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WEEK 6 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Picks · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway SportsVenue show. I'm John, he's Roman.
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  Speaker 2: We are here today to preview week six of the St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis high school football season.
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  Speaker 1: We are past the midway point now.
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  Speaker 2: And at this point, we know just about, just about,
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  Speaker 2: for the most part, who teams are now.
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  Speaker 1: They are who they are, for the most part.
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  Speaker 2: There's still some teams who are figuring that out, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you'd think it's a little easier to predict
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  Speaker 2: by now. I don't know, but I think we got
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  Speaker 2: some pretty good games on tap. Like, I think we
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  Speaker 2: got a solid, like, top ten, top nine, you know,
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  Speaker 2: type of games this week.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, all over the area. You know, all counties, both
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  Speaker 3: sides of both rivers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we have two pretty big ones.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it should be a fun one. First off, we'll
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  Speaker 4: start in the GAC South. We've got a rivalry game here.
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  Speaker 4: We've got Francis Howell at Francis Howell Central. The Vikings
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  Speaker 4: are favored by 17.5. The Overns at 46.5. Francis Howell's
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  Speaker 4: defense has really gotten back on track these last two games.
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  Speaker 4: They've allowed a combined 14 points overall. with the last
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  Speaker 4: two games. They held Liberty last week to, uh, two
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  Speaker 4: and a half yards per carry on 35 carries. So
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  Speaker 4: it looks like their defensive line has really started to
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  Speaker 4: figure things out. Um, and their linebacks as well. Um,
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  Speaker 4: so yeah, I'm going to go with Francis Howell to
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  Speaker 4: cover here.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go with the under. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, the Vikings have kind of, I think, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of, reset the ship or whatever, so to speak,
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  Speaker 2: but like they've gotten back on course, they've gotten back
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  Speaker 2: on track on these last few games.
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  Speaker 1: And, but you know, central they're, they're three and two.
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  Speaker 2: Um, so they're, they, you know, they recover from that
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  Speaker 2: loss to Troy Buchanan. Um, yeah, but I just, I,
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  Speaker 2: I really like what, you know, Hal's done these last
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  Speaker 2: two games. Um, you know, and even, you know, going
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  Speaker 2: back to week two, I mean, they beat Zumwalt North,
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  Speaker 2: you know, pretty convincingly the way they really should have. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and they've done the same against Zumwalt West
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  Speaker 2: and Liberty, um, And, you know, have that game against
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  Speaker 2: O'Fallon get away from them. So, you know, they easily
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  Speaker 2: could be 4-1 right now. But, no, I like what
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  Speaker 2: they're doing. And so, yeah, I'll have them covering. And
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  Speaker 2: I'll go with the under two.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, we agree. All right.
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  Speaker 4: Next up, heading into the city, we got Naperville Central
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  Speaker 4: at Cardinal Ritter.
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  Speaker 3: Cardinal Ritter favored by 6.5 points. The overruns at 57.5.
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  Speaker 4: Right now, Max Preps has the Naperville Central Redhawks at.
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  Speaker 3: 33rd in Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: They're 3-3 so far.
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  Speaker 4: They've beaten Lockport, DeKalb, and Metea Valley. They've lost to Wheaton, Prospect,
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  Speaker 4: and Naperville North. So a solid team from Chicago, for sure.
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  Speaker 4: They've got a pretty tough public school schedule up there.
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  Speaker 3: And then Ritter, we talked a lot about last week,
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  Speaker 3: about how they played the prep school, St.
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  Speaker 1: James, and lost.
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  Speaker 4: Hopefully Ritter is getting healthier as the season is going on.
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  Speaker 4: I think Ryland Moore.
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  Speaker 3: Is still going to be out.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that. I mean, he could be back.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he had like a concussion
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  Speaker 1: from the Millard South game. So it shouldn't be. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you never know about concussions. I mean, they could be.
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  Speaker 2: Usually they're not that long term. Usually it's just like
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  Speaker 2: a week or two, but you never know about those.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Maybe he'll be back. Maybe he won't. We don't know.
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  Speaker 4: Ritter is definitely the more skilled team here, though. Defensively,
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  Speaker 4: I hope they can get back on track.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a really tough year defensively for them.
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  Speaker 2: But then again, they've played a really tough schedule.
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Ritter to cover, and I'll go with
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  Speaker 3: you over.
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  Speaker 1: I will... I think I'll agree with you on that, too.
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  Speaker 1: This is a must-win game for them.
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  Speaker 2: They can't If they lose this game, I mean, man,
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  Speaker 2: who knows what their season's going to turn into. But
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  Speaker 2: you would expect Ritter to beat Naperville Central. I don't
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  Speaker 2: expect it to be a walk in the park. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: I think it would be a pretty competitive game. But
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  Speaker 2: I still expect them, especially at home, to come out
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  Speaker 2: on top, even though the vibes probably aren't that great
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  Speaker 2: right now. You're 1-4, but I still think they're a
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  Speaker 2: more talented team than Naperville Central, though.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: All right, heading back over to the GAC. In the
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  Speaker 3: GAC North, we've got Warrington at Orchard Farm.
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  Speaker 4: Warrington's here by 5.5 points. The overrun is at 58.5.
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  Speaker 4: Orchard Farm, you know, last year they had the incredible
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  Speaker 4: season where they finished the regular season 6-3.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Undefeated, right?
