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WEEK 3 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Picks · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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Speaker 1: How's it going, everybody? Welcome back to the Gateway Sports
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Speaker 1: Venue Show. I'm John, he's Roman. Week 3 is upon us.
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Speaker 1: We will be previewing it, as always, with our top
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Speaker 1: 15 games of the week, brought to you by the
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Speaker 1: Gila Sandler Vaughn Sportsbook, which has been crushing it so
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Speaker 1: far this season. As we'll get right into it. Starting
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Speaker 1: off in the 6-1-8, and this is a game, like,
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Speaker 1: I might have to consider getting someone to film this one, because...
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Speaker 1: There should be a lot of points in this one.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got Marion at Highland. Marion fared by 3.5 points.
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Speaker 2: The overrunner's at 72.5.
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Speaker 1: It's also a rematch of the 2024 first-round playoff game.
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Speaker 2: That's a high total, but shoot, Marion has put up
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Speaker 2: an even 60 points each of the past two weeks.
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Speaker 2: We talked last episode about how high-flying Highland's offense is
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Speaker 2: as well, putting up 56 points last week and darn near,
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Speaker 2: or actually over 600 yards of total offense this year.
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Speaker 2: Should be full highlights. I'm going to go with Highland
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Speaker 2: to cover and win this game, and I'm going to
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Speaker 2: go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so Marion started out losing to Carterville 28-24, but
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Speaker 1: then they blew out Lincoln 60-0 and then blew out
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Speaker 1: Belleville West 60-20. Yeah, they've had a pretty particularly high-flying
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Speaker 1: offense these last few seasons. It's kind of what they do,
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Speaker 1: but yeah. Highland had a kind of a rough season
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Speaker 1: last year, but I think it looks like they're turning
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Speaker 1: a corner this year. Uh, I mean, that was a great, uh,
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Speaker 1: after losing the triad, they were, they responded pretty well
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Speaker 1: by beating all Toth and then coming off an absolute
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Speaker 1: thriller against Muscoota winning 52, 56, 52. I'm going to
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Speaker 1: go with the, the Bulldogs in this one here. Uh,
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Speaker 1: I think they're, uh, I think they're getting a little
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Speaker 1: bit better as after each game goes by. I mean, their,
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Speaker 1: their defense has got to, uh, step it up obviously, but, uh,
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Speaker 1: Their offense led by quarterback Jax Oren and then Carter Harris,
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Speaker 1: who are a really good junior duo, QB running back duo.
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Speaker 1: They're going to be tough to beat. So I got
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Speaker 1: Highland winning, and I will take the over. All right.
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Speaker 2: I guess we agree on that. Next up, we head
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Speaker 2: over to the Battle of O'Fallon. Zumal North adds Zumal West.
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Speaker 2: Zumal West feared by 4.5 points. The overrun is at 50.5.
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Speaker 2: Pretty disappointing start to the season for both these teams.
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Speaker 2: Zamal North at 0-2 West. They snuck out a win
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Speaker 2: against Union, but I'm sure they wanted to win that
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Speaker 2: game a lot more. Turnovers have been an issue for
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Speaker 2: Zamal North so far this year. They gave away the ball,
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Speaker 2: I think, three times against Francis Howell last week. The
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Speaker 2: stats are not in for the Zamal West-Union game, but
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Speaker 2: they had several turnovers against Hickman back in Week 1.
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Speaker 2: So I think whoever can keep the ball safe is
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Speaker 2: going to win this game. And with that, I'm going
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Speaker 2: to go.
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Speaker 1: This is tough.
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Speaker 2: I'll go with North to cover, and I'll go with
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Speaker 2: the over, but I'm not very confident in that pick.
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Speaker 1: I will go with North in the under. Yeah, I
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Speaker 1: think the name of the game for both these teams
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Speaker 1: is ball possession and field position. Don't think there's going
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Speaker 1: to be a ton of points here. North can run
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Speaker 1: the ball more effectively. They were still able to run
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Speaker 1: for over 300 yards against Francis Howell, and they probably
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Speaker 1: would have had more if they were able to take
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Speaker 1: care of the ball. If they can just fix that
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Speaker 1: right there, I think that probably is enough to win
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Speaker 1: them the game, so that's my logic.
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Speaker 2: Alright, next up, heading back over to the Metro East,
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Speaker 2: we've got Breeze Central at Waterloo. Breeze Central is paired
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Speaker 2: by 13.5 points, and the overrun is at 51.5. Waterloo
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Speaker 2: coming off a nice 31-7 against Rivals Columbia, and then
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Speaker 2: Bree Central last week, they rolled over Civic Memorial 48-7.
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Speaker 2: Three games in the season, three straight games with 40
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Speaker 2: or more points for the Cougars. They did lose, I mean,
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Speaker 2: coming into the year, we knew that they would bring
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Speaker 2: back QB Owen Queer, but they did lose a lot
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Speaker 2: for the rest of their offense. But it seems like...
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Speaker 2: Doesn't really matter. Seems like it doesn't really matter too much.
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Speaker 2: Carson Weber's been good catching the ball for them. And
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Speaker 2: then defensively as well, they've been able to be pretty effective.
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Speaker 1: And....
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Speaker 2: I mean, this is going to be pretty big for,
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Speaker 2: I mean, just looking at the standings of the Cahokia-Mississippi Conference,
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Speaker 2: it's these two and Freeburg and Centralia.
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Speaker 1: Centralia's probably going to be duking it out with Centralia
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Speaker 1: for the top spot.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is a very important game for the
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Speaker 2: conference standings early in the year, so a lot riding
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Speaker 2: on this one. I'm going to go with I'm going
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Speaker 2: to go with Waterloo to cover, but I still think
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Speaker 2: Breeze Central wins, and I'm going to go with the over.
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Speaker 1: I'm really feeling the Cougars. I think the cover and
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Speaker 1: the other defense will be a little tested. I will
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Speaker 1: still take the over, though. Owen Carrere is really establishing
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Speaker 1: himself as one of the better quarterbacks in the area.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's already thrown for over five touchdowns, and
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Speaker 1: he's rushed for over 300 yards as well, so he's
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Speaker 1: proven that he's no more than just a passing quarterback.
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Speaker 1: Emmanuel Velasquez, by the way, I think he's a decent
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Speaker 1: running back for Central as well. And it looks like
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Speaker 1: they just reloaded receiver every year because, I mean, it
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Speaker 1: helps you have a really good quarterback, too. But Central,
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Speaker 1: they're never low on athletes over there, too, for like
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Speaker 1: a small school of class four standards. So, yeah, they're
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Speaker 1: in a really good place. And, yeah, their offense is
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Speaker 1: really yet to be stopped. So, yeah, I feel pretty
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Speaker 1: good about them.
