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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 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:35.960 All right, welcome into another week as we review week 13 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.759 number two Friday Night Drive here on Shaw Local and 14 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.840 Steve Susi's with me. I'm Matt Rudiwald. Good to see pal. 15 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:44.759 Hey, how we doing. 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.520 I'm doing all right. Let's get right into it. It's 17 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.439 been an interesting weekend as we've learned quite a bit 18 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.960 about what's going on around the state of Illinois. And 19 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:56.240 let's start with just some of the surprises. The teams 20 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.640 have come out unscathed a little bit, and I think 21 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:00.920 the first one you think of all the things that 22 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:04.079 happened this weekend, it's hard to ignore the friend Vikings 23 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.079 and how that they're two to zero. Johnny O'Brien, Johnny 24 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.560 on the spot off to the kind of start you 25 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.400 expect the guy who is a Division one quarterback to have. 26 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:16.439 Yeah, I mean, we've talked about it a lot in 27 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:19.359 terms of what the Mid the Mid Suburban West Conference 28 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.599 looks like right now, and you kind of gotten used 29 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:27.040 to kind of the pecking order of that league and 30 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:29.280 this this year, it doesn't look like you can count 31 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.280 on almost anything. I mean, we have four undefeated teams 32 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.519 in that conference. One of them is Fremmed, one of 33 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.000 them is Schomberg, which is another team in that conference 34 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:39.640 that has kind of found itself at the bottom of 35 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.319 that league. So very interesting when you look at and 36 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:46.120 then the grand scheme of things that you have, you know, 37 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.159 five teams in this in you know, five or maybe 38 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.840 even all six teams in this league that can make 39 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.799 a push at the playoffs. It's gonna be hard for 40 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.439 Conan now sitting at zero to two, But you also 41 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.719 have to consider the fact that Conan already has fifteen 42 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:02.640 playoff points, so obviously they played some people in the 43 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.000 non conference schedule too, so they might be able to 44 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.439 factor into the Knicks as well. So it looks like 45 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.159 that league is going to be a league full of 46 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:14.759 mayhem this year. And Fremed and once again Schomberg are 47 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.400 two teams that have found themselves at the bottom of 48 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.479 the conference for the last couple of years, look like 49 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:21.360 they're ready to try to climb a few runs. 50 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:23.840 I think we're going to spend a lot of time 51 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:25.879 talking about Fremd over the course of the next couple 52 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:27.439 of weeks, so I want to spend some moment. I 53 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:29.759 want to spend a moment on the Saxons and what 54 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.800 are people telling you about what's working for Chambering, why 55 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.639 they're too and oh, what's changed for them? What's worked 56 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.680 for them both offensively defensively that you can tell so far, 57 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:42.520 as far as I can tell, just based on the 58 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.080 limited information that I have on that, it looks like 59 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:48.080 they're playing some pretty good defense because I. 60 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:51.039 Mean, holding an Antioch program to seven points in the 61 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.360 opening week of the season, and that Antioch team historically 62 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.759 is a high scoring, prolific offense. I know they've got 63 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.400 some changes that they had to make, but it definitely 64 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:04.400 seems like right now, and you know the fact that 65 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:08.400 that probably gave them significant amount of amounts of confidence 66 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:11.319 because they roll into that Week two game against Elk Grove, 67 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:15.400 they squeak that win out and you know, in past years, 68 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.840 maybe this was a program that would have said maybe 69 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.280 would have folded up in a close game because they 70 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.120 had the confidence bursting that they could get it done 71 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.400 against a good opponent. They were able to finish off 72 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:27.520 that win and nip out Grove by a point. So 73 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.319 now they got into Week three at two and oh 74 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:34.599 against the Niles North program that frankly is struggling a bit, 75 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:38.000 follow that up with a Niles West program that also 76 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.680 is not really playing all that well right now and 77 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:45.080 historically hasn't been that strong. I mean, there's a real 78 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:49.400 conceivable opportunity for Schomberg to go into the conference schedule 79 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.159 at four and oh, which is something you wouldn't really 80 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:54.719 have bet on at all as a possibility heading into 81 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:55.080 the year. 82 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:57.800 And if you look deeper into that schedule, Palatine a 83 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.599 weights Okay, so maybe we check that as but you 84 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.879 got Conan on the other side of that, and then 85 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.039 heading into the onslaught that is Barrington and Fremed and 86 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.319 back to back weeks, you could be looking at a 87 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:12.039 five and one team and you know, at two and zero, 88 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.639 it's one thing to have that confidence