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WEEK 8 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Picks · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome back to the Gateway Sports Media Show.
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  Speaker 2: I am John, he's Roman, and we are here to
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  Speaker 2: preview week 8 of the 2026 football season. We are
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  Speaker 2: now in the homestretch. Just two more weeks left in
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  Speaker 2: our area, specifically Missouri. We've got one more week left
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  Speaker 2: of the regular season in Illinois, and we'll talk about
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  Speaker 2: a few of those games coming up here. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think these last few weeks have been really good,
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  Speaker 2: and we have some pretty good games on tap, specifically
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  Speaker 2: with a lot of... We've got some rivalries coming up,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of good non-conference schools involving some private schools.
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  Speaker 2: So it's going to be pretty fun, and we'll kick
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  Speaker 2: this off with a suburban yellow conference matchup between two teams.
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  Speaker 1: Who are kind of hitting their stride right now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we've got Marquette at Lindbergh. Lindbergh's figured by 4.5 points,
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  Speaker 3: the Overs by 52.5. Lindbergh's coming off by far their
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  Speaker 3: best win of the season. They crushed Parkway West 45-7.
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  Speaker 1: They just.
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  Speaker 3: Completely shut down Piper West's offense, really the entire game,
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  Speaker 3: held them to under 140 yards of offense. The Flyers'
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  Speaker 3: defense is quite literally just flying around, making plays, making
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  Speaker 3: tackles everywhere.
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  Speaker 4: And then Marquette.
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  Speaker 3: They're coming off very commanding, 58-0 winning against Hazelwood West.
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  Speaker 3: So both these defenses are coming off pretty good games.
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  Speaker 3: They're good at the ball well, swarm tackling well. I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to pick, I think Lindbergh wins this game. I
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  Speaker 3: think they cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 2: Interesting, yeah, they're playing, they are definitely playing better football
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  Speaker 2: right now, and, yeah, I mean, they've, ever since the,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they played, and here's the thing, like, they had,
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  Speaker 2: they didn't have a good game against Vianney, but their
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  Speaker 2: loss against Oakville doesn't look so bad now, since Oakville,
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  Speaker 2: they're 6-1, and then, yeah, their loss against Seckman doesn't
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  Speaker 2: look so bad, too, they only lost by seven, since
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  Speaker 2: Seckman is, I think, 6-1 as well, so.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, give me Lindbergh.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think Marquette's a game team as well,
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  Speaker 2: but I like the form that Lindbergh's in right now.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I'll have them covering, but I'll also take
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  Speaker 1: the under. All right, looks like we agree.
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  Speaker 3: And before we move on, we're not going to talk
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  Speaker 3: about their game this week because they played, they might
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  Speaker 3: get a forfeit, but honestly. Oakville is 6-1, and they've
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  Speaker 3: quietly become a perennial good team. Like they used to
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  Speaker 3: be a horrible, like from 2014 to 2021, they did
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  Speaker 3: not have a single winning season and they've had a
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  Speaker 3: winning season every year, 2022 and on.
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  Speaker 1: Except for 24. So yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Congrats to, uh, the Southsiders Oakville. Shut up, shut up,
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  Speaker 4: shut up real quick. Cause we would, we'd have not
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  Speaker 4: talked about that much this year.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah. Yeah. I mean, they haven't really played in
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot of big games this season.
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  Speaker 2: Um, I mean the biggest game I guess so far
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  Speaker 2: has been against Satchman.
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  Speaker 1: Um, but that was week one and there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really good games in week one. So I don't
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  Speaker 1: think we talked much about that. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Anyways, um, on our next game, we got St. Pius X, uh,
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  Speaker 4: at Vianney, the Festus St.
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  Speaker 1: Pius X. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, St.
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  Speaker 4: Pius 10th is, uh, favored by four and a half points.
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  Speaker 3: The over is at 46 and a half. Uh, we, uh,
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  Speaker 3: talk about slew high. It was able to run the
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  Speaker 3: ball all over Vianney last week.
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  Speaker 1: And, uh, St.
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  Speaker 3: Pius, they, they played a solid Farmington team, but, um,
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  Speaker 3: We talked about him a lot last year, not so
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  Speaker 3: much this year, but Cody Shaver is continuing to do
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  Speaker 3: insane things for St.
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  Speaker 1: Pius.
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  Speaker 3: He has 1,300 rushing yards this year, 20 touchdowns. He's
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  Speaker 3: averaging 14 yards per carry, which is insane. He lit
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  Speaker 3: the state on fire during the St. Pius Cinderella run
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  Speaker 3: last year, and again, he's continuing to do good. So
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  Speaker 3: this Vianney rushing defense is not very good, and that's St.
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  Speaker 4: Pius' MO. So I think St.
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  Speaker 3: Pius is going to be able to run the ball
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  Speaker 3: pretty well with Shaver, so I'll pick them to cover,
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  Speaker 3: and I'll go with the over.
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  Speaker 2: Um, yeah, I mean, Vianney has not had a good
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  Speaker 2: last few weeks, but they are a.
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  Speaker 1: Lot more battle tested than St. Pius. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that's ultimately going to pay off for them this game.
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  Speaker 2: And I think they can, you know, like I've seen
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  Speaker 2: them play against personally against Ledoux and Chaminade who have
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  Speaker 2: two really good offenses. And so that really, you know,
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  Speaker 2: put Vianney in a bind.
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  Speaker 1: Right there, but two teams you could pass and run.
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  Speaker 2: Um, They can pass too, but their bread and butter
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  Speaker 2: is getting shape of the ball and going to work.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's going to be close. Vianney's definitely got
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  Speaker 2: the athleticism edge. They can be pretty physical themselves as well,
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  Speaker 2: but it's got to come down to if Vianney can
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  Speaker 2: get enough stops on defense.