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  Speaker 3: Undefeated, yeah. Sorry, I was looking at Warrington's schedule. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Orchard Farm last year, they finished the regular season 8-1, actually,
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  Speaker 3: because they had the week 9 loss to Moverly.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, they didn't have everybody healthy that game.
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  Speaker 1: That's why. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And this year, you know, kind of struggling a bit, um,
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  Speaker 3: compared to expectations, you know, the three and two so far,
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  Speaker 3: Warrington also at three and two, um, Warrington had a
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  Speaker 3: nice win against Holt this past week, uh, they don't
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  Speaker 3: have the stats in, but Eli Schneider has been a
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  Speaker 3: pretty good, uh, running back for them so far, um,
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  Speaker 3: averaging over six yards per carry on the ground, uh,
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  Speaker 3: and then Jordan Lopez is their main guy through the air,
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  Speaker 3: 17 yards per reception for Lopez, so definitely a downfield threat, um,
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  Speaker 3: if Orso Farm can stop Warrington's rushing attack, I think
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  Speaker 3: they are, they could be in a good spot to
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  Speaker 3: win this game. Um, but I think this, this was
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  Speaker 3: come down to whoever can.
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  Speaker 4: Take care of the ball, honestly, because we, we've saw
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  Speaker 4: both these teams in recent weeks, um, lose games because
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  Speaker 4: of turnovers.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what it's going to come down to. So
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  Speaker 3: I will go with, I'm going to go with Warrington
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  Speaker 3: to cover, you know, with Warrington to cover and I'll
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  Speaker 3: go with the under. Interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Um, Yeah, dude, I just think, I hate, yeah, Orchard Farm,
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  Speaker 2: they've struggled a little bit more offensively than what we
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  Speaker 2: thought they would. Yeah, Warrington's been kind of solid this
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  Speaker 2: season so far. I mean, they've had, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: close loss to St. Charles West, and really that St.
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  Speaker 2: Dominic game is a little bit of a head-scratcher now.
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  Speaker 2: I guess they let that one get away from them, but.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I'll give Orchard Farm one more chance here. I think
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  Speaker 2: I'll have Orchard Farm covering, and I will take the under.
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  Speaker 4: Next up, we've got Lindbergh at Kirkwood. Kirkwood figured by 20.5.
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  Speaker 4: The overrun is at 52.5.
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  Speaker 1: This is a really interesting game.
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  Speaker 3: It is. Kirkwood just has to play their style of ball.
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  Speaker 4: They can't get sucked into Lindbergh's Iowa-like tactics where they
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  Speaker 4: just get stuck with one possession in the third quarter,
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  Speaker 4: which is what Lindbergh likes to.
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  Speaker 2: Do and just This is a close game by halftime.
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  Speaker 2: Lindbergh is fine with that.
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  Speaker 1: They're comfortable.
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  Speaker 3: Lindbergh, so far this year on special teams, has found
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  Speaker 3: a way to capitalize.
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  Speaker 4: If Kirkwood can just stay solid on all three sides
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  Speaker 4: of the ball, they should be okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a tough game schematically for them
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  Speaker 2: because they kind of do a 4-2-5 defense. Kirkwood's pretty
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  Speaker 2: good at running the ball, and they want to keep
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  Speaker 2: everything in front of them, Lindbergh, on defense. So if
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  Speaker 2: they can If they're able to do that, I think
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  Speaker 2: they'll be in a good spot. And it's great that
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  Speaker 2: Noah Norman's healthy because he had a pretty bad-looking injury
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  Speaker 2: in the first game of the season against Vianney. And thankfully,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, based on their last game, he seems better
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  Speaker 2: than ever. So that's great because he is their best player.
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  Speaker 2: And I still think Kirkwood wins this game. But I
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  Speaker 2: will have Lindbergh.
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  Speaker 1: Covering, though.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe they're just fooling us a little bit, but
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  Speaker 2: I got renewed confidence in the Flyers. So, and I will,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if I have Lindbergh covering, I mean, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to take the under in that one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That'd be smart.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It wouldn't make sense if Lindbergh covers, but like
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  Speaker 1: the overhits. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: All right, next up, heading over to Franklin County, between
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  Speaker 4: two 4-1 teams, you've got Borgia at Union. Union's favored
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  Speaker 4: by 3.5 points here. The overrun's at 49.5. We talked
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  Speaker 4: about Borgia's really close 29-28 win against Tolton, where they
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  Speaker 4: had a two-point conversion to win the game with about
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  Speaker 4: a minute left.
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  Speaker 3: It was really exciting for the Knights.
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  Speaker 4: Cash Chartrand's been making a ton of plays on offense
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  Speaker 4: at QB, throwing the ball and running the ball as well.
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  Speaker 4: And then defensively, Tommy Lyon leads the way defensively. with sacks,
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  Speaker 4: but Jeremiah Bowman of the Knights, he got five interceptions
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  Speaker 4: so far this year.
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  Speaker 3: So really good.
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  Speaker 4: Um, just, um, recognizing routes, jumping routes, whenever he, he
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  Speaker 4: knows it's common. Um, a lot of good stuff on
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  Speaker 4: defense and offense, the Knights, uh, union, you know, they're
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  Speaker 4: putting together a solid year, not the toughest of schedules, but, um,
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  Speaker 4: they're definitely taking care of business. Um, and they very
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  Speaker 4: well could be five and oh, honestly, I mean, they, they,
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  Speaker 4: they let one slip away against them all West, uh,
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  Speaker 4: back in week two, you know, much bigger school.