that, Okay, we 89 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.360 got things going. When you're talking about it as you 90 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.759 leak into October at five and one, that's a very 91 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.199 different type of confidence we're talking about for a team 92 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.560 like the Saxons that hasn't been in the postseason in 93 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:27.120 quite a while. I hadn't had a winning season in 94 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:27.839 a long time. 95 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.680 Yeah, And it's one of those things. Momentum I think 96 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.000 in high school football is almost more important at that 97 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:37.800 level than almost any other one. Like, if you start 98 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.560 to get that belief, I mean, let's be honest, you 99 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.120 don't often really know who you're lining up against on 100 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:45.519 the other side. So the fact that you believe, hey, 101 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:49.240 we can beat anybody we play, you might not know better, 102 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.399 like to be completely honest with you, that the guy 103 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:53.920 on the other side of you is absolutely loaded. I mean, 104 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.839 it's it's definitely a situation where that confidence can snowball. 105 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.879 And that's why you honestly see a lot of the 106 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.120 same teams repeating over and over and over again because 107 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:06.680 they have that belief in their program and their systems. 108 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.560 Hey we did this last year, why can't we do 109 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:08.959 it again? 110 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.279 So one more. Yeah, and one more thing with the 111 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.839 mid suburban West, just because you want to circle week 112 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.439 number six is Barrington at FREMD. That's a road game 113 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:20.040 in that rivalry, and point the rivalry is going to 114 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:20.839 be back this year. 115 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.199 Yeah, it certainly does look like that. And and Barrington's 116 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.959 off to an exceptional start one hundred and five points 117 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:31.000 through two games, so obviously they've got that offense clicking. 118 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.920 So that should be an interesting kind of contrasting styles 119 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:35.600 because fronts played really good defense so far. 120 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:38.160 You and I spent some time on Friday night talking 121 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.560 about some of the teams that it's nice to see 122 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:42.879 in the next and we talked a little bit about 123 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.160 a Chamberg. But let's go deeper than that. Let's start 124 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.639 with a Fenton team that's hadn't been in the postseason 125 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.959 since twenty thirteen, and of course a ten game losing 126 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.439 Street coming in. They're two to zero, and I think 127 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.360 they're the perfect reason why the Upstate eight needed to 128 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.800 get out of their schedule, out of their locked schedule, 129 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:00.879 so they can go get some team, to get some 130 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.279 confidence to build some programs in that conference. 131 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:06.879 Yeah, it's definitely an interesting situation when you look at 132 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.519 the Upstate eight, particularly in the East Division with Fenton 133 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.480 at two and oh, there's a couple of other programs 134 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.120 in that division that I feel like they can still 135 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.079 compete with. So getting out of the box at two 136 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:21.800 and oh and then going into league play. You know, 137 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:23.480 there are a few teams in there that I don't 138 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.480 think that they're quite ready to clear that hurdle, Glenbard 139 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:30.079 East and Glenbard's South, for example, But the other ones, 140 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.920 it's it's kind of wide open in there. I know 141 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.279 West Chicago had a resurgence season last year getting themselves 142 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:39.240 into the playoffs, but other than that, I mean Riverside 143 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.720 Brookfield's kind of a wild card. They haven't been with 144 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.839 these teams in a while. But there's some teams in there, 145 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.959 Like I said, they can I think that they can 146 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.399 get it. They have the momentum right now and they 147 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.879 can get it moving in maybe maybe get themselves into 148 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.600 the mix where they've got a shot at maybe claiming 149 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:55.560 one of those playoffs first. 150 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:57.839 I think it's safe to say, with the exception of 151 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.839 maybe two or three programs in that whole up State eight, 152 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:05.800 that sustaining program numbers and commitment to the program is 153 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.079 the hardest part. And so when you're looking at a 154 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.879 team like East Aurora who made the playoffs, can they 155 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.560 do it again? I don't know. Can Fenton do it 156 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.720 for the first time in a while. Can teams like 157 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:19.000 Elmwood Park or Ridgewood sustain it for a little while. 158 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:21.519 That's why Riverside Brookfield has been so good for so long, 159 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.120 That's why West Aurora might have some success here, and 160 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.199 that's why Bombard East and South Belgium have been dominating 161 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.439 the LEA for the last couple of years. 162 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.279 Yeah, it's definitely kind of chaos. And then you look 163 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.199 at the other side over there, Like you mentioned, West 164 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:34.959 Aroor is off to a nice start at two and zero. 165 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.240 Haven't played the strongest opponents yet, so you don't really 166 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.600 know how good they are. But they have some talented players. 