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  Speaker 1: I will have Vianney covering, and I'll take the over.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, sticking with some private schools, we've got MICDS
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  Speaker 3: at St.
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  Speaker 1: Dominic.
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  Speaker 4: MICDS is favored by 9.5. The overrun is at 47.5.
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  Speaker 1: St.
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  Speaker 4: Dominic offense, it's kind of just.
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  Speaker 3: Like do what you can to get by and let
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  Speaker 3: Tyson Griner and the defense go to work. He's got
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  Speaker 3: 17 sacks so far this year. Heading hard for the
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  Speaker 3: state record and shoot.
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  Speaker 4: This MICDS offense.
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  Speaker 3: Has had a great first half against Luther North, not
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  Speaker 3: so much in the second half.
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  Speaker 2: Still put up 35, which is something, but yeah. They've
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  Speaker 2: been putting up points all season.
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  Speaker 3: If the Crusaders can get a good pass rush and
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  Speaker 3: just force.
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  Speaker 4: Noah Menakeh to... Menakeh's actually had.
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  Speaker 3: A pretty good year so far for the Rams, but
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  Speaker 3: if they could force him to rush out of the pocket,
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  Speaker 3: make some throws on the run, that could be pretty
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  Speaker 3: good for St.
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  Speaker 2: Dominic.
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  Speaker 3: I think MICDS is the better team, though, and I
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  Speaker 3: think they're going to win, but.
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  Speaker 4: I will pick St.
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  Speaker 3: Dominic to cover, and I'll go with the over on
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  Speaker 3: this one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think if MICDS can make it into a
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  Speaker 2: track meet, that favors them more.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. And, I mean, they're pretty good at getting
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  Speaker 1: the ball out.
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  Speaker 2: In space, you know, with Amari Roberts and DeJuan Moore
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  Speaker 2: and Nick Weaver, among others there, and.
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  Speaker 1: It's just... St. Dominic has a better.
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  Speaker 2: I think they have a better line on both sides
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  Speaker 2: of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: But MICDS can still.
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  Speaker 2: I think they can still do enough on defense. Just MICDS,
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  Speaker 2: they're not going to be able to establish probably a
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  Speaker 2: good rushing attack. Unless they're able to kind of give
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  Speaker 2: it to Amari Roberts and let him go to work, so.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just... I think ultimately MICDS....
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  Speaker 2: They.
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  Speaker 1: They just might have a little.
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  Speaker 2: They definitely have a lot more speed, but can they
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  Speaker 2: ultimately get a win out of that?
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  Speaker 1: I think they can. However, I do have St.
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  Speaker 2: Dominic covering, but I do have MICDS winning, but I'll
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  Speaker 2: take the over.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, heading over to the Metro East, we've got
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  Speaker 3: East St. Louis at Naperville North up in Chicago.
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  Speaker 4: East St. Louis faded by 26.5. The overrun is at 67.5.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, I believe Naperville North is 7-1. So they're
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  Speaker 3: a solid team for sure. Of course, Max Preps is
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  Speaker 3: being silly right now. But East St. Louis, they took
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  Speaker 3: care of business. They clinched the SWC. They beat Dalton.
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  Speaker 4: It was like 66-0, I think. 64-0 or something.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: It was a lot to a little, which was not
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  Speaker 4: really a surprise. Yeah, Naperville North, they're 7-1.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, yep.
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  Speaker 3: Max Peps has them ranked as the 38th best team
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  Speaker 3: in Illinois. They just beat a pretty good Neuqua Valley
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  Speaker 3: team 14-7. That's pretty impressive. They beat Naperville Central in
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  Speaker 3: Week 4. Their one loss to New Trier, that was
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  Speaker 3: back in Week 1.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And I think New Trier is also 7-1.
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  Speaker 1: New Trier is, yeah, they're pretty good. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: But shoot, I mean, this is East St. Louis, man,
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  Speaker 4: and I know... Nearfield North is a solid team.
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  Speaker 3: Like, you know, you don't, like, 7-1 is not a fluke,
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  Speaker 3: especially when you play a bunch of, you know, mid-large
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  Speaker 3: to large public schools in Chicagoland. But they have not
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  Speaker 3: seen a team nearly as fast as the Flyers. You know,
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  Speaker 3: 54-0 was the score against Alden.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Flyers now 7-1. The stats weren't in, but I would,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I would assume.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Ronnie Gomez had a good game. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: The usual. The usual.
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  Speaker 3: And then I would also assume that Merrill Flowers also
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  Speaker 3: did good.
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  Speaker 4: I reached Uncle David as well. So, yeah, I'll pick
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  Speaker 4: East St. Louis to cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 1: I'll do the exact same thing.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's not much else to say.
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  Speaker 2: I think Naperville's north will do a better job at, like,
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  Speaker 2: maybe getting some first downs and sustaining drives, but other
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  Speaker 2: than that, I don't see them doing much.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: All right, next up, staying in the Metro East, we've
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  Speaker 4: got Highland at Waterloo.
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  Speaker 3: Highland favored by 11.5. The Overns at 54.5. Both these
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  Speaker 3: teams tried to bounce back after a loss.
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  Speaker 4: Highland fell to Cahokia. Waterloo fell to Jerseyville.
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  Speaker 1: Jerseyville's had a nice season so far for them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. They've won us two in a row. Highland, you know,
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  Speaker 4: they've been.
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  Speaker 3: Had quite the offense so far. Jax Oren, he's at 2,300
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  Speaker 3: passing yards so far now. Carter Harris is now over 1,000
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  Speaker 3: rushing yards. The Bulldog offense is definitely one of the
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  Speaker 3: better ones in the whole Metro East. And I feel
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  Speaker 3: like Cahokia just kind of outgunned them and just.