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  Speaker 3: Um, But Ryan Webb and Braden.
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  Speaker 4: Blankenship have been kind of like the, I guess, two
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  Speaker 4: main running backs, you could say, for the Wildcats. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: this should be a fun one, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 4: go with Borgia to cover and win here, and I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to go with the over.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have Union to cover and win for, yeah, for them.
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  Speaker 1: I expect this to be a pretty close game. I
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  Speaker 1: will take.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take the over as well. And, yeah, I just
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  Speaker 2: got a good feeling about Union. Although, Borgia, they've been
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  Speaker 2: really good in close games this season. They've won some
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  Speaker 2: really close ones, like Washington in overtime. That was a
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  Speaker 2: solid one for them there.
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  Speaker 1: But, yeah, I'll take Union.
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  Speaker 2: I'm probably going to be wrong, ultimately, because I'm doing
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  Speaker 2: this off of a hunch, pretty much.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I'll go with them.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, next up we got Lafayette at Rockwood Summit. Summit
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  Speaker 4: favored by 2.5 points.
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  Speaker 3: The overrunners at 40.5.
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  Speaker 4: These are two teams that really need to win here. Summit,
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  Speaker 4: they've lost two in a row. Lafayette's lost three in
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  Speaker 4: a row. Both teams, and, you know, each of these
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  Speaker 4: past two weeks, both teams have had really close losses.
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  Speaker 1: Both to Lindbergh. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Summit lost to the last....
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  Speaker 4: Minute safety pretty much to Lindbergh this past week. And
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  Speaker 4: then two weeks ago, Lafayette lost to Lindbergh. 28-27, then
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  Speaker 4: they lost to Marquette by one score. And, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we're threatening, as time expired, to potentially take the lead
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  Speaker 4: with PAT.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. It seems like for Lafayette,
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  Speaker 3: they just....
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  Speaker 4: Offensively, they never seem like they're in a bad spot.
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  Speaker 4: but it just seems like late in games they just
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  Speaker 4: can't put.
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  Speaker 1: Good drives together.
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  Speaker 4: Like, you know, this past game, they couldn't finish at
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  Speaker 4: the goal line, which was just, you know, they're right there.
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  Speaker 3: They're getting themselves there.
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  Speaker 4: It's not like they're getting blown out or their offense
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  Speaker 4: is doing nothing, but they just can't finish.
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  Speaker 3: And then for Summit, it's more of just been some
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  Speaker 3: high highs and some low lows for them.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we've seen them do some really good things,
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  Speaker 4: especially on offense against Festus, and then Lindbergh just totally
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  Speaker 4: shuts them down in the second half.
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  Speaker 3: So what kind of team are we going to see
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  Speaker 3: for Rockwood Summit?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's a really good way of looking
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  Speaker 1: at it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they've been good in flashes this season, and
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  Speaker 2: they've been pretty bad in flashes.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I mean, two teams.
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  Speaker 2: I think Summit's definitely been probably more inconsistent than Lafayette,
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  Speaker 2: but because they've shown that they, I think, have a
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  Speaker 2: higher ceiling... Then Lafayette with the Festus win. When Festus
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  Speaker 2: was fully healthy. I'm going to give them the edge
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  Speaker 2: because of that. So I'll have them cover and I'll
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  Speaker 2: take the over. And this game will probably be decided
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  Speaker 2: like 28-21.
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  Speaker 1: If the.
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  Speaker 3: Trends show, this will be a one-score game where both
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  Speaker 3: teams score in the 20s. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely crazy. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: All right, heading over to Metro East, we've got Altaf
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  Speaker 4: at Notre Dame. Altaf favored by 3.5. The overruns at 53.5.
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  Speaker 4: We haven't talked too much about these teams so far
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  Speaker 4: this year, but they're putting in their pretty solid seasons.
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  Speaker 3: Altaf, they're at 4-2. They're coming off a nice win
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  Speaker 3: against Alden Marquette.
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  Speaker 4: And then Notre Dame, they're 4-2 as well with a
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  Speaker 4: nice win against Saxony Lutheran from down there in the
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  Speaker 4: Jackson area.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Altaf had a close loss to Highland. I
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  Speaker 2: know we don't like grading close losses, but I think
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  Speaker 2: that should say something.
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  Speaker 1: They're really good at scoring points.
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  Speaker 2: They had a nice win over Roxanna, 61-42 in that one.
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  Speaker 1: They definitely can put up a lot of points.
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  Speaker 2: All-Top's a pretty athletic team. Mason Thacker is his senior.
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  Speaker 2: He's had a pretty good season. Eight touchdowns, two interceptions,
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  Speaker 2: 770 yards. Steven Brown has been a solid running back
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  Speaker 2: for the last three years for All-Top.
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  Speaker 1: He's got 13 touchdowns already. Then K.J.
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  Speaker 2: Watkins has nine rushing touchdowns, so So they have a
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  Speaker 2: pretty good rushing attack there. And Watkins is also their
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  Speaker 2: best receiver. He's got 300 yards for three touchdowns. And
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  Speaker 2: Logan Thompson is a four-star recruit for primarily on defense,
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  Speaker 2: but he's a pretty good receiver too. He's got two
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns for 185 yards and nine catches there.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, it's.
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  Speaker 2: All-tops good team. They're coming off of a win over
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  Speaker 2: Saxony Lutheran, and they had a, close win over Alton Marquette.
