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WEEK 9 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Predictions · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue show, Jon huff
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Speaker 1: rowan Bishop for the final week of the regular season,
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Speaker 1: Week nine, So we'll start with our number fifteen game
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Speaker 1: of the week, a big one in the Metro East
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Speaker 1: involving one of our Metro East teams, and that is
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Speaker 1: the four and four All TOAF Crusaders going to Maple Park,
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Speaker 1: Illinois and Northern Illinois to take on the Caitlyn Knights
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Speaker 1: who are six and two Roman Fellas and further.
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Speaker 2: Please Yeah, so for those who are where, Maple Park,
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Speaker 2: Illinois is a bit outside of de cal of Illinois,
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Speaker 2: so I guess you could, it's probably like what an
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Speaker 2: hour west of Chicago. It looks like looks like that, Yes,
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Speaker 2: So definitely gonna be a drive for All to Off
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Speaker 2: this week. I don't know too much about the team.
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Speaker 2: They are six and two currently, so pretty good so far.
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Speaker 2: The only two losses are to Morris and Rochelle. I
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Speaker 2: know Morris has had some pretty good runs in the
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Speaker 2: Class five playoffs recently up in Illinois.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they actually they knocked out actually last year both
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Speaker 1: Tried and Highland in successive weeks in the playoffs. And
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Speaker 1: then Rochelle. I think Waterloo plays Rochelle this week.
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Speaker 2: So Maple Park looks like a pretty solid team so
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Speaker 2: far and all tough four and four four and four
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Speaker 2: so far, as it must win the half of this
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Speaker 2: game if they want to try the playoffs. Offensively, they've
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Speaker 2: been They've shown flashes, they've but they've been a little inconsistent.
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Speaker 2: I mean, Jaydon Ellington has been a decent QB form
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Speaker 2: so far. Stephen Brown's been the guy for him. He's
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Speaker 2: been really really good. So if they can rely on
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Speaker 2: him and get him going on confident in this one.
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Speaker 2: But it's gonna be a tough, one, tough road trip
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Speaker 2: for them. I'm gonna go with Canelin's to cover here,
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Speaker 2: and I'm gonna go with the under Yeah.
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Speaker 1: By the way, Logan Thompson, he's a sophomore for the
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Speaker 1: for all tough. He just got offered by Tennessee. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: so that's interesting. He's third on the he's actually fifth
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Speaker 1: on the team in receiving yards. But he was already
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Speaker 1: getting some offers last year. So clearly these these D
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Speaker 1: one colleges think he's got a lot of potential in
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Speaker 1: the coming years as well. But yeah, you're right, Stephen
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Speaker 1: Brown's been a great running back for the Crusaders, and
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Speaker 1: Ellington's had a decent season for them, but their offense
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Speaker 1: has just kind of been inconsistent. And Caitlin is coming
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Speaker 1: in averaging thirty four points a game, and obviously All
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Speaker 1: Tops got to throw everything into this game if they
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Speaker 1: want to have a chance to make the playoffs and
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Speaker 1: Class three this season. So this is but it's it's
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Speaker 1: pretty crazy. I mean, if they were to fail and
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Speaker 1: not win this game, I can't remember the last time
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Speaker 1: at least an area team has won a state championship
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Speaker 1: in Illinois. I mean, obviously everybody in Missouri makes it
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Speaker 1: makes the playoffs, which it is unfortunate. Yeah, you're right, man,
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Speaker 1: If All Top were to lose this game and not
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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, I wonder when the last time in
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Speaker 1: Illinois a team who's won a state championship but didn't
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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, or if that's ever happened, that that
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Speaker 1: very well could be an unprecedented stat right there. And unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: I think Kaylan is gonna win this game, and I
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Speaker 1: think they'll cover. I mean, this is a pretty good
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Speaker 1: looking team and Kaitln last year they actually gave All
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Speaker 1: Tough a lot of problems. I know it's a year ago,
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Speaker 1: it's different teams, but they gave All Tough a lot
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Speaker 1: of problems last year. So I think I think the
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Speaker 1: Knights are gonna win this game. You know what I
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Speaker 1: will take. I will go. I think I will agree
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Speaker 1: with you as well. Yeah, take the under fifty five
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Speaker 1: and a half. Both teams have given them up a
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Speaker 1: decent amount of points this season.
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Speaker 2: But.
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Speaker 1: I just got a feeling how the Unders got hit,
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Speaker 1: So I'll go with that. And man, that's good. That's
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Speaker 1: a sad, sad ending for All Tough right there. If
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Speaker 1: that ends up being true.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right. Next up, heading back over to Saint Louis,
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Speaker 2: We've got a huge suburban Orange game. We've got Oakville
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Speaker 2: at Northwest Oakville favor by thirteen and a half year,
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Speaker 2: who over runs at fifty three and a half?
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Speaker 1: Real quick? These teams have had a lot of history
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Speaker 1: in these last few years.
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Speaker 2: They have, so just a quick rundown. The Oakville, at
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Speaker 2: least over the past three years, leads the series two
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Speaker 2: to one. Two years ago, Northwest one thirty one twenty
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Speaker 2: seven in a very exciting game, and then last year
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Speaker 2: Oakville won twenty eight to seven. It looks like both
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Speaker 2: of these games were in Week nine, so they've they've
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Speaker 2: been ending the year against each other a lot recently,
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Speaker 2: which has been pretty interesting so far. But anyways, for Oakville,
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Speaker 2: they were coming off of a nice forty eight seven
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Speaker 2: win against Western Groves where they started off a little
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Speaker 2: bit slow but then they kept getting better as the
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Speaker 2: game went on. And you know, we've talked about a
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Speaker 2: bit about Oakville so far this year. You know, Gavin Anderson,
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Speaker 2: Max Bradley, Colin. I have trouble with his last name
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Speaker 2: every time, Colin Pichasinski, I think is how it is.
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Speaker 1: Let's just go that.
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Speaker 2: I always get that wrong.
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Speaker 1: I just mispronounced that too.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think Oakville's pass rush has been really
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Speaker 2: underrated so far this year. I mean they've got six
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Speaker 2: guys with two of more sacks so far, led by
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Speaker 2: Gavin Anderson, JT. Teal and Jonathan Easa Gear as well
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Speaker 2: and Northwest. They're not a team to sleep on. They're
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Speaker 2: seven to one. They're a solid team. Cohen Stark is
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Speaker 2: a legitimately very very good QB over twelve hundred passing
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Speaker 2: yards and ten passing touchdowns, but as a runner, he's
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Speaker 2: extremely dangerous well over one thousand rushing yards twenty one
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Speaker 2: Russian touchdowns. I believe he leads the area in points scored.
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Speaker 2: He's been on top of that leader board, I think,
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Speaker 2: all year, so it's gonna be a huge test for Oakville.
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Speaker 1: He's actually tied for twenty two touchdowns in one hundred
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Speaker 1: and thirty six points with Jalen mac right now, Wow
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Speaker 1: of liberty.
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Speaker 2: I think Northwest covers, but I think Oakville wins. I
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Speaker 2: think it'll be a pretty close game. It should be
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Speaker 2: exciting game. I'm gonna go with the over.
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Speaker 1: I will go with Northwest entirely to win the game. Wow,
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Speaker 1: and I will take the over. This is a really
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Speaker 1: fun team to watch. Fortunately, I don't think we're gonna
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Speaker 1: have any cameras to get to Northwest this week. But
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Speaker 1: Cohen Sarcus he is he's musty TV and oat Fiel's
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Speaker 1: a solid team as well, and I think this is
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Speaker 1: a high quality game right here. But I'm gonna go
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Speaker 1: with the Lions in this one and should be a
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Speaker 1: pretty fun game.
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Speaker 2: MH. Next step, number thirteen game of the league. We've
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Speaker 2: got Capital City at Bellville East. The Lancers are faired
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Speaker 2: by twelve and a half points here. The Overners have
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Speaker 2: fifty two and a half brief rundown on Capital City.
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Speaker 1: They have a really good running really good running back.