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  Speaker 4: Kind of continually... I guess the Cahokia defense was just
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  Speaker 4: too fast to them. I don't know what happened there.
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  Speaker 4: For Waterloo, it's been kind of up and down.
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  Speaker 1: They've had.
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  Speaker 3: Like, you know, a good win against Columbia 31-7 back
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  Speaker 3: in Week 3. But then, you know, losing to Centralia
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  Speaker 3: the way they... Well, Centralia's a really good team, but... um,
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  Speaker 3: you could say there are three losses at this point.
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  Speaker 3: We're against really good teams.
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  Speaker 4: Jerseyville's not that, Jerseyville's a good team, but they're not like,
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  Speaker 4: you know.
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  Speaker 3: Ranked like Bree Central and Centralia are.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So, I don't really know, uh, hmm.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there should be a lot of offense in this game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll pick Highland to cover and I'll go with
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  Speaker 4: the over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll do the same.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, um, you know, they're talking, there's, gotten a
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  Speaker 2: lot of plaudits this season for their offense. Like Jackson
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  Speaker 2: Warren's thrown for 2,300 yards and 27 touchdowns. And then
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  Speaker 2: Carter Harris is 1,100 yards and 14 rushing touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: Their offense has been great. It's just their defense hasn't
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  Speaker 1: been particularly good.
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  Speaker 2: But I think they can do enough against Waterloo, though. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Waterloo, they're good at running the football. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's why I think this would be a
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  Speaker 2: pretty close high school game.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, we get Parkway North at Pattonville.
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  Speaker 4: Pattonville's faked by 7.5 points. The over is at 51.5.
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  Speaker 3: Pattonville bounced back with a pretty.
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  Speaker 4: Comfortable 67-0 win against Hazelwood Central. It's not really a surprise.
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  Speaker 4: And then Parkway North, they fell to Rittner. I have
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  Speaker 4: the key.
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  Speaker 3: Pattonville's been, even in the loss to Rittner, they've been
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  Speaker 3: pretty consistent, like on offense.
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  Speaker 4: Their only really bad game was against Lafayette. And they won. Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Other than that, defensively they've been generally pretty sound.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been really sound actually, but they just had
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  Speaker 2: that one hiccup against Rittner pretty much.
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  Speaker 3: What really stands out to me is that Pattonville doesn't
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  Speaker 3: turn the ball over very much, and Parkway North does.
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  Speaker 4: And that I think is going to be an issue.
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  Speaker 4: Like even in their loss to Rittner, um, I don't
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  Speaker 4: think Pat had a lot of new turnovers.
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  Speaker 2: Um, well on, on the opening kickoff, they fumbled it away,
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  Speaker 2: but their offense didn't turn it over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And their, their offense is good to keep the ball safe.
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  Speaker 4: And purple North is not. So I got to go
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  Speaker 4: with paddle to cover and I'll go with the over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm doing the same thing again. Um, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Parkway North, they can play good defense. I mean, they did.
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  Speaker 1: They played good defense against Rittner, only 11-16 points.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, but then I saw, like, most of the
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  Speaker 2: game they had against Ledoux, and Ledoux just did whatever
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  Speaker 2: they wanted to do against them.
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  Speaker 1: And I think Pattonville is good enough.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of good enough like that to do the
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  Speaker 2: same thing with Parkway North because they do a lot
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  Speaker 2: of play-action stuff, and they'll do some RPOs, and... they're
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  Speaker 2: pretty good at keeping teams on their heels and guessing and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like which way the ball's going to go
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  Speaker 2: and whatnot.
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  Speaker 1: Like Trevor Beckerman's really good at throwing on the run.
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  Speaker 2: And where they're most dangerous at is like when Beckerman
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  Speaker 2: is rolling to his right specifically and just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: waiting for a guy to get open and then throwing
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  Speaker 2: it to him.
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  Speaker 1: He's really good at doing that. And that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: their bread and butter type of plays.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's, from what I've seen against North, for
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  Speaker 2: North this season, it's going to be hard for them.
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  Speaker 1: To keep up with that.
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  Speaker 3: All right, next up we've got Rittner at Seckman. Rittner
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  Speaker 3: is 3-2.5 points here. The overrun is at 46.5.
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  Speaker 4: These are two pretty good teams matching up here.
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  Speaker 3: Seckman, they're 6-1. They had a nice 4-6 win last
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  Speaker 3: week against Hazelwood East. Rittner, they're 5-2. And this is
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  Speaker 3: a conference game, so this is going to really affect
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  Speaker 3: the suburban red standings.
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  Speaker 4: Rittner actually is 3-0 in conference right now. Seckman is 2-1.
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  Speaker 4: So if Secman wants a share of the conference title,
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  Speaker 4: they've got to win this game.
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  Speaker 3: And then Parkway North and Pattonville, they're each 2-1.
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  Speaker 4: So a couple of huge suburban red games going on
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  Speaker 4: this week.
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  Speaker 1: So this is it. This is it for Rittner right here.
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  Speaker 2: Because if they can win this game, and they should
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  Speaker 2: be hazled with Central, this would mean this would be
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  Speaker 2: their fourth ever conference championship game in their history.
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  Speaker 1: And they've been around a long time.
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  Speaker 4: They have been around a long time, and... Anthony Odom's
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  Speaker 4: been having a really good year.
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  Speaker 3: The game of his life really gets patented a couple
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago. I'm not sure what happened in the Puckman
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  Speaker 3: North game. The stats aren't in. I did not watch
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  Speaker 3: any of the highlights.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't seem like he had as good of a game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Again, trap game. Yeah, we get it. But for Suckman,
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  Speaker 4: they've got to get.