167 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:43.920 They're in good shape. But every other team in the 168 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.240 West Division is owing too right now. So some teams 169 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.439 are going to have to, you know, gain gain momentumy 170 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:53.519 proxy once we get into the conference play because somebody's 171 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.920 got to win those games. So maybe somebody gets a 172 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.079 little fire lit under them and gets going there. But 173 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.759 I think in the long run, this was a good 174 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.920 thing for the Upstate eight kind of breaking this up 175 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.199 and giving these teams an opportunity to go out and 176 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:08.240 play the non conference games, hopefully against some opponents that 177 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.480 they can compete with. So maybe they have a little 178 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.920 bit of momentum going in there instead of in the 179 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:14.720 past when you get some of these teams at the 180 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:17.439 bottom of the division, they'd run into the powerhouses at 181 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.040 the beginning, they'd already dug themselves a hole, and then 182 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.079 it would just it would escalate downward. 183 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.319 Before we move on here and bring in a friend 184 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.759 of ours. And momentarily I want to talk about South 185 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.959 Belgian and having seen them in person against Batavia and 186 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.840 we talked about them at the beginning of the season. 187 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.559 They scheduled up a little bit, they had Barrington and 188 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.799 they got a sixty four burger put on them, and 189 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.120 then they found themselves of Batavia down forty two to 190 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:43.000 nothing at halftime. I think this is a very important 191 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.080 week for that program to understand, Hey, if this is 192 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.759 what you want to do and play with the big boys, 193 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.320 you're gonna have to come play, you know, for forty 194 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.039 eight minutes the whole time around. And so there weren't 195 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.960 a lot of downheads there weren't a lot of There 196 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.720 is natural frustration that you'd see the football team that's 197 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.000 down forty two to nothing in the first half, but 198 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.559 there wasn't any screaming and yelling or anything like that. 199 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.879 It was more trying to sort things out. So be 200 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.639 very curious to see how South Elgin moves on from 201 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.799 two devastating defeats in a non conference format that they're 202 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:13.279 not used to. 203 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.679 Well, I mean, it was something that I felt like 204 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:17.759 this program had to do if they were going to 205 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.480 be able to compete. You know, they have won a 206 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.639 playoff game or two over the last couple of years, 207 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:25.480 but for years before that, they would roll through the conference. 208 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.320 They'd pile up these amazing numbers, they'd go nine to 209 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.240 oh and then they'd get beat in the first round 210 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.559 of the playoffs. So this is this is a this 211 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.039 is a training ground. This is an opportunity to say, hey, 212 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:38.919 we're not there yet, what do we have to do 213 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.200 to get there? And now they get into that schedule 214 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:44.919 where there's a couple of games in there where I 215 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.080 think that you know, South Elgin will be pushed a 216 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:49.200 little bit, but there's quite a few of them that 217 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.320 are not. So they can take the opportunity to kind 218 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.399 of make some adjustments, figure out what they need to 219 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.200 do to get to the level that they want to be. 220 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.720 So at the end of the season, they're not going 221 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.240 to be nine to o they have been seemingly for 222 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:04.320 multiple years. Now they're gonna They're gonna the best they 223 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.559 can end up now a seven and two. Maybe they 224 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.399 end up at six and three, You never know, but 225 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.000 you know, I still see this as probably based on 226 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.440 where they've been and some of the other teams that 227 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:15.919 they have left on their schedule, I still see them 228 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.039 as a playoff team. But I think this will be 229 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.679 a much more battle tested playoff team, even if it's 230 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.559 seated a lot lower than it's been in the past. 231 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:25.080 To be fair, they're facing two of the best quarterback 232 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:29.120 receiver combinations that we've seen across the state of Illinois, 233 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.639 at least in the Chicagoland suburbs. So it's a tough, 234 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.159 tough sledding it's at the start, but you learn a 235 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.360 lot about where you need to go when you're a 236 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:38.799 team like the South Elgin Storm. This is the Friday 237 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:42.639 Night Drive broadcast as we recap week number two. Let's 238 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.320 check out what's going on in the Northwest suburbs Alex Tech, Kentucky. 