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WEEK 9 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games of the Picks · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue Show. Today we'll
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Speaker 1: be going over the Week 9 Top 15 Games of
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Speaker 1: the Week. It's the last week of the regular season
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Speaker 1: in Missouri, and it's the opening round of the newly
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Speaker 1: formed IHSA playoffs where there are 48 teams in each class.
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Speaker 1: There's eight classes there, and we've got a handful of
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Speaker 1: them that we'll be talking about. There's more. There's a
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Speaker 1: decent amount of teams in the 618 locally. especially in
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Speaker 1: Class 4. A lot of teams have qualified in Class 4.
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Speaker 1: So if you guys don't know this, they changed the
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Speaker 1: rules where more teams can get in, which means there
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Speaker 1: are some teams with two wins in each class that
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Speaker 1: get into the playoffs. And for Missouri folks, they may say, well,
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Speaker 1: everybody here qualifies, so why is this a big problem?
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Speaker 1: But it is I wouldn't say it's a problem, it's
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Speaker 1: just there's a lot of controversy behind it.
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Speaker 2: It's a problem because it restricts the summer schedule even
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Speaker 2: more than it already is.
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Speaker 1: There's that, yes.
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Speaker 2: That's a huge problem.
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Speaker 1: They literally ignored the medical advice.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Players need time to get acclimated to full contact
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Speaker 2: football just to help reduce injury risk.
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Speaker 1: That's an argument that you can't win. Yeah, and.
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Speaker 2: It's happening in the NFL right now. They constricted the
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Speaker 2: preseason and a lot of guys aren't happy about it
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Speaker 2: because they're just not getting used to ball, to ball yet.
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Speaker 1: So, yeah, well the excuse for the people who really
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Speaker 1: want this is it's, it's for the kids, you know,
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Speaker 1: this is to give them one more week and all that.
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Speaker 1: But it's like, well, what if it becomes actual, you know,
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Speaker 1: health and safety issue? Then there's, there's, they're quiet after that. So, um,
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Speaker 1: it's one of among, well, not to dampen the mood
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Speaker 1: because I'm really excited about this at the same time. Um,
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Speaker 1: But that's a big talking point. Before the season, it
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Speaker 1: was voted on, I think, last December.
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Speaker 2: We did our thoughts about it before the season started,
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Speaker 2: and once it finishes, we'll break down the results, and
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Speaker 2: we'll do a whole big show about this first year
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Speaker 2: of the revamped IHSA playoff system, probably in late December
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Speaker 2: or January, when we can actually get the stats together,
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Speaker 2: take a good... analytical look at it. Did it work?
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Speaker 2: Should it stay the same? Should it change? We'll do
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Speaker 2: a show like that for sure. But for now, first
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Speaker 2: game we got this week in Week 9. It is
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Speaker 2: in the first round of the Illinois Class 7 playoffs.
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Speaker 2: It is Lincoln Park out of Chicago at Edwardsville. Edwardsville
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Speaker 2: is here by 12.5 points. The overrun is at 47.5.
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Speaker 2: Lincoln Park, they are 4-5, and Edwardsville is also 4-5.
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Speaker 2: The winner of this game will... travel to normal community
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Speaker 2: high school, and they're the number one. Well, IHSA has
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Speaker 2: them as the number one team in Class 7.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's not a bad drive at all for
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Speaker 1: actually one of the best possible places they could drive
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Speaker 1: to if they win the game because when it's Class
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Speaker 1: 7 and 8, it's mostly Chicago teams. So the fact
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Speaker 1: that you still get to play potentially a central Illinois
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Speaker 1: team is much better news than having to go up
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Speaker 1: all the way to Chicago.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Edwardsville, we haven't talked about them too much
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Speaker 2: the past few weeks, but defensively they've been there. I mean,
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Speaker 2: the last three weeks they've played a foul on Bilbo
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Speaker 2: West and Collinsville, and they've allowed just 24 combined points
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Speaker 2: over the past three weeks as a whole. So that's
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Speaker 2: pretty good. We'll see if they can get Dean Williams going.
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Speaker 2: He's kind of been the main guy for the Tigers offense,
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Speaker 2: passing and running it. We'll see how effective he can be.
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Speaker 2: I think Edmondsville is going to win, but I'll take
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Speaker 2: Lincoln Park to cover, and I'll go with the under.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is an interesting Lincoln Park team. I mean,
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Speaker 1: they're from the Chicago Public League, which is really well-known
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Speaker 1: for basketball, but not so much for football. I think
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Speaker 1: it's been a really long time since they had a
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Speaker 1: football team win a state championship there. It's already hard
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Speaker 1: enough as it is, just being in Chicago and trying
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Speaker 1: to get out of there into the district, or not district,
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Speaker 1: but in the playoffs, just because there's a lot of
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Speaker 1: really good teams. They're 4-5. They are... They've only scored
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Speaker 1: 102 points this season, but they haven't given up a
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Speaker 1: ton of points as well. It looks like they have
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Speaker 1: three wins over five and four teams, North Lawndale Charters, Curry,
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Speaker 1: and then Payton, who they most recently beat this past Saturday.
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Speaker 1: They do have a 9-7 win over Adminson, who's 3-6,
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Speaker 1: and they're also a Chicago Public League team. So they
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Speaker 1: got kind of a funky schedule and they lost 34-14
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Speaker 1: to Marmion Academy, who's a Chicago Catholic League team. Marmion,
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Speaker 1: because they're 3-6, they made the playoffs as well. They
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Speaker 1: haven't really played any big-time teams. They haven't played any
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Speaker 1: particularly terrible teams. Again, it's kind of a funky record.
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Speaker 1: 1-4 in conference play. I just like Edwardsville in this
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Speaker 1: one more. I got to see them play against East St.
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Speaker 2: Louis.
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Speaker 1: Had a great first half against them, especially their defense.
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Speaker 1: I just think Edwardsville's a little bit more battle-tested. You
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Speaker 1: look at their schedule, who they've played this season. They've
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Speaker 1: played Kankakee, Jackson, Morgan Park, East St. Louis, and then
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Speaker 1: probably their best win is defeating Beville East 27-0, so
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Speaker 1: that's It's shown that their defense can be pretty good,
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Speaker 1: and they've been pretty solid as of late. Really, ever
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Speaker 1: since the Morgan Park game where they gave up 32 points,
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Speaker 1: their defense has been pretty locked in. They gave up
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Speaker 1: 35 to East St. Louis.
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Speaker 2: Who doesn't? Any Illinois team would allow 35 to East St.
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Speaker 1: Louis. It's usually who gives up more than 50. For
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Speaker 1: what it's worth, it's tied for the third lowest amount
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Speaker 1: they've scored this season. for what it's worth. And then, yeah,
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Speaker 1: they had a close loss to O'Fallon, 17-13, but then
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Speaker 1: they shut out Belleville West, and then they beat Collinsville 37-7.
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Speaker 1: So their defense has been pretty good. And therefore, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to go with Edwardsville to cover, and I'll take
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Speaker 1: the under.
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Speaker 2: All right. So staying in Illinois, but shifting over to
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Speaker 2: the Class 4 bracket, we've got Jerseyville at Peoria, Notre Dame.
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Speaker 2: Notre Dame is favored by 10.5 points. Syracuse overruns at 51.5.
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Speaker 2: This Jerseyville team, they're a scrappy team. This is a
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Speaker 2: 4-5 football team that very well could be 7-2 or 8-1.
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Speaker 2: They got several one-score losses to really solid teams. I
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Speaker 2: remember back in weeks 5 and 6, they had those
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Speaker 2: back-to-back 14-7 losses to Bree Central and Freebird, respectively. They
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Speaker 2: lost to a solid CM team, 32-29. And they lost
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Speaker 2: to Jacksonville, 34-27 back in week 1. So this is
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Speaker 2: a team that's been in it. Pretty much every game
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Speaker 2: except against Centralia, but Centralia is one of the best teams,
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Speaker 2: I think, in Class 4.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're the one seed.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so shoot, that's okay. Yeah, so Jerseyville, they have
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Speaker 2: a 20 seed in pure Notre Dame. They're the 13 seed,
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Speaker 2: and right now they are 6-3.
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Speaker 1: They don't really have a bad loss.
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Speaker 2: They don't. They've played 17s during the playoffs. Their losses
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Speaker 2: are to Normal Community, who we kind of just talked about.
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Speaker 2: They're 9-0, and they're in Class 7. Normal Community West,
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Speaker 2: they're 8-1. That's Notre Dame's other loss. And then they
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Speaker 2: lost to Richmond Burton, 4-2-0, who was also undefeated. That
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Speaker 2: was back in Week 1. So, kind of like Mizzou
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Speaker 2: from previous seasons, where they play a really, really good team.
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Speaker 2: They're going to lose, but they take care of business
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Speaker 2: against everyone else.
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Speaker 1: So, I guess....