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Speaker 2: So they are five and three on the season so far.
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Speaker 2: Their best wins have been against rock Bridge, their angle
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Speaker 2: rivalry game against jeff City, and then they defeated campsas
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Speaker 2: to by final score forty nine to twenty this past week.
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Speaker 1: Expected Campton has been pretty down this season.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so this should be interesting. I mean, Bellville East
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Speaker 2: has already locked in the playoff spot there at six
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Speaker 2: and two, only two losses being to Edwardsville and easting
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Speaker 2: Lewis so far. I mean for them to get the
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Speaker 2: rivalry winning at the Bubble West last week, I think
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Speaker 2: it is pretty huge, not only because it's a rivalry game,
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Speaker 2: but to clinch the playoffs spot as well.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot and there was I think that
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Speaker 1: was kind of a game for them that were you know,
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Speaker 1: that was probably kind of a lose lose game, you know,
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Speaker 1: but as long as they win that that's all it mattered.
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Speaker 1: And you know, if they would have you know, probably
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Speaker 1: been embarrassing loss. And you know West probably was playing
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Speaker 1: that game with a lot of house money, so I'm
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Speaker 1: sure in the build up they're just happy to get
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Speaker 1: through it and went. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And Jonathan Rulo also had a great game last week
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Speaker 2: and he has thirteen tackles for loss so far this year,
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Speaker 2: s averaging over won a game which is really really good.
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Speaker 2: We knew that he'd be legit for the Lancers going
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Speaker 2: into the season, and it's gonna be eachking to see
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Speaker 2: how they attack that Capital City rushing offense. I'm gonna
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Speaker 2: go with the Lancers to cover here, and I'm gonna
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Speaker 2: go with the under.
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have belve the least win the game, but
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Speaker 1: I do think Capital City will cover. They're a scrappy
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Speaker 1: team and if they can get their run rushing attack going,
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Speaker 1: they're a pretty tough team to beat. And I will
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Speaker 1: go with the over as well. I think it could
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Speaker 1: be a pretty good offensive game here, but I still
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Speaker 1: have the answers up pulling it out.
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Speaker 2: Next up head meck Over In the Missouri side, we got
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Speaker 2: Hannibal at Zumalt West. Hannibal's favored by ten and a
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Speaker 2: half points here. The over runers at forty five and
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Speaker 2: a half Hannibal. This is not their first game as
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Speaker 2: GC competition. They defeated Troy fifty four to twenty six
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Speaker 2: earlier this year, Hannibal. Right now they are at seven
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Speaker 2: and one. They're only lost being a three point close
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Speaker 2: one to Halias back in Week one. Since then they've
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Speaker 2: been predominant. Their only close game really was against Mexico
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Speaker 2: back in Week five.
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Speaker 1: We really won this game.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. And then Zimoth West coming off a nice wing
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Speaker 2: as Timberland. They got to share the GC South title
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Speaker 2: this year, which was huge for the Jags first time
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Speaker 2: and several years they were able to get that. And
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Speaker 2: for West, their offense has shown flashes. I mean they
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Speaker 2: last week against against Timberland, they started off well in
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Speaker 2: the first quarter. I think Clayton O'Brien had you could say,
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Speaker 2: his best game of the season so far. He was
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Speaker 2: twenty one to twenty eight throwing the ball, two or
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Speaker 2: twenty passing yards, one touchdown, zero turnovers for him, which
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Speaker 2: is huge. Garret Dixon was able to break out with
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Speaker 2: eight catches one hundred and seventeen yards. The case State
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Speaker 2: commit obviously doing really well. So if Zimall West can
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Speaker 2: just keep sustained drives and not, I think the biggest
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Speaker 2: thing for West is not getting themselves into second and
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Speaker 2: longs because whenever they get into a second along situation,
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Speaker 2: they usually shrine and find Garret Dixon on the outside
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Speaker 2: to get a first down because usually second along is
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Speaker 2: lead to third and longs, and third and lungs can
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Speaker 2: get pretty predictable to defend the longer you go into
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Speaker 2: a game. So Zimote West can just get themselves in
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Speaker 2: a second and short scenarios where they can just run
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Speaker 2: the ball through the first down. I think that would
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Speaker 2: be huge for them, But given how inconsistent they've been
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Speaker 2: on offense so far, it's gonna be tough me to
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Speaker 2: pick them in this one. So I will go with
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Speaker 2: I think Hampbell's gonna win, but I am going to
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Speaker 2: go with Zmot West to cover. Here, I'll go with
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Speaker 2: West to cover, and I'm gonna go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's actually exactly what I was thinking. Annibal to win,
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Speaker 1: but Zimo West to cover forty five and a half.
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Speaker 1: M Oh, I'll go with the under in this one too.
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Speaker 2: That's a few on this game.
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Speaker 1: Hannibal is a really good team. I mean, that would
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Speaker 1: be a quality win for Zumot West because I think
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Speaker 1: I got I got Hamilton as the third best team
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Speaker 1: in Class four. And you know they they took down Troy.
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Speaker 1: This is after that. You know, Humphrey was hurt, but
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Speaker 1: they still I mean still beating Troy with the way
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Speaker 1: the amount they did was pretty somewhat impressive, I would
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Speaker 1: I would say so, uh, I mean, Annibal is a
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Speaker 1: really good team. They call at a higher level, especially
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Speaker 1: for you know, the part of the state. They're in,
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Speaker 1: Northern Missouri, Quincy area team, you know, buying a large part.
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Speaker 2: You know, they would say Hannibal area. They don't want
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Speaker 2: to say Quincy area.
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Speaker 1: Well, they're part of the Quincy you know tri state
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Speaker 1: coverage area there. So that's it's in the.
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Speaker 2: Sim and Iowa and northern Missouri, Western Illinois.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the biggest I mean, Quincy is the biggest
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Speaker 1: town in that area. So therefore therefore you're a Quincy
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Speaker 1: area team Hannibal. Deal with it. But anyway, Yeah, but
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Speaker 1: taking taking the Pirates in that one.
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Speaker 2: All right, Next step to our number eleven game. The
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Speaker 2: week we've got Hickman. That Shamana Hickman fired by four
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Speaker 2: and a half points over as sixty one and a half.
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Speaker 2: I just checked Max Preps. Unfortunately, Hickman does not have
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Speaker 2: their stats in there, so no stats to look at,
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Speaker 2: unfortunately for the QBS.
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Speaker 1: But they got it. They got a nice offense and
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Speaker 1: they got they can throw and run.
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Speaker 2: They've put together a great season so far. They're at
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Speaker 2: seven and one, just like Hannibell. They've only lost its
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Speaker 2: to Halaias and that was back in week two. Hickman's
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Speaker 2: best win so far I've come against the aforementioned Capital
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Speaker 2: City Cavaliers. They were able to beat cam Theton as
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Speaker 2: well and rock Bridge last week in the big rivalry again.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a huge victory for them to beat
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Speaker 1: rock Bridge first time since twenty twelve.
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Speaker 2: Mm HM and Shamanad. They're at four and three right now.
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Speaker 2: I think that the way they're able to beat Hillsborough,
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Speaker 2: we didn't mention it last episode, but to dominate Hillsborough
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Speaker 2: the way they did forty two to seven, I think
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Speaker 2: is so huge.
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Speaker 1: I think your favored their defense pretty good and their
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Speaker 1: offense been has been alright this season.
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Speaker 2: It has. They didn't do anything crazy offensively. I mean,
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Speaker 2: they're they're able to put up forty two points on
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Speaker 2: just a shade under. It was just a shade over
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Speaker 2: a three hundred total yards of offense, but it was
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Speaker 2: mainly just their defense that came through. They had a
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Speaker 2: scoop and score against Hillsborough was huge. So it's just
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Speaker 2: a totally stifling performance for the Red Devil's defense, and
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Speaker 2: I think that continues this week. I'm going to go
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Speaker 2: with Shamanad to win out right here, and I'm gonna
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Speaker 2: go with the under.