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  Speaker 1: I really like Hunter Hochbaum at quarterback for them.
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  Speaker 2: He already has 1,500 yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: He's really good. I'm going with Altoff to cover and.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take the over because this game looks like there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a lot of offense.
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  Speaker 1: I'd even be tempted to go down there and film that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think I will.
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  Speaker 2: But all tough modern day sounds like a pretty good matchup, though.
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  Speaker 4: Sticking with the Breeze-based teams, we've got Freeburg at Breeze Central.
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  Speaker 4: Breeze Central favored by 7.5 points. The overrun's at 58.5.
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  Speaker 4: Breeze Central off a pretty funky Week 5 win against Jerseyville.
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  Speaker 3: They come back and handle business against a pretty mediocre
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  Speaker 3: Wood River team, 42-0.
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  Speaker 4: And then Freeburg... they had a 14-7 win for themselves
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  Speaker 4: against Jerseyville. So that's kind of funny. You know, Jerseyville
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  Speaker 4: has back-to-back 14-7 losses against these two teams.
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  Speaker 3: That are playing each other. That can't happen very often. But,
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  Speaker 3: you know, two solid teams.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the Midgets and Cougars both have pretty solid
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  Speaker 4: offenses so far this year. Cooper Kisgen, one more good
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  Speaker 4: game and he'll be at 1,000 yards rushing so far
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  Speaker 4: this year for the Midgets. He's got 12 touchdowns, 7
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  Speaker 4: yards per carry for him. And then for Breeze Central,
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  Speaker 4: we've talked about Owen Carrera a lot so far. Last
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  Speaker 4: year and this year, 1,200 yards passing.
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  Speaker 3: For him so far this year, 13 touchdowns and three interceptions.
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  Speaker 4: We've seen these teams, for whatever reason, Jerseyville's defense just
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  Speaker 4: clamped down on these teams. I guess I'm going to
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  Speaker 4: take those games out of the picture. But these two
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  Speaker 4: teams have had pretty good offenses so far this year.
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  Speaker 4: I do think Breeze Central has the edge, though, and
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  Speaker 4: I'll pick them to cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Breeze has had Freeburg's number lately.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, they're currently on a nine-game winning streak over
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  Speaker 2: the Midgets. And if you want to go even further back, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they've only lost twice to them since 2010. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the Cougars have owned the Midgets in this series here recently.
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  Speaker 1: But these are two pretty good teams. I mean, Freeburg
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  Speaker 1: is really due for a win over Breeze.
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  Speaker 2: Central here, I mean, they've lost twice last year, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the conference came down to these two teams,
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: and then last year, you know, Central beat Freeburg in
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: the playoffs by a convincing score. But, yeah, I mean,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: Freeburg's had a, I mean, you already talked about Cooper Kistian. Yeah,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: they've had a really solid season.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're only lost going to, you know, coming
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: to Centralia. And funnily enough, both these teams lost to
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: Jerseyville 14-7. beat that's what i just said oh sorry i.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: Missed that i'm not paying attention i wasn't entirely paying attention.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: Illinois defensive coordinator just got fired so john's kind of
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: freaking out so i'm happy and i'm all down and
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: that's why i'm.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Happy and a little confused um.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: So yeah no i uh i don't know maybe illinois
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: should hire a you know coach short from brief central
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: i mean he's he's he's done a pretty good job
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: um although i don't know if he's a defensive minded coach.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: Or not so um Maybe don't hire him if that's
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: the case, but, no, he's done a really good job.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, no, I like the Cougars in this one.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: I think in this case until– I know Bree Central's
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: a little banged up.
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: Too, but I know Owen Carrere played last week, and so,
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: you know, if they can.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: Keep him– I know he's just like not totally healthy,
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: but he's playing.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: So, you know, as long as he got some rest
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: a little bit, you know, in the second half against
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: East Alton.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: That's good for them. I still have Bruce Central covering
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: and winning.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: In this case, it's almost like until Freberg beats them,
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: I'm just going to.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: Have Central win, and I'll take the under. All right.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: I guess we agree on that one.
• 17:37
  Speaker 4: Next up, heading back over to the Missouri side, we've
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: got Marquette at Eureka. Eureka fared by 20.5. The overrun
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: is at 50.5. Marquette coming off a really exciting win
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: against Lafayette, 27-21. And Eureka, I would say this is
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: their biggest win of the year. against Kirkwood, you know,
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: being a conference opponent. And the way they were able
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: to control the game really the whole time was huge.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: They beat Kirkwood 35-24.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: That's a game where they led, like, pretty much the
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: whole game.
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and Eureka's a team right now where they're improving
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: each week, which is huge.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: Seems like it, yeah.
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, like, they had that roadblock against Hannibal, but
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: ever since then, it seems like they've been getting better
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: each week.
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're firing off the ball well. They're making their tackles,
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: which is huge.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: And by the way, we forgot to mention this. Congratulations
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: to Jake Sumner on his 100th career win.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: Congratulations, Coach. That's huge.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's 100 wins in 12 years.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: That's crazy.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: 12 seasons.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: 100 wins in 12 seasons. That is freaking fast to
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: get 100 wins. That's really fast.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Makes sense.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: I mean, because they, jeez, I mean, I don't know.
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I can't average their wins right now, but they usually
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: win at least eight games a year.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes over 10.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, one of the most consistently successful programs
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: in the area, in the state, really.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: Eureka Wildcats.