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Speaker 2: Again, I don't really know anything about Peoria Notre Dame,
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Speaker 2: but just based off that theme, I'll pick them to
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Speaker 2: stay consistent, and I'll go with them to cover, and
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Speaker 2: I'll go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they're kind of a little bit of
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Speaker 1: a battle-tested team, and they had a close win over
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Speaker 1: Bloomington High School. Actually, no, they lost to Bloomington High School,
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Speaker 1: who's 4-5, so I don't know if that's a bad loss,
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Speaker 1: but it's kind of something there. Like, I'd love to
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Speaker 1: pick Jerseyville because they're a solid 4-5. Probably their worst
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Speaker 1: loss was the Civic Memorial, who's also a playoff team too,
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Speaker 1: but 32-29, especially considering that they lost to Bree Central
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Speaker 1: and Freedberg, both 14-7. Close loss against Jacksonville. Like you said,
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Speaker 1: the only team who's really thoroughly beat them this season
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Speaker 1: is Centralia, so Notre Dame, I'm definitely not that comfortable
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Speaker 1: going into this game. It's definitely not a pushover of
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Speaker 1: an opponent, and probably more than that. Jerseyville, they can
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Speaker 1: throw and they can run. Trevor Tucker's had a great season,
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Speaker 1: just shy of 1,200 yards for 12 rushing touchdowns on
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Speaker 1: the year. And then Andrew Koenig has thrown eight touchdowns
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Speaker 1: and four interceptions, 734 passing yards as well. He's also
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Speaker 1: rushed for 289 yards and five touchdowns. So, you know,
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Speaker 1: this is a good Jerseyville team. I really think so.
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Speaker 1: And they've got some, you know, like Koenig and Tucker
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Speaker 1: are two seniors there. So I think this is a
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Speaker 1: well-rounded team overall. And I just don't know a ton, obviously, about...
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Speaker 1: Notre Dame, but I'll have Jerseyville covering and I will...
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Speaker 1: take the over.
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Speaker 2: Alright, staying in the IHSA Class 4 bracket, we've got
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Speaker 2: East Peoria at Cahokia. Cahokia is favored by 9.5, the
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Speaker 2: overrun is at 49.5. Cahokia, we've talked about a bunch
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Speaker 2: so far this year, 6-3 so far in the season.
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Speaker 2: The IHSA media ranking has them at number 8 in
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Speaker 2: all of Class 4, actually. But the bracket has them
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Speaker 2: seeded at number 11. And then East Peoria, they are
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Speaker 2: 4-5 so far in the year. Would have maybe made
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Speaker 2: it in in the previous system at a 4-win team.
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Speaker 1: No, they wouldn't have. Probably not.
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Speaker 2: Okay, well, sometimes, like last year, Edwardsville was 4-5 and
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Speaker 2: they made it in.
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Speaker 1: But that was really rare. Yeah, so there were rare.
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Speaker 2: Occasions where 4-win teams would make it in, but Nowadays,
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Speaker 2: every four-win team makes it in. Almost every three-win team
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Speaker 2: makes it in. Even some two-and-seven teams in the playoffs.
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Speaker 1: But, yeah, historically, if you have four wins, you're not
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Speaker 1: getting in.
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Speaker 2: You need some luck.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, looks like they... They have one loss to a
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Speaker 2: below-500 team. That was a couple weeks ago to Washington.
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Speaker 1: Who are playing Mascuda.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and.
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Speaker 2: East Peoria has only defeated teams with two or fewer losses,
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Speaker 2: or three or fewer losses, excuse me.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And Cahokia is just a really darn good ball team.
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Speaker 2: You know what? Here's my side prediction. Hartles Holman gets
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Speaker 2: six or more catches for 120 or more yards.
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Speaker 1: That's my prediction.
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Speaker 2: I'll pick Cahokia to win this one pretty easily, and
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Speaker 2: I'll go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. I have them covering. I'll go with
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Speaker 1: the over there. You know, this is a battle test
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Speaker 1: of Cahokia team. I mean, they've played their they got
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Speaker 1: some pretty competitive losses. Yeah. I mean, they got, they
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Speaker 1: were beating Morris at halftime. It was, uh, you know,
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Speaker 1: number of highest seeded team in class five, but then
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Speaker 1: they proceeded to give up 30 points to them. I mean,
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Speaker 1: they almost beats, you know, they were like a defensive
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Speaker 1: stop away from, you know, beating St. Mary's and, uh,
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Speaker 1: and they had a, a close loss to Metamora. So, um, there,
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Speaker 1: and here we go right here. I mean, we got
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Speaker 1: a Metamora is a common point between East PR and Koki.
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Speaker 1: I mean, East Peoria lost to Metamora 46-0, and Cahokia
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Speaker 1: lost to Metamora 22-15. So if you go off of that,
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Speaker 1: I think that says a lot right there. Yeah. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: we'll go with– there's just really nothing impressive about– that
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Speaker 1: kind of pops off about East Peoria and Cahokia. I mean,
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Speaker 1: obviously we know them a lot better, but they just
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Speaker 1: seem to be a more battle-tested and a more competitive
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Speaker 1: team overall, especially with some of the close losses they
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Speaker 1: have this season.
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Speaker 2: Heading over to the Class 3 bracket in Illinois, we've
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Speaker 2: got Harrisburg at Altaf. Altaf is favored by 7.5 points.
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Speaker 2: The Overns at 58.5. Altaf, we haven't talked too much
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Speaker 2: about so far this year. They've quietly put together a
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Speaker 2: decent year. They're 6-3 so far.
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Speaker 1: Definitely better than a year ago.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. And then their opponent in Harrisburg, let's
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Speaker 2: see here.
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Speaker 1: Harrisburg has a really bad loss to Heron.
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Speaker 2: 24-21. They're 5-4. In previous years, Harrisburg will be one
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Speaker 2: of those teams that barely sneaks into the playoffs.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: This is the 15-18 seed game. The winner of this
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Speaker 2: game will play St. Joseph Ogden, who is 9-0 so far.
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Speaker 2: One of the higher ranked teams in all of Class 3.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, Altaf....
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Speaker 2: They haven't done anything too crazy so far this year,
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Speaker 2: but they do have some, a couple of handful of
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Speaker 2: decent wins.
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Speaker 1: I mean, they're coming off of a 49, nothing lost
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Speaker 1: a really good Sycamore team, but they've beaten Roxanna, all,
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Speaker 1: all Marquette and modern day Mount Vernon. Um, they put
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Speaker 1: up a lot of points.
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Speaker 2: Um, Stephen Brown's got.
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Speaker 1: They're averaging 39 points a game, but they're also giving
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Speaker 1: up 33 points a game.
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Speaker 2: Stephen Brown's up there in points leaders of the area.
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Speaker 2: He's got 18 touchdowns so far this season.
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Speaker 1: Here's a quarterback we've not said a thing about. Mason Thacker.
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Speaker 1: He's thrown for 1,189 yards with 15 touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Speaker 1: I know he's a senior quarterback. He's waited his time
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Speaker 1: behind Jaden Ellington, who's now at East St.
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Speaker 2: Louis.
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Speaker 1: He's put together a good season.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, given how prolific Althoff's offense is, I'll pick them
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Speaker 2: to cover, and I'll go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they got, you know, three pretty good
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Speaker 1: weapons at receiver, and they got Steven Brown and, you know,
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Speaker 1: running back, and, you know, Thacker can throw and run,
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Speaker 1: so it could potentially be a pretty high-scoring game, so
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Speaker 1: I'll take Althoff, and I'll take the over. Okay.
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Speaker 2: Next up. Going over some of the Missouri games for
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Speaker 2: a bit here. We've got Francis Howell at Chaminade. Very
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Speaker 2: interesting out-of-conference matchup here. Chaminade's favorite at 5.5 points. The
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Speaker 2: overrun's at 40.5. We talked a lot about Chaminade's win
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Speaker 2: over Live for Life this past week and how defensively
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Speaker 2: they just totally contained the Hawks. Against a good Live
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Speaker 2: for Life defense, they just did everything they needed to
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Speaker 2: do to win. And then Francis Howell, they took care
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Speaker 2: of business against Francis Howell North. Howell has... I mean, defensively,
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Speaker 2: Howell has been excellent since they played St. Pius X
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Speaker 2: in Week 3. The KC St. Pius X, I should say.
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Speaker 2: All throughout conference play, and this includes a loss to Troy,
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Speaker 2: a very close loss, they allowed 38 points over five games. Very,
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Speaker 2: very impressive stuff. The front seven's really good at getting
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Speaker 2: the ball, not missing tackles. They also have five different
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Speaker 2: guys at the interception this year, so their whole secondary
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Speaker 2: is all over the place. Tucker Sweden leads the way
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Speaker 2: in tackles for the Vikings. And then Brock Nichols has
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Speaker 2: the most tackles for a loss on the team. And sacks.
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Speaker 2: He's got five sacks so far this year. So this
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Speaker 2: is a defense that's been flying pretty far under the
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Speaker 2: radar so far this year. But it's a solid defense.
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Speaker 2: He's been getting better week by week. I'm going to pick...
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Speaker 2: you know what, I'll pick Francis Howell to win the
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Speaker 2: game here and cover, and I'll go with the under.
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Speaker 1: I've really, I mean, the Shyamalan's really grown on me
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Speaker 1: like the last few weeks of the season. You know,
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Speaker 1: for them to, I know it's not that, it doesn't
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Speaker 1: look so impressive now, but, you know, they really took
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Speaker 1: a part in Vianney when I saw them play. And,
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Speaker 1: you know, but then they had a, and I know
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Speaker 1: it's another 2-16, but I thought it was a nice
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Speaker 1: win for them to beat Lift for Life. And then
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Speaker 1: they put up 35 points against CBC. Yeah, their defense
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Speaker 1: is probably not the greatest, but still they were pretty
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Speaker 1: competitive with CBC. They beat St. Dominic, which is a
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Speaker 1: pretty good win right now, too. Mo Smith is really
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Speaker 1: hard to contain. They have a good receiving core. They
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Speaker 1: have good athletes all around their offense and their defense.