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Speaker 2: Next up, we've got Marquette at Rittner. Rittner is favored
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Speaker 2: by 3.5 points. The overrunners at 57.5 points. Both these
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Speaker 2: teams got back on track with wins in Week 2
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Speaker 2: after losing in Week 1. The Marquette rushing defense had
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Speaker 2: an excellent game against St.
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Speaker 1: Dominic.
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Speaker 2: They held St. Dominic to under 200 total yards of offense.
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Speaker 2: They held the Crusaders to just under 4 yards per carry.
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Speaker 2: Rittner defensively also had a great show against Jennings. They
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Speaker 2: shut him out. The stats are not in for that game.
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Speaker 2: But this is two teams that are looking to duke
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Speaker 2: it out for district standings. And, you know, games like
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Speaker 2: this are huge when it comes to being able to
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Speaker 2: host a playoff game. And I think this Marquette, I
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Speaker 2: think this is going to be this should be a
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Speaker 2: close one. I think Marquette wins this one, though, and
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Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the under.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think. I don't think Rittner's going
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Speaker 1: to allow 66 points like they did against Kirkwood. Marquette
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Speaker 1: hasn't really proven to be that effective offensively there. But
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Speaker 1: I think Marquette's defense looks like they're getting better each week, though.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I know they started out giving up 41
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Speaker 1: to Chaminade. That wasn't entirely on their defense, though. But
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Speaker 1: they will be tested again because Rittner, I mean, they
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Speaker 1: got Anthony Odom at quarterback and Montre Banks at receiver.
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Speaker 1: And I think they're really going to have to pass
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Speaker 1: the ball a lot. So Marquette, their secondary better be,
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Speaker 1: you know. I mean, they know what they're going to expect,
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Speaker 1: I think. But, you know, if they can kind of
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Speaker 1: keep Rittner locked down enough in their secondary, then I
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Speaker 1: like their chance in this one. And I think they
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Speaker 1: can do that. So, yeah, I will go with the
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Speaker 1: Mustangs to cover and to win. And I will also
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Speaker 1: take the under. So we agree. All right. Next up.
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Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, I have fantastic news. For the first
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Speaker 2: time in 19 years, Borgia and Washington are playing each
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Speaker 2: other in football. Borgia is fair by 3.5 points. The
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Speaker 2: overrunner is at 41.5. This game is going to be
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Speaker 2: at Washington High School. Finally, we get a nice in-city
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Speaker 2: rivalry coming back here. Tyler Rudel has been the leading
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Speaker 2: scorer for Borgia so far this year, averaging over 8
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Speaker 2: yards per carry on the ground. And while Washington, they're
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Speaker 2: off to an 0-2 start. It's been two super close
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Speaker 2: games against a couple decent teams in Union and Warrington.
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Speaker 2: They lost in like a, I think, was it a
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Speaker 2: walk-off field goal?
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Speaker 1: Yes. Against Warrington? Yeah.
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Speaker 2: So, really tough finish for them.
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Speaker 1: Warrington's off to a solid start.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think it's two decent teams. I mean, it's,
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Speaker 2: Washington's got to get back on track. You know, for
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Speaker 2: the Blue Jays, you know, offensively, they don't do anything
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Speaker 2: too crazy, but you know, Carter Hill for them is
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Speaker 2: the main guy running the ball. They don't really throw
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Speaker 2: the ball too much. He's also their QB, so he's
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Speaker 2: just the main athlete for them. I'm actually, I think
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Speaker 2: Washington wins this one. I'm going to go with the
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Speaker 2: Blue Jays to win and cover, and I'm going to
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Speaker 2: go with the, I think it'll be a loose score.
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Speaker 2: I'll go with the under.
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Speaker 1: Why not? Interesting. Yeah, I mean, you could say they're
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Speaker 1: due for a win because they've, yeah, I mean, they
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Speaker 1: played Union pretty close, just couldn't, They just had a
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Speaker 1: tough fourth quarter. They had the lead and then ultimately
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Speaker 1: lost it in the end going into that fourth quarter. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: Carter Hill seems to be their offense. I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I mean, this game really could go either way. I just,
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Speaker 1: Borgia hasn't really been tested yet, and Washington, I mean,
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Speaker 1: this will be their toughest game so far. Washington, they've
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Speaker 1: been tested. They arguably could be 2-0 right now. I mean,
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Speaker 1: they're close to that, so. Because of that, I will
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Speaker 1: pick Washington. I will take the over. And I have
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Speaker 1: Washington covering, obviously.
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Speaker 2: All right, next up, we go to a Thursday game.
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Speaker 2: We've got Eureka at Parkway North. Eureka is fair by 8.5 points.
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Speaker 2: The overrunner is at 48.5. We talked a lot about
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Speaker 2: Eureka's heartbreaking loss last week against Hannibal and the tough
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Speaker 2: turnover at the end of the game. We didn't really
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Speaker 2: talk about Parkway North last episode because they– Crushed Parkway Central.
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Speaker 2: Final score on that one was 42-6.
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Speaker 1: That was actually close at halftime. It was 14-6 at halftime.
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Speaker 2: It's crazy Parkway Central only got six points because John
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Speaker 2: Mertz got 294 passing yards.
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Speaker 1: He's only a sophomore.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: That's good not to talk too much about them, but
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Speaker 1: it's like they need to just have an established quarterback
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Speaker 1: and not have a new starter every year. And that's
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Speaker 1: been one of their problems. But if they can have
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Speaker 1: a guy who's just consistent and is just there. as
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Speaker 1: a quarterback and, you know, build him up, they will
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Speaker 1: get into a better spot. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Parkway North offensively last week, they had just a hair
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Speaker 2: under 500 total yards of offense, which is great, but
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Speaker 2: they still have two turnovers. So, you know, while these
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Speaker 2: two teams I think are better than, you know, that
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Speaker 2: they get one of the games we just talked about,
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Speaker 2: which was in one of them all West. I think
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Speaker 2: this game, just like that game would come down to
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Speaker 2: who can take care of the football.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean, we've got Parkway North who, who, absolutely should
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Speaker 2: have won week one against Parker West, but they threw
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Speaker 2: five interceptions. And then this past week they handled tip,
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Speaker 2: they handled business, but still too many turnovers. And then
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Speaker 2: Eureka should have won last week, but they turn it
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Speaker 2: over in crunch time. So I think ball security is
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Speaker 2: the number one priority here. Um, I think Eureka wins
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Speaker 2: or I think Parker North covers and I'm going to
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Speaker 2: go with the under.