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah, we also talked about last episode about how, especially
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: in this Kirkwood game, but really all season long, Eureka
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: QB Zach Kemp is just doing everything for them. I mean,
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: of the team's 203 rushing yards last week, he had
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: 174 of them. So whether it's designed QB runs or scrambles,
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: he finds a way to get plenty of yards.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: Does he also say a little bit something about the
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: rest of their running backs?
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Because they're not as effective running the ball as what
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: they used to with their running backs. Because I've never
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: seen a Eureka quarterback be this dominating running the ball.
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: I don't know if it's an indictment on their running backs.
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: I think it's just more of a scheme difference.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, oh sure, I'm sure.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: But I mean, you know.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: And....
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: Again, not to knock on their current running backs. They
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: do have solid current running backs.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: I think so, yeah.
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: They've looked good but in part in you know at
• 19:45
  Speaker 5: times but you know they don't have you know hassan
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: haskins level running backs on the team right now um
• 19:52
  Speaker 5: yeah but.
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: They do have they do have some good talent back
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: there i just think it's a little bit of a
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: um you know ken ken is their best runner like
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: we have.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: This really good athlete at run at quarterback let's just
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: you know you exhaust that.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah So yeah, I'm going to pick Eureka to cover here,
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: and I'm going to go.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: With the under. Yeah, Eureka's got very good history over Marquette.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: I guess, I don't know if this goes, I know
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: Marquette's not been in high school very long, I mean,
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: since like the 90s, but, I mean, STL today only
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: goes back to 2010, but Eureka's absolutely dominated the Mustangs,
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: 14-2 all time, according to this. Marquette, since they've gotten
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: better since the late 2010s, They've beaten Marquette a few times.
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but Eureka's just... Even in years where.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: I remember in 2021 and 22, I picked Marquette to
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: beat Eureka, and then both years, Eureka beat them.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: So even in.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: Years where it was pretty close, maybe if Marquette was
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: even slightly more talented.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: Than Eureka, Eureka still finds a way to win these games.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: But yeah, I think the last two years, Eureka's... kind
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: of dominated, uh, Marquette, the scoreline.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: And I think they'll do it again. I mean, I mean,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: why would you pick it?
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: It's hard to pick against Eureka at this point after
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: just coming off of a really big win over Kirkwood.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: And even though Marquette, they, they beat Lafayette, they're, they're
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: feeling good too. But I think Eureka is kind of.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: On a little bit of a different level right now. So, um,
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: I will, that's a big spread and 20 and a half. Um,
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: I'll be a little bold and say I think Marquette
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: covers that spread, but I still think Eureka wins this
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: game probably.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: By multiple scores. And I'll take the over.
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: Next up, we've got a rivalry game here. We've got
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: Pattonville at Rittner. Pattonville fared by 12.5. The overruns at 58.5.
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: Pattonville just continues to take care of business. They're 5-0.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: They routed Parkway Central 61-0 last week. And then Rittner,
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: they took care of business as well. They beat Hazel
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: West 43-15.
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: And they played twice last year. And this is going
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: to be fun to see these two QBs battle it
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: out again.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: I like that.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: I was at the game last year, and that was
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: a shootout, and that was an awesome game.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: It was.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: Last year, when the teams first played, Pattonville won 35-27.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: And then in the playoffs, Pattonville won 27-20.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: If you're available, you should go to this game.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's right.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: You're out of town. Well, you know, you could cancel
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: that and come back up. That's not going to happen.
• 22:41
  Speaker 4: If history says anything, let's see, the last one, two, three, four, five, six,
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: the last seven mashups between these two teams have been
• 22:49
  Speaker 4: one score wins by Pattonville.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Pattonville's won like 13 in a row, something like that, 14?
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: They've won 10 in a row.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: 10, okay.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: But, yeah, I think Pattonville's a heck of a team.
• 23:01
  Speaker 4: Trevor Beckerman has been definitely living up to expectations so far.
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: Has been a great QB for the Pirates. Ritter, they're
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: a solid team, but I just, I don't know. I
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: think Pattonville has the.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: Talent edge, and I think that's going to come into
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: play here.
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: I think Ritter covers. I think they get up for
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: this game, and this is their biggest game of the year.
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: I mean, they have this one circled in the calendar
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: for sure. They're going to play their absolute best. I
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: think Rittner covers, but I still think Pattonville wins.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with the... I'll go with the over.
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: Especially with all the close games these Rittner seniors have
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: had with Pattonville.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: They really want to get this one.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Not even that, but just the team who ended your
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: season last year. They want to get revenge on that.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: Pattonville, they've not.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Played the greatest of schedules so far this season, but
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: I think this might be Pattonville's last toughest test of
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: the season, of the regular season. Maybe when they play
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Parker North, that could be an interesting game there. But no,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: I think just because of the rivalry and how usually
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: close these teams play, I think this will probably be
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: Pattonville's last, probably toughest test of the season.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: I still have Pattonville winning, but for historical purposes, and.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: Maybe I'm kind of going against what I believe here,
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: but I do have Rittner covering, and I'll take the
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: over as well.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: Should be a fun one between these two.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: It will be, yeah. I may text you a few
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: times about this game. You probably won't, you know, because
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: you're going to be down in Florida, you know.
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: You're going to be down in Florida enjoying yourself, so
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: I don't know if you're going to be paying attention
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: to your phone much.