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  Speaker 1: Up for this one.
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  Speaker 4: And Suckman, you know what they're going to do? They're
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  Speaker 4: going to be behind Brody Kube.
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  Speaker 1: Is he playing?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Brody Cube actually played last year for a second.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, good. He is back. He's back. Oh, this really
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  Speaker 1: changes it then.
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  Speaker 4: It does.
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  Speaker 3: And one of the funniest passes to Atlanta for Brody
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  Speaker 3: Cube last week, nine completions for 264 yards and three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 4: Eight of those nine completions.
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  Speaker 3: Were to one guy, Nick Weidler. Nick Weidler had eight
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  Speaker 3: catches for 218 yards and two touchdowns. So if Rittner
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  Speaker 3: could just keep Weidler in front of them, they could
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  Speaker 3: be okay.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Rittner's hot, though, but I think Seckman is going to
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  Speaker 3: hold on, though. I think Cube being back is huge.
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Seckman to win, and I'll go with,
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  Speaker 3: in cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 1: So Rittner's hot, but what you're saying, Seckman is hotter.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to sleep on Seckman.
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  Speaker 3: And also, if Rittner does behave so central, they still
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  Speaker 3: have a share of the conference title.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: That's so crazy because, like, yeah, for all those years, like,
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: you didn't even, there's teams you don't even get a
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: share of them.
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: So they count in the suburbs, so. Yeah.
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so they haven't clinched a share. I mean, obviously,
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: if they won this game, they would officially clinch a share.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: But they should be beating Hayeswood Central, so that's why.
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: That's why you say that. I will go with Rittner
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: in this one.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: I think they've proven to be capable of winning close
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: games this season.
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: Which is huge for them. They used to be terrible
• 15:52
  Speaker 4: at that, but now they're pretty good at that, apparently.
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. And so it's at Sekhman, is it? Yes. Yes.
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: And these are the games they typically lose, but I'll
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: go with them since they were able to get past
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: Parkway North, get past that trap game, and their defense
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: can be pretty decent. They have a really aggressive defense,
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: which can also kind of bite them in the butt
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: too at times.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: But, yeah, I'll go with the Huskies in that one.
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: You can go with the overrunner here.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: Let's see. It's at 46.5. Over, over. Okay. Okay.
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: All right, next up, back from the Metro East, we
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: got Belleville East at Mascoutah. Belleville East figured by 5.5.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: The overrunners at 50.5. Belleville East, we talked about their
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: close win against O'Fallon last week.
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: They won 37-35. The Lancers, they had a rough start,
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: but winners of three in a row. So that's good
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: for them.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: The Mascoutah quietly put together a really good season as well.
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: They've also won their last three. They're 6-2.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: They haven't really had many close games as of late.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: The last three teams they've beat have all been by
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: 22 points or more. The only two losses so far
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: are to Triad and Highland. They've got a few common opponents.
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: They both beat Belleville West.
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: For example.
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: They're two pretty good teams.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: Their offenses have been, well, Mascuta's offense, you know, they
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: like to keep on the ground.
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: Sean Murphy's the main guy for the Indians. He has
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: over 1,000 yards this year.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: I think that's his third consecutive season with more than 1,000
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: rushing yards. Wow.
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: That's pretty rare for any high schooler. There were too
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: many guys doing that.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: 1,100 a year ago, and then it's a sophomore.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: The East doesn't put all their stats in, and I
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: don't know who their QB is going to be, whether
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: it's Conor Gray or Kingston Jones. It seems like they've
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: both been, I don't know if they're splitting snaps, but
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: they both had a lot of passing attempts.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: But, yeah, so we'll see. I think it's just going
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: to come down to turnovers. Whoever can take care of
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: the ball is going to win this game. I'm going
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: to go with, I'll go with Mascuta to win.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: Really?
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: Okay. Yeah, and I'll go with the over.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: I like Mascuta at home, but with what Belvalese.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Was able to do against O'Fallon last week, I think
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: that's a good sign for them.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: So I'll go with O'Fallon to win the game. Let's
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: see about that spread.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: I'll have Belvalese covering that spread. And I'll take the over.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: I think this will be a really good game. But, yeah,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, because Belvalese beat O'Fallon, I mean, that's a
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: pretty solid one right there, so.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: I'd like to think that that would mean they win
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: their next game, too.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: And it's a big conference game between– this is a
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: good Mascoutah team. I think this is the best team
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Mascoutah's had since, like, geez, 2022. Maybe even better than
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: that team, too, when they had, like, Allen Middleton and
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: a few.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Of those other guys that were on there. But, yeah.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: They seem to be just better all around, I would say. Yeah.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Next up, back over the Missouri side, we've got Lutheran North.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: heading out west to go to St. Pius out in
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Kansas City.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: St.
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: Pius' 10th is rated by 10.5 points here. The overrun
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: is at 64.5.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: St.
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: Pius, we just saw almost a defeat to Smet, really.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: And then Luther North had a shootout win against MICDS
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: where the Crusader defense really locked him down in the
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: second half, but they allowed 35 points in the first half,
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: 28 points in the first quarter to MICDS, which I
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: think is MICDS' most points in a quarter so far
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: this year.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Maybe in a decade. I don't know.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: This is a very interesting matchup because you've got Jonathan
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Moore at NYCDS, but then I think you mentioned St.
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: Pius' starting QB is Hurt.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but their backup is really great.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah. So it looks like he stepped in pretty well.
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: Just a very unique matchup.
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: Two really solid private school teams. It's honestly funny how
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: these two teams are not in the same class this year.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: They are because you Luther North back in class three
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: mm-hmm I thought they were in class four okay well
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: there you go um so this could be you know
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: this is gonna this is gonna help out the um
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: media outlets throughout the state rank the class three teams
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: yeah this matchup is gonna help out a lot with
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: that uh I mm this is gonna be tough.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: I think it's not tough for me.
