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WEEK 2 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Picks · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports News Show.
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  Speaker 2: I'm John, he's Roman, and we are here to preview
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  Speaker 2: week two in the St. Louis metro area for high
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  Speaker 2: school football in the 2026 season. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: hard to top from week one because that was one
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  Speaker 2: of the all-timers. And we're going to get right into
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  Speaker 2: it with the Gillis-Sandler-Vaughn sportsbook, which was absolutely on fire
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  Speaker 2: last week. We had so many bad beats.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we had the most bad beats in
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  Speaker 3: one week ever. for a week one easily last week
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  Speaker 3: um so whoever's running the show over there they know
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  Speaker 3: what they're talking about i don't know what i don't
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  Speaker 3: know what they're cooking but.
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  Speaker 1: It's working out well they're well they cooked.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go 15 number 15 game of the week
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  Speaker 3: we got francis howell at zoom all north zoom all
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  Speaker 3: north today by three and a half points the overrun
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  Speaker 3: is at 52 and a.
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  Speaker 2: Half very rare where these two teams start out oh
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  Speaker 2: and one both of them yeah this is a Must-win
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  Speaker 2: game for both these teams.
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  Speaker 3: Francis Hollis, the brutal loss last week to O'Fallon and
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  Speaker 3: Zumal North with a 20-point loss to Pattonville last week.
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  Speaker 3: They'll still have some guys out. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 3: a must-win because both these programs had a wake-up call
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  Speaker 3: last week in very different ways.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we have to acknowledge that.
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  Speaker 3: So, I mean, different ways, but also at the same time,
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  Speaker 3: both these... Are both these programs the same thing they
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  Speaker 3: were four or five years ago? I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely, well, no. I would say no.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's a lot of introspection for sure on
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  Speaker 3: the north side and down south on 94. I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to pick Francis Howell to cover and win here, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with the under. It's on Thursday,
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  Speaker 3: so if you guys are free on Thursday, then go
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  Speaker 3: check it out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a few. Interesting Thursday games.
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  Speaker 2: I know one of them not on here is Lindbergh
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  Speaker 2: at Oakville and then Hazelwood West at Pattonville.
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  Speaker 3: 1-0 Hazelwood West. We didn't mention that last time. Hazelwood
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  Speaker 3: West defeated Hazelwood East.
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  Speaker 1: That was crazy.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't even talk about the Riverview-Principia game I was at.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay. Riverview won. They put up 66 points. All
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  Speaker 2: of a sudden, that's a really interesting game right there.
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  Speaker 2: We might We'll try to have someone film that game.
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  Speaker 2: If not, we'll be at Vianney Lou. So, anyway, for
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  Speaker 2: this game with Howell and North, I think I'll take
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  Speaker 2: Howell for this one as well, just given North's situation
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  Speaker 2: right now. I mean, yeah, I'll have Howell covering, and
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  Speaker 2: I'll take the under.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you.
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  Speaker 3: All right, next up, we've got Highland at Mascuda. Mascuda
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  Speaker 3: favored by 3.5 points. The overrun is at 59.5. Muscoot
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  Speaker 3: is coming off a big win. Um, they defeated Springfield
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  Speaker 3: Southeast 53 to six last weekend.
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  Speaker 2: That's, and that's, I, Southeast has never really been good
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  Speaker 2: at football, but, uh.
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  Speaker 3: It's always good to win a blowout though.
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  Speaker 1: It's always good. Yeah. It means you got, you're not,
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  Speaker 1: you probably have some talent there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. But Highland, they had a good win last week
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  Speaker 3: as well. They beat Altoff 28, 21. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I picked, I know I picked Altoff to win that game.
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  Speaker 2: So that was a, yeah, much needed bounce back victory
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  Speaker 2: for Highland.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Yeah, so, I mean, we didn't talk about it, but....
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  Speaker 2: I really like Highland's quarterback, you know, Jax Oren. He
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  Speaker 2: had 441 passing yards in this game. He did throw
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  Speaker 2: four interceptions. He still had two touchdowns, though, but... Man,
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  Speaker 2: Highland put up... They had over... 681 yards of offense
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  Speaker 2: against Altaf.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Brody Burchard and Carter Harris.