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Speaker 1: They don't have a ton of standouts, but they're pretty
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Speaker 1: scrappy and they get the job done. They have a
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Speaker 1: decent secondary. Um, I mean, they, they got some two
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Speaker 1: way players, um, which, you know, could potentially play a
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Speaker 1: factor of, you know, how tired they get. Um, didn't
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Speaker 1: seem to play much of a factor against live for
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Speaker 1: life though. Yeah. So they only gave up eight points and, uh,
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Speaker 1: they've just been really steady this season. Uh, overall, I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 1: they haven't, I mean, their only losses are the slew
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Speaker 1: to Smet and CBC, but they beaten everybody else that
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Speaker 1: they probably should be beating or if it's, or in
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Speaker 1: a way, almost like a toss up and they win
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Speaker 1: those games too. So, That's why I got them beating Howell.
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Speaker 1: I'll have Chaminade covering, and I'll take the over. It
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Speaker 1: should be noted that Myles Lowe did not play for
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Speaker 1: Chaminade last week. He's a good athlete, kind of a
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Speaker 1: key player for them. He's their primary running back. They
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Speaker 1: didn't have him against Lift for Life, so potentially something
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Speaker 1: to keep an eye on right there. But I still
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Speaker 1: got Chaminade winning this game.
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Speaker 2: Alright, shifting over to the Rockwood School District here, we
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Speaker 2: got Marquette at Rockwood Summit. Marquette favored by 2.5 points,
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Speaker 2: here the overruns at 42.5. These are two teams that
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Speaker 2: have had really back and forth seasons as a whole.
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Speaker 2: They've had a lot of good moments, but also a
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Speaker 2: lot of bad at the same time. They've got talent,
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Speaker 2: but they're just kind of inconsistent. Both teams are now
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Speaker 2: at 4-4, looking to finish the season above. 500. and
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Speaker 2: kind of jockey for standings in the suburban yellow. Eureka has, well,
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Speaker 2: I mean, Eureka plays... What.
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Speaker 1: Do you mean? What are you talking about Eureka for?
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Speaker 2: I'm thinking about the conference standings here.
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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Eureka plays Lindbergh this week, which we'll talk about in
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Speaker 2: a bit. Again, they should win. Marquette and Summit both
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Speaker 2: won three in conference, so looking to finish in the
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Speaker 2: top half of conference here if whoever wins this.
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Speaker 1: But.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Summit's defense has been pretty good, and then Marquette,
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Speaker 2: they almost came back and beat Lindbergh, which would have
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Speaker 2: been a crazy end of game comeback. But, I don't know, Marquette,
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Speaker 2: Colton Richards, he's a good QB. I mean, he keeps
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Speaker 2: the ball safe most of the time. It's just defensively,
19:34
Speaker 2: sometimes Marquette can blow coverages and allow big plays. So
19:39
Speaker 2: I think, offensively, Marquette should be okay, and then But
19:43
Speaker 2: Summits had one of the better defenses in this whole conference.
19:46
Speaker 1: Regardless of division.
19:47
Speaker 2: So this should be a very interesting matchup. I'll go
19:50
Speaker 2: with Summit to cover and win, and I will go
19:54
Speaker 2: with the under.
19:56
Speaker 1: Yeah, Summit's defense is second behind Eureka, and specifically conference play,
20:01
Speaker 1: which I think is more important to look at here
20:04
Speaker 1: than overall. And, yeah. Marquette's got the worst defense in
20:09
Speaker 1: this conference. So that's another thing to look at. Yeah,
20:13
Speaker 1: I just feel like Summit's playing better overall lately. I mean,
20:19
Speaker 1: they've won two of their last three games. But then
20:23
Speaker 1: when you look at... What's crazy is their only blowout
20:27
Speaker 1: loss was the Valley Catholic of all teams in 2A,
20:31
Speaker 1: Class 2. The best team in Class 2, though. Yes, true.
20:34
Speaker 1: They had a... The Eureka game, I don't know if
20:38
Speaker 1: that was that much of a close game, honestly, because,
20:41
Speaker 1: I mean, Eureka led for, you know, like 19-0 until
20:47
Speaker 1: like six minutes left in the game, so it was
20:49
Speaker 1: kind of close, kind of wasn't. But then they had
20:52
Speaker 1: a really close loss to Lindbergh, but then since then
20:55
Speaker 1: they had a nice victory over Lafayette, where they led 33-0,
20:57
Speaker 1: won 33-14, and had a pretty close loss to Kirkwood, where,
21:03
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the other hand, I mean,
21:05
Speaker 1: Both these teams have common opponents. Marquette kind of got
21:10
Speaker 1: blown out by Kirkwood 52-21 a few weeks ago. Marquette
21:15
Speaker 1: just lost to Kirkwood by six. I'll go with Summit
21:20
Speaker 1: in this one. I think their defense is really starting
21:24
Speaker 1: to come into its own. I know it's not gotten
21:28
Speaker 1: wins totally, but for them to hold Kirkwood at 20
21:31
Speaker 1: points is pretty good right there. I'll have Summit covering,
21:37
Speaker 1: and 42.5. I'll still take the over. I respect Marquette's defense,
21:47
Speaker 1: but I also think Summit's offense can step up too.
21:50
Speaker 1: Statistically speaking, Marquette in this conference does not have a
21:54
Speaker 1: great defense.
21:56
Speaker 2: All right, should we go back over to the Illinois playoffs?
21:58
Speaker 2: Now we're in the Class 5 bracket. We've got Washington
22:02
Speaker 2: at Mascuta. Mascuta's paid by 3.5 points. The overrun's at 61.5.
22:05
Speaker 2: Mascuta's the 12 seed in Class 5, and Washington's the
22:10
Speaker 2: 21 seed. The winner of this game will play Triad
22:13
Speaker 2: at Triad next week. Mascuta, we've talked about a decent
22:17
Speaker 2: amount so far this year. An interesting team for sure.
22:21
Speaker 2: They've had some really explosive games offensively, some dud games offensively.
22:28
Speaker 2: They lost to Belleville East 41-21 this past week, but
22:32
Speaker 2: for the most part, you've got their games against Collinsville,
22:34
Speaker 2: Belleville West, now that they're Southwest Conference members. They've had
22:40
Speaker 2: pretty good showings. Jack Hilgendorf, not as flash of a
22:46
Speaker 2: year as last year. He gets the job done for sure.
22:51
Speaker 2: Makes the right decisions when he needs to. But Sean
22:53
Speaker 2: Murphy is their guy for sure when it comes to
22:55
Speaker 2: their offense. Over 1,000 rushing yards so far this year,
22:57
Speaker 2: 17 touchdowns on the ground. He's their go-to guy. And
23:01
Speaker 2: this is an offensive line that is very, very physical.
23:05
Speaker 2: Get off the ball well, stay low, sustain blocks well. So, yeah,
23:10
Speaker 2: I don't really know too much about Washington, Illinois. I
23:13
Speaker 2: know some about Washington, Missouri, but not much about Washington, Illinois.
23:17
Speaker 1: They usually have a good program. They're 3-6.
23:21
Speaker 2: They were 10-2 last year. They were 3-6, but they
23:25
Speaker 2: had a really tough schedule.
23:28
Speaker 1: Well, both these teams, Mascuda and Washington, have a common opponent,
23:31
Speaker 1: and it's Troy, and they both lost to them.
23:33
Speaker 2: Oh, that's funny. Interesting. I didn't realize Washington played Troy.
23:36
Speaker 1: Yeah, very random. Or Triad, I should say. Yeah, very
23:39
Speaker 1: random how that happened. Well, here's this. I mean, Mascuda
23:42
Speaker 1: got blown out 49-16, and then... Washington lost by 6.
23:45
Speaker 2: Lost by 6. Do you read.
23:50
Speaker 1: Something into that?
23:50
Speaker 2: As you would say, Washington would be a battle-tested 3-16.
23:54
Speaker 1: I do think they're definitely more battle-tested than Mascuda overall.
23:58
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at Mascuda's schedule, but what's their
24:01
Speaker 1: best win?
24:04
Speaker 2: Probably....
24:09
Speaker 1: I guess technically Collinsville? Yeah, I don't know. In Collinsville,
24:15
Speaker 1: they're 3-6. They've made the playoffs. Yeah.
24:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, just purely based off record, their best win is
24:21
Speaker 2: against Collinsville.
24:22
Speaker 1: Yeah.
24:24
Speaker 2: But you think about it, they played a really good
24:26
Speaker 2: triad team. They barely lost to a really good Highland team,
24:31
Speaker 2: and they lost to Belleville East, who was a class
24:34
Speaker 2: A player.
24:34
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say Highland's really good, but that was definitely
24:39
Speaker 1: a competitive loss. Yeah, they could have won, but at
24:42
Speaker 1: the end of the day.
24:43
Speaker 2: I'll go with Muscogee to cover, and I'll take the over.
24:46
Speaker 1: I'm going to go with Washington to cover. to cover here. And,
24:53
Speaker 1: you know, Mascuta, they've... I want to see these defenses.
25:00
Speaker 1: I'll still take... Hmm, over, under 61.5. I'll take the under.
25:06
Speaker 1: I think Washington might be a little bit more physical
25:09
Speaker 1: than Mascuta. And also, I know it's a loss. I'm
25:14
Speaker 1: grading close losses here, which I don't really like to do, but...
25:19
Speaker 1: Washington lost 22-14 to Dunlap, who's 8-1. So, you know,
25:25
Speaker 1: I think that's something there. And by the way, previously
25:29
Speaker 1: talked about East Peoria. I think there's another reason why
25:31
Speaker 1: to give Cahokia a good shot in that game is
25:33
Speaker 1: because Washington destroyed East Peoria 41-7. There you go.
25:36
Speaker 2: So, yeah.