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Speaker 1: I've kind of been high on Hickman ever since I
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Speaker 1: saw them. I saw what they did and how they
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Speaker 1: beat Capital City. I mean that was a come from
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Speaker 1: behind win, but this they can be a pretty explosive team.
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Speaker 1: They have a good receiving corps, they have good athletes,
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Speaker 1: and I like their quarterback a lot and obviously only
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Speaker 1: allowed ten points against rock Bridge shows that they can
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Speaker 1: play pretty good defense as well. They've been doing you know,
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Speaker 1: a lot of They've broken some records this season or
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Speaker 1: at least bucks some trends, you know, like their biggest
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Speaker 1: ever victory against Jefferson City ever this season, and you know,
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Speaker 1: really their one, you know, Capital City is another solid
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Speaker 1: one they've had that they have two good wins over
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Speaker 1: Capital City and rock Bridge, and Justin Conyers, I'm kind
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Speaker 1: of a big fan of him. He's done a great job.
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Speaker 1: He just wins everywhere he goes a lot of respect
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Speaker 1: for him, you know, you know, one state at Battle
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Speaker 1: and had a nice run in Hallsville. And now he's
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Speaker 1: already in year two and his alma Matern Hickman. He's
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Speaker 1: got them at seven to one and playing their best
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Speaker 1: football in years. And you know, going on the road
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Speaker 1: seam not is never easy. And but I just like
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Speaker 1: what heck been bringings overall. And I have them covering
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Speaker 1: the spread here and I will take sixty one and
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Speaker 1: a half as a lot. I'll I think I'll take
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Speaker 1: the under still al right.
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Speaker 2: Next up, speaking of a Columbia area teams, we got
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Speaker 2: Franksis Howell at rock Bridge. Rock Bridge share by four
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Speaker 2: and a half points. Here the overruners at forty two
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Speaker 2: and a half. These your teams have been playing each
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Speaker 2: other for a little while now to cap off the season.
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Speaker 2: So they've actually played every year since twenty sixteen, and
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Speaker 2: since twenty sixteen, Howell leads the rivalry six to four.
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Speaker 2: H For a while, Howell had won every year from
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Speaker 2: twenty nineteen to twenty twenty three, but last year was
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Speaker 2: the first time rock Bridge had won since twenty eighteen
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Speaker 2: where they were in twenty eighteen. Rock Bridge actually beat
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Speaker 2: Howell twice in a span of three weeks. It was
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Speaker 2: pretty pretty tough way to go out for Howell. But anyway,
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Speaker 2: it's but a pretty I guess overall close rivals for
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Speaker 2: far two programs that have been on the high end
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Speaker 2: of competitive in the grand scheme of things in Missouri.
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Speaker 2: But you know, we just mentioned matt Bridge coming off
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Speaker 2: the close loss to Hickman. I mean frances howl a
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Speaker 2: very very messy win against their bibles France South Central.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, but they had four turnovers and they it
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Speaker 2: took him a while to figure out what they were doing.
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Speaker 2: I mean, they got Jayden Bollard, so that's gonna be nice.
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Speaker 2: I mean, he's as long as they can keep him healthy. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean Jalen Ballard's break ability to just
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Speaker 2: make turns, turn nothing into something and just breakout fifty
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Speaker 2: yard runs is pretty incredible. He's averaging eight point eight
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Speaker 2: yards for carry. He's out over a thousand yards. And
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Speaker 2: I don't even think they have their stats in for
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Speaker 2: last game, so they they do not stats are better
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Speaker 2: better than what it is in the website right now.
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Speaker 2: But I just I don't know if how it can
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Speaker 2: be as inconsistent as they were against House Central and
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Speaker 2: still win a game. Line they can't.
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Speaker 1: They will not win the game if they're that inconsistently.
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Speaker 2: So I'm going to go because of that, I'm gonna
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Speaker 2: go with rock Bridge to cover here and I'm gonna
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Speaker 2: go the over.
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna judge them on that game.
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Speaker 2: Though I will because Howe has well. It's weird because
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Speaker 2: they they were able to beat Tom West, which is
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Speaker 2: a huge win, but they've did They've been very inconsistent,
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Speaker 2: very inconsistent.
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Speaker 1: Well. As for rock Bridge, they have a really good defense.
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Speaker 1: They've only given They've they've averaged thirteen point twenty five
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Speaker 1: points a game this season, and I thought definitely allowing
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Speaker 1: thirteen points to get taken them is pretty good. But
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Speaker 1: unfortunately their offense could only muster ten points. And that's
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Speaker 1: kind of it. And what's weird rock Bridge They're averaging
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Speaker 1: thirty three points a game, but their offense is really
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Speaker 1: kind of sputtered at times that their offense has been inconsistent.
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Speaker 1: Rock Bridges, They've had a really consistent defense, but their
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Speaker 1: offense has been inconsistent. So that's why this is gonna
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Speaker 1: be I think a pretty close game. So, I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 1: they only scored six against Elias, ten against Hickman, thirteen
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Speaker 1: against park Hill. I still think I still think they'll
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Speaker 1: do enough to get past how so I have them covering,
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Speaker 1: but I will take the under in this one. We
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Speaker 1: both agree about Rockbridge winning, but I'm taking the under.
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Speaker 1: I got rock Bridge in the under. Roman.
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Speaker 2: Sorry, I'm trying to You're good. I was looking at
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Speaker 2: what I said. Anyways, next up we got CBC. Got
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Speaker 2: St Mary's CBC. If you're by twenty six and a
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Speaker 2: half points here over in fifty one and a half,
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Speaker 2: this is so, this is it. This is so funny
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Speaker 2: because every every game CBC has from now and they're
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Speaker 2: going to be heavy favorites. And Saint Mary's is a
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Speaker 2: pre talented team if they're a pretty good Dragons team.
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Speaker 2: But CDC is a freaking juggernaut.
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Speaker 1: And that is wild.
17:59
Speaker 2: I mean, unless CBC was playing Blue Springs South or Nixa,
18:04
Speaker 2: I don't I guess Coroner Ritter again, I don't know
18:07
Speaker 2: if I would Jackson Pat Jackson, Platte County. There's really
18:13
Speaker 2: only a handful of teams in Missouri that I think
18:15
Speaker 2: would cover uspad like that against CBC in Saint Marya's
18:17
Speaker 2: is not one of them. So I'm gonna go with
18:20
Speaker 2: CBC to cover here.
18:21
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with you over we hate CBC a
18:24
Speaker 1: Roman Apparently.
18:25
Speaker 2: That was so funny. People people were at the at
18:28
Speaker 2: the Slue High game.
18:29
Speaker 1: It was a CBC fan, like two kids.
18:32
Speaker 2: We're saying, we've been hating on CBC this year, which
18:35
Speaker 2: is pretty hilarious because we've.
18:37
Speaker 1: Had the ranked number one and then we pretty much
18:39
Speaker 1: the entire sees and then we had the audacity to
18:41
Speaker 1: rank them ahead of East St. Louis, I know.
18:43
Speaker 2: Which, And it's honestly hilarious because every single year, we
18:48
Speaker 2: almost almost every year we will we will either get
18:51
Speaker 2: hate from CBC or East St. Louis or whoever is
18:55
Speaker 2: not ranked number one will hate on us. It's like,
18:57
Speaker 2: all right, guys, only number one be one number one team.
19:01
Speaker 1: But I think no, I think I don't think anybody
19:03
Speaker 1: from CBC would have really given us any trouble because
19:06
Speaker 1: it's it's like, well, it's it's still Eas Saint Louis
19:08
Speaker 1: and you know, they kind of they respect them. But
19:12
Speaker 1: what CBC has done this season, they've they've they've gone
19:15
Speaker 1: above and beyond to be that good and be worthy
19:17
Speaker 1: to be ranked ahead of eas Saint Louis. But no,
19:20
Speaker 1: I mean, it's been a long time. You get you
19:24
Speaker 1: there's certain schools who you know, they're on a certain
19:27
Speaker 1: pedestal and if you don't rank them, it's just really
19:32
Speaker 1: just the kids ultimately, I mean the coaches actually have
19:34
Speaker 1: been all these really kind of pretty good to us.