239 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.399 From the Northwest, Harold joins us Alex you saw some 240 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.399 some good stuff this weekend. That that conference. I can't 241 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.840 figure out the Fox Valley. It's Kerry Grove and everyone 242 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:55.879 else trying to figure it out. 243 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:02.200 It's the usual suspects. It's Kerry Grove pr who won 244 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:06.840 the conference last year at nine to zero. Huntley's up 245 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:09.080 there too. They're all three of those teams are two 246 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.519 and o at this point, and you know, those are 247 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:14.600 kind of been the the three teams that have been 248 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:16.679 kind of the top for the you know, the last 249 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:17.240 few years. 250 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.480 I saw Kerry Grove week one. They did not have 251 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.080 logan Abrams. I don't know how you got a chance 252 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.000 to look at them with low logan. And that's just 253 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:28.679 how different it was. I've bang banged up a little 254 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.879 bit to start week one, but having him makes a 255 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.759 whole heck of a difference, I would say for that program. 256 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:39.679 Oh for sure. So they didn't have logan Abrams. Who's 257 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:43.159 you know, six foot three, two thirty five. I believe 258 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.159 they're big junior fullback. They also didn't have their running 259 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:52.159 back holding Boone. He was he was in Alabama doing 260 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:57.240 a international CrossFit competition because he's he's ranked really highly 261 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.960 in the CrossFit. 262 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:06.120 Interesting, Hey, Alex, I mean Chris prairidge Ridge, how have 263 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:09.360 they I mean, how in your mind have they I 264 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.360 guess transitioned to a new coaching staff there. Obviously, defense 265 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.840 is playing at a high level right now. They haven't 266 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:17.960 allowed any points in the first two games of the season. 267 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.080 You see that as the team's calling card this year. 268 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.000 Yeah, and I think that easily gets lost with praier 269 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:26.679 Ridge because they're running that, you know, the triple option 270 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.799 as well as they do scoring all these points. But like, 271 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:31.559 like you just said that, the defense is you know, 272 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.360 has been as good as the offense these these last 273 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.879 two years. They allow an FBC low eleven point six 274 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.080 points a game last year and you know this year, 275 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:48.000 two games no points. So I mean, yeah, I think 276 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.960 their defense, you know, huge part of that team. Defensive. 277 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:55.039 They have a senior defensive lineman, Gavin Tinch, who is 278 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.440 six four to ninety five. He's getting a lot of 279 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:02.240 Division one looks. And uh they they brought their leading 280 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.240 tackler back from last year to Jace Kranig, the middle linebacker. 281 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:08.759 I look at a team like Jacobs, and I think 282 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.519 the Golden Eagles have an opportunity to slide up in 283 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.679 that to that tier one echelon of teams. What needs 284 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.639 to happen for Jacobs as you look at their schedule 285 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.360 and what they have left here and not exactly an 286 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.080 overwhelming win against Hampshire and Friday night, They've got to 287 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.960 put some teams away in order to be taken seriously 288 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:28.519 like those. But what do they got to do to 289 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:28.960 get better? 290 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:29.720 Yeah? 291 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.200 And I mean I think coach Brian Zimmern would say, 292 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.919 you know, anyone in the FBC is a is a 293 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.879 big win. I know they got Hunty this week and 294 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:45.320 that's another huge test for them. I saw Prairie Ridge 295 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:50.200 Jacobs that first week where pr beat them seventeen zero, 296 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.600 and coach Zimmern was just you know, looking back at 297 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.879 all the mistakes, the turnovers they had. You know, they 298 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.759 had a couple of close drives, you know, get into 299 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:02.080 the the red zone, get close to scoring and you 300 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.200 know they go, you know, get turnover on downs like 301 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.279 That's what's kind of happened to them in these these 302 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.159 big games the last couple of years, and you know 303 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.399 they fix those things they're they're gonna be right up 304 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.720 there at the top of the conference. 305 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:19.159 I'll switch out go ahead with Prairie Ridge, Kerry Grove, Huntley, 306 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.600 and Jacobs kind of considered the four teams maybe at 307 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.120 the top of the conference. In a close conference, you 308 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.279 typically get five playoff bids. What I can't figure out 309 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.080 looking at the Fox Valley is who do you think 310 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.720 the front runner is for that fifth spot. 311 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:36.840 So I went into this year and I think I 312 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:40.919 told you this use uh. I thought Burlington Central was gonna, 313 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:44.200 you know, make a make a little jump this year. 314 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:48.159 I think they've finished four and five the last two years, 315 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:52.759 just playoffs. Yeah, they earned a big win, you know 316 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:57.480 last week against Dundee Crown. They they had to get 317 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.360 a thirty thirty seven yard field goal from the kicker 318 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:03.080 David McCoy with three seconds left to win that one, 319 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.519 twenty four twenty two. Yeah, those teams that are trying 320 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:09.799 to you know, be that that fifth team in the conference, Like, 321 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.440 those are the games that you gotta win. I mean, 322 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.279 all these games are going to be close. I know 323 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:19.360 Burlington brought back a lot from last year, and like 324 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.039 I said, they were so close last year, so close 325 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.039 the year before. I know that team's you know, really 326 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.000 gunning for the playoffs this year. 327 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:31.759 Yeah, two years ago they had they got four and 328 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.039 four after beating Kerry Grovid overtime in Week eight, and 329 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:38.480 then stumbled at mckenry to get knocked out of the playoffs. 