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: I mean, shoot, the way St.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: Pius was able to just, if they can just do it,
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: they didn't get to spend for a whole game. I
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: think they can do this one. They can win this
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: quite comfortably. And yeah, I'll go with St.
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: Pius to cover. I'll go with the under.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: It's also a long trip for Lutheran North too, but yeah,
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I'll have, I'll have St. Pius covering in this one.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: I'll take the under because I think they're going to
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: try and shorten this game. Um, it's basically what they
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: tried to do against the cement. It worked for about
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: three quarters or two and a half quarters. It worked
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: like it worked to perfection and they have a good defense.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: I mean, they have the athletes to stay with Lutheran
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Lutheran North athletes and they're pretty physical team and Lutheran
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: North is pretty talented, but they're still really young in
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: some areas. And so I think, you know, in a
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: way like they played, they St. Pius X saw Cameron
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: sharp this week and, um, Kai Robbins is pretty good,
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: but again, Cameron sharp.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Is kind of on another level.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: So, um, You know, I think they were able to
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: see him and whatnot, and so I think St. Pius
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: X has got this one.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: So I think I have him covering, you know, take
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: the under. All right.
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: Next up, we've got Morris Akihokia. Morris here by 15.5 points.
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: He overruns at 65.5. Morris comes into the game there
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: right outside of Joliet, Illinois. Yeah.
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: They come into this game. Max Preps has them ranked
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: as the 28th best team in Illinois, and they are 8-0.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: Their defense has allowed 26 points combined in these last
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: five games. Their best wins so far have been against
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: Simeon High School. They beat Caneland in Week 4, and
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: they beat Rochelle in Week 5. Their defense is incredible,
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: but I really don't think they've seen an offense like Cahokia's.
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: I think these are two incredible teams. I think this
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: is a super fun matchup to.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: End the Illinois regular season. Morris, I think, is a
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: Class 5 team, and Cahokia is in Class 4.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: Correct, correct.
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: So, this is going to be a fun one, but
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: I do think, I think Cahokia covers, but I think
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: Morris will come in on top, and that defense is really,
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: really legit. I mean, they're allowing nobody to get anywhere.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: We'll see, though.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: I mean, they haven't really, they haven't seen a passing attack,
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: like in We talked about it last episode.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: Cahokia, they really got it going. They got all their
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: guys involved. The double module attack. Harlow's Holman's doing good.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: And they got like five other guys that are super,
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: super incredible in open space. I'll pick Cahokia to cover,
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: but I do think Morris is going to win.
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: I will go with the under.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Morris, probably their best win was beating Caneland,
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: who's 7-1.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they... They beat them 35-13. You know, Cole
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: City's typically pretty good. They beat them 28-7.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Just knowing these teams because I've seen them in the
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: playoffs a lot of times, and so you remember kind.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Of certain names. I mean, the Simeon win wasn't that impressive.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: I mean, Simeon, they're 3-5.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: So I would say that Cahokia's probably had a better
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: strength of schedule just considering they played St.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: Mary's and, you know, a few other notable.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Teams, but I'm going to go with Morrison's one because
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: they got two really good wins. Like coal city, seven
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: and one, they beat them 28, seven. And then they
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: beat Caneland who's seven and one. They beat them by 22. Um,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: and they beat Sycamore who, um, tried beat.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: Sycamore, Bishop Sycamore.
• 23:46
  Speaker 4: Ah, no, the second one that actually exists.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah. From a, in a town, real town. Yes. So
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: that was, uh, by the way, um, Man, every time
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: we look.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: Up into Northern Illinois, we always see some really interesting
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: mascot names. So there's another one, the Rochelle Hubs.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: Hubs? Yeah.
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: H-U-B-S?
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 24:12
  Speaker 4: As in like a travel hub? Like a place to meet?
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: No.
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: Like a hub of a wheel?
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. A wheel hub, I think, is
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: what it is.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: Like a manufacturing town that they made.
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: Illinois has the weirdest mix of.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: Mascots. Yeah.
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: They've got the Pretzels, the Orphans, the Midgets, the Rail Splitters,
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: the Hubs.
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: They have like 20 teams named Rockets for whatever reason.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: The purple thunder the purple thunder they have the the
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: mount carmel caravan yes that's a freaking awesome one um.
• 25:02
  Speaker 4: Yeah that's uh that is such a yeah it's a
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: wheel hub yes that is so odd it's like a
• 25:09
  Speaker 4: like of a covered wagon.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: Wheel yeah it's pretty sick.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: That is very unique I think the most unique nickname
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: in Missouri is the West Plains Zizzers.
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's got to be. Yeah, that one.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: That's the only one.
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: Well, it's not the only one. That is the only one.
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: They're the only team named Zizzers, I think, in the
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: whole country.
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. I thought you meant the only weird one
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: in Missouri.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:35
  Speaker 4: Oh, what's it on?
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Also in Illinois.
• 25:37
  Speaker 4: Putnam County has a weird mascot. It's like a class
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: one school.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: In Illinois, there's the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. And then.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh. And then they're right outside of Effingham,
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: who are the Flaming Hearts.
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: That's right. That's right.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: Yes. I wonder what that suggests. Oh, my gosh.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: The wooden shoes and the hearts.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Oh. Putnam County.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: So, in Pekin, I don't know if we can say this,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: but before 1981, Pekin's nickname was a racial stereotype.
• 26:14
  Speaker 4: Of.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: It starts with a C and then an H.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: What?
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: No way.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: Ending in KS?
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: Yes. No way.
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: That was their mascot?
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: No way. That's crazy. It is.