19:36
Speaker 1: So they and they're kind of like, it's just kids,
19:38
Speaker 1: but yeah, but no, you're gonna get kids who just
19:41
Speaker 1: it's funny enough because that same almost that same when
19:45
Speaker 1: I was at sleugh of like in week five, like
19:47
Speaker 1: there was some Saint Mary's kids were like, why do
19:48
Speaker 1: you always hate Saint Mary's And it's like, well, like
19:51
Speaker 1: we picked youugh the wing this week, and you know,
19:53
Speaker 1: it's that that's been going on. Saint Mary's is convinced
19:56
Speaker 1: that we've hated them since twenty nineteen and and CBC
20:01
Speaker 1: it's I don't know, it's been it's been a few
20:03
Speaker 1: years and I don't know. It's just certain kids. You
20:06
Speaker 1: can't always please them. And it's funny though, it's it's
20:10
Speaker 1: funny and they but I think there's other points like, well,
20:15
Speaker 1: how come it's never been this way, But it's like, well,
20:16
Speaker 1: it's just you know, it is what it is, you know,
20:18
Speaker 1: And it's not like we hate you guys. It's just
20:20
Speaker 1: we think other teams are better than you guys some
20:23
Speaker 1: years and it's really just as simple as that.
20:26
Speaker 2: Yeah. Anyways, Next up going.
20:29
Speaker 1: To I got CBC in the over as well.
20:33
Speaker 2: Number eight game of the week. We got Lift for
20:35
Speaker 2: Life at Halias. Halias fired by nine and a half points.
20:38
Speaker 2: Here the overunder is at forty seven and a half.
20:41
Speaker 2: Halias right now sit at eight to no right is
20:44
Speaker 2: one of the highest teams in Class six. They've been
20:47
Speaker 2: cruising so far this year. They've had a few close ones,
20:51
Speaker 2: but they've been able to come through every time. They've
20:53
Speaker 2: beat Hannibal by three week one, the turbo clocking of
20:57
Speaker 2: Hickman now looks really good that they had they had
20:59
Speaker 2: a Week two, they beat rock Bridge by ten. In
21:03
Speaker 2: week five, they beat Capital City by twenty eight Week six.
21:09
Speaker 2: They're able to be justody as well. So the Elias
21:12
Speaker 2: Kings of Jestity again. It seems like they've been the
21:15
Speaker 2: best team in j Just City for quite a while now.
21:18
Speaker 2: And this game should be interesting. This is their What
21:22
Speaker 2: blair Oaks might have to say about that? Yeah, true?
21:26
Speaker 2: I mean have those two teams played any time recently?
21:28
Speaker 1: No, I don't think Blair Oaks and Elias have not
21:31
Speaker 1: played much. I mean I think they scrimmaged against each
21:33
Speaker 1: other probably, Yeah, which of course means everything if you
21:37
Speaker 1: scrimmage against someone and do better.
21:40
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, at least for lived for life, you know,
21:42
Speaker 2: five and three so far, which is very impressive given
21:44
Speaker 2: how difficult their schedule always is. Phoenix Isaiah's put up
21:47
Speaker 2: an amazing year, but under center Jabon Scott given the
21:52
Speaker 2: Hawks a great year as well. Twenty Woofull Junior and
21:54
Speaker 2: then Achillean Henderson have the great receivers form. But defensively
21:58
Speaker 2: I think is what's slept on for the Hawks. I
22:01
Speaker 2: mean Tristan Short, Dorian John Stephen Jackson, seven Jackson, I
22:07
Speaker 2: should say, yes, seven Jackson has been great for him.
22:10
Speaker 2: You know, of course he has to number seven was
22:12
Speaker 2: the name of seven.
22:13
Speaker 1: But could that'd be a crime if it wasn't.
22:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, be a lift. Life overall have been a Lewis
22:21
Speaker 2: scrappy team so far. But I think Elias has the
22:24
Speaker 2: talent edge here. So I'm gonna go with the Crusaders
22:26
Speaker 2: to cover here, and I'm gonna go.
22:28
Speaker 1: With the under Do you think this is the most
22:31
Speaker 1: athletic team that Elias will have seen all season? Though,
22:34
Speaker 1: because lift for life is they can spread the ball
22:37
Speaker 1: out all over the place and they're really fast, you know,
22:40
Speaker 1: they can really They got a few receivers that put
22:43
Speaker 1: you know, defensive backs on an island with them. But
22:48
Speaker 1: they've just lived for life. They've had a few strange
22:50
Speaker 1: results these last three weeks, you know, having kind of
22:54
Speaker 1: a shootout against Murphysborough and then they had to come
22:58
Speaker 1: from behind to beat Toulton twenty eight twenty one, and
23:01
Speaker 1: then losing the Cape Central and only putting up sixteen
23:04
Speaker 1: points against them is something I did not envision. So
23:07
Speaker 1: I gotta go with recent form here. I gotta go
23:09
Speaker 1: with Halias. I'll take them to cover, but I do
23:16
Speaker 1: have the over all.
23:19
Speaker 2: Right, Next up, we got Jackson that festus. The Indians
23:23
Speaker 2: are hit by sixteen and a half points. The over
23:25
Speaker 2: runs at sixty two and a half. This is gonna
23:27
Speaker 2: be Jackson's first game against tough competition in quite a while.
23:32
Speaker 2: I mean they played Farmington back in week four and
23:34
Speaker 2: they killed him. They they've had a pretty easy going times.
23:39
Speaker 2: They played pop Up Bluff, a decent Cape Central team
23:43
Speaker 2: who they crushed, and in one of the weirder matchups,
23:47
Speaker 2: they hosted Miller career last week. I don't know why that.
23:52
Speaker 1: That's a very odd Jackson's had a few really weird
23:55
Speaker 1: schedules things. I think a few years ago they played
23:58
Speaker 1: Roosevelt in Week one.
24:00
Speaker 2: They did, remember, I remember that.
24:01
Speaker 1: Actually that was weird. Yeah, yeah, they like to play
24:04
Speaker 1: the city schools.
24:05
Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, I mean the Week one win against
24:10
Speaker 2: Ritter is holding very strong so far after the good
24:14
Speaker 2: four and the Rider has had recently. And you know,
24:19
Speaker 2: Jackson is just a heck of a team. They have
24:20
Speaker 2: one of better offensive lines in the state. Their defense
24:23
Speaker 2: has been completely suffocating. And Festus, you know, coming off
24:28
Speaker 2: that huge win against Farrington, they're able to dig themselves
24:30
Speaker 2: out of a big hole. But I mean, man, they
24:34
Speaker 2: cannot afford you to that this week. And if they
24:36
Speaker 2: find themselves down by twenty one in at any point
24:38
Speaker 2: against Jackson, that is, you could put the name on
24:41
Speaker 2: the call from for that game, because there's no way
24:43
Speaker 2: Festis comes back down twenty I don't think any any
24:45
Speaker 2: team can come back down twenty one against Jackson. That'd
24:48
Speaker 2: be tough to do. And you say, oh, well, CDC
24:51
Speaker 2: could come down back to twenty one. I don't think
24:54
Speaker 2: CBC would get down twenty one at Jackson in the
24:56
Speaker 2: first place.
24:56
Speaker 1: Well, let's put them in a situation like that. Let's
24:58
Speaker 1: just say it's a scenario. You start the game that
25:01
Speaker 1: zero zero, but you're losing twenty one now.
25:02
Speaker 2: So you're pretty much just saying, would CBC cover a
25:05
Speaker 2: twenty one point spread against Jackson? I think they would. Yeah, sure,
25:08
Speaker 2: but I'm not that's besides, that's super off Sun Jackson. Anyways, Jackson,
25:15
Speaker 2: they've been a heck of a team so as fastest,
25:17
Speaker 2: but I think Jackson is too. There are two talents
25:20
Speaker 2: for Festus to handle unfortunately, So I'm gonna go with
25:22
Speaker 2: the Indians to cover here. I'm gonna go with the over.