330 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.080 Last year a little more conventional, trying to get knock 331 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.679 out Huntley to get to five and four. Couldn't do it. 332 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.559 So they're trying to get to five wins at Central 333 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.840 and it's been kind of tough sledding. As they are 334 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.639 starting to make some progress in that conference. 335 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.159 I want to. 336 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.879 Switch over to the Kishwaukee River because Susan and I 337 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.440 want to give some love to the Harvard Hornets. 338 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.519 Yeah. 339 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.720 Yeah, twenty game losing. Forget all about that now if 340 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.519 we're talking playoffs now, right. 341 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.600 Yeah, I mean I'm looking at the Kishwaukee River Conference 342 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.679 and I don't really know who the front runner is. 343 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.559 I mean, going to the year, I would easily have 344 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:17.639 said Richmond Burton. But even like you know, this last week, 345 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:21.440 Richmond went down to Quincy Notre Dame and struggled. 346 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:24.039 I forget the score that. 347 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.039 I think it was twenty two to ten, I believe, 348 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:29.679 and they scored their last Yeah, they scored their last 349 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:33.639 touchdown I think pretty late in the game. And the 350 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.919 first week they beat Marion twenty one to seven. Last year, 351 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.879 that was a game I think they won pretty handily. 352 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.240 I mean they lost you know, a good amount of 353 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:48.600 a talent from last year. But yeah, like you said, 354 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.279 I want to give a credit to the Hornets. You know, 355 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.159 enter the year on a twenty game losing streak, win 356 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.159 their first two games. They won the first first game 357 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:01.200 forty two seven over over Lyle. Last week it was 358 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:06.480 twenty one to fourteen over over Reed Custer senior Adam Cook, 359 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:10.200 the quarterback. He's had three rushing touchdowns both those games. 360 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.240 You know, I mean, they're they're excited at Harvard and 361 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.000 they should be. 362 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.960 And they go to Woodstock this weekend before having Richmond Burton. 363 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.519 So we're gonna find out. Yeah, it's coming quick for 364 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.160 the Harvard Hornets. Alex, what else jumps out at you? 365 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.519 What's caught your eye as we take a first to 366 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.240 first to look at the first two weeks of the season. 367 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.079 Do you know I think I mean, I think we 368 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.720 touched a lot of you know, a lot of it. 369 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.920 I'm just really interested to see when these big games 370 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:43.759 get going in the in the Fox Valley when we 371 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:49.160 were matching up you know, PR and carry Grove. I 372 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.880 think next week, week four, it's PR and Huntley. That's 373 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.759 going to be a huge game. It's going to determine 374 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.839 you know, who's going to be, you know, ending up 375 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.400 on top of the in this conference. So you know, 376 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:01.680 the next couple weeks, those are like the big games 377 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.920 coming up. I'm just looking forward to, you know, seeing 378 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.559 who comes out on top of those ones. 379 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:10.640 Well, Alex, we appreciate your time, thank you so much 380 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.039 for jumping on, and we're looking forward to reading everything 381 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.960 going on in the Northwest ere these next few weeks. 382 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:16.519 All right, thanks to Paul fans. 383 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.119 Listen up. 384 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:19.599 I'm top Fare and I drive a Hawk. 385 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.680 I got it from my friends at Hawk Volkswagen. So 386 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.880 drive what I drive. Drive a Hawk Paul Volkswagon on 387 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.599 Jefferson Street in Joliet or online at HAWKVW dot com. 388 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.240 This is State Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to 389 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.400 sponsor this year's Friday Night Drive. There'll be plenty of 390 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.240 time for politics down the road, but for now, let's 391 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:42.960 enjoy some high school football. Whichever school you follow, give 392 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.880 him your support. 393 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:49.400 Yes, all right, Alex Kentucky the Northwest Harold the new editor. 394 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:52.279 I believe that the Northwest Harold a post that had 395 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.200 not been vacated in many, many moons. For thanks Joe Stevenson, 396 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:59.319 good buddy of ours. So, you know, when you look 397 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.079 at what's going on up north, let's talk about Richmond 398 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.039 Burton a little bit here, because that that kind of 399 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.319 it sticks out, just because the scores don't indicate the 400 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:09.440 dominance that we've seen in the past. We know what's 401 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.480