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: Okay, that I think goes way further than like Redskins
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: or Indians like that.
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: No way. Yes. That is insane. I did not know that.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: It is. It's pretty crazy.
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: That is so funny.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Peak in Illinois, I was not familiar with your game. Oh,
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: my gosh.
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: All the way back in the 30s. Okay, Putnam County
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: is the midgets.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: So Missouri also has a midgets team.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Freeburger is the midgets team. They're the better midgets. Yeah.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: Anyway, that was a fun mascots trope.
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: I love those.
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: Those are always fun to move. Anyway. So you said
• 27:09
  Speaker 4: you have Morris and, or do you have Cahokia covering?
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: I'm picking Morris and I have Cahokia covering, yes.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: All right, next up, sorry, a little bit of a
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: sidetrack there.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: No, don't be sorry. That's always fun. Next up, Summit
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: at Kirkwood.
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: Kirkwood's turned by 12.5 points, overruns by 51.5. Kirkwood, they
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: stayed in control against Fox, which is honestly, like, that's good. Like,
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: they want to win by more, but Fox is a
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: solid team.
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: Summit winners are two straight.
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: 33-14 winning against Lafayette, 35-14 against Riverview.
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: The defense is, I mean, hey, the Summit defense.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: If you exclude the Week 2 disaster against Valley Catholic,
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: since then they've been really, really good.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: They have.
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: They held Eureka to 22. They held Lindbergh to 16.
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: They held Lafayette and Riverview to 14. And the Riverview game,
• 28:03
  Speaker 4: their JV was in pretty much.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes. I feel like they would want us to
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: tell us people that. Yeah.
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: So I think this should be a close, low-scoring game.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: Kirkwood definitely more than last year has been able to
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: run the ball a lot better.
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: I mean, this year they've had several different guys be
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: their main backs.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: They've had Chase Griffin and Darion Brown and Marcus Tatum
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: get a lot of carries.
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: Not to say that Nicholas Tucci's not a bad QB.
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: Nicholas Tucci's been pretty good in the air, actually, so.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Far this year.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: But they're just definitely diversifying their offense. I will go with, hmm,
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: I think Kirkwood wins by exactly 14.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: So I'll go with Kirkwood to cover, barely. And I
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: will go with the under.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll go with the under. Kirkwood's best receiver is
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: a sophomore named George Kidd.
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: You put him above Travis George Jr.
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, because he's got more receiving yards and three
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: more touchdowns. He's been their best receiver.
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: I don't know if sheer, I don't know if that,
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: I don't know if because someone has more receiving yards,
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: that makes him the better receiver.
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: I don't know if that's how that works.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: I've also seen him, I've seen a few clips, he's
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: made some really nice plays.
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: Nothing against the kid, but I'm just saying like, you know.
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. I see what you did there.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: Oh, I didn't even know I did that. That's funny.
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: Unintentional pun. That's great.
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, geez, geez, geez. Yeah.
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: There's, I'm not going to go down that route where
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: I'm going to try to intentionally find puns to make.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: But no, there's a few names in Kirkwood's receiving corps
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: that gives you a license for punning. But I'm not
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: going to go down that route. We're basically already acting
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: like seven-year-olds at this point, so we're not going to
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: stoop further down. I mean, literally, we went off on
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: a tangent about mascot names. So, anyway, back to football. Yeah,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I got Kirkwood covering.
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: You know, oh, hmm. I take that back. I have
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: some covering. I do have Kirkwood winning, and I will
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: take the under. I trust these Falcons will step up.
• 30:21
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: All right, next up, we got.
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: The battle of 109. We got Eureka at Lafayette. Eureka's
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: shared by 20.5.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: Definitely one of the lesser 109 battles in a while.
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah, overruns at 55.5. I feel like Eureka, I mean,
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: they do have some injuries to deal with, but I
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: think that they should be able to get back on track.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: If they could just not even put themselves in fourth
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: down situations, they could be okay. Lafayette, three and four
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: so far.
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: What did you say last time, like, they had a very,
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: they were, like, a really specific type of team, because, like,
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: they had all these, like, really similar scores?
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: Oh, Lafayette, how they, hey, wait, what was that?
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was Lafayette. Because, like, it was, like, 27-20, 26-21, 28-27, 27-21.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: They beat Timberland 28-21. Yeah. Is Ruka going to win 28-21?
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: Is that what's going to happen? Yeah.
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: If it did, it would be kind of funny, honestly.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: It would be hilarious.
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: I think Eureka wins this comfortably, but I think.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: I think Eureka wins it comfortably in Eureka fashion, which
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: means they win by 12. They win by 12, and
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: they stay ahead the entire time.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: That's a big spread. I'll pick Lafayette to cover.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: I think Eureka wins, and I'll go with Young.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: I think their offense is different than that. I don't
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: think that would be a typical Eureka fashion. I mean,
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: usually if.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: Eureka's offense has been really good this season, so I
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: think they can.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: I Lafayette, I mean, they're well coached and I think
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: they're getting the most of it. I mean, they, they
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: did have that. I thought their, their one bad game this.
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: Season was against summit where they, the final score is
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: even somewhat flattering. It was kind of worse than what
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: it looked like. So, um, no, I, I got Eureka
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: winning this game. I mean, Zach chem is the man. Um, he's,
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: I mean, he did it against Ladue, even though in
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: a losing effort, you know, he was really good. Um,
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: and you know, hopefully they can get some guys back.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: I know Brandon Webb is like in a boot. He
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: was one of their, he's one of their running backs
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: and they still have two other good, you know, like
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: they still have Curtis, Curtis Harris is a really good
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: running back. Um, and, um, a few other guys, AJ white,
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: both those guys scored touchdowns against will do last week
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: and they look good. Um, I'll have Lafayette covering just
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: cause that's a big spread. Um, but I certainly have.