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Speaker 1: I think Eureka covers that spread. Um, I think this
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Speaker 1: could be a good game. That's 48 and a half.
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Speaker 1: I will take the under because I think Parkway North's
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Speaker 1: got a good defense still. But I just don't see
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Speaker 1: Parkway North doing much offensively against Eureka. However, though, Eureka's
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Speaker 1: defense hasn't been particularly great so far as well.
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Speaker 2: They've shown flashes.
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Speaker 1: But the fact, like, Parkway North could not run the
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Speaker 1: football against Parkway West. And so I just think... You know,
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Speaker 1: when Eureka knows you're going to throw the ball, they're
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Speaker 1: tough to crack. And so I think they're going to
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Speaker 1: be able to stop their run game and then force
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Speaker 1: Parkway North to pass. And statistically speaking, they're probably going
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Speaker 1: to throw some interceptions because that's what they've been doing
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Speaker 1: so far early on. I mean, they've thrown seven interceptions
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Speaker 1: as a team now already in two games. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Wildcats. They did get
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Speaker 1: upset by Parkway North a few years ago in 2023.
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Speaker 1: That kind of shocked everybody. Potentially could happen again, but
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Speaker 1: even though Eureka is 1-1, I think it's a good 1-1. And,
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Speaker 1: you know, this is one of these games on their schedule,
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Speaker 1: which is not easy, but they have a really tough schedule.
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Speaker 1: But this is one of those games that's like they
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Speaker 1: know they probably should be winning this one. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: I'm going with Eureka.
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Speaker 2: All right. On to whatever number nine game of the week.
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Speaker 2: We've got university city at Northwest. You city is favored
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Speaker 2: by 12 and a half points here. The overrunners at
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Speaker 2: 64 and a half. You city has been crushing it.
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Speaker 2: The first two games of the year, putting up a combined, um,
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Speaker 2: 112 points against Luke and St. Charles and Lawton, Oklahoma. Uh,
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Speaker 2: we knew coming into the year that, uh, coach will
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Speaker 2: Franklin's gang would be, uh, just toss it down the
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Speaker 2: field pretty easily. Uh, I don't think they have their
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Speaker 2: stats for this past game, but they've got athletes all
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Speaker 2: over the place. Teddy Stevens, Travis Allen, Jalen Carter, Rob Murphy.
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Speaker 2: But we can't forget about Northwest. I mean, this is
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Speaker 2: a Northwest team that got a bunch of wins last year.
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Speaker 2: They're off to a 2-0 start this year. And it's
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Speaker 2: funny because we came into the year knowing that Cohen
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Speaker 2: Stark would be one of the best athletes in the
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Speaker 2: whole St. Louis area, really. But it's this Northwest defense
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Speaker 2: that's been really showing out. I mean, they've only allowed
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Speaker 2: 20 points so far this year. Jeremiah Clines has 31
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Speaker 2: tackles so far, along with a fumble recovery and the interception.
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Speaker 2: I mean, quickly making his case for one of the
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Speaker 2: first-team all-metro defense down there at Northwest. So this should
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Speaker 2: be a fun game. You've got a bunch of good
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Speaker 2: athletes all over the place. And, yeah, I'm going to
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Speaker 2: go with... It's a high total, but you know what?
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Speaker 2: I'm going to have some fun. I'll go with Northwest
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Speaker 2: to cover, and I'm going to.
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Speaker 1: Go with the over. Okay. Yeah, I think this could
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Speaker 1: end up being UCD's biggest test of the season. And
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Speaker 1: this would be a big win for Northwest, too, if
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Speaker 1: they can do this. I'll say for now, I think
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Speaker 1: Northwest covers. I want to watch some game film on
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Speaker 1: both teams here, because I'm really intrigued about this game.
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Speaker 1: I do have Northwest covering, and... I will take the
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Speaker 1: over as well. Yes, I'll have some fun. Yeah, U City,
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Speaker 1: their offense has been pretty prolific. Yeah, Northwest has been,
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Speaker 1: they've just been alright so far. And I like to
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Speaker 1: think U City's good enough to take away Stark as
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Speaker 1: tough as he is. Yeah, I mean, Northwest, they're definitely
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Speaker 1: going to be challenged by U City's athleticism. Because it's
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Speaker 1: something that, It's probably going to be the most athleticism
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Speaker 1: they see all season from a team. But if they
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Speaker 1: can overcome that and win, I mean, that's a huge
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Speaker 1: step forward for Northwest right there. So I guess I'm
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Speaker 1: kind of saying is I probably use City wins, but
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Speaker 1: I do have Northwest covering. I think it will be
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Speaker 1: a good game, though.
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Speaker 2: All right, next up we've got Pattonville at Lafayette. Pattonville
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Speaker 2: is favored by 8.5 points here. The overrunner is at 53.5.
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Speaker 2: Pattonville rolled over Hazel West last week. And if you
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Speaker 2: look at the stats, they're probably a bit misleading because–
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Speaker 2: They only had, I mean, they scored 43 points, but
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Speaker 2: they only had 217 yards total offense. Yeah, they had
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Speaker 2: a lot of short fields. Yeah, that's mostly because they
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Speaker 2: pretty much got the ball at West's 40-yard line every time.
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Speaker 1: West was particularly great at, like, you know, they were
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Speaker 1: not particularly great at managing, like, field positioning.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Pattonville forced a safety. They got to pick six.
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Speaker 2: Their defense was all over it. And then Lafayette. Too
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Speaker 2: close wins to start the year. They're still trying to
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Speaker 2: figure things out offensively, and I think they're kind of
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Speaker 2: figuring out their personnel of who to put where. I mean,
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Speaker 2: Pattonville has known where to put certain players for a
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Speaker 2: couple years now because they've kept most of their guys
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Speaker 2: on offense from last year. This should be an interesting game.
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Speaker 2: I trust Trevor Beckerman to make the smart decisions and
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Speaker 2: make smart throws, but his Lafayette defense is pretty solid.
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Speaker 2: I mean.
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Speaker 2: Timberland Liberty to 21 points or less both weeks is
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Speaker 2: pretty good. This should be a close one. I'll go with.