25:26
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you there wholeheartedly. I think Festus.
25:29
Speaker 1: This is a great game for Festus here, you know,
25:31
Speaker 1: good to They're gonna go into Class four be the
25:35
Speaker 1: one seed most likely even if they lose this game.
25:40
Speaker 1: So yeah, they're in really good shape. I think make
25:43
Speaker 1: make another run in Class four. Honestly so, it's just
25:46
Speaker 1: a nice, nice game to play against one of the
25:49
Speaker 1: top teams in the state, and hopefully they can get
25:51
Speaker 1: out of it injury free relatively, so no shame in
25:56
Speaker 1: losing to Jackson. But if Festis can make this a
25:58
Speaker 1: game that's even good to further, you know, make them
26:01
Speaker 1: look pretty good. So still still Jackson, Still the Indians.
26:05
Speaker 1: Uh with the over and covering.
26:08
Speaker 2: There you go, all right. Next September six, Game of
26:11
Speaker 2: the Week, we got U City at Jennings. This is
26:13
Speaker 2: a pick him Brothers fifty one and a half, our
26:16
Speaker 2: first pick him of the season. It is sports books
26:19
Speaker 2: getting a little confused by these two teams. I guess
26:22
Speaker 2: this is the Suburban Blue Conference championship game. This is
26:26
Speaker 2: such a huge matchup.
26:27
Speaker 1: I didn't think we'd be I know it's Jennings comes.
26:30
Speaker 2: Into this one seven to zero. Unfortunately their game against
26:32
Speaker 2: the Review how to get canceled due to the rain
26:34
Speaker 2: on Saturday, and then U City comes into this one
26:37
Speaker 2: seven to one. The The Cotton brothers for U City
26:41
Speaker 2: have been fantastic. Jayshon and Jalen Cotton have been their
26:47
Speaker 2: two leading receivers so far. Jalen especially has been great
26:50
Speaker 2: in the return game for him, and Dart Barber for
26:53
Speaker 2: U City twelve sacks so far in the year, Art Barber,
26:57
Speaker 2: that's an awesome name. Teddy Stevens a QB as well
27:01
Speaker 2: for the Lions has been great, and then for Jennings
27:03
Speaker 2: as well, you know, undefeated so far. Coach Jail Green's
27:07
Speaker 2: do an amazing job in his first year so far
27:09
Speaker 2: for him this year, and Jeremy Ingram has been an
27:13
Speaker 2: awesome QB over eleven hundred passing yards, twenty touchdowns, zero interceptions.
27:18
Speaker 2: Drell Ryol Anderson has been awesome a running back for him,
27:22
Speaker 2: and then this this Trevor Mullen leans the team in
27:27
Speaker 2: sacks as well, He's got five so far. But this
27:29
Speaker 2: game is so interesting because both these teams excuse me,
27:34
Speaker 2: have played admittedly a pretty easy schedule so far, like
27:39
Speaker 2: you know, Norman dy Afton, Dushen Brentman Clayton. Not the
27:44
Speaker 2: best of teams obviously for sure. So this is gonna
27:47
Speaker 2: be both teams first test, first big test of the
27:49
Speaker 2: year so far and just getst each other. So this
27:51
Speaker 2: is gonna be a very interesting matchup. This is gonna
27:55
Speaker 2: be a huge game, and that's gonna be a great
27:57
Speaker 2: crowd at Jennings. I know U City always going to
28:00
Speaker 2: bring a great away crowd. This is gonna be fun.
28:03
Speaker 2: It's me I honestly, if I had to pick, I'm
28:07
Speaker 2: coaching game on Friday, so obviously I'll be at that one.
28:10
Speaker 2: But if I had to pick a game.
28:13
Speaker 3: To go to, like if I was free, I would
28:15
Speaker 3: go to this game because this is this is the
28:19
Speaker 3: This is the who is ready to take the next
28:21
Speaker 3: step bowl, who is ready to face tough competition, face
28:26
Speaker 3: some decent talent, win and.
28:29
Speaker 2: Then coming to the playoffs with a good momentum and
28:32
Speaker 2: potentially move move conferences, which I think should happen. I mean,
28:38
Speaker 2: I think, I know, I know it's not, but at
28:42
Speaker 2: least if i'm if I'm either of these teams, I
28:44
Speaker 2: lobby to move conferences and get some tough competitions.
28:47
Speaker 1: Definitely, Like if both these teams can move the suburban Orange,
28:50
Speaker 1: I think that'd be a really nice fit.
28:51
Speaker 2: Mm hmm. I think this is gonna be a really
28:53
Speaker 2: close game. This is tough, and I think both these
28:55
Speaker 2: teams are very even that both these teams are very talented,
28:58
Speaker 2: both teams have great qbs. This is tough. I'm gonna
29:03
Speaker 2: go with I'm gonna go with Jennings. I'm gonna go
29:06
Speaker 2: with Jennings to win this one and I and cover
29:08
Speaker 2: mits pick them. I'll go with Jennings to cover. I
29:10
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be a really close game. I think
29:12
Speaker 2: both teams are very talented. I'm gonna go Jennings to
29:14
Speaker 2: win and I'll go with the over.
29:17
Speaker 1: You City probably has a tougher strength to schedule, just
29:22
Speaker 1: based on they've played Saint Genevieve and lost by thirteen
29:27
Speaker 1: and Saint Genevieve is a ranked team in Class four
29:29
Speaker 1: yep and to be and that was in week two.
29:31
Speaker 1: It would be interesting if like they would play again.
29:33
Speaker 1: And by the way, You City just for score Gommi
29:36
Speaker 1: they beat after an eighty to nothing.
29:38
Speaker 2: That was That was one of my friends of that game,
29:41
Speaker 2: and he said that it was just tough to watch.
29:45
Speaker 1: That's usually how it goes, turnover after turnover on that one. Yeah, fortunately,
29:50
Speaker 1: and yeah, Jennings, they've just they've only given up their
29:54
Speaker 1: first game of the season at McClure they won thirty
29:58
Speaker 1: three twenty six, and then ever since then they have
30:02
Speaker 1: just as their defense is only giving up fourteen points
30:04
Speaker 1: the rest of the season there, So I think I'm
30:09
Speaker 1: gonna go with you City to win this game. Like
30:13
Speaker 1: I think their defense is a little bit more diverse
30:16
Speaker 1: right there. Both teams are really good. I might change
30:20
Speaker 1: my mind after watching some more film on these teams,
30:24
Speaker 1: but right now I'm kind of favoring the Lions here
30:26
Speaker 1: and it would just kind of be a nice old
30:30
Speaker 1: school suburban East game. And you know, I'm gonna be
30:36
Speaker 1: There's a lot of great games this week, but I
30:39
Speaker 1: think I'm good. We're gonna try our best to get
30:40
Speaker 1: a camera after this game, so that's all I can
30:43
Speaker 1: promise you the people at this point right here, but
30:46
Speaker 1: should be. It's just it's just great to see these
30:48
Speaker 1: two teams play and a game that matters, and you know,
30:53
Speaker 1: both these programs, you know, new coaching staffs within two
30:56
Speaker 1: years just get turned around like this, and it's it's been.
30:59
Speaker 1: It's just really awesome to see and hopefully both these
31:02
Speaker 1: teams can make some noise in Class four for the playoffs.
31:06
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mentioned coach green Is it's it's his first
31:10
Speaker 2: year at Jennings and then coach will frank Coach Franklin
31:15
Speaker 2: his second year. You say he is an amazing job.
31:17
Speaker 2: You city has always had usually has always been able
31:21
Speaker 2: to keep decent talent at home, but they they haven't
31:26
Speaker 2: really been able to physically develop kids as goes other
31:29
Speaker 2: suburban teams. But they've been able to do a much
31:31
Speaker 2: better job at that in the past couple of years.
31:33
Speaker 2: And you know, class coach Franklin forget the most out
31:35
Speaker 2: of his kids. So this would be a very fun
31:37
Speaker 2: game to watch.