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: From 7 to 8 p.m. Central Time, I will either
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: be in the middle of playing a rugby game or at.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Dinner, so... One of those two. We'll see. Yeah. Oh, okay.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: I thought you hung it up.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: I thought you hung your cleats up for that.
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: It's Rugby Alumni Weekend, so that's why I'm going down there.
• 25:01
  Speaker 4: We're playing touch rugby, so it's not a.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: Full-on contact game.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Oh, okay.
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: It'll be, you know, a bunch of alumni who don't
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: feel like tackling each other. So it's just a for
• 25:10
  Speaker 4: fun two-hand touch thing.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: It'll start out that way.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Are you sure it won't morph into aggressive two-hand touch?
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: It will be.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: It might be.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: It will be. We know our boundaries.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: Okay, good, good. Hopefully nobody tears any ACLs.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: We'll be all right.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Great, okay, good.
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: Next up, huge SWC rivalry here. We've got O'Fallon at Edwardsville.
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: Edwardsville favored by 13.5. The overruns at 48.5. Two teams
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: whose defenses had excellent games last week. O'Fallon had one
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: of their best defensive performances really this century against Triad,
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: holding them to just three points with a big win.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: Well, I would argue their best defensive performance this century
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: was against East St.
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: Louis during the COVID year.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: COVID year, so that's got an asterisk, obviously.
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: Oh, come on.
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: But, yeah, I mean.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Put some respect on their names, man.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: Well, speaking of Edwardsville, their defense had a great game
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: against East St. Louis as well.
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: I mean, outside of Ronnie Gilman running all over the place,
• 26:04
  Speaker 4: Edwardsville pretty much contained the Flyers pretty well.
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 26:09
  Speaker 4: So this should be an interesting game. I mean, who
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: can keep the turnovers down? Who can stay wrapped up
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: in their tackles?
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: I think... I think O'Fallon covers, and I'm going to
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: go with the under. This should be a very close, gritty,
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: low-scoring game.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I got O'Fallon covering, too. Um, I guess I'll
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: give the edge to Edwardsville in this game, ultimately.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Um, obviously, you know, you see two teams, like, you know,
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: I mean, these two teams combined for three points, uh,
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: last week, or seven points last week, yeah.
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: Um, Edwardsville was close to scoring against East St. Louis,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: but they didn't.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: Uh, they fell short there, and, um, Obviously, they looked
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: incredibly limited against East St. Louis, but I'm sure they'll
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: be a lot more open-minded and diversified, I guess, against O'Fallon,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: considering the opponent in O'Fallon. They've been able to put
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: up some points this season. But, yeah, definitely been more
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: of a defensive-minded team. I mean, they held Troy to
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: 21 points and held Triad to three points, and then
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: they held Howell to 26 points.
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, they got a good defense. They really do
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: at this point in the season. Yeah. Yeah, I think
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: it'll be a defensive-minded game. I do have Edwardsville ultimately winning,
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: but I do have O'Fallon covering.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: You go with the under as well?
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Smash the under. Oh, yeah.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: Next up, heading over to the MCC, we've got Chaminade
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: at Vianney. Vianney faded by 3.5 points. The overrun is
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: at 62.5. Got a couple of young teams here that
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: have shown some good flashes this year.
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, these are two teams that.
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: Have a lot of underclassmen in big roles, so no
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: crazy expectations coming into the season so far this year.
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: Nothing crazy record-wise, but both teams have shown some good
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: stuff so far. Vianney coming off a loss to DeSmet,
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: Chaminade coming off that. Actually, a nice win against St.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: Dominic, 23-7.
• 28:07
  Speaker 4: And the Chaminade defense has had a couple of really
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: good games, especially against Thu Hai, holding the 13 points.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: Albeit without Patrick Romella, but they still did that. Still, yeah.
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: Still did that.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: I mean, Slough only scored 14 against Liffler Life.
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Well, still, Chaminade's definitely improving so far.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: Jamirion Barnes, he's been the main guy for Chaminade, you know,
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: running the ball and throwing the ball as well. And
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: then Vianney, seems like offensively they've, They had the 78
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: bomb against Lutheran St. Charles, and even in their losses,
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: they seemed to put up a good amount of points.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, against Ladue, they put up 27, and
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: most of it in the second half. But then against CBC,
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: I mean, that was a competitive game until late in
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter.
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: So the audience put up points every game.
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Robert Etherton, he's a darn good running back. Really
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: good job at getting yards after contact. I'm going to
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: go with Vianney to cover here.
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with the over.
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: Harlan Futrell is one of the better freshmen in the state.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: He seems like he's getting better every week, as you would.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: Imagine so as a freshman does, who's not intimidated by
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: the job he's got at hand.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: So I really like that. It's got to be interesting.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: It's weird because I know their schedule's gotten better for Chaminade.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: You know, because they started out with Marquette and Poplar Bluff,
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: put up, 41-50 points respectively but then these last three
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: weeks they put up 13 against Slough, 14 against the
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: Smet and then did better against St. Dominic but maybe
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: their playbook, I don't know because it seems like everything
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: is kind of funneling through Jamarion Barnes though as a
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: runner and then as a passer so maybe defenses and
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: opponents are getting more privy to that and I don't know.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. But I.
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: Think I picked Vianney to beat Chaminade like twice these
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: last two years, and Chaminade won.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: But I don't know.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: I just got a good feeling about Vianney. And so, yes,
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: I'll pick him to cover. And let's see.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: I'll take the under, though. All right. Next up.