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Speaker 2: I'll pick Patville to win by three points exactly. So
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Speaker 2: I'll go with Lafayette to cover, Patville to win, and
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Speaker 2: I'll go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Aaron Collins has been a nice running back for Patville
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Speaker 1: so far. He's got 15 carries for 274 yards and
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Speaker 1: three touchdowns, but... I think this will definitely be, this
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Speaker 1: is both teams' biggest test so far. This is a
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Speaker 1: game that's going to prove, I think, if Lafayette is
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Speaker 1: kind of legit. I think if they can win this game,
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Speaker 1: although I haven't been really thrilled with Pattonville's start to
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Speaker 1: the season so far, I mean, they've taken care of business,
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Speaker 1: but I thought they'd have some more success against Zumwalt
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Speaker 1: North and then against Hazelwood West. I mean, they just,
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Speaker 1: you know, they just won the game. They weren't anything
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Speaker 1: like it wasn't particularly spectacular, but they just, they took
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Speaker 1: care of business against them. So it's good that Lafayette
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Speaker 1: looks like, you know, it looks like Jesse Shelley is
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Speaker 1: going to be their guy quarterback and that they can,
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Speaker 1: they're still going to have Cody Keenan running back, who
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Speaker 1: is probably going to rush for a thousand, over a
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Speaker 1: thousand yards this season. He's on pace for it at least.
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Speaker 1: And I think they've got a good team. I mean,
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Speaker 1: this game's at Lafayette, which is nice for them. And
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Speaker 1: I think this game could go a lot of different ways.
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Speaker 1: So I have Lafayette covering, and I will take the
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Speaker 1: under just to be a little different from you. I
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Speaker 1: won't have so much fun this time. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: All right. Next up, heading back over to Metro East,
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Speaker 2: we've got Edwardsville at Belleville East. Belleville East, favored by
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Speaker 2: three and a half points here. The overruns at 56
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Speaker 2: and a half. This rivalry has been... I mean, we
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Speaker 2: talk about it every year. Belleville East has not won
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Speaker 2: this matchup since 2010. And both teams need a win here. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: Belleville East took care of business last week.
18:33
Speaker 1: By the way, Altop did not have Logan Thompson. So.
18:38
Speaker 2: And... it looks like Kingston Jones has taken most of
18:41
Speaker 2: the snaps at QB for Beville East, but it seems
18:44
Speaker 2: like Connor Gray will also take some snaps. So I'm not,
18:47
Speaker 2: I don't really know if they have their QB situation
18:49
Speaker 2: figured out totally yet. Um, and then for Edwardsville, they
18:54
Speaker 2: don't have their stats in from this past week.
18:55
Speaker 1: Don't blame them.
18:56
Speaker 2: Um, actually they don't have any stats in at all
18:59
Speaker 2: the whole year.
19:00
Speaker 1: That's, that's unlike them. They're usually pretty good with that.
19:02
Speaker 2: Yeah. So, I mean, yeah, they've played some solid teams
19:05
Speaker 2: to start the year. Um, Do you know what? I
19:12
Speaker 2: hate to do this because this year is different from
19:15
Speaker 2: last year, and you can't just be taking last year's
19:19
Speaker 2: results and use them to pick this year. But last year,
19:23
Speaker 2: Edwardsville came into this game in 1-3 and desperately needed
19:27
Speaker 2: a win to qualify for the playoffs, and they snuck
19:29
Speaker 2: one out by two points. And they had not beaten
19:32
Speaker 2: a good team up to that point. But to be fair,
19:36
Speaker 2: they only lost to Jackson like five points last year,
19:38
Speaker 2: and this year they got killed by him.
19:39
Speaker 1: So I don't know.
19:40
Speaker 2: I mean, it's tough seeing Edwardsville slow down like that
19:42
Speaker 2: because for a while they were just a mainstay, constantly
19:45
Speaker 2: in the top ten.
19:45
Speaker 1: I mean, none of their games have been particularly close
19:47
Speaker 1: so far. Yeah, so... I mean, they've lost every game by,
19:51
Speaker 1: I mean, they did lose to Morgan Park by 17,
19:55
Speaker 1: but that was, I think Morgan Park, they were winning
20:00
Speaker 1: by more than three scores, like, in the second half
20:02
Speaker 1: at that point. So, I think they just got some
20:04
Speaker 1: points late on, so. Yeah.
20:06
Speaker 2: I'll go with East to cover, and I'll go with
20:08
Speaker 2: the under. I think East breaks the streak.
20:11
Speaker 1: I'll go with East as well. I mean, they had
20:14
Speaker 1: a good bounce back whenever all-top, but again, it looked
20:17
Speaker 1: like a limited all-top team. I mean, it's hard to
20:19
Speaker 1: go on either from both teams right here, but I
20:24
Speaker 1: do think Belleville East has a better offense, and their
20:26
Speaker 1: defense has been all right so far, and Edwardsville struggled
20:29
Speaker 1: on both sides. I mean, to be fair, they've had
20:33
Speaker 1: a really tough schedule to start the season out. But
20:35
Speaker 1: their offense has been struggling. And they've been struggling on
20:39
Speaker 1: both sides of the field so far. East, I mean,
20:44
Speaker 1: this seems like right now the year of all years
20:46
Speaker 1: to get Edwardsville. Yeah. Because... Even.
20:50
Speaker 2: Though you're 1-2, I mean, that's... I know.
20:51
Speaker 1: That's got to be crazy to think, right? Yeah. I mean,
20:56
Speaker 1: I know this team is talented, too. Like, Edwardsville, I
21:00
Speaker 1: really don't know where they're going right now. But I
21:02
Speaker 1: know East is... They got some talent within their program,
21:07
Speaker 1: and they have the potential in their offenses. I wouldn't
21:11
Speaker 1: say it's through the roof, but it's pretty good. So
21:16
Speaker 1: obviously they'll be thinking about last year. They'll be thinking
21:18
Speaker 1: about the last handful of years. So they've been really close.
21:22
Speaker 1: I think they'll finally break through and do it. I'll
21:27
Speaker 1: take East to cover, and I will also take the under.
21:32
Speaker 2: All right. Looks like we agree on that one.
21:36
Speaker 1: Yes.
21:37
Speaker 2: Next up, number six game of the week, into our
21:40
Speaker 2: Metro Catholic Conference play. We've got Slough High at Chaminade. Chaminade,
21:44
Speaker 2: favored by six and a half points. The overrun is
21:46
Speaker 2: at 45 and a half. Jamarion Barnes looking pretty good
21:49
Speaker 2: at QB for Chaminade. Last week he was 16 of
21:52
Speaker 2: 19 for 204 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. And
21:56
Speaker 2: got a few rushing yards as well. And, you know,
21:58
Speaker 2: they beat a not very good Popper Bluff team, but
22:00
Speaker 2: they took their business. I mean, this is the Chaminade
22:02
Speaker 2: team that, you know, has played, you know, subpar public
22:06
Speaker 2: schools before, you know, expecting to win big, and they
22:09
Speaker 2: just couldn't do so. So now this year, being able
22:12
Speaker 2: to win big week two and week one, we can't
22:16
Speaker 2: forget about the Marquette win week one. That was also
22:18
Speaker 2: pretty impressive. But Slough High will definitely be the best
22:22
Speaker 2: team they've played so far. Slough High just couldn't quite
22:27
Speaker 2: clutch it up against CBC. And, you know, I think
22:32
Speaker 2: as long as Slough High can just Um, get good snaps. Um, um,
22:40
Speaker 2: seal the outside and the outside runs. They should be okay.