31:38
Speaker 1: They have like that. Really there's a real there's that
31:40
Speaker 1: really good uh JFL program, the U City or whatever,
31:43
Speaker 1: I forget the name. It's like they're black and red,
31:46
Speaker 1: that's their colors. But I don't think it's I don't
31:49
Speaker 1: believe it's a direct feeder team to the actual U
31:53
Speaker 1: City football program, So I don't think they have I
31:56
Speaker 1: don't think either program has a feeder middle school program.
31:59
Speaker 1: So just kind of depends who shows up at the doors,
32:02
Speaker 1: I guess every year. But no, they've done a great job.
32:06
Speaker 1: You see, He's always been a hotbed for or just
32:08
Speaker 1: talent in general in Saint Louis, So, so yeah, if
32:13
Speaker 1: they can just get their kids to stay, just get
32:15
Speaker 1: a sample, a decent portion, they're going to be good
32:18
Speaker 1: and they're going to have talent. It looks like they've
32:20
Speaker 1: they've done that and hopefully it only gets better too.
32:23
Speaker 1: So looking forward to looking forward to how that game
32:27
Speaker 1: pans out.
32:28
Speaker 2: For sure. The next step. Number five game of the
32:30
Speaker 2: week that Edwardsville at the SMET the SPT fair by
32:33
Speaker 2: six and a half. That, oh my gosh, the over
32:34
Speaker 2: owners at seventy two and a half.
32:36
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised.
32:37
Speaker 2: I know, I can't. You can't be based off the
32:40
Speaker 2: way these teams have been playing. Edwardsville is currently playing
32:43
Speaker 2: for their playoff lives. They're at four and four, are
32:45
Speaker 2: coming off the thirty point win against Alton. Edwardsville has
32:50
Speaker 2: to win this game make the playoffs. They have to there.
32:52
Speaker 2: I mean, if if they're four and five, they're out
32:55
Speaker 2: the SMET. They're four and four as well, but you
32:58
Speaker 2: know they're guaranteed to be in the playoffs being in Missouri. Yeah,
33:02
Speaker 2: and at least for this SMET. It's kind of a
33:05
Speaker 2: kind of a prove it game, Like you know, your
33:07
Speaker 2: defense just got humiliated against Cardinal Ratter. Yes, and Edwardsville's
33:10
Speaker 2: offense isn't as high flying as Cardinal Ritters, but can
33:14
Speaker 2: you bounce back and can you get right for what's
33:17
Speaker 2: going to be an extremely tough district for de Smet,
33:21
Speaker 2: so edwards Will definitely needs it more so I think
33:24
Speaker 2: that's gonna help them kind of plow with an edge there.
33:27
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna, yeah, I'm gonna go with edwards Will
33:31
Speaker 2: win this one here, and I'm gonna go with the over.
33:34
Speaker 1: Okay, It's interesting because I know Yale Weaver was injured
33:40
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, and I know their last game.
33:44
Speaker 1: They don't have their stats in their last game, but
33:46
Speaker 1: two weeks ago again, so found they do have their stats,
33:48
Speaker 1: and he was not playing in that game. In fact,
33:51
Speaker 1: that was that was Dean Williams who was in a
33:54
Speaker 1: quarterback for them. So I'm assuming if and I'm gonna
33:58
Speaker 1: assume here if Weavers not playing, I'm gonna I'm gonna
34:01
Speaker 1: give the edge of the set here in this game.
34:03
Speaker 1: I mean, because their offense that was really good against
34:06
Speaker 1: Carter Ritter and so I'm gonna have the lean there
34:13
Speaker 1: with the Smet in that game right there. And to
34:16
Speaker 1: be fair, I don't think that Edwardsville is not as
34:19
Speaker 1: explosives as Ritterter is just in general, but two really
34:26
Speaker 1: good offenses for sure, and two defenses that are not
34:30
Speaker 1: so good, but I'm still gonna go with the Spartans
34:35
Speaker 1: in this one. And unfortunately for Hours Will if that happens,
34:39
Speaker 1: they're they're not going to make the playoffs for the
34:41
Speaker 1: first time quite a while. I don't know the last
34:45
Speaker 1: time they didn't make the playoffs, but it's been quite
34:47
Speaker 1: a while. It might be the first time since we've
34:52
Speaker 1: been doing GSV that they have not made the playoffs.
34:54
Speaker 1: It's been nearly ten years.
34:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, it would be tough to see next time. Number
35:00
Speaker 2: War Game of the Week, we got hazel East at
35:01
Speaker 2: Parkway West has what East fired by two and a
35:04
Speaker 2: half points here the over runners at forty four and
35:06
Speaker 2: a half. We talked a bit on last episode about
35:10
Speaker 2: how Parkway West rushing attack was able to take a
35:14
Speaker 2: step forward against Pattonville, which you know is so huge,
35:18
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be so huge in a game like
35:20
Speaker 2: this where Hazes What East you know is gonna be
35:21
Speaker 2: physical in the trenches. They're gonna try and run the
35:24
Speaker 2: ball right in your face.
35:25
Speaker 1: And they have a good and defensively, they have a
35:27
Speaker 1: good secondary.
35:30
Speaker 2: And here's what he's coming off a nice rivalry winning
35:33
Speaker 2: in Hazelwood Central. They've been cruising the past few weeks
35:36
Speaker 2: against inferior competition, which is pretty huge. And you know this,
35:41
Speaker 2: this is class of style is right here. I mean
35:42
Speaker 2: Parkaly West is gonna try and picking pop Hazewoo East
35:45
Speaker 2: down the field and Hazel East is just gonna try
35:48
Speaker 2: an option option Parkay West to death. So we'll see
35:55
Speaker 2: can Parkway West linebackers physically hang with Haes what least
36:00
Speaker 2: offensive line.
36:00
Speaker 1: It's all about when you play Againstwies type of offense.
36:03
Speaker 1: It's all assignment based mm hm. So it's gonna come
36:08
Speaker 1: down to how strict is Parkway West on defense with
36:11
Speaker 1: their assignments and how can they stick to it.
36:13
Speaker 2: I don't know if I've seen the Padovill game was
36:16
Speaker 2: as huge. That's such a huge win for them just
36:19
Speaker 2: to physically bring it like the way they did. But
36:23
Speaker 2: I still think I'm gonna go with Hazwood East to
36:25
Speaker 2: win this game. I'm gonna go for them to cover
36:28
Speaker 2: and I'm gonna go with the.
36:29
Speaker 1: Under I'm gonna go with Parkway West to win the game.
36:33
Speaker 1: Here here's the thing with East, they have not won
36:37
Speaker 1: a game all year. They've only played They'll do in
36:39
Speaker 1: Parkman North with only two teams they played thus far
36:41
Speaker 1: with winning records and they lost both of them. Parkway West,
36:44
Speaker 1: they did a good job of taking them Pattonville, who's
36:47
Speaker 1: a decent team, and that was there, and they also
36:51
Speaker 1: had beaten Seckman. But I think Pattonville, obviously pat will
36:54
Speaker 1: prove they're a better team than second because they had
36:56
Speaker 1: beaten them themselves. So that was a good road win
36:59
Speaker 1: for them. And this is definitely, by far the most
37:04
Speaker 1: the best passing attack Hazel East has seen all season,
37:06
Speaker 1: so it'll be something a little different for them there,
37:09
Speaker 1: and it's just gotta I think it's just gonna come
37:11
Speaker 1: down to how disciplined that hazel Parkway West defense is
37:15
Speaker 1: gonna be. If they can stop the run, because you
37:18
Speaker 1: know this, the Spartans have a really good rushing attack
37:20
Speaker 1: with you know, Terrence Little nineteen rushing yards, thirteen rushing yards,
37:25
Speaker 1: but if they if West can stop him, and then
37:29
Speaker 1: that's gonna be huge because Hazelodies they don't have much
37:32
Speaker 1: of a passing attack. So that's where I think the
37:36
Speaker 1: difference in the game is gonna be. And but it's
37:40
Speaker 1: gonna be important for West. They got to get out
37:42
Speaker 1: to a fast start because they got out to a
37:43
Speaker 1: slow start against Pattonville and they got up to a
37:45
Speaker 1: slow start against Parkway North. So if they can get
37:47
Speaker 1: out to a fast start, especially get a multi multi
37:50
Speaker 1: score lead against Hazelo East, that's gonna be huge. So
37:53
Speaker 1: I'm kind of banking on them to do that there,
37:55
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be a big win for for West
37:59
Speaker 1: and for for maybe another.
