln Way West Normal Community that you watched a little 181 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.720 bit in person in terms of drive moving back to 182 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.240 three and one, and Saint Francis one of those teams 183 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:51.120 where you thought, oh, okay, three and oh after going 184 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.639 into will Met and getting a win and then finding 185 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.679 themselves losing at home to Saint Rita. So there are 186 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:01.039 a lot of surprises that and just look in the 187 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:03.039 surface and go, this is gonna be really hard to 188 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:03.639 figure out. 189 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.279 Yeah, and it has been, and it just the thing 190 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:10.200 that keeps coming at is that, like there are several 191 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.879 teams that like maybe got back to the five hundred 192 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.519 mark on on Friday night, and then you look at 193 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.440 their schedule that's right in front of them the next 194 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.440 two or three games, and you're like, oh boy, oh no, 195 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.679 I mean, so just maintaining that five hundred record is 196 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.559 gonna be difficult. I mean, just based on what's coming 197 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.639 ahead of them. So and that's what happens when you have, 198 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.000 like I said, a larger group of these two and 199 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.919 two teams. You look on your schedule, there's obviously gonna 200 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.240 be a lot of teams in there that are gonna 201 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.159 be sitting kind of in the same boat as you all. 202 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:49.120 So getting that separation and maybe putting together a string 203 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.519 of wins against teams that are kind of like in 204 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.320 that same situation, it's gonna be critical for a lot 205 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.440 of programs. I'd like you might look at your schedules 206 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:00.240 two and two, two and two, three and one and think, well, well, 207 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:02.120 I got to get two of the three. But if 208 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:05.879 you string together those three, you're you're in real good shape. 209 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.679 But if you don't and you lose them all, you're 210 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.759 in terrible shape. So and that's I mean, it's there 211 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.360 are it seems like they're just so so few breathers 212 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.919 on a lot of team schedules. This year, it's like 213 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.320 every time you look up, it's another it's another guy 214 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.600 ready to take a swing at you. 215 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:24.000 It grind, it really is. 216 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:24.440 This year. 217 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.080 I switch here is just a tad bit and ask 218 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:28.759 you because I'm gonna put you on the spot just 219 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.320 a little bit here Okay, So of the four and 220 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.840 oh teams, which one is the most surprising one to 221 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.039 you or which one comes to mind first? Is a 222 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.559 surprising team that's four and oh this year so far? 223 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:46.080 I think I would probably answer that question with I 224 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.919 think it's De Paul prep yep. I think that's the 225 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.159 team that I'm gonna go with, just because of the 226 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.799 I guess the you know, they they haven't played the 227 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.840 the real meat of their schedule yet, but they've also 228 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.000 some solid teams that they've had a lot of trouble 229 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.159 with in the past. So getting them to four and 230 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.840 oh and you know, and impress it the way that 231 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.679 they just kind of took care of business on Friday 232 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.679 night and getting to four and oh, that's the actions 233 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.559 of a team that's ready to make the next step. 234 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:19.360 If you're if you're getting to four and oh and 235 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:22.840 you're squeaking them out every week, congratulations, you've done what 236 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:25.639 you needed to do. But when you when you're up 237 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:27.960 against a team that maybe in the past has given 238 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.000 me a little bit of trouble and you just kind 239 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.759 of take care of the business and just kind of 240 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.159 roll them off the field, that's the sign of a 241 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.279 team that I think is ready to maybe make that 242 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:37.960 next step. And I think the Paul Prepp might be 243 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.399 that team squeaking it out and getting to four. And oh, 244 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.799 I'm looking at you, Sycamore exactly. I mean, they're a 245 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.399 good team. We know that that's a tough schedule, but hey, 246 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.759 a wins and wins a win. 247 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.519 But you know my surprising team at four And oh. 248 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.759 The Oswego Panthers a bit. And it's not the fact 249 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.720 that you know they are for and oh, it's the 250 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.000 fact that they are looking as scary of an Oswego 251 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:00.960 team as I've seen in thirty years coming out of 252 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:04.519 that place. You know, that defense is roaring, that offense 253 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.120 is frightening because they're putting points on the board. What 254 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.200 they did to JCA is clearly making some noise in 255 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.080 that region about what's going on there. So I think 256 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.799 I think the Oswego Panthers look like an eight A 257 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:19.840 state title contender right this minute. And I cannot wait 258 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.840 to see them in Minoca Tangle in week eight. 