22:44
Speaker 2: And I think the slew high secondary knows what's coming
22:47
Speaker 2: and is athletic enough to contain it. Um, so I'm
22:52
Speaker 2: actually gonna pick slew high to win this one outright.
22:54
Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the over.
22:58
Speaker 1: Yeah, I have slew winning. Um, and I also take
23:02
Speaker 1: the over. Um, Yeah, Barnes is out to a good start.
23:06
Speaker 1: I mean, he had a much better game, it looks like,
23:08
Speaker 1: against Poplar Bluff, especially with his passing, 16 of 19,
23:12
Speaker 1: and he's a really good runner. So he's one of
23:14
Speaker 1: the better dual-tech quarterbacks in the area. And it seems
23:18
Speaker 1: like this Chaminade team is particularly good at running the ball,
23:21
Speaker 1: but this is a different animal than what they've played
23:26
Speaker 1: so far with SLU, especially defensively. I mean, this is
23:29
Speaker 1: a SLU team that held CBC to 27 points at CBC. So, yeah,
23:34
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a tougher, more uphill
23:36
Speaker 1: battle this time. I mean, SLU, they're coming off of
23:38
Speaker 1: a tough loss to CBC, but showed really the state
23:42
Speaker 1: that they're a tough team to beat. And so I'll
23:47
Speaker 1: go with them. I think they'll put up some points.
23:49
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just a low over-under right there. I
23:51
Speaker 1: think Chaminade can put up some points as well. So, yeah,
23:54
Speaker 1: I'll go with the junior Bills.
23:57
Speaker 2: All right, next up into our top five games of
23:58
Speaker 2: the week. At number five, we've got Hannibal at Troy.
24:01
Speaker 1: Okay.
24:02
Speaker 2: Troy favored by one and a half points here. The
24:04
Speaker 2: overrunners at 53 and a half. This is kind of
24:07
Speaker 2: funny because week one, Eureka defeats Troy by one in overtime.
24:14
Speaker 2: And then week two, Hannibal beats Eureka by one at
24:19
Speaker 2: the last second. Well, I mean, you know, in the
24:22
Speaker 2: last minute, I should say. So if anything indicates, these
24:25
Speaker 2: two teams are at a pretty close level. And with Troy,
24:30
Speaker 2: I mean... They only scored 21 points, though. It's funny
24:34
Speaker 2: because the narrative was like, okay, Troy, your defense needs
24:38
Speaker 2: to wake up. Like, yeah, Eureka's solid, but you can't
24:40
Speaker 2: be allowed 49 points. So they shut out O'Fallon, which
24:44
Speaker 2: is great. But offensively, they just didn't really do anything.
24:48
Speaker 2: I mean, they didn't run the ball well at all.
24:50
Speaker 2: They had less than three yards per carry. And, I mean, yeah,
24:54
Speaker 2: O'Fallon is a decent team, but That is a little
24:58
Speaker 2: concerning for Troy's offense.
25:01
Speaker 1: Especially running the ball. I mean, they usually easily run
25:04
Speaker 1: for over at least 150 yards a game.
25:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, so, I mean, the name of the game here,
25:10
Speaker 2: I think, is if Troy can just sustain their blocks
25:13
Speaker 2: when they're pulling guards, they can be okay. I trust
25:16
Speaker 2: Carter Schaefer to do well. I mean, under pressure, he's
25:19
Speaker 2: been great last year and this year. I'll go with
25:24
Speaker 2: Troy to win close. I think it's going to be close.
25:28
Speaker 2: I'll go with Troy to sneak one out, and I
25:30
Speaker 2: will go with the under.
25:33
Speaker 1: I got my mind made up. I am going for
25:35
Speaker 1: Hannibal to win, and I will take the over. Hannibal's had,
25:40
Speaker 1: I mean, they've not dominated Troy, but they have always
25:45
Speaker 1: put up a fight over the Trojans. And, I mean,
25:47
Speaker 1: they beat them in 22. They beat them in last year.
25:53
Speaker 1: Helped that Hunter Hoffery was out for that game, but
25:55
Speaker 1: they still put up a ton of points on them.
25:58
Speaker 1: they usually find a way to put up points against
26:00
Speaker 1: Troy though. And, uh, it'd be interesting to see what
26:03
Speaker 1: type of offense Troy has. Um, you know, we, we've
26:05
Speaker 1: seen them be really good. Um, um, but then last
26:09
Speaker 1: week they were, I can't say they were rusty because
26:11
Speaker 1: they're coming off of a really big week, but, uh,
26:14
Speaker 1: they just didn't really quite have it, I guess. But, uh,
26:17
Speaker 1: maybe O'Fallon's got good athletes and they can kind of
26:20
Speaker 1: match up with them. But, uh, I really don't know
26:23
Speaker 1: because that I'll have to watch some more film on
26:25
Speaker 1: them because that, that, 21-0 score against O'Fallon was just
26:28
Speaker 1: really head-scratching. But, I mean, what Hannibal was able to
26:33
Speaker 1: do against Eureka and beat them was impressive, I thought. And,
26:37
Speaker 1: you know, I think they can ultimately beat Troy. So
26:41
Speaker 1: I'm going with them.
26:42
Speaker 2: All right, next up we've got Cardinal Ritter at Knoxville
26:45
Speaker 2: Catholic in Tennessee. Knoxville Catholic is favored by 2.5 points.
26:48
Speaker 2: The overrunner is at 55.5. A couple things here for
26:52
Speaker 2: Cardinal Ritter to win this game. I think they're both
26:55
Speaker 2: on the defensive side of the ball. Their corners have
27:00
Speaker 2: to stay more disciplined in zone coverage. They can't get
27:03
Speaker 2: caught up with receivers getting lined up outside and then
27:08
Speaker 2: cutting in with them even when they have the flats.