38:00
Speaker 2: Team as well well. The over runner here.
38:03
Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the over all.
38:09
Speaker 2: Right, next up, big rivalry game here. We got Cardinal
38:13
Speaker 2: Ritter at Lutheran North, ridder fired by fifteen and a
38:15
Speaker 2: half points and the over Runners at sixteen and a half.
38:18
Speaker 2: We've seen how high flying winners offense has been lately,
38:22
Speaker 2: and I mean, if Manny Ellis can just he's so explosive,
38:30
Speaker 2: and if he could just do what he did to
38:33
Speaker 2: Luther North, what he did against De Smet and just
38:36
Speaker 2: find space and just use his elite straight line speed
38:39
Speaker 2: to just get down the field and rail off touchdowns
38:43
Speaker 2: like no one's business, then highlight rider here. I mean
38:46
Speaker 2: luther North. This is a good Lutheran North team. It's
38:49
Speaker 2: not as elite as has been in previous years. I
38:52
Speaker 2: mean in two times that they've they've played teams that
38:56
Speaker 2: are more talented. They've lost both of you. Actually we
39:00
Speaker 2: did you call Lutheran North the more talented team than Maryville?
39:02
Speaker 2: I mean, I can't answer that question because I have
39:04
Speaker 2: not seen Maryville play.
39:05
Speaker 1: Probably yeah, individually I would say so, but team was
39:10
Speaker 1: clearly not.
39:10
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I don't know if I trust Lutheran North
39:14
Speaker 2: here against a really good team. So I'm gonna go
39:16
Speaker 2: with Rider to cover here, and I'm gonna go with
39:18
Speaker 2: the over.
39:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean after watching I mean a little biased
39:21
Speaker 1: because I saw them up close, But yeah, I would.
39:24
Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if Rider were to lose this game,
39:27
Speaker 1: and they have a great opportunity to get the clinch
39:30
Speaker 1: to one seed in their district, especially if if, if,
39:34
Speaker 1: if Parkway West can beat hazel At East, that's gonna
39:36
Speaker 1: help out Rider get the one seed, and it also
39:38
Speaker 1: helps out Ludu get the two seed if Ludu can
39:40
Speaker 1: take care of business against Fox too. So yeah, but
39:44
Speaker 1: I would imagine I think Luther North might actually put
39:47
Speaker 1: up a better, potentially better fight than this met it
39:49
Speaker 1: because I think I don't think Luther North's defense is
39:51
Speaker 1: that bad. They're not. I don't think they're gonna give
39:54
Speaker 1: up over sixty points. They just lack depth. Honestly, they
39:57
Speaker 1: have a pretty good they pretty good star. They just
40:00
Speaker 1: lacked depth, not like unlike what they've had the last
40:02
Speaker 1: few years. So if they can stay healthy, keep their
40:05
Speaker 1: energy up, I think they have a good chance of
40:07
Speaker 1: being in the game and making it competitive. And I mean, hey,
40:10
Speaker 1: last year was an all time great game between Luther
40:13
Speaker 1: North and Ritter.
40:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, game of the century.
40:16
Speaker 1: It's out. It's I mean it's at Luther North too.
40:19
Speaker 1: And but a while since Luther North has lost at home.
40:23
Speaker 1: I mean last year they didn't, and I think twenty
40:25
Speaker 1: twenty three I don't think they lost at home as well.
40:28
Speaker 1: So it's been a few years and they always put
40:30
Speaker 1: up a good fight. But I think that changes. Finally,
40:33
Speaker 1: I just corner Ritter. I think is just gonna be
40:36
Speaker 1: too much. I do have them covering that spread and
40:40
Speaker 1: I will take the over. I mean too, gonna have
40:44
Speaker 1: a great quarterback play, gonna have I think good running
40:46
Speaker 1: back to play on both sides of the ball with
40:47
Speaker 1: Martez Stevenson running back, Jonathan Moore quarterback for Luther North,
40:51
Speaker 1: and they got pretty good receivers as well. It's just
40:54
Speaker 1: gonna be Ridder that they got more depth. They have
40:56
Speaker 1: a lot of depth as well, So I think that's
40:58
Speaker 1: just I think that's just gonna be the gonna be
41:00
Speaker 1: the difference right there. You got two fast teams and
41:02
Speaker 1: Juster's got more depth ultimately, and I just think that.
41:04
Speaker 1: And I think their defense is better too, so at
41:08
Speaker 1: least up from But then again, we saw their defense
41:09
Speaker 1: not be so good last week, so that could be
41:12
Speaker 1: wrong there.
41:13
Speaker 2: All right, next step, so erer number two game of
41:15
Speaker 2: the week, we got slew High at Rockhurst. Rockhurst traded
41:19
Speaker 2: by two and a half points. Here the over runs
41:20
Speaker 2: at forty eight and a half.
41:23
Speaker 1: The two.
41:25
Speaker 2: Catholic all boys schools in this state that are have
41:27
Speaker 2: the same mascot as their college counterparts, but the junior
41:31
Speaker 2: version of each one, the Hawklets and the Junior Bills. Yeah,
41:36
Speaker 2: I think that the key to the game here. Well,
41:39
Speaker 2: first a quick run rundown on Rockhurst. There's six and
41:43
Speaker 2: two so far their best wins. I guess you could
41:46
Speaker 2: say we're a goingst the least some of the West and
41:48
Speaker 2: before and then Saint Thomas Aquinas of Kansas and week
41:52
Speaker 2: seven or two losses came to Blue Springs Liberty North
41:56
Speaker 2: for slew High the key here. Can Kyron MLB get
42:01
Speaker 2: rid of the ball on the short passing concepts. If
42:05
Speaker 2: he can do that, then I like Slew High to
42:07
Speaker 2: win this game outright, And you know, I think it's
42:13
Speaker 2: It's obviously gonna be easier for slu High for for
42:17
Speaker 2: pass protection at least compared to playing CDC. I mean,
42:21
Speaker 2: I trust Slew High's defense to do amazing. I mean,
42:24
Speaker 2: I I still really really like their defense. I mean, shoot,
42:32
Speaker 2: Tylich has eight sacks for for slu High, Anthony Busby
42:38
Speaker 2: has four sacks. Ken Kendam nuts been great for him
42:43
Speaker 2: as well. But then obviously, I mean the Missoo commit
42:48
Speaker 2: Keenan Harris. He was a freaking problem for CBC to
42:51
Speaker 2: deal with, and he's gonna be a problem for Rockhers
42:55
Speaker 2: as well. And I'm not sure what Rockhers is gonna
42:57
Speaker 2: do to combat the slew High pass rush. So I'm
43:01
Speaker 2: gonna go with Slew High to win this game, and
43:03
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the.
43:03
Speaker 1: Under Yeah, I'm going the same thing as well. Rockhurst
43:09
Speaker 1: struggled to move the ball against Liberty North last week,
43:11
Speaker 1: and I mean they're the Liberty North is a pretty
43:13
Speaker 1: good team as well. Don't get me wrong, but slu's
43:17
Speaker 1: got a incredible defense, and I think they kind of
43:20
Speaker 1: keep it up against rock Hurst. Gonna be tough on
43:23
Speaker 1: the road all the way out in Kansas City and
43:26
Speaker 1: suburban Kansas City. And you know, Rockhurst has been they're
43:31
Speaker 1: in classified and they've been ranked all season there and
43:36
Speaker 1: they've gotten the better of Slew these last I think
43:39
Speaker 1: two seasons now they've played. And I still like the
43:46
Speaker 1: Junior Bills though they just got to I think they
43:48
Speaker 1: just gotta shore some things up on offense, honestly, because
43:52
Speaker 1: I got absolutely no problem. I got no qualms with
43:54
Speaker 1: their defense. I mean, how really, how could you honestly
43:56
Speaker 1: at this point. So yeah, it's gonna be a low
43:59
Speaker 1: scoring game, and I think Slew edges Rockers all right.