25:36
Speaker 1: And they're a 4-5 team, by the way, so... Again,
25:45
Speaker 1: not much of a flex, but just like Mascoutah, the
25:47
Speaker 1: best they've done is beat a 3-6 Collinsville team. I
25:50
Speaker 1: just think overall Washington's been a little bit more competitive
25:54
Speaker 1: than Mascoutah, so that's why I'm going with them.
25:57
Speaker 2: All right, from Illinois Class 5, we go over to
25:59
Speaker 2: Missouri Class 5. Parkway West at Ledoux. Ledoux favored by 16.5.
26:03
Speaker 2: The overrun is at 61.5. Ledoux is fired up here.
26:06
Speaker 2: They're looking for a couple things here. They're looking to
26:08
Speaker 2: finish undefeated in the regular season, undefeated in the suburban
26:13
Speaker 2: green standings. They would clinch the conference outright with a
26:17
Speaker 2: win here. They would, I think, well, it depends on
26:22
Speaker 2: what Fox would do, but if Purple West comes out
26:24
Speaker 2: with a win here, they would at least get a
26:26
Speaker 2: share of the conference title with Ledoux. But yeah, Purple
26:32
Speaker 2: West bounced back last week with a 49-20 win against
26:35
Speaker 2: Hayes World West. And Ledoux, the physicality is there, man.
26:40
Speaker 2: It's been really, really good. After they beat MICDS early
26:44
Speaker 2: in the season, It seems like they've just gotten better
26:46
Speaker 2: every single week, honestly.
26:48
Speaker 1: Yeah, they really have.
26:49
Speaker 2: When was, I mean, you're the Ledoux guy. When was
26:51
Speaker 2: the last time they finished season 9-0?
26:54
Speaker 1: It was 2018 when they won state.
26:56
Speaker 2: Wow, okay.
26:57
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they were, I've done, I mean, so this isn't,
27:01
Speaker 1: so they've been 8-0, I think, 10 other times before,
27:04
Speaker 1: so they're 8-2 all time when they've been 8-0. Interesting.
27:07
Speaker 1: They lost, funny enough, St. Charles West in 2014 in
27:11
Speaker 1: week 9, and then they, you remember this one, they
27:13
Speaker 1: lost that infamous Kirkwood game well probably famous for Kirkwood
27:18
Speaker 1: oh yeah they had that 35-14 lead in the fourth
27:21
Speaker 1: quarter then they lost oh yeah so um oh man
27:25
Speaker 1: yeah but I think I think uh I think they
27:30
Speaker 1: have a much better chance to beat Parkway West because
27:32
Speaker 1: those were those were good teams they played by the
27:34
Speaker 1: way in those week nine games those were pretty good
27:35
Speaker 1: teams and um But yeah, so yeah, this.
27:39
Speaker 2: Was looking to go back to 19 is Kirkwood game. Yeah.
27:42
Speaker 1: Yeah. He was looking to go undefeated in the regular
27:45
Speaker 1: season for the ninth time in school history. And Emmett McIntosh, we,
27:50
Speaker 1: we got to talk about him. I mean, he's, so
27:53
Speaker 1: he said a school rec single game school record for
27:55
Speaker 1: six touchdown passes in a game against Parkway central last week.
27:58
Speaker 1: And that's four games in a row. Now he's thrown
28:01
Speaker 1: for at least four touchdown passes. He's up to 27
28:04
Speaker 1: this season. And he's now three behind his cousin, Henry McIntosh,
28:08
Speaker 1: for most in a single season. And he should break it,
28:12
Speaker 1: because he's got at least two more guaranteed games left.
28:16
Speaker 1: And Tyrese Edwards has ten touchdown receptions on the season
28:22
Speaker 1: for Ledoux. So now they have three receivers in their
28:26
Speaker 1: receiving core who all have at least ten touchdowns in
28:28
Speaker 1: their careers as receivers, which is pretty great. And this
28:33
Speaker 1: is a Ledoux offense. They lead this, they lead class
28:35
Speaker 1: five and, um, points per game with 47, which if
28:38
Speaker 1: the season ended today, that would set another school record
28:40
Speaker 1: for most points, uh, per game in a season for Ledoux,
28:44
Speaker 1: which would break a, a, let's see, that would break
28:49
Speaker 1: a 68 year record that was held in 1958. So yeah,
28:55
Speaker 1: Ledoux's got a really good offense. They got a decent
28:57
Speaker 1: defense as well. And, uh, Parkway West, they're 6-2 going
29:01
Speaker 1: into this game. Before they beat Hazelwood West, they lost
29:06
Speaker 1: two straight to Fox and Lindbergh, both kind of decisively
29:09
Speaker 1: as well. Their schedule's not been really tough this season.
29:13
Speaker 1: On paper, Ladue is the toughest team they've seen so far.
29:18
Speaker 1: They will see this regular season. Fox, they've got a
29:22
Speaker 1: lot to play for. If they win this game, they'll
29:26
Speaker 1: get a share of the conference championship. And, you know,
29:30
Speaker 1: obviously they got a lot to prove, you know, because
29:33
Speaker 1: they want to try to knock down Ledoux here, Have
29:39
Speaker 1: you given your prediction?
29:41
Speaker 2: I'm going to go with Ledoux to cover, and I'll
29:43
Speaker 2: go with the under here.
29:44
Speaker 1: I think... Yeah, that's interesting. I do have Ledoux covering.
29:52
Speaker 1: This defense for West is not bad. But... Well, lately
29:59
Speaker 1: they have proven to not look so good because they
30:01
Speaker 1: gave up 27 to Fox, 45 to Lindbergh, and then,
30:05
Speaker 1: you know, 20 to Hazelwood West. Um, but I don't
30:09
Speaker 1: have the, you know, the box score for that if
30:11
Speaker 1: that was like a late, you know, some of those
30:12
Speaker 1: points were scored a little late in the game. So
30:15
Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see. But, uh, I, uh, I get, yeah,
30:19
Speaker 1: I'll take the under as well. I have a Ladoo covering. Um, Yeah,
30:23
Speaker 1: so I think Louie's defense will step up a little bit,
30:25
Speaker 1: and their offense is just rolling right now. So, yeah,
30:29
Speaker 1: I'll go with the Rams to win this one.
30:34
Speaker 2: All right, next up, we've got a very fun GAC
30:37
Speaker 2: matchup here. We've got Troy at Zumont North. Troy favored
30:40
Speaker 2: by 9.5 points. The overruns at 50.5.
30:42
Speaker 1: Really good late-season GAC game here.
30:45
Speaker 2: I love this. I think it's great when the better
30:49
Speaker 2: teams across divisions play each other. I think that adds for...
30:53
Speaker 2: A lot of fun matchups usually. Carter Schaefer comes into
30:56
Speaker 2: this game as one of the best QBs really in
30:58
Speaker 2: the whole area. He's been super consistent all year. He
31:01
Speaker 2: stepped into his role really, really well last year as
31:03
Speaker 2: a sophomore and has continued to impress so far this year.
31:07
Speaker 1: He probably already has broken Troy's all-time passing yards in
31:12
Speaker 1: a career.
31:12
Speaker 2: No way he's beaten Charles yet. I'm sorry.
31:16
Speaker 1: Charles has been a starter for two full years, right?
31:20
Speaker 2: Or three?
31:22
Speaker 1: Uh.
31:22
Speaker 2: Charles Sutton was the QB for at least two years,
31:25
Speaker 2: I want to say. Schaefer's been great, and he probably
31:28
Speaker 2: will pass him next year, but for now, I think
31:30
Speaker 2: Charles still holds that record. If I had to guess.
31:32
Speaker 1: He only threw for 73 yards his sophomore year.
31:37
Speaker 2: Oh, okay.
31:37
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, you're right. I'm wrong, because Charles threw for 2,300
31:42
Speaker 1: yards his junior year. Okay, there you go. I forgot
31:45
Speaker 1: about him, and then weirdly only 1,100 after that. Schaefer's
31:49
Speaker 1: probably going to break.
31:50
Speaker 2: It, though. But anyways, FCN, they started the season off horribly,
31:54
Speaker 2: to say the least. That's what they would tell you.
31:59
Speaker 2: Starting off 1-3 is just unacceptable for Zumwalt North. That's
32:02
Speaker 2: just not the state of the base set, and that's
32:04
Speaker 2: not how they want to play. But they've gotten some
32:07
Speaker 2: guys back from injury and from other circumstances, and it
32:10
Speaker 2: seems like one of their star guys, Jaden Burleson, is
32:13
Speaker 2: doing really good on both sides of the ball. He's
32:16
Speaker 2: racking up sacks on the defensive side.
32:18
Speaker 1: He's a great outside linebacker.
32:20
Speaker 2: He's getting back his ways of averaging darn near 20
32:23
Speaker 2: yards per carry, which is just ridiculous. So we'll see
32:26
Speaker 2: how much of an X-factor he plays in the game.
32:29
Speaker 2: We'll see how FZNQB Josiah Potts throws it because he
32:34
Speaker 2: is going to be required to throw in some scenarios here.
32:37
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think they're going to be able
32:38
Speaker 2: to There's no way FZN is going to be able
32:41
Speaker 2: to win this game without attempting a pass.
32:43
Speaker 1: I just don't see that happening. Yeah, I think Troy's
32:44
Speaker 1: defense is good enough where they're going to get some
32:47
Speaker 1: stops on the run and you've got to probably have
32:49
Speaker 1: to throw it eventually to keep them honest.