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: Eureka winning, and I will take the under. Okay.
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: Next up, number three matchup of the week. Fun out
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: of conference one here. We've got Lift for Life at Chaminade.
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: Chaminade is favored by 3.5 points. The overrun is at 47.5.
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: Chaminade, offensively, they hung with CBC, honestly. Chaminade gets a
• 33:05
  Speaker 4: lot of big plays.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: Chaminade, they have the athletes to get in space and–
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: get up to speed in open space.
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: And get down the field well.
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: It's going to be very interesting to see if Live
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: for Life can establish a run game against Chaminade's defense,
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: because defensively, Chaminade.
• 33:25
  Speaker 4: At the front seven has been not quite there.
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: And ultimately, I think this is going to come down to,
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: can Live for Life finish drives? As we saw in,
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: I think it was week two, they got their first
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: field goal in school history.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: So.
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: They can't really kick field goals.
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: And I don't... The few times we have seen them
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: punt it, they're not the best.
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: They're not horrible at punting. Their punter's okay.
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: They have good special teams, though.
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: For their kicking and punting return is really good.
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: Their return game is good. Their punting and kicking return
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: is very good, yes. But they've got to be able
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: to convert on third downs. They just have to. And
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: they've got to... And I think.
• 34:11
  Speaker 4: It's going to be interesting to see Lift for Life
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: if they stick with.
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: How much they stick with.
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: Man coverage here because of Sean Knott's great athletes on
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: the outside.
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: But they can stick with their... I think they can
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: do man coverage.
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: They should be.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: I mean, if I'm Lift for Life, I might go
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: three down linemen and just go cover two man and
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: have a.
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: QB spy on Mo Smith.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: Because Smith isn't a total scrambler, but.
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: One of the things that Cover 2 Man is susceptible
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: to is QB scrambles because if everyone clears out, then.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: It's pretty wild with the QB.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: But, yeah, that's what I would do. But I'm sure–
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: I mean, Lift Life, their secondary is incredible. They're good
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: at man and zone, so I'm sure they'll mix up coverages.
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: But this should be a fun one.
• 35:00
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with– I'll go with live for
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: life to cover and win here. Actually, I'll go with
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: the Hawks to win and I'll go with the over.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: I'll go with the Hawks as well in an upset
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: on paper because I know they're two and five, but
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: they met, I mean, they, I'm pretty sure they're going
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: to match up with Chaminades, you know, athletes and they
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: just got to, if they can keep most Smith like contained,
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: I think they got this and you know, they're, I'm
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: sure they're going to have their struggles on offense, but
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: you know, they're capable of putting together some big plays and, um,
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: I just really think their defense is going to step up,
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: and it will kind of be a defensive game.
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I'll take the under in this one. All right.
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: Next up, we've got a really fun private school matchup here.
• 35:44
  Speaker 3: We've got DeSmet at St.
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: Mary's.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: DeSmet fair by 4.5 points. The overrun is at 46.5.
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: This is going to be the premier running back display
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: all season, we'll see. Cam Sharp for DeSmet, and then
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: Kingston Miles for St. Mary's.
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: These are two of the best athletes really in the
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: whole state in the Midwest.
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: I would say also two of the better ones in
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: the Midwest.
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: Um, they both are highly, uh, valued college prospects as well.
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: Um, I think miles is offered by Mizzou, right? I
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: think he is.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: He's committed. Yeah. Oh, that's right. Yeah.
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: I was going to say, um, I'm not a Mizzou guy,
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: so excuse me for not following the college offers there, but, um,
• 36:31
  Speaker 3: They do have some injuries up front, which are going
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: to be tough to deal with.
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: And then St.
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: Mary's.
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: St.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: Mary's has been an interesting team because they haven't really
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: been fully healthy up until, like, this past week. They
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: played a Pacific team, which they would have dominated either way.
• 36:46
  Speaker 3: So this is their first, you know, big test as
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: a fully healthy team in a while. Since they played
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: Elmer's week one, I would say. But, yeah, this should
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: be interesting.
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: I mean... I'll go with.
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: Should I go with St. Mary's and the Upset?
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Plausible.
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: I can't do it.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: I'll go with.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: Don't apologize.
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: I'll go with.
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: This is going to be a really close, really fun game.
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: I'll go with the Smet to cover and I'll go
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: with the over. But I wouldn't be surprised... I hate.
• 37:19
  Speaker 4: No. I'm going to make my pick.
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: Why do you hate this?
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: I'm not going to try to appease both sides. I'm
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: going to make my pick. I'm picking a Smet.
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: If St.
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: Mary's gets mad, I don't care. I respect their team.
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: I'm picking Smet. I'm going with you over.
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: Why is this killing you?
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: Because I don't want to sound like a certain college
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: ball personality who only rides the fence and just tries
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: to appease.
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: Both sides with every game.
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: Oh, like Josh Pate?
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: I like him a lot, and I've listened to him forever.
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: But I just don't want to be that kind of
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: like character. Like, I don't want to, like, I'm not
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: here to be a people pleaser. I'm here to put
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: my input into a game and say what I think
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: is going to happen.
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: I find it, over time, I've found that if you
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: just be yourself and you're not a people pleaser, you're
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: ultimately going to be a better people pleaser.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, yeah.
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: We love Josh Pate. We listen to Josh Pate.
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: He's a great guy to go to for college football stuff.
• 38:15
  Speaker 3: But I just, me personally, as someone who produces media
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: for high school sports.
• 38:22
  Speaker 4: Instead of trying to just be the nice guy that's like, oh, well, like, St.
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: Mary's is good, too. Like, you know, if DeSmet played Vianney,
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: they would crush him. And they did.