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: We've got St. Mary's versus Lift for Life. This game
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: is going to be played at the Kersey Center, I think.
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: Over in Illinois. Jackie, join your Kersey Center in East St. Louis.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: I think that's what it said when I looked at
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: the schedule.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Okay. It's a Thursday night game. That would be really weird.
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: Oh, it's at St.
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: Mary's. Never mind. Sorry.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: One of Lift for Life's later games is here at
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: the Kersey Center.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Sorry. Great. Yeah. My apologies.
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: But anyway.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: I will be at this game on Thursday night. Yeah.
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: Thursday night game at St.
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: Mary's. And I might be at the Vianney Chaminade game, too,
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: but we'll see.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: We shall see.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: St.
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: Mary's favored by 9.5 points. The overruns at 41.5.
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: Live for Life's defense has been doing really, really good,
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: but again, their offense, they just can't quite figure out
• 31:03
  Speaker 4: what's going on with the QB position so far.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: St.
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: Mary's, I don't know. Yeah, Kingston Miles is not going
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: to be back yet. I think he'll get back like
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: week 8.
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: Week 7, I heard. Okay. Hopefully one more week out.
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we'll see about him.
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: They had a nice win against Hayden Catholic from Kansas
• 31:23
  Speaker 4: last week. But in the meantime, before Miles gets back, Milano.
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: Mitchell's been decent running the ball for them.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: I mean, he's getting over five yards carry, but you
• 31:35
  Speaker 4: know what I'm saying?
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this is going to be a very
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: defensive-minded game. I mean, all signs point to that. You know,
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: live for life. I mean, they're averaging 14 points a game,
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: which is pretty bad, but they're only averaging 15 a game,
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: which is pretty.
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: pretty decent considering who they played. I mean, they only
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: allowed 20 points to the Smet.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: Granted it was his first game this season, but I mean,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: their defense is not the problem. It's, it's just their,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: it's their offense. So, and it's kind of the same
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: deal with St. Mary's.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're doing a little better than lift for
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: life overall, but, um, but yeah, the games, even the game,
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: you know, they beat Festus and Cahokia, but it was
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: really their offense doing just enough with their, their defense
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: carrying them.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: But, um, I'll go with St. Mary's in this one.
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: I think they've shown a little bit more what they
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: can do a little bit more offensively. They have some
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: big play capabilities. I know they drove the field a
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: few times when I saw them against Jackson. It seems
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: like they're getting a little bit better anyway overall there.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: Their defense has been pretty consistent all season. Same with
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: Live for Life. The difference is I think St. Mary's
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: will put something together a little bit more offensively. So
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: I still have lift for life covering. I think this
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: is going to be a razor close game and I'm
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: taking the under, but I do have St.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: Mary's winning this game.
• 32:57
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: Next up, as they match up here, we've got Raven
• 33:01
  Speaker 4: gap from Georgia at CBC, CBC fair by nine and
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: a half points. The over is at 66 and a
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: half last year. These two teams gave us quite a show.
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: Um, CBC.
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Following this game on my phone while we were in Tallahassee.
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: CBC defeated Raven Gap last year 59-49 in an absolute shootout.
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: And then this year, and this is funny, so Max Press.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: That must be inspiration for it.
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, Raven Gap so far, they're 2-4, but they're
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: one of the better teams out of the Atlanta, Georgia area.
• 33:34
  Speaker 4: Funny enough, Max Preps is making a mistake on the
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: Raven Gap page. So, Raven Gap, Nacoochee High School, they're
• 33:42
  Speaker 4: out of Raven Gap, Georgia, which, again, is in the
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: Atlanta area. For whatever reason, Max Preps says that Raven
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: Gap is ranked 8th in North Carolina.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: It even says, like, on their, like, Google Max Preps page,
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: it says Raven Gap, Nacoochee, Eagles, parentheses, GA, parentheses.
• 34:00
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: So, I don't know what's up with that. I don't
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: know why Max Preps would say they're in... Maybe they...
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: And it can't mean that.
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: They are 8th in Georgia because it says that they
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: are ranked 16th in the Atlanta area.
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: So that doesn't make any sense.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't get that. Okay, yeah, you're seeing what
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: I'm seeing.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: That's really odd. They're 2-4, but that's a very strong 2-4.
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: They play some of the best teams in the whole Southeast.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: They play Baylor, Tennessee, who we're familiar with. And they're
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: coming off a win this previous week. They're a solid team.
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: But not as good as last year, I wouldn't think.
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: And I think CBC, offensively, they're humming so far. They're
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: doing really, really good. So I'm going to go with
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: CBC to cover here.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: I think Dale and Austin Harvey has another fantastic game.
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: And I'll go with you over.
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think if you come all the way from Atlanta, essentially,
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: to beat CBC at home, on the road, I should.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: Say, that would be really impressive. But yeah, Raven, they've been...
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: They're really good. I mean, they got some close losses.
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, they lost to Providence State. Like, they lost
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: to them by three.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: Providence State is one of the best teams in North Carolina. Like,
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: they're a top five team there. So, they're really good. So,
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: I think, man. And then they lost to Brownsburg, who's
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: their number three in my Midwest rankings. They lost to
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: Brownsburg 31-15. That was at Brownsburg, too. So, I mean,
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: they're going up to Indiana, which is even farther away. Yeah,
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: so they're, yeah, they've, They're losing to some pretty good teams,
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: but they're ultimately not winning these games.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Still, though, I do have them covering that spread. I
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: think CBC ultimately wins, though.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: I think it'll be a really great game, and I
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: will also take that over. Yeah, I'm expecting that'll be
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: a really good one.