32:51
Speaker 2: I mean, this game really comes down to Troy's secondary
32:55
Speaker 2: and their pursuit angles. If Troy's secondary can pursue the
32:59
Speaker 2: ball quickly enough and make tackles, they should be able
33:02
Speaker 2: to win this game. Yeah. But if FZN's guys break
33:06
Speaker 2: enough tackles, they can make things interesting and get on
33:08
Speaker 2: the sideline and get a touchdown or two over here
33:10
Speaker 2: and there. This, I think, is going to finish as
33:13
Speaker 2: a one-score game. I think Troy does sneak out a win,
33:16
Speaker 2: but I think this is an improving FZN team. So
33:19
Speaker 2: I'll go with FZN to cover, Troy to win, and
33:22
Speaker 2: I will go with the over.
33:26
Speaker 1: I'll take the under. It's interesting.
33:31
Speaker 2: I think.
33:33
Speaker 1: I do think, I like where this North team is
33:36
Speaker 1: kind of trending towards now. Yeah, they're playing better, and
33:40
Speaker 1: Troy's had some weird results, even though they're winning these games.
33:44
Speaker 1: You know, like, they... Like, I wasn't totally impressed with
33:48
Speaker 1: them when they beat Hal Central when I saw them
33:50
Speaker 1: in person. Then they, you know, only beat Hal 14-10.
33:56
Speaker 1: I say only. I mean, it's... We're saying now, I'm
33:58
Speaker 1: saying now, like, oh, Troy only beat Howell by four, like,
34:02
Speaker 1: just a few years ago. Like, that's a huge victory
34:04
Speaker 1: for them.
34:04
Speaker 2: Yeah.
34:04
Speaker 1: That's a big-time win if you can beat Howell, right?
34:07
Speaker 2: The narrative has changed.
34:08
Speaker 1: Right? Yeah. Yeah, so I think, yeah, I'll take the
34:12
Speaker 1: under in this one, and I will have Zumont North covering.
34:16
Speaker 1: I do think Troy ultimately wins, though.
34:17
Speaker 2: All right, you want to do over or under here?
34:21
Speaker 1: Under. Okay. Okay.
34:24
Speaker 2: All right, next up, head over to some Missouri private schools.
34:26
Speaker 2: We've got Valley Catholic at St. Pius X out of Festus.
34:31
Speaker 2: Valley Catholic is favored by 20.5. The overruns at 59.5.
34:35
Speaker 2: Most media sources, including us, have Valley Catholic as the
34:39
Speaker 2: best team in Class 2 in Missouri. They have had
34:43
Speaker 2: some pretty impressive results, to say the least.
34:48
Speaker 1: Well, probably most notably Rockwood Summit, 42.7.
34:52
Speaker 2: That was, I mean, even still, that's one of the
34:54
Speaker 2: more surprising results, just how utterly dominant Valley was in
34:59
Speaker 2: that game on the defensive side of the ball. They're
35:01
Speaker 2: 8-0 so far. They have not had a close game yet.
35:05
Speaker 2: They beat a pretty solid Haytai team in Week 1. Haytai,
35:09
Speaker 2: who's now 5-3, they beat them 55-14. They beat Summit 42-7.
35:10
Speaker 2: They defeated a 7-1 St. Vincent team 48-0. They defeated
35:19
Speaker 2: a solid 6-2 St. Genevieve team 55-7. This is an
35:23
Speaker 2: absolutely loaded Valley Catholic Warriors team. So it's going to
35:27
Speaker 2: be a big test for Cody Shaver and the Lancers.
35:32
Speaker 2: Shaver is nearing the 2,000-yard mark, which if he gets
35:37
Speaker 2: there would be the second straight season, I'm pretty sure.
35:40
Speaker 2: He gets to 2,000 yards in the regular season. He
35:41
Speaker 2: actually cracked the 3,000-yard mark last year, for those who remember,
35:45
Speaker 2: because they played so many games last year. He played
35:48
Speaker 2: so many games in the playoffs, and he continued to
35:51
Speaker 2: impress and had one of the craziest seasons ever last year.
35:54
Speaker 2: So we'll see if he gets there. This is a
35:58
Speaker 2: good St. Pius X team, but this is just an
36:02
Speaker 2: unbelievable Valley Catholic team. I think Valley covers, and I will.
36:05
Speaker 1: Go with the over. Yeah, I respect Valley Catholic a lot. St.
36:11
Speaker 1: Pius had a, again, Vianney's 2-6, but it's a It's
36:17
Speaker 1: a pretty athletic Vianney team. A Vianney team.
36:19
Speaker 2: That plays one of the most competitive schedules in the state.
36:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, so for St. Pius to beat them is pretty good.
36:26
Speaker 1: Valley Catholic, nobody's come close to beating them this season.
36:30
Speaker 1: This will be a great small school game. We're pretty
36:35
Speaker 1: limited already on cameras this week, so I'm pretty sure
36:37
Speaker 1: we're not going to get anybody to that game. It
36:41
Speaker 1: would have been a pretty fun one to go film.
36:44
Speaker 1: I think there's going to be a lot of offense
36:46
Speaker 1: in this game I'm hammering the over, but I still
36:49
Speaker 1: got Valley. That's a big spread, though. I still got
36:52
Speaker 1: Valley winning, though. Covering that and winning.
36:57
Speaker 2: Alright, next up. Staying in Missouri, we got Lutheran North
37:01
Speaker 2: at DeSmet. DeSmet figured by 13.5. The over is at 65.5.
37:06
Speaker 2: Both these teams looking to regain momentum going into the playoffs.
37:11
Speaker 2: DeSmet has just got to keep the turnovers down. They
37:14
Speaker 2: have to. If they're looking to beat great teams, they
37:20
Speaker 2: have to not give those great teams opportunities to beat them.
37:23
Speaker 2: Because whenever DeSmet keeps the ball safe, they can do
37:25
Speaker 2: pretty impressive things.
37:26
Speaker 1: Yeah.
37:26
Speaker 2: You know, beating Connor Ritter on the road, um, putting
37:29
Speaker 2: up 49 on slew high, um, beating St. Pius X
37:34
Speaker 2: on Kansas City, they can do great things.
37:37
Speaker 1: And then Luther North lost to St. Pius by 42
37:40
Speaker 1: last week.
37:41
Speaker 2: Yeah. So, not to just directly draw a comparison, you know,
37:44
Speaker 2: based off common opponent, but that does help. Um, I
37:48
Speaker 2: think DeSmet wins this game. Luther North, they're a good team,
37:52
Speaker 2: but just not quite as deep as previous Crusader teams.
37:56
Speaker 2: So I'll go with DeSmet to cover here, and I'll
37:58
Speaker 2: go with the under.
38:00
Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah, I mean, I got straight away. I know
38:04
Speaker 1: DeSmet had a really disappointing loss to St. Mary's, but
38:08
Speaker 1: point blank, I got them beating Luther North, and I
38:10
Speaker 1: have them covering. I think this is an opportunity for
38:14
Speaker 1: a big bounce-back game. I mean, they had a they
38:18
Speaker 1: had a really good showing against Chaminade, you know, the,
38:20
Speaker 1: you know, the week after they lost to CBC, they, they,
38:23
Speaker 1: they beat up, they beat them up 62 to 14.
38:25
Speaker 1: So I think they could do some potentially something similar
38:29
Speaker 1: to Lutheran North. Um, you know, they got Lutheran North,
38:33
Speaker 1: they still got pretty good athletes there, but, uh, you know,
38:36
Speaker 1: this is Smith's senior night too. So I think, I
38:39
Speaker 1: do think those play a little bit of a role in,
38:41
Speaker 1: you know, especially really wanting to, you know, come out
38:43
Speaker 1: and just be disciplined and just get the job done. So, Yeah,
38:47
Speaker 1: I got the Spartans winning and covering. And I'll take
38:54
Speaker 1: the over. Okay.
38:57
Speaker 2: Next up, speaking of St. Mary's, we got Rock Bridge
38:59
Speaker 2: at St. Mary's.
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Speaker 1: St.
39:00
Speaker 2: Mary's veered by 6.5. The over is at 48.5. Rock
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Speaker 2: Bridge out of Columbia. They are at 6-2 in the
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Speaker 2: season right now. They're coming off a nice 33-7 win
39:09
Speaker 2: against Crosstown rivals Hickman. Some of their better wins this
39:13
Speaker 2: year are against Camden 10-6-2. They beat them 24-14 back
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Speaker 2: in Week 6. And it looks like Camden 10 and
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Speaker 2: Hickman are the only two above 500 teams They beat, uh,
39:27
Speaker 2: Rockbridge lost to Elias 28 to seven back in week
39:30
Speaker 2: five last, as you know, one of the best teams, uh,
39:33
Speaker 2: in class five, very competitive class five this season.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
39:38
Speaker 2: Um, and then same areas coming off of an all
39:41
Speaker 2: time winning us to smet really, um, the hype going
39:44
Speaker 2: into that one, uh, 37, 35 victory. Um, And, hey,
39:49
Speaker 2: this is a St. Mary's team that.
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Speaker 1: Is this a little bit of a trap game here?
39:54
Speaker 1: I don't know. Right before the playoffs, you're coming off
39:58
Speaker 1: of a great win. This would be a solid win, too,
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Speaker 1: if it beat Rock Bridge.