27:10
Speaker 2: And then their D-line has to fire off the ball
27:14
Speaker 2: lower because there were several times where their D-ends just
27:17
Speaker 2: did not fire off the ball that well, and they
27:20
Speaker 2: just got dragged outside super easily by DeSmet's tackles and
27:23
Speaker 2: tight ends, and that's what let Cam Sharp just break
27:26
Speaker 2: through the outside several times. But, again, this is a
27:30
Speaker 2: super-duper talented Carter-Ritter team, especially on offense. And even though
27:35
Speaker 2: Max Preps has Knoxville Catholic ranked as the 10th best
27:37
Speaker 2: team in Tennessee, I almost guarantee that Carter-Ritter is a
27:41
Speaker 2: faster team. They just have better open field speed.
27:47
Speaker 1: They do play a really good schedule.
27:49
Speaker 2: They do.
27:50
Speaker 1: They play Hoover, and they're ranked fourth in Alabama. I mean,
27:52
Speaker 1: they're one of the best. They have one of the
27:54
Speaker 1: better programs in the entire country over the last, like,
27:56
Speaker 1: this century.
27:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going to pick.
28:02
Speaker 2: I hate doing this because I like Ritter, but I'm
28:04
Speaker 2: going to pick Knoxville, and I'm going to.
28:06
Speaker 1: Go with the over. Yeah, so I mean this... I mean,
28:11
Speaker 1: one thing I can tell you is that... This Knoxville
28:13
Speaker 1: Catholic team does not dodge smoke. They play Montgomery Bell
28:17
Speaker 1: after Ritter.
28:18
Speaker 2: They played Lipscomb Academy, which is a team we've mentioned
28:21
Speaker 2: in previous years because Lipscomb.
28:22
Speaker 1: Has played CBC and usually lost to CBC.
28:26
Speaker 2: I think Lipscomb plays CBC again this year. Yeah, they
28:33
Speaker 2: play CBC in Week 5.
28:36
Speaker 1: Max Preps loves Lipscomb because they always play a really
28:38
Speaker 1: tough schedule. But because they haven't ranked 11th. But... In Tennessee. Not... Yeah.
28:48
Speaker 1: I should say that. Yeah, but... No, I mean, they've been... They,
28:54
Speaker 1: as in Knoxville and Catholic, I mean, they beat Riverdale.
28:57
Speaker 1: They're a really good team, too. They're out of Murfreesboro. Yeah,
29:02
Speaker 1: Lipscomb's always good. I don't know. I guess I, like, respect, like,
29:08
Speaker 1: Ritter so much. But... Yeah, like, what... And I don't
29:12
Speaker 1: know what Knoxville looks like right now, because we're doing
29:14
Speaker 1: this pretty immediately after last night. It could change, obviously.
29:23
Speaker 1: I guess we're going to have to see a little
29:26
Speaker 1: bit more from, like, can Ritter run the ball effectively
29:31
Speaker 1: against a really good team? Can their defense step up
29:34
Speaker 1: against a good team, especially their D-line? Brentwood Academy... they
29:40
Speaker 1: already have three games under their belt. And did I
29:48
Speaker 1: say Brentwood? I meant Knoxville. Brentwood's our next game that
29:51
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Like Knoxville Catholic. Yeah, but.
29:58
Speaker 1: It's on the road, too, and Ritter's kind of a
30:00
Speaker 1: different team when they're on the road, especially out of state.
30:03
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but, yeah, I'll go with Knoxville
30:09
Speaker 1: to win that game, and I'll take the over.
30:13
Speaker 2: All right, next up, another Missouri versus Tennessee matchup. We've
30:17
Speaker 2: got Lift for Life at Brentwood Academy. Brentwood Academy is
30:20
Speaker 2: feared by 27.5 points. The overrun is at 49.5. Congratulations
30:25
Speaker 2: to Lift for Life for making their first field goal
30:28
Speaker 2: in school history this past week against Lenox at Christ
30:33
Speaker 2: Prep as they won 16-0. This is, I think, Lift
30:37
Speaker 2: for Life's 15th or 16th year with a varsity schedule,
30:41
Speaker 2: so it's about time they got a field goal. I
30:46
Speaker 2: didn't know much about the Lenox surprise going into that game,
30:48
Speaker 2: but it's always good to see Lift for Life win.
30:51
Speaker 2: They played Brentwood Academy, and Brentwood Academy, year in, year out,
30:54
Speaker 2: is one of the best teams in Tennessee.
30:56
Speaker 1: And they're one of the better teams in the country.
30:58
Speaker 2: Yeah, so right now, Max Preps, and deservedly so, they
31:05
Speaker 2: had the Brentwood Academy Eagles ranked as the number two
31:09
Speaker 2: team in Tennessee and the number 22 team in the country,
31:12
Speaker 2: even though they are one and two.
31:13
Speaker 1: I think Ravenwood's the other team that's ahead of them.
31:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, so they lost to the number one team in Tennessee, Baylor.
31:18
Speaker 1: Oh, it's Baylor.
31:19
Speaker 2: Who Peyton Manning's son is the QB for. They lost
31:22
Speaker 2: to them week one, and then they defeated the Brentwood
31:24
Speaker 2: High School public school team 49-14 in week two, and
31:27
Speaker 2: then they lost to St. Joseph's Prep, who was the
31:30
Speaker 2: number one team in Pennsylvania in week three. So they
31:33
Speaker 2: play Live for Life. So this will be some good
31:37
Speaker 2: exposure for Live for Life. We saw Live for Life
31:40
Speaker 2: play week one. They're a really good team.
31:43
Speaker 1: It's been a struggle offensively for them so far.
31:46
Speaker 2: Brentwood is just a very, very talented team. So I'm
31:48
Speaker 2: going to have to go with Brentwood to cover, and
31:50
Speaker 2: I'll go with the under.
31:53
Speaker 1: I'm sure Brentwood has got tons of D1 prospects on
31:56
Speaker 1: their team. You would imagine so if they're ranked like
32:00
Speaker 1: 22nd in the country by Max Preps. Yeah. If that's
32:03
Speaker 1: what I was reading right there. Yeah. So I guess
32:08
Speaker 1: we have a Tennessee bias going right now. But, yeah,
32:12
Speaker 1: so got to have the go with Brentwood Academy right there. Just...
32:17
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't say Live for Life isn't battle-tested
32:19
Speaker 1: because they are.
32:21
Speaker 2: They played arguably Missouri's best team, and we've won.
32:24
Speaker 1: One of Missouri's best teams, yes. Yeah, but Brentwood's kind
32:28
Speaker 1: of on a different level. So I'll take them to cover,
32:33
Speaker 1: and I'll go with the under.
32:37
Speaker 2: Looks like we agree. Next up, number two game of
32:41
Speaker 2: the week, we've got Cahokia at St. Mary's.