259 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.960 Well, we know how unsafe this is. We've talked about 260 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.879 this before, but if you start doing transitive property studies, 261 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:33.039 Catholic has beaten Fenwick, They've beaten Maris. Now. Granted those 262 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.480 both of those games came down to the wire, but 263 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:43.159 Oswego handled Jolia Catholic when they played was a dominant performance. 264 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.720 And you know, in years past, I've kind of looked 265 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.799 at Oswego's conference and said and kind of thrown my 266 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:51.799 hands up and said, you guys, figure it out because 267 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:55.000 I can't. But right now, I think Oswego goes into 268 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.320 that conference as the clear favorite to win it. And 269 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.399 I'm sure that you know Knokah is looking at that saying, hey, 270 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.559 what about us? I mean, we're undefeated, we're doing good 271 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.720 things too, and they score a ton of points too. Yes, 272 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.399 but I still think that Oswego is your clear favorite 273 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:11.799 in that conference. And it's been a few years since 274 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.519 I can say that's clearly the situation. I mean, you 275 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:17.759 probably have to go back to past the era Oswego, 276 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.080 before this recent blip, and before you have a team 277 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.240 that you would say that's the clear favorite in that conference. 278 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.639 I mean, you're talking the ninety two, the two thousand 279 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.000 and three, and then this team I think probably in 280 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.279 that conversation in terms of how good that program is 281 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:35.960 historically speaking. But ever since the split, it's been just 282 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.399 kind of can we get one of these teams going? 283 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:40.960 This might be the year that one of them finally does. 284 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.120 And it's the Panther group, I think more than anything else. 285 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:49.000 Speaking of scary, the mid suburban West is just nasty 286 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:51.639 this year. I mean, I could have picked friend to 287 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.639 answer that question. Hello friend, the friend Vikings. But you know, 288 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:57.919 there's a lot of four and no fun in that 289 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.559 league right now, and Barrington is the least talked about 290 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.360 team of that group. 291 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.000 It's interesting, you know that you mentioned the four and 292 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.080 oh's in that type of situation, and you know, when 293 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:10.279 it really comes down to it, and we haven't talked 294 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:13.679 about it either, Palatine's three and one and they're a 295 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.919 really good football team. 296 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:20.320 I mean, you've got four four and oh's and Palatine 297 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.759 in that conference right now. 298 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.320 That is crazy town. I mean it's like you just 299 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:26.840 kind of look at it and you're like, well, jeez. 300 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:29.279 I mean, I mean, you got this week, you've got 301 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.480 four and oh against four and oh, four and oh 302 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.559 against three and one, and Barrington has Conan who hasn't 303 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.720 won yet. But that's but that's the breakdown of the 304 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.120 I mean, there's no other conference in the state that 305 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.080 can say that we've got undefeated, undefeated four and oh 306 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.679 three and one, and then the other four and oh 307 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.240 is playing in the other game. I mean, it's it's 308 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.639 a six team conference, but it's just it's absolutely nuts. 309 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.679 Right now, I'm in Genevas, so I'm not too far 310 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.000 from that area. So yeah, I did a little bit 311 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.120 of a like ahead of time because of the Jewish Holiday. 312 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.480 The best part about the Jewish Holiday is that they 313 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.480 moved the games a Thursday, so I get to go 314 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:07.320 see games on Thursday and Friday and Saturday. If Mebee 315 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.000 and Barrington and Schomberg in Barrington on that Thursday, that 316 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.879 sounds like that might be the place for me to 317 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.799 be that Thursday night. I mean, yeah, you got the 318 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:18.200 Palatine Crosstown, but you know, I think to see that 319 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.080 Schomberg defense, try and figure out that Barrington offense on 320 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:23.320 a Thursday night, that might be a good appetizer for 321 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.240 the for the weekend. 322 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.279 Thursday night as a couple of weeks, so you know, yeah, 323 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:30.000 Thursday night is an option when I can actually go somewhere. 