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Speaker 2: It would be. It really would be. And this is
40:03
Speaker 2: a St. Mary's team where there are only two losses
40:05
Speaker 2: this year or two. A really, really good IC Catholic
40:08
Speaker 2: team out of Illinois. And then what many consider, I
40:11
Speaker 2: would consider, the best team in Missouri in Jackson.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Two teams in our top 25 Midwest rankings, by
40:18
Speaker 1: the way.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. And this is a guy who we talked about
40:22
Speaker 2: last episode because of the impressive game, but this is
40:26
Speaker 2: a guy who I hope throughout the state is getting
40:29
Speaker 2: the credit he deserves. Jacory Battle, as a freshman QB,
40:33
Speaker 2: has been really incredible for the Dragons. 77% completion percentage
40:38
Speaker 2: for him, 1,400 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, only four interceptions.
40:44
Speaker 2: To do that as a freshman against St. Mary's, tough schedule, is...
40:48
Speaker 2: That's almost unheard of. And that is unbelievably impressive. If
40:54
Speaker 2: he can keep this up for the next three seasons,
40:57
Speaker 2: that would put him in conversation as the best QB
41:00
Speaker 2: in their school's history and then one of the best
41:01
Speaker 2: QBs ever in the St. Louis area.
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Speaker 1: Well, we'll see.
41:07
Speaker 2: I know it's a lot. It's a big... He's got
41:12
Speaker 2: a lot to do. He's still got three seasons left.
41:14
Speaker 1: He's set himself.
41:17
Speaker 2: He's setting himself up for some great success. He's just
41:20
Speaker 2: got a great pocket presence. Great pocket presence. The fact
41:25
Speaker 2: that he limits turnovers, which is very tough to do
41:29
Speaker 2: as a freshman. A lot of freshmen will just freak
41:32
Speaker 2: out when any kind of stressful situation comes their way.
41:36
Speaker 2: If a tackle misses a block, they'll either scramble out
41:40
Speaker 2: the wrong way or throw a Just throw it up
41:43
Speaker 2: for a pick or have an intentional grounding. Battles got
41:46
Speaker 2: very good pocket presence and makes the right decision. Doesn't
41:48
Speaker 2: freak out too much. So, yeah, he's been a ton
41:51
Speaker 2: of fun to watch over the past several weeks. And, yeah,
41:55
Speaker 2: I think St. Mary's has ride the wave really well,
41:57
Speaker 2: and I think they're going to win, and I'm going
41:58
Speaker 2: to go with them to cover, and I'll go with
42:00
Speaker 2: the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, well, actually, I'm going to, I do
42:04
Speaker 1: have St. Mary's winning, but I'll go with the under.
42:06
Speaker 1: You know, Rockbridge has kind of struggled at times of,
42:12
Speaker 1: especially throwing the football, you know, getting it downfield. And, uh,
42:17
Speaker 1: it looked, I mean, it looks like they're doing a
42:18
Speaker 1: little bit better now, um, you know, against Hickman. I
42:20
Speaker 1: mean that, that, which is good.
42:21
Speaker 2: And, you know, Camden was a low scoring game, which
42:24
Speaker 2: they won, which is good for them.
42:25
Speaker 1: But, uh, St. Mary's is, this could be the toughest
42:29
Speaker 1: defense that they'll see all, all regular season. So, um,
42:33
Speaker 1: you know, I'm, I'm pretty high on the St. Mary's
42:36
Speaker 1: team right now for what they did this month. So yeah,
42:37
Speaker 1: I got, I got St. Mary's winning, uh, Do they cover? Yes,
42:42
Speaker 1: I think they cover. And I think this will be
42:43
Speaker 1: a pretty close game, mind you. And I'll take the under.
42:48
Speaker 2: All right, shifting back over to the Illinois playoff brackets.
42:51
Speaker 2: We'll be in Class 7 for this one. We've got St.
42:53
Speaker 2: Lawrence at Belleville East. Belleville East favored by 3.5 points.
42:57
Speaker 2: The overruns at 52.5. This is the— IHSA has Belleville East
43:03
Speaker 2: as the 26th seed in Class 7 and St. Lawrence
43:06
Speaker 2: as the 39th seed. The winner of this game will
43:08
Speaker 2: travel to Plainfield South. And played there in the round
43:12
Speaker 2: of 32. Oh, this is funny. I didn't realize this
43:16
Speaker 2: until just... I've been on this website all day, and
43:19
Speaker 2: I just realized this. On the IHSA playoff bracket, it
43:25
Speaker 2: has this week called the opening round, and then next
43:29
Speaker 2: week as the, quote, first round. Because that makes sense. Yes.
43:34
Speaker 2: I guess this round doesn't even count. It's not the
43:36
Speaker 2: first round. That's weird, but whatever.
43:40
Speaker 1: Um... St.
43:42
Speaker 2: Lawrence, they're out of Burbank, Illinois. They're 3-6 so far.
43:45
Speaker 2: Really good program, though. I think they were semi-finalists last
43:49
Speaker 2: year in Illinois, Class 7.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they went 8-5. That means they would have went
43:57
Speaker 1: 5-4 last year in the regular season. They play a
44:01
Speaker 1: really tough schedule. They're in the Chicago Catholic League. They
44:06
Speaker 1: have their hands full every year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they do.
44:09
Speaker 1: I would say they're arguably more battle-tested than the Middle
44:11
Speaker 1: East at this point.
44:13
Speaker 2: Well, yeah. I mean, we just talked about St. Mary's
44:16
Speaker 2: and how St. Mary's is an incredible team, but IC
44:18
Speaker 2: Catholic took them to the woodshed in Week 1. And yeah,
44:21
Speaker 2: that was in Week 1 a long time ago.
44:23
Speaker 1: But St.
44:24
Speaker 2: Lawrence just played IC Catholic September 25th, so about a
44:28
Speaker 2: month ago, and they lost 28-12, so kept it relatively
44:33
Speaker 2: competitive there.
44:33
Speaker 1: Yeah. And then Chicago Marist, who's... Another really good team. Again,
44:38
Speaker 1: kept it competitive. They only lost 28-14. Yeah.
44:40
Speaker 2: This is a solid St. Lawrence team. They have a
44:44
Speaker 2: crappy knockoff of the Cardinals monogram logo. Is there a logo?
44:47
Speaker 3: If you ask me.
44:48
Speaker 1: It is. Yeah, it's not so good.
44:50
Speaker 2: But, I guess they're just trying to avoid copyright there.
44:52
Speaker 1: But, yeah.
44:53
Speaker 2: Double East, 5-4 so far. Had a nice win over
44:57
Speaker 2: Muscoot this past week. Beat O'Fallon a couple weeks ago.
45:00
Speaker 2: Beat Collinsville. They've won four in a row, so that's good.
45:04
Speaker 1: Um.
45:04
Speaker 2: And they've turned it around from the beginning of the season.
45:06
Speaker 2: Because in the beginning of the year, their offense just
45:10
Speaker 2: wasn't even there. I mean, they only put up six
45:12
Speaker 2: against Pekin. Yeah, Pekin's had a good year so far.
45:15
Speaker 2: And then they got shut out by Edwardsville. That was
45:17
Speaker 2: not a good look. That was not good, no. Not
45:20
Speaker 2: a good look. But they got it back on track,
45:21
Speaker 2: which is good. The home team this week. And was
45:29
Speaker 2: it last year that Belleville East, in the first round
45:30
Speaker 2: of the playoffs? They won.
45:32
Speaker 1: They won.
45:34
Speaker 2: Which Southwest Conference team played a one seed, but it
45:40
Speaker 2: was really close at halftime? Who was that?
45:44
Speaker 1: Was it Edwardsville? Was this last year?
45:47
Speaker 2: It was last year. Remember, we were at the Carrollton-Dupo game.
45:49
Speaker 1: Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
45:52
Speaker 2: That must not have been first round then.
45:54
Speaker 1: I mean, they played Mount Carmel in the second round,
45:56
Speaker 1: and it was 34-7 at halftime. Okay.
46:00
Speaker 3: I mean, it was 7-0 Mount Carmel at the end
46:01
Speaker 3: of the first quarter. That's what I was thinking of.
46:03
Speaker 3: That's what I was thinking of, yeah. So, yeah, it wasn't...
46:08
Speaker 3: I mean, I guess put that on a plaque, I guess.
46:12
Speaker 2: I don't know. I'll go with East to cover, and
46:14
Speaker 2: I'll go with the under.
46:16
Speaker 1: I'll go with St. Lawrence to cover, and I'll go
46:19
Speaker 1: with the under. I just think St. Lawrence is a
46:25
Speaker 1: little bit more battle-tested, and... It's hard. This is what
46:30
Speaker 1: makes the game good, is because it's hard to predict
46:33
Speaker 1: who's going to win it, but... Yeah, I mean, it's... Well,
46:37
Speaker 1: we don't know what the time is yet. If that's
46:40
Speaker 1: a Friday, that's going to be pretty interesting, but if
46:42
Speaker 1: it's a Saturday, then it kind of evens out a
46:45
Speaker 1: little bit as far as maybe a home field advantage,
46:47
Speaker 1: because you don't have St. Lawrence having to travel all
46:52
Speaker 1: the way up from school from noon, and then you
46:56
Speaker 1: get down to Belleville, so... They have time to stay
47:00
Speaker 1: overnight and get acclimated to the heat and to the
47:07
Speaker 1: climate and whatnot.
47:09
Speaker 2: Well, you said heat. I'm actually glad you brought that
47:12
Speaker 2: up because given how it's getting late in the season,
47:14
Speaker 2: we're going to get... It might be chilly temperatures, but
47:17
Speaker 2: as of right now, which is Sunday at 6 p.m.