32:43
Speaker 1: St.
32:44
Speaker 2: Mary's favored by 3.5 points. The overrunners at 60.5. We
32:47
Speaker 2: talked a bit about Cahokia's win against Mount Zion in
32:51
Speaker 2: the last podcast. They won 20-7. And, no, Cahokia, very
32:55
Speaker 2: talented team. The offense hasn't quite found consistency yet like
33:00
Speaker 2: it did last year. I mean, because, shoot, last year
33:03
Speaker 2: this Cahokia team was just putting up a bunch of points,
33:06
Speaker 2: putting up a bunch of passing yards, being solid teams
33:10
Speaker 2: like Centralia, Jacksonville, Marion, and... you know, they got most
33:17
Speaker 2: of their guys back offensively, but, and, you know, their
33:21
Speaker 2: defense definitely, you know, clutched up holding Mount Zion at
33:23
Speaker 2: just seven points, which is great. But this is, you know,
33:26
Speaker 2: at St. Mary's defense, that's also pretty good. You know,
33:28
Speaker 2: holding Festus to 12 points is very impressive. So, it's
33:33
Speaker 2: funny because, you know, the over-under is so high at
33:35
Speaker 2: 60 and a half.
33:36
Speaker 1: I'm already taking the under.
33:37
Speaker 2: I know, it's funny because I definitely see a world
33:41
Speaker 2: where the over-hits, just given the speed we have between
33:44
Speaker 2: both those teams, but I think both defenses have shown
33:48
Speaker 2: to be pretty good.
33:48
Speaker 1: I think both defenses also have a lot of speed.
33:51
Speaker 2: So I'll go with St. Mary's to cover here. You know, again,
33:56
Speaker 2: Kingston Miles being out is not helpful. But, you know,
34:02
Speaker 2: Greg Hollis, he's a good receiver for them. I guess
34:07
Speaker 2: Milano Mitchell is their new– I guess he's their running–
34:11
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's him or Christian Brooks. One
34:13
Speaker 2: of those two will be the main– running back for St. Mary's,
34:16
Speaker 2: but we'll see against most of the carries. But, yeah,
34:18
Speaker 2: I'll go with St. Mary's to cover here, and I'll
34:20
Speaker 2: go with the under.
34:20
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I think this time St. Mary's, they're going
34:24
Speaker 1: to have to do better than score 14 points, which
34:27
Speaker 1: is what they've been doing these past two games. Yeah,
34:32
Speaker 1: Cahokia's offense has not been particularly great so far. So, yeah,
34:36
Speaker 1: that's why I'm inclined to think it's going to be
34:38
Speaker 1: a more defensive game. I mean, St. Mary's, they have
34:40
Speaker 1: a really good defense. And, yeah, so, but... Just because, like,
34:48
Speaker 1: if I have this all right, I think Cahokia is
34:50
Speaker 1: mostly healthy. And if St. Mary's, I'm assuming this is
34:55
Speaker 1: what they have because I can tell, you know, we
34:57
Speaker 1: find out new information. Like, if Kingston Miles is still
35:00
Speaker 1: not playing, then that's why I would pick Cahokia. But
35:05
Speaker 1: they do need to figure it out offensively because, yeah,
35:08
Speaker 1: they've been turning the ball. They've had a lot of
35:09
Speaker 1: turnovers already. But if they can click, then they're going
35:12
Speaker 1: to be pretty tough to stop. And they also have
35:16
Speaker 1: a pretty good defense as well. So I think that'll
35:19
Speaker 1: just be enough to put them over the edge. So
35:21
Speaker 1: I have Cahokia winning, and I'll take the under.
35:23
Speaker 2: Very good. All right, on to our number one game
35:26
Speaker 2: of the week, the classic MCC rivalry. We got CBC
35:32
Speaker 2: at DeSmet. DeSmet favored by 7.5 points, and the overrunners
35:36
Speaker 2: at 53.5. We talked in depth about DeSmet's thrilling one-point
35:41
Speaker 2: win against Carter Ritter last week. and then CBC's comeback
35:44
Speaker 2: victory over Slough High. This should be a war. I mean,
35:48
Speaker 2: this is a rivalry that has been pretty back and forth.
35:53
Speaker 2: I mean, when I say pretty back and forth, I mean,
35:55
Speaker 2: DeSmet's shown flashes. I mean, the last time DeSmet won
35:59
Speaker 2: this one was back in 2023. It's funny because DeSmet
36:04
Speaker 2: won four in a row from 2019 to 2020. and
36:08
Speaker 2: then CBC won three in a row, and then DeSmet
36:10
Speaker 2: won one, and then CBC has won the last four.
36:13
Speaker 2: So when I say back and forth, I kind of
36:15
Speaker 2: mean like long-term back and forth. There's swings in which
36:19
Speaker 2: program is higher or lower. I think DeSmet just overall,
36:26
Speaker 2: given– I mean, they– I mean, I think the best
36:32
Speaker 2: player on the field between both those teams will be
36:34
Speaker 2: Cam Sharp.
36:35
Speaker 1: Yeah.
36:37
Speaker 2: Tackling him is extremely difficult. I don't think CBC has
36:42
Speaker 2: faced a guy like him yet this year. And, I mean,
36:47
Speaker 2: given the way DeSmet was able to come back against
36:49
Speaker 2: Conor Ritter, this is a team that is so mentally
36:53
Speaker 2: poised the whole game. So if CBC digs themselves a
36:56
Speaker 2: hole like they did against Lou High this week, I
36:59
Speaker 2: don't know if they'll be able to dig themselves back out.
37:01
Speaker 2: I mean, again, this is a– I mean– It's a
37:04
Speaker 2: very talented CBC team this year, don't get me wrong.
37:06
Speaker 2: This is a good CBC team. Yeah, week one was tough,
37:10
Speaker 2: but that was a really good Louisville team they played.
37:13
Speaker 2: And right now I think the Smet, I think they're
37:17
Speaker 2: the best team in the state. And I'm going to
37:19
Speaker 2: go with it.
37:20
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, well.
37:21
Speaker 2: I really do. Again, I'm a little biased. I've seen
37:24
Speaker 2: them play. I've not seen any of the KC teams
37:26
Speaker 2: play in person.
37:28
Speaker 1: Or Jackson.
37:29
Speaker 2: Jackson play in person. I've not seen Elias play in person.
37:32
Speaker 1: So you think Elias is in that conversation? Potentially.