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: All right, here we go to our number one matchup
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: of the week. We've got an MCC matchup here. We've
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: got Dismet at Slough High. DeSmet figured by 8.5 points.
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: The overrunner is, holy cow, the overrunner is at 30.5.
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: That is a low total.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: I think that's cap.
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: Well, this is interesting because Camp Sharp played last week
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: for DeSmet.
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: Didn't log too much on the stat sheet, though. Only
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: had five carries.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Oh, he did play. I actually, I thought he wasn't
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: going to play, but he did play.
• 36:24
  Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm not exactly sure what his injury situation is.
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: Well, they still got some pretty good, they still got
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: some depth behind him.
• 36:31
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Malik Waters had a great game for the Spartans,
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: so I'm not super worried about the Spartans as a whole.
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: It looks like they're still continuing to go with their...
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: 2QB system, and it's working pretty well for them.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: So this feels a little bit like an unstoppable force
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: versus an immovable object.
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: It does.
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: We've talked at length about the Sluhaj defense these past
• 36:48
  Speaker 4: few weeks and how incredible they've been. They've allowed just
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: 10 points combined over the past three games against Chaminades
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: and Nominick and Live4Life. And what I think this game
• 37:00
  Speaker 4: is going to come down to is special teams. If
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: DeSmet wants to get a comfortable lead to hold on to, they're.
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: Going to have to get some good returns.
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: And fortunately for them, they have Cam's brother, Rocky Sharp,
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: who has been really incredible in the return game so
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: far this year. He had a return touchdown against Live
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: for Life. Or not a return touchdown. It was like
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: a punt return from his own 30 to the Live
• 37:22
  Speaker 4: for Life two-yard line. So it was a near touchdown.
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: I don't know if you remember that game. Remember that
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: from that game.
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: I do, yeah. Great play. That was the play of
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: the game. Yeah.
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: He also had, Sharp also had, I think it was
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: a kicker touchdown against Corbin Ritter.
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: So in the return game, I think.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: Dismette could do some damage here, which would, you know,
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: given how good the Slew High defense is, Dismette might
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: be able to get more yards.
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: Out of special teams. But we'll see. But that, I think,
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: could be the big X factor is special teams.
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: I think Dismette wins. I think Slew High keeps it close.
• 37:54
  Speaker 4: I think this is going to be a one-score game.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: I'm going to go with Slew High to cover.
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: You know what? It's a super low total, but I
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: don't care. I'm going to go with the under.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Why not? That's insane. Why not? That's insane.
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: I'm going to have some fun here.
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: Um, yeah, I'm going with the Smet to cover and
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: I will have the, I'll take the over. Um, I
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: think this is really where Sloom potentially meets their match
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: right here. I know they had a really nice game
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: against CBC. They lost it, but that was a really
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: close game.
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: Um, who knows?
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: I mean, I've been pretty bullish on the Smet in
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: the past and sometimes it's kind of, you know, bit
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: me in the ass, but I think this time they,
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: you know, they've recovered well off of their CBC loss and, um,
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: It should be a great game. It's at SLU again.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: Two 4-1 teams. And this is, I think, easily the
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: game of the week.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: And we've got some really good games. I mean, I
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: think this is better than last week. And possibly even,
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: I know we had some really awesome games in week four. But, yeah,
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: I think this is our game. I think this is
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: our best week since, like, week two.
• 38:56
  Speaker 3: Hey, well, last week.
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: I really think that.
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: Last week wasn't the most hyped up when it comes
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: to big-name matchups, but last week gave us a ton
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: of fun finishes.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, we got some rivalry games, like Freeburg Breeze,
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: Altaf Mater Dei, Pattonville Rittner, and obviously.
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: Chaminade of Yon is a big rivalry.
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: Matt Slough is a rivalry. St. Mary's, Live for Life.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. There's not much history there,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: but it's two city teams.
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: While it's been one-sided, Francis Howe and Francis Howe Central
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: friggin' hate each other.
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: Borja and Union, I bet there's some rivalry there. Yeah.
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: You know, because they're, you know, pretty close to each other. So, yeah,
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: I think we got a good... mix of all these
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: games like that. And, yeah, week six is, it didn't
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: look so promising at first, but when you really think
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: about it, it's a pretty promising week.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: And, yeah. by the way, like I'm, I'm pretty sure
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: I'm going to be in town. In fact, I'm 99%
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: sure I'm going to be in town this week.
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: Uh, for, you know, for, I'm not, I don't think
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go anywhere to like Ohio or anything
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: like that.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: So, um, yeah, I'm thinking about, I don't know.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm thinking about either going to a pretty
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: big game or I might go to a maybe small game.
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: Like that all tough modern day game is like pretty
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: intriguing to me. I haven't been to modern day in
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: like two, two years. So, um, we'll see about that.
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: Then I'm like Thursday, I'm going to be at St.
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: Mary's for live for life. Then Saturday I'm going to
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: be at Rittner for the Pattonville game. Um, So, yeah,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: hopefully we can get five or six games out for
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: our film coverage, and it should.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: Be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to it. Yeah.
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: Okay, well, those are our picks. That's what we think,
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: and we'll see how it goes.
• 40:25
  Speaker 4: Peace.