47:20
Speaker 2: here in St. Charles County... It's gotten colder. It says
47:25
Speaker 2: the forecast for... friday is totally sunny high of 72
47:31
Speaker 2: low of 49 um at kickoff at 7 p.m temperatures
47:36
Speaker 2: will be in the low 60s and then near game
47:39
Speaker 2: end temperatures will be in the high 50s nice so
47:42
Speaker 2: pretty much perfect football weather uh and then saturday is
47:45
Speaker 2: kind of just the same thing so weather should not
47:47
Speaker 2: be an issue this week which is nice.
47:49
Speaker 1: Um hopefully st lawrence can get acclimated to the altitude
47:53
Speaker 1: here in st.
47:53
Speaker 2: Louis yeah seriously um Alright, next up, back over to
47:58
Speaker 2: the Missouri side, we've got Slew High at Rockhurst. Rockhurst
48:01
Speaker 2: ran by 6.5 points, the overruns at 39.5. These two
48:05
Speaker 2: teams have played every year in the past four years,
48:07
Speaker 2: and Rockhurst has won every single one. This is a
48:10
Speaker 2: Rockhurst team that had a lot of hype come into
48:13
Speaker 2: the season, and they got off to a bit of
48:16
Speaker 2: a rocky start. They lost to St. Pius X in
48:18
Speaker 2: Week 1, and they beat Manhattan, Kansas. They beat Shawnee
48:22
Speaker 2: Mission East. And then they lost to a really, really
48:26
Speaker 2: good Kearney team in week four.
48:28
Speaker 1: But the next two weeks was kind of like, whoa,
48:30
Speaker 1: hold on.
48:31
Speaker 2: They lost to a couple Kansas teams, Kansas private school teams, St.
48:36
Speaker 2: Thomas Aquinas and Bishop Meej.
48:40
Speaker 1: St.
48:40
Speaker 2: Thomas Aquinas is okay. Bishop Meej is better. But two games,
48:44
Speaker 2: the Rockers should not be losing.
48:46
Speaker 1: Yeah.
48:47
Speaker 2: And they beat both Blue Springs schools the past couple games,
48:49
Speaker 2: which are good wins. Yeah. And then they got slew
48:53
Speaker 2: high this week to end the season. Slew high. This
48:59
Speaker 2: season's been not as hyped up as last year, but
49:03
Speaker 2: they've had a really good season to be totally honest.
49:06
Speaker 2: Their two losses were not one score, but they were
49:09
Speaker 2: close losses to their conference rivals in CBC and DeSmet.
49:14
Speaker 2: They beat St. Dominic by 30, which looking back is
49:16
Speaker 2: pretty good. With the injuries they had at the time
49:20
Speaker 2: and beating Chaminade 13-7 that's a good win they crushed
49:24
Speaker 2: Vianney which is a good win and yeah I mean
49:28
Speaker 2: defensively we've talked about a bunch so far this year
49:34
Speaker 2: yeah Pat Stein running the ball really well for them
49:39
Speaker 2: Let's see. I want Suhai to win. They're the in-area
49:42
Speaker 2: team playing out-of-area teams, so I definitely want them to
49:44
Speaker 2: win this one. But I don't know. Their luck with
49:48
Speaker 2: Rockhurst has just not been there as of late. And, darn,
49:55
Speaker 2: this should be a close competitive game. I hate doing this,
49:58
Speaker 2: but I'm going to have to pick Rockhurst to cover here,
50:00
Speaker 2: and I'll go with the over.
50:02
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Cash Lewandowski is... It should be Lewandowski
50:05
Speaker 1: because it's Polish, but it's Lewandowski because of the Americanized version.
50:10
Speaker 1: He's been really good. They've been using him in a wildcat.
50:14
Speaker 1: I was able to see some highlights of their game
50:18
Speaker 1: against Blue Springs South last night. It's tough to stop.
50:22
Speaker 1: They don't score a lot, but they're really good at
50:23
Speaker 1: keeping the opposing team's defense on the field. They're really
50:26
Speaker 1: good at picking up short yardages. It's going to be
50:30
Speaker 1: a really tricky physical game for SLU. They're capable of it,
50:33
Speaker 1: and I think you're right. It's going to be a
50:34
Speaker 1: pretty competitive game. Rockhurst defense has really stepped up to
50:38
Speaker 1: the plate recently, and I think it's going to be
50:42
Speaker 1: a great game between these two teams, but yeah, you're right.
50:45
Speaker 1: I ultimately do have Rockhurst covering, and I'll take the under.
50:52
Speaker 1: Both these teams are really good defensively, and yeah, I
50:57
Speaker 1: think it'll be a really high-quality game, but I think
51:02
Speaker 1: Rockhurst is... riding some really good momentum right now, and
51:05
Speaker 1: same thing for SLU, I mean, they don't have a
51:07
Speaker 1: bad loss, and they got, like, a, you know, some,
51:10
Speaker 1: they got some decent wins over Chaminade, St. Dominic, and
51:12
Speaker 1: Lift for Life, but, you know, Rockhurst, they're able to
51:15
Speaker 1: knock off the, I mean, well, Blue Springs South is 4-4,
51:18
Speaker 1: but they're good 4-4, and then Blue Springs is a
51:20
Speaker 1: legitimately good team, they beat them too, so, yeah, that's,
51:24
Speaker 1: I'm really liking the Hawkwits right now for that. Yeah.
51:27
Speaker 2: Alright, here we go, number one game of the week,
51:31
Speaker 2: This is a game that we've been looking forward to
51:33
Speaker 2: all year long. And this is a game that should
51:35
Speaker 2: be a dogfight. Cardinal Ritter at Jackson in the pit
51:42
Speaker 2: to end the regular season. Jackson is favored by 4.5 points.
51:47
Speaker 2: The overrunners are 64.5. The Indians come into this game
51:50
Speaker 2: at an impressive 8-0. We have them as the best
51:54
Speaker 2: team in the state, as do almost everyone else in
51:57
Speaker 2: Missouri high school football media. They have yet to play
52:01
Speaker 2: a close game they have they've crushed Sykeston a 6-2
52:07
Speaker 2: team they crushed a 6-2 St. Mary's that's their best
52:10
Speaker 2: win they crushed a 7-1 Farmington team they handled um
52:17
Speaker 2: Cape Central and handled these past two weeks.
52:19
Speaker 1: They had a really they had a close game with
52:21
Speaker 1: Hannibal that was they had a big fourth quarter but
52:23
Speaker 1: that was close it was close into the.
52:25
Speaker 2: Fourth quarter when they pulled the pull ahead yeah closest
52:28
Speaker 2: game they've had all season really which is crazy yeah And, yeah,
52:33
Speaker 2: it's funny. Hannibal, Hannibal's such a, this has been off topic,
52:38
Speaker 2: but Hannibal's such a funny program because they're kind of
52:40
Speaker 2: by themselves up there in northeast Missouri when it comes
52:42
Speaker 2: to how big their schools and who they play. But
52:46
Speaker 2: they got one of the tougher schedules in the whole state.
52:49
Speaker 2: I mean, they played Elias week one, Eureka week two,
52:52
Speaker 2: Troy week three, St. Dominic a couple weeks ago, Festus
52:56
Speaker 2: a couple weeks ago, and then Jackson last week. And
52:59
Speaker 2: they got Zuma West this week. So they're really... Not
53:02
Speaker 2: dodging smoke there. But anyway, back to Jackson and Carter Ritter.
53:07
Speaker 2: This Jackson team, that's just... What separates them from most
53:11
Speaker 2: other teams is they block downfield so well. And that's
53:17
Speaker 2: how you see them have so many breakaway plays, is
53:19
Speaker 2: that it's not even necessarily that they have good athletes.
53:22
Speaker 2: They do have good athletes, but they have these great
53:26
Speaker 2: athletes combined with the second they get any space on offense...
53:30
Speaker 2: it's a 40-plus yard gain because they don't have anyone
53:32
Speaker 2: else up in their face because all the linebackers are
53:36
Speaker 2: getting blocked almost immediately. Even the safeties are getting blocked
53:38
Speaker 2: by their slot receivers and outside receivers. That's one really
53:42
Speaker 2: good thing. That's one thing Jackson's really good at. And Ritter, man,
53:47
Speaker 2: if Ritter can have a run defense as good as
53:49
Speaker 2: they had last week against CBC, they got a good shot.
53:52
Speaker 2: They really do. I mean, the way that The way
53:56
Speaker 2: the defensive line plugged their gaps, the way the linebackers
53:59
Speaker 2: filled and made their tackles was really, really impressive. Carter
54:06
Speaker 2: Ritter is just going to have to find a way
54:07
Speaker 2: to break tackles and convert on big plays.
54:13
Speaker 1: Well, they usually don't have a problem converting on big plays.
54:16
Speaker 1: They're always good for a few each game.
54:18
Speaker 2: Yeah, but Jackson's one of the best tackling teams in
54:21
Speaker 2: the state.
54:22
Speaker 1: Well, that goes hand in hand. That's kind of redundant
54:25
Speaker 1: when you're the best team in the state, supposedly.
54:27
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, a lot of times the fundamentals get overlooked.
54:32
Speaker 2: And even though these are two very, very high-level teams,
54:37
Speaker 2: the very simple things like blocking and tackling are what's
54:39
Speaker 2: going to determine the winner of this game.
54:41
Speaker 1: Yeah.
54:42
Speaker 2: And I think Jackson continues their streak. I'm going to
54:44
Speaker 2: pick them to cover and win, and I'm going to
54:46
Speaker 2: go with the under. This one should be a heck
54:48
Speaker 2: of a game, though.
54:50
Speaker 1: I'll be there. for this one. Yeah, it's a big spread.