324 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.080 So we might have to suit. We're each at one, 325 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:35.799 so we can you know, so exactly saying but that. 326 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.000 That's another thing that I always look forward to is 327 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.879 that week that I can sneak out in maybe catch 328 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.679 a Thursday night game that is outside of my my 329 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.000 little umbrella area here. So that's something I'm definitely looking 330 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:51.679 forward to, and definitely that conference is delivering a lot 331 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:54.600 of intriguing matchups every single week. The rest of the. 332 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.759 Way, Schaumberg is four and oh, we have no idea 333 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.840 how good they are, do we? 334 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.120 No, I really don't know for And like I said, 335 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.080 that's how we're gonna We're gonna We're gonna learn a 336 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.480 lot more about them now because we can start stacking them. 337 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.480 The Men Suburban along with the Central Suburban are two 338 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.120 of the conferences that you just kind of have to say, 339 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:16.840 hold your horses before you really kind of figure out 340 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.480 what they are because they don't start playing one another 341 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.840 until week five, so that that's the first time you 342 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:25.639 get the chance to kind of stack them up in 343 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:30.120 their own element. Because I'll be honest, this conference, historically 344 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:35.360 they've played wildly desparate non conference schedules, So and I 345 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:37.200 know why they do it the way that they do it, 346 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.720 but we talked about a little bit. It's just it's 347 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:42.080 just one of those things where, yeah, you can get 348 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.240 out to a four and oh start, but that four 349 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.960 and oh start might be a lot different than someone 350 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.080 else's foreign oh start based on who you played, what 351 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:52.519 you did in those games. So now is kind of 352 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.720 the proving ground. Most other conferences, you start getting that 353 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.519 proving ground last week, the week before. In some cases 354 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.279 in the lock conferences, obviously they start coming at you 355 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.039 right away, but you won't really get a clear packing 356 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:10.000 order on how good these teams are. Maybe not this week, 357 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.240 but I think next week we'll kind of have a 358 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.680 concrete picture of what we're looking. 359 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:18.279 Yeah, and with the MSL CSL partnership. The exception of 360 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.920 that rule last year was Bumbrook South, who actually piled 361 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.400 up just a ton of points got to four and five, 362 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.799 but they were three and five, having to win that 363 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:29.279 game to get to four four and five, which is 364 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:31.680 gonna make it just even messier for us in Week 365 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.400 nine this year is we're gonna have to watch more 366 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.400 three and five teams to see which ones kind of 367 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.440 slip into that back door slot if they get into 368 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:41.720 the postseason. So we go from four and oh and 369 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.319 poor conit, you get Barrington this weekend for home coming 370 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.160 up there. That's the one exception of the rule in 371 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.839 that too, we go from four and oh teams to 372 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:51.799 the one in three teams, and there's a bunch of 373 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:55.000 teams that sort of surprises. I would say, which one 374 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:58.000 surprised you the most in terms of which one should 375 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.160 may have to panic the most? Uh, in terms of 376 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.359 what they have to build on the rest of the way. 377 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.559 Well, I think Brother Rice is obviously in a in 378 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:10.880 a not great situation right now, you know, sitting sitting 379 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.720 there at one in three Mount Carmel in week six, 380 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:18.079 undefeated Saint Lawrence team in week eight, you finish up 381 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.240 with Saint Ignatius in week nine. I mean right, there's 382 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:26.240 three games that are that are in utero if you would, 383 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:30.640 So that's I mean, that's that's definitely an uphill climb 384 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:33.559 for them. We talked about this before. Obviously, they're in 385 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.000 fairly good shape if they end up being one of 386 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.920 those four win teams. We need four win teams. Brother 387 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.880 Rice is gonna have a truckload of points, so they're 388 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:44.240 gonna be in a good situation there. Obviously they don't 389 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.000 want to put themselves in that situation, but in order 390 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.720 to avoid it that at minimum over the last you know, 391 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.559 five weeks of the season, they've got to go four 392 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.599 and one in that schedule that we just talked about. 393 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.680 Doesn't seem very likely. 394 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:59.920 Yeah, and one team that is one in three that 395 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:02.279 might have a ton of points, a truckload of points, 396 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.119 as you would say, is South Elgin. I did not 397 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:07.680 see them going one and three to start, but they 398 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.200 better figure things out fast. Yes, it's nice to have 399 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:13.599 Barrington and Batavia, which could easily get you eighteen playoff 400 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:17.559 points just those two, but you know, we haven't really 401 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.559