44:04
Speaker 2: Next up to a number one game of the week,
44:07
Speaker 2: East Saint Louis at IMG. The as Senators are feared
44:11
Speaker 2: by fourteen and a half the over runs at fifty
44:13
Speaker 2: two and a half. So right now, Max Preps has
44:17
Speaker 2: IMG ranked as the first team in Florida and the
44:21
Speaker 2: fourth best team nationally. They have not had a one
44:26
Speaker 2: score game all year. Their closest game was a twenty
44:29
Speaker 2: seven to fourteen winning against Venice and for some context,
44:33
Speaker 2: Max PEPs Is Venice runters the eighteenth best team in Florida.
44:36
Speaker 2: Venice is a really really good team in Florida, A
44:39
Speaker 2: six nationally And I mean, shoot, I mean everyone knows
44:44
Speaker 2: who I'MG is. The I'MG is one of those schools
44:47
Speaker 2: where it's like, you know I'MG. East Sint Lewis, Saint
44:52
Speaker 2: John Bosco, Modern Day De La Salle, Allen, Texas, everyone.
44:57
Speaker 2: They're one of those ten teams that everyone knows who
45:00
Speaker 2: they are. No matter what state you're from, you've definitely
45:03
Speaker 2: heard of them because there's just an elite team that
45:06
Speaker 2: gets a bunch of talent from not only around Florida,
45:09
Speaker 2: around the country to come play down there in Bradenton.
45:12
Speaker 2: And they didn't even play a regular Florida high school schedule.
45:14
Speaker 2: They just search for the best teams in the country
45:16
Speaker 2: to play and they play them, and they recognize that
45:19
Speaker 2: East St. Louis is one of the best teams in
45:20
Speaker 2: the country and they play them. And a quick shout
45:26
Speaker 2: out to Jabari Lofton. He had an amazing game against O'Fallon.
45:31
Speaker 2: He had I believe he has sack at interceptions several
45:34
Speaker 2: tackles as well. He's been one of the main guys
45:36
Speaker 2: on that flyer defense to really swarm the ball and
45:39
Speaker 2: make a toen of tackles. I mean, East Louis has
45:42
Speaker 2: been amazing. I'm not sure it's funny. Actually, if you
45:45
Speaker 2: look at East Louis the stats of the old found game,
45:47
Speaker 2: they had everything in there except the passing stats. So
45:50
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if they have Ree Shanklin back in
45:53
Speaker 2: there as the QB or if they are sticking with
45:55
Speaker 2: Jaden Wilson. I don't know if Shanklin's hurt, but both
45:59
Speaker 2: guys have put up decent stats so far, Chaklin and
46:03
Speaker 2: Wilson for QB. I know my son Johnson.
46:06
Speaker 1: Cook he's been their MVP. I would imagine, Oh.
46:09
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been almost unstoppable running the ball as well.
46:12
Speaker 2: I mean i'mnt Coleman as well. Running the ball has
46:14
Speaker 2: been incredible, both guys averaging eleven point four yards for carry.
46:18
Speaker 2: So this one, I mean, East Louis is an amazing,
46:20
Speaker 2: amazing team, but geez img, just is darn near a
46:27
Speaker 2: D two college team give the amount of talent they
46:29
Speaker 2: have in that team. So long flight for eastt Lewis.
46:34
Speaker 2: But they are the Flyers, so hopeing they can handle.
46:36
Speaker 1: That they played. This will be a noon game on Saturday.
46:42
Speaker 2: Is it noon Central, noon eastern? You know, I believe
46:45
Speaker 2: noon Eastern.
46:47
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean it's shack Okay, we'll do that.
46:51
Speaker 2: Okay. So s H High School sports website says it's
46:55
Speaker 2: at six.
46:56
Speaker 1: Pm Friday on Friday, Oh okay, incorrectively.
47:02
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure to Saturday.
47:04
Speaker 1: I looked at on IMG schedule and that's preps.
47:06
Speaker 2: And that's prep Saturday game. So I'm not got some
47:10
Speaker 2: conflicting scheduling here.
47:12
Speaker 1: But anyways, I don't we will not be there to
47:14
Speaker 1: film it.
47:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's quite a ways away and southern part
47:20
Speaker 2: of the Florida Peninsulane.
47:22
Speaker 1: But if it was northern part of Flora like Tallahassee,
47:25
Speaker 1: I think I would have given it a go.
47:28
Speaker 2: Uh But yeah, I hate taking against East Lewis if
47:31
Speaker 2: they're an incredible team. But IMG is just unreal. So
47:36
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the centers to cover here, and
47:38
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go.
47:38
Speaker 1: With the over Yeah, it's I'm trying to look at
47:42
Speaker 1: some players for IMG, but I mean, you got it's
47:46
Speaker 1: I won't bore you with them. They have they are
47:47
Speaker 1: absolutely loaded, and I I will go with IMG and
47:55
Speaker 1: I will covers. I'll pick them the cover as well.
47:59
Speaker 1: I mean that'd be if St. Louis can can cover
48:02
Speaker 1: this would this.
48:02
Speaker 2: Would be one of the biggest wins in program history.
48:05
Speaker 1: If you Saint Louis can win this game, well they
48:07
Speaker 1: almost did last year, almost did, probably should have.
48:12
Speaker 2: I have them. I'm still annoying East Louis for losing
48:16
Speaker 2: that game last year because they were talented enough to
48:18
Speaker 2: win the game, and they played they they made very
48:21
Speaker 2: few mistakes and they should have won that game. But
48:25
Speaker 2: m just couldn't quite get it down.
48:27
Speaker 1: But special teams are the most important.
48:30
Speaker 2: Part three phase of the game. Gotta have nailed.
48:33
Speaker 1: Down fourteen to thirteen game. They lost that on a
48:36
Speaker 1: P A T and IMG scored on a fourth down,
48:41
Speaker 1: so that was also a really clutch played by them
48:43
Speaker 1: to do that. So I mean, just it could have.
48:46
Speaker 1: It just came kind of down to that one play.
48:48
Speaker 1: But man, I wish this game was played at a
48:52
Speaker 1: neutral site just to make it a little closer and
48:54
Speaker 1: then like I totally would be there to film it.
48:56
Speaker 1: But it's too bad. Oh well, it didn't work.
48:58
Speaker 2: Out.
48:59
Speaker 1: Yeah, going with the ascenders in this one. And that's
49:04
Speaker 1: our picks for Week nine. And we got an awesome
49:07
Speaker 1: slated games for this week. And it's always always kind
49:13
Speaker 1: of a nice headache to have in order to you know,
49:16
Speaker 1: film whatever game we're gonna go to. But I will
49:18
Speaker 1: be in Halaia, I will be in I'll be in
49:21
Speaker 1: Jefferson City at Halias Catholic to film the Lift for
49:23
Speaker 1: Life Halias game on Thursday. And and then that's what
49:28
Speaker 1: all I can confirm to you guys right now, currently
49:31
Speaker 1: figuring out what we'll do on Friday, but hopefully we'll
49:33
Speaker 1: have a good enough of our of our videographers around
49:37
Speaker 1: the film games for you guys. So okay, well that'll
49:40
Speaker 1: do it for the week nine previews and we'll be
49:43
Speaker 1: back starting on Sunday do our Missouri and Illinois football
49:48
Speaker 1: previews playoffs for the playoffs.
49:50
Speaker 2: So I can't wait get any fun time of the year.
49:53
Speaker 1: All right, we'll see you guys then.
49:55
Speaker 2: Peace.