54:55
Speaker 1: I mean, ideally, both these offenses can definitely put up
54:57
Speaker 1: a ton of points, but, you know, I think there
55:00
Speaker 1: should be some respect for both teams' defenses. So, in
55:05
Speaker 1: that regard, I will take the under here. Man, I just,
55:09
Speaker 1: the way Ritter played against CBC, I mean, they played
55:12
Speaker 1: with a lot of fire. Man, this is so tough.
55:18
Speaker 1: I just, I think as a, Jackson, they probably win
55:26
Speaker 1: this game, but I think this is going to be really,
55:28
Speaker 1: really tight. I do have Ritter covering, though. It's going
55:32
Speaker 1: to come down to, it could come down to like
55:35
Speaker 1: a two-point conversion, because, you know, Ritter, they don't kick.
55:39
Speaker 1: It could easily, you know, come down to that, and
55:44
Speaker 1: it's a big one for them, too. I mean, because
55:45
Speaker 1: they're playing for, you know, they're trying to hold on
55:47
Speaker 1: to a three-seed, you know, and potentially a two-seed if
55:51
Speaker 1: Chaminade were to lose to Francis Howell. Because if they
55:55
Speaker 1: lose this game, they're going to have to go to Ledoux.
55:58
Speaker 1: I'm assuming that Ritter is going to beat McClure in
56:01
Speaker 1: the 4-5 game. So they're going to have to go
56:04
Speaker 1: to Ledoux if they lose this game.
56:05
Speaker 2: McClure North?
56:07
Speaker 1: No, Ritter.
56:10
Speaker 2: Is it McClure North or is it McClure that they're
56:11
Speaker 2: going to play in the playoffs?
56:13
Speaker 1: McClure is 5-seed. It's just a matter of if Ritter wins.
56:18
Speaker 1: If Ritter wins, they're the 3-seed. But if they lose
56:20
Speaker 1: and McClure North beats Webster, then they flop, yeah, they flip-flop, so, yeah,
56:27
Speaker 1: so they're definitely, you know, playing for seeds here in
56:29
Speaker 1: District Points, so, yeah, it's a big-time game, I think
56:36
Speaker 1: they can win, I really do, but just kind of
56:39
Speaker 1: laying the side of caution, I'll go with Jackson to win,
56:41
Speaker 1: but I do have Ritter covering, and I just think
56:43
Speaker 1: a lot can happen. I think a lot, a lot
56:45
Speaker 1: is back on the table of what Ritter can do
56:46
Speaker 1: as an offense. Like they can block in between the tackles.
56:49
Speaker 1: They proved they can do that again, CBC. Um, you know,
56:52
Speaker 1: they can play really good defense again. I mean, you know,
56:55
Speaker 1: that wasn't terribly in doubt, but, uh, I mean, to
56:58
Speaker 1: only allow 14 points to CBC, if they can, if
57:00
Speaker 1: they play like that defensively, and I know it's different teams, but, uh,
57:05
Speaker 1: you know, I think they can put up a similar
57:06
Speaker 1: display against Jackson because defense does travel. And, um, I
57:10
Speaker 1: don't think Rylan Moore is going to be overwhelmed or anything.
57:12
Speaker 1: I mean, he wasn't really overwhelmed last year when he
57:14
Speaker 1: was a freshman when he stepped in.
57:15
Speaker 2: He got thrown into the fire last year.
57:17
Speaker 1: In this game. Yeah, he did okay.
57:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, he did.
57:20
Speaker 1: He's going to have to make a lot more plays
57:22
Speaker 1: this time because I think he's going to have to
57:23
Speaker 1: make a lot more throws because what they did last
57:25
Speaker 1: year was give Manny Ellis the ball, and he did
57:27
Speaker 1: a pretty good job running. But, man, I mean, Ryan Richmond, McDavis,
57:32
Speaker 1: and Milan Green are two of the fastest receivers you'll
57:34
Speaker 1: find anywhere in the whole country, I think. let alone
57:39
Speaker 1: the Midwest. Um, just, you know, they, they both run 4.4,
57:43
Speaker 1: 40 yard dashes. Um, apparently McDavis has also ran like a,
57:48
Speaker 1: he's run a, I think a 4.37 if I saw
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Speaker 1: that right on a graphic somewhere. Um, they're just so,
57:54
Speaker 1: and you can't double team both of them. So they're
57:57
Speaker 1: so hard to contain. And, uh, yeah, there's just, there's
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Speaker 1: a lot going into this game. And, um, I think it's,
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Speaker 1: It's two of the best teams in the state right now.
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Speaker 1: After what Ritter did to CBC, they're right up there
58:09
Speaker 1: with among the best in the state, and Jackson's proven
58:10
Speaker 1: it all season that they're among the best in the state,
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Speaker 1: if not the best in the state. So I slightly
58:17
Speaker 1: have Jackson winning this, but I do have Ritter covering,
58:19
Speaker 1: and I'll take the under just because that's a high over-under,
58:22
Speaker 1: and I think both defenses will come to play as
58:26
Speaker 1: well with these offenses that are both highly rated.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, that one should be a ton of fun
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Speaker 2: to watch in an amazing environment down there in Jackson.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Never fails.
58:36
Speaker 2: Never at all. This week and next week are kind
58:39
Speaker 2: of weird, though, because both Missouri and Illinois now have
58:43
Speaker 2: buys for the best teams. The best teams in Illinois
58:46
Speaker 2: have it off this week, and the next week the
58:48
Speaker 2: best teams in Missouri will have off. Well, CBC actually
58:52
Speaker 2: has off both weeks. So, there's that.
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Speaker 1: Oh, no, no, CBC, they're playing Capital City.
58:58
Speaker 2: Oh, they've got a game.
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Speaker 1: They found someone, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Okay, never mind then. Didn't realize that.
59:04
Speaker 1: Yeah.
59:04
Speaker 2: Well, good for them. Good for both teams to find
59:06
Speaker 2: the game that's good um yeah that's good um should
59:11
Speaker 2: be a very fun week though this is a great
59:13
Speaker 2: mix of good illinois playoff games and really good really
59:18
Speaker 2: good missouri conference games and really good missouri out of
59:20
Speaker 2: conference games.
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Speaker 1: Too yeah because i know local like from the suburbs
59:24
Speaker 1: uh I think Pattonville, well, actually, because we got a
59:28
Speaker 1: three-way battle with Seckman, Rittner, and Pattonville, so I think
59:32
Speaker 1: if those three teams are going to battle it out,
59:36
Speaker 1: I think we could have three teams who finish in
59:39
Speaker 1: first place in the Suburban Red because of that now,
59:42
Speaker 1: and then if they take care of business against West,
59:45
Speaker 1: they'll be Suburban Green champs, and then I believe Seckman if... No, no,
59:51
Speaker 1: they're in the Suburban... No, so I think Oakville and
59:54
Speaker 1: North West play, right? Yeah, so whoever wins that game
1:00:00
Speaker 1: will determine the conference championship in the Suburban Orange. UCD's
1:00:07
Speaker 1: got the Suburban Blue lined up already. And then if
1:00:10
Speaker 1: Eureka wins, they win the Suburban Yellow. And we already
1:00:13
Speaker 1: have all the GAC champions I think we mentioned previously.
1:00:17
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's always fun. I always like to mention
1:00:19
Speaker 1: conference champions. Technically it doesn't mean anything because it isn't
1:00:24
Speaker 1: like play into playoff As far as the Misha playoff
1:00:29
Speaker 1: system goes, conferences have technically never mattered. It used to, though,
1:00:34
Speaker 1: because you basically had to go at least 8-1 and
1:00:36
Speaker 1: have a chance of qualifying for the playoffs, which meant
1:00:38
Speaker 1: you had to run the table in your conference, essentially.
1:00:42
Speaker 1: But now it doesn't really matter. But it's still a
1:00:45
Speaker 1: good thing to put on a banner and say that
1:00:49
Speaker 1: you were a conference champion. It does mean something. I
1:00:52
Speaker 1: always like to bring attention to that.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
1:00:54
Speaker 1: Yeah. Alright, so that'll do it for us. We'll be
1:00:59
Speaker 1: back next Sunday to recap a lot of action in
1:01:02
Speaker 1: the playoffs in Illinois and then break down all the
1:01:05
Speaker 1: brackets will be out by Sunday in Missouri. We'll have
1:01:12
Speaker 1: basically a bracket show to reveal who's where and I
1:01:17
Speaker 1: guess give our thoughts on who we think can win
1:01:19
Speaker 1: and what not and preview some of the handful of
1:01:23
Speaker 1: good games that we'll probably get in the initial first round. Um,
1:01:27
Speaker 1: don't usually get a ton, but, uh, we, we, we
1:01:29
Speaker 1: always get a couple. So we'll have that for you
1:01:31
Speaker 1: guys next week. And, uh, we'll have a handful of
1:01:34
Speaker 1: games filmed as well. I mean, I know like, um,
1:01:37
Speaker 1: two of our better videographers are going to be out
1:01:39
Speaker 1: of town, unfortunately this week. And, uh, so I, I'm
1:01:42
Speaker 1: going to be, I'm going to be in, uh, we'll
1:01:45
Speaker 1: do Parkway West on Thursday and I'm going to be
1:01:46
Speaker 1: at Ritter at Jackson on Friday. And then, um, we're,
1:01:51
Speaker 1: We're still trying to get the times for the Illinois games,
1:01:54
Speaker 1: but most likely I'll 100% be in Illinois filming a
1:01:59
Speaker 1: playoff game or two somewhere. Hopefully two. All right, so
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Speaker 1: thank you very much for listening, and we'll see you soon.
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Speaker 2: Peace.