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: I'm not going to say, like, oh, we should be
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: close because Vianney's all right.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: Like, no.
• 38:36
  Speaker 4: I'm going to be honest here. So I'll pick a DeSmet.
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: That's why we do this. Yeah.
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, which is why I think DeSmet's going to cover
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: and win and take the.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: I think he'll... I think... Let's see. Let's look at
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: that under. 46 and a half. Hmm. Usually most games
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: DeSmet are in is kind of a shootout.
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: But no, I have them winning. I would actually be
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: shocked if St. Mary's won this game because DeSmet has
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: a good enough defense.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: But this is good. It's going to be a show
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: between St. Mary's.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: We're really going to find out how good St. Mary's'
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: defense is against DeSmet because.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: I saw St. Mary's two weeks ago.
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they had a great game against Live for Life,
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: but that was a severely limited Live for Life offense
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: at that point in time and um.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: Live for life definitely improved like the week after so i.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Will uh 46 and a half a i will take
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: the under in that one it's a bit bold right
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: there but yeah i still got the smet covering though.
• 39:40
  Speaker 4: Fortune favors the bold yes Here we go.
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: Number one game of the week. This one should be fun.
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: CBC at Cardinal Ritter.
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: Is this Thursday? Is this a Thursday game? It is.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: I will be there. Are you going to be there?
• 39:54
  Speaker 4: Unfortunately not. I have a bedtime on weekdays.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: That's right. Yeah.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: You don't work very far away from there, so you could, like,
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: get a good night's sleep.
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: Anyway. Yeah.
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: Not going to happen.
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: Sorry.
• 40:09
  Speaker 4: This is going to be a Thursday game at Ritter.
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: to end CBC's regular season, this is going to be
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: a shootout. I mean, we've seen.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: All signs point to that.
• 40:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we've seen the Dale and Austin Harvey-led cadet offense,
• 40:24
  Speaker 3: even their losses be pretty good so far this year.
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: And then against local teams, putting up 49 against Chaminade,
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: 56 against Vianney, 59 against DeSmet. And then SLU High
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: played their best game ever defensively, and CBC still put
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: up 27 points.
• 40:42
  Speaker 4: That I think is actually pretty impressive.
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: But Cardinal Ritter, they.
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: Have the athletes to hang with CBC's receivers. I think
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: the difference here is that CBC can run the ball
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: between the tackles and Cardinal Ritter cannot.
• 40:58
  Speaker 4: And I've been humping on Cardinal Ritter all year for this.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: And CBC's got better special teams.
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: Cardinal Ritter has yet to truly establish a run between
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: the tackles. And I emphasize that because if you can–
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: force the safeties to play closer to the ball at
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: the snap and maybe catch a guy napping once or
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: twice in.
• 41:19
  Speaker 4: Play action, that's going to be a free touchdown.
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: But because Cardinal Ritter is not effective at running the
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: ball from the tackles, CBC can just let their linebackers
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: clean it up and have their safeties just not have
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: to attack hard every single run of play.
• 41:36
  Speaker 4: And that I think is so huge.
• 41:38
  Speaker 3: Being able to have being able to start with that
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: space on defense is going to be huge for CBC.
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: That's why I think they're going to win and cover,
• 41:46
  Speaker 3: and I'm going to go with the over.
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Dale and Austin Harvey have yet to
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: really been shut down so far, and they've had two
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: really tough losses against one-point losses as well to Raven
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: Gap and Lipscomb, who are two really solid teams.
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: And this is– yeah, you're right. This is going to
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: be a shootout.
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, man, it really could go either way because–
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, Raiders got the chance to absolutely flip the script.
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: And, like, if they beat CBC, then.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're basically, all of a sudden, like, number
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: one contender to probably win state in Class 5, although
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: it's really close with Ledoux and Carthage up there right now.
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: But, yeah, they would flip a lot of heads if
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: they can knock off CBC. And it kind of would
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: be an upset at this point. I mean, it doesn't
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: feel that way, because, like, you know they're capable of
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: doing it, but.
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: They've yet to have beaten a really solid team this season,
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: and CBC's even better than solid.
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, at this point in time, I've got to
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: go with CBC. I'll take the over.
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: It seems like every time I go to Ritter these days,
• 42:51
  Speaker 2: especially a Ritter.
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: Game, at Ritter, whatever the over was, it hits. And
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: it's 69 and a half.
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: And we all know 69 is a special number, so
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: I'm inclined to say that it's going to take the over.
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: Well, that's it for our Week 8 games.
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: Last week in Illinois was a better season for them.
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: And then one more week after this for Missouri schools.
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: Should be a fun one. I'm looking forward to it.
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: This week should be a ton of fun. But next
• 43:20
  Speaker 3: week is going to be so cool.
• 43:22
  Speaker 4: Oh, my gosh.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to be in for some of the
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: good games. I will be able to be here. I'll
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: be able to catch that Thursday night game with CBC
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: and Ritter. after that I'm going to be, I plan
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: to be in Ohio for, uh, two big games, one
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: on Friday, the other on Saturday.
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: So, uh, Walsh Jesuit and Archbishop Mueller.
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: And, um, and then I'm thinking about being in Ohio again,
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: the following week too.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: There's some pretty big games there. I'll talk about, I'll
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: talk about those next week. So yeah, it's, uh, looking
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: forward as always. I, uh, it's a lot of, it's
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: best time of the year. It's been an awesome season and, uh, just, Yeah,
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: we're in the home stretch now. It's like, wow, all
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: of a sudden it's week eight. So, yeah, we're almost there.
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: So looking forward to it. Thank you guys for having electricity.
• 44:08
  Speaker 4: Rest in peace, Mike Ditka.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.