37:35
Speaker 2: I'm throwing teams out there. I thought of them because
37:40
Speaker 2: the way they beat Hannibal. Hannibal's a solid team. It's
37:44
Speaker 2: week three. It's week three. I'm not trying to make
37:48
Speaker 2: any huge claims. But DeSmet's looking really good. I'm going
37:53
Speaker 2: to go with DeSmet to cover here. I'm going to
37:54
Speaker 2: go with the over.
38:02
Speaker 1: I have a weird feeling that I think the Smet...
38:05
Speaker 1: You know what? No, I will... I do have the
38:07
Speaker 1: Smet winning. I do have him covering. And I will
38:11
Speaker 1: take the over. I think... Whatever happens in the game,
38:16
Speaker 1: I think either team will make a push if they're
38:18
Speaker 1: trailing and make it really interesting. I think it'll be
38:22
Speaker 1: a really good game again. You can count on it
38:25
Speaker 1: that we'll have a camera there, so don't worry about that. And... Yeah,
38:30
Speaker 1: I just... Chase Cooper finally like can't, he had a
38:34
Speaker 1: fantastic game against Ritter. I mean, he struggled against live
38:37
Speaker 1: for life, but, uh, I mean, did better against arguably
38:41
Speaker 1: a better team. And, uh, I don't think, uh, CBC
38:47
Speaker 1: is this, is this potentially is like game breaking explosive
38:50
Speaker 1: is what Ritter is because Ritter can score anywhere on
38:53
Speaker 1: the field. And CBC has, I mean, they, I think
38:56
Speaker 1: they'll get there too. I mean, they can, but, uh,
39:01
Speaker 1: I just still think their offense is a little bit
39:02
Speaker 1: of a work in progress. Or maybe it's not anymore.
39:06
Speaker 1: Maybe all they needed is two games to get on
39:08
Speaker 1: course and then they know what to do. The Smets
39:11
Speaker 1: got a really good front seven. Their secondary is where
39:14
Speaker 1: they could get pretty tested. That's still up for interpretation
39:19
Speaker 1: and maybe some reservations there. I'm really looking forward to
39:24
Speaker 1: this game. I mean, CBC has gotten the better of
39:26
Speaker 1: the last two seasons. Um, I've gotten better than for
39:30
Speaker 1: the most part for, uh, a lot of years going back, but, uh, yeah, I,
39:37
Speaker 1: I think I picked a smet to win two years
39:39
Speaker 1: ago and they ended up winning States. They ultimately ended
39:42
Speaker 1: up winning the war.
39:43
Speaker 2: But they lost the season, but just that one state.
39:46
Speaker 1: So, yeah. Um, yeah. So, uh, I'll go with the
39:50
Speaker 1: Spartans to win. I mean, they're off to a fantastic start. CBC,
39:53
Speaker 1: they're doing all right. They're 1-0. 1-1.
39:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, 1-1.
39:58
Speaker 1: Beat a good slew. Wait, what?
39:59
Speaker 2: You said 1-0.
40:00
Speaker 1: Okay, 1-1. I mean, they beat a good slew team.
40:03
Speaker 1: It was a tough game. I mean, they were losing
40:08
Speaker 1: by two scores in the second half, but they ultimately
40:10
Speaker 1: came back. So, yeah, just looking forward to a really
40:14
Speaker 1: good game. I think Smet pulls it out at home. So,
40:17
Speaker 1: the palace on ballast. that place would be packed. I mean, now,
40:20
Speaker 1: I mean, there was, it'll be packed because there'll be
40:23
Speaker 1: a bunch of people standing like in the, in the
40:25
Speaker 1: north end zone with the grass, the grassy little hill area.
40:28
Speaker 1: So there's going to be a lot of probably standing room.
40:31
Speaker 2: Should be a fantastic environment.
40:33
Speaker 1: Yes, it is. Now that, now that you know what
40:35
Speaker 1: it looks like too. So it's, it's pretty good. So, um,
40:39
Speaker 1: you will not be at a dispense game this week,
40:40
Speaker 1: I guess.
40:41
Speaker 2: Yeah, I will not be. Uh, I got a game
40:43
Speaker 2: to coach out in Mexico, Missouri.
40:46
Speaker 1: Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. I will, uh, I don't know where
40:50
Speaker 1: I'm going to be at this, this, this coming weekend.
40:52
Speaker 1: I hope to be in Chicago for a game, but that's,
40:54
Speaker 1: that is not guaranteed, especially with, I mean, I'm sure
40:57
Speaker 1: some of you guys have heard that a lot of
40:59
Speaker 1: schools this year, I think it's just kind of collectively
41:02
Speaker 1: just take it upon themselves to be, just be really
41:04
Speaker 1: strict with, uh, who gets media passes. Um, so far
41:09
Speaker 1: I have been fine for the most part of getting them. Um,
41:13
Speaker 1: you know, fortunately and, and really, uh, Ultimately, I have
41:16
Speaker 1: to thank you guys because you've kind of really helped
41:18
Speaker 1: me to become a legitimate media operation here. And so
41:22
Speaker 1: I know that's one of the reasons that got us
41:24
Speaker 1: into one of the games we filmed. So we've got
41:27
Speaker 1: to thank you guys for that too. So hopefully we can...
41:31
Speaker 1: The reason why guys like you, the audience, allows me
41:35
Speaker 1: to travel to places and to get into places. So
41:38
Speaker 1: I've just got to thank you guys for doing that
41:40
Speaker 1: for me. And for all of us as well too.
41:43
Speaker 1: So yeah, we got... So we got Live for Life
41:46
Speaker 1: and Ritter against two of the better teams in Tennessee.
41:48
Speaker 1: Come on, Hawks and Lions.
41:52
Speaker 2: Show up for Missouri.
41:53
Speaker 1: Come on. Show up for STL.
41:54
Speaker 2: You got it.
41:55
Speaker 1: We got two really good MCC games. We got the
41:59
Speaker 1: Route 61 battle between Hannibal and Troy. And we got
42:04
Speaker 1: some pretty good suburban league games as well. Then we
42:07
Speaker 1: got the Washington City Championship between the Blue Jays and Borgia.
42:12
Speaker 1: It's a pretty good week. And then we got the
42:13
Speaker 1: Battle of O'Fallon.
42:13
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
42:14
Speaker 1: And then we didn't mention this, but I'll be there
42:17
Speaker 1: on Thursday. It'll be the Battle of the Rams between
42:19
Speaker 1: Riverview and Ladue. So we've got a lot of nice
42:22
Speaker 1: things going. Every week is a good week. Yes, absolutely.
42:26
Speaker 1: All right, guys, thank you very much, and thank you
42:28
Speaker 1: for having Electricity. Peace.