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  Speaker 3: Carter Harris, 134 yards. Brody Burchard, 103 carries for 105 yards.
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  Speaker 1: It's crazy. So, okay, I think I know.
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Highland to cover, and I'll go with
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  Speaker 3: the over.
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  Speaker 1: Me too. I was going to say the same thing.
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  Speaker 3: Beat you to it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I'd be shocked if the over doesn't hit at
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  Speaker 1: this point.
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  Speaker 2: We know Miscuta can run the football pretty effectively, but
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  Speaker 2: I think both these defenses are going to be tested.
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  Speaker 3: I also want to repeat this before I keep going.
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  Speaker 3: I've said it before in previous episodes. This is not
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  Speaker 3: a real sports book. We do not take bets. I
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  Speaker 3: hope no one bets on these games. Betting on high
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  Speaker 3: school sports is very illegal. You should not do it.
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  Speaker 3: These were just hypothetical. What this team is probably going
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  Speaker 3: to win by. That's all it is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That is just, it is all it is. There's no
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  Speaker 3: money being exchanged. We highly discourage any money being exchanged.
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  Speaker 3: These are kids. Please do not bet on kids. Because
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  Speaker 3: I heard someone at the DeSmet game.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 3: All I heard, you know, secondhand was like, oh, this
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  Speaker 3: team is favored by this much. And, you know, it
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  Speaker 3: was just.
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  Speaker 1: This is a sports book here.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, okay, yeah, it's a sports book kind
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  Speaker 3: of as a joke. Like, this is like, we're just
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  Speaker 3: talking about, you know, for example, number 13, Lafayette, February 13th,
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  Speaker 3: points against Liberty over under 48 and a half. That's just,
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  Speaker 3: whoever wrote this, that's their guess of what's going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And it's been good guesses so far.
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  Speaker 3: Very good guesses. But yeah, Lafayette with a nice win
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  Speaker 3: over Timberland. Liberty's offense last week didn't really do anything.
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  Speaker 3: I think they only put up three points. Yeah, they
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  Speaker 3: lost to Cape Central 17-3.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they had a decent rushing attack.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how good Cape Central is. Some years
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  Speaker 1: Central's good, and then some years they're just okay. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I do think Lafayette's the more talented team, so I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to go with them to cover, and I'll go
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  Speaker 3: with the....
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  Speaker 1: I'll do the exact same thing. I hate copying you,
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  Speaker 1: but I feel pretty strongly about that. I wouldn't be
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  Speaker 1: surprised if Liberty covers that spread, though.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, they certainly got to do better than three points.
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  Speaker 1: And Lafayette's probably a better team than Cape Central, too. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, number 12, game of the week, we got
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  Speaker 3: Rittner at Jennings. Rittner is favored by three and a
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  Speaker 3: half points, overruns at 56 and a half. Kind of
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  Speaker 3: a rough week for both these teams last week.
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  Speaker 1: Rittner.
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  Speaker 3: we talked about their game. It's Kirkwood. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 3: that's just a big talent gap there. Anthony Odom played.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: The Kirk, the Kirk, the Ritner QB, excuse me. Um,
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  Speaker 3: but what surprised me a lot more was Jennings defeats
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  Speaker 3: John Burroughs 20 to 14. I thought Jennings was going
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  Speaker 3: to reload really well. And I don't think John Burroughs
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  Speaker 3: has much. So I was honestly surprised to see written
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  Speaker 3: or Jennings only win by that much. Um, so this,
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  Speaker 3: I think this could be a close game. I think
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  Speaker 3: both teams are decently athletic on the outside. Um, Should
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  Speaker 3: be interesting to see how the pass rushes on each
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  Speaker 3: side work out, but I don't know. We'll see. This
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  Speaker 3: should be an interesting game.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Rittner's certainly more used to playing tougher competition compared
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  Speaker 2: to what Jennings is. I mean, this is a really
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  Speaker 2: good test for Jennings, I think. I still have Rittner covering.
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  Speaker 1: And I will... I don't want to copy you, but
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  Speaker 1: I think I'll take the under as well, too.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how good Jennings is. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Their defense seemed okay, but it's only Burroughs and Rittner.
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  Speaker 2: We gave up a lot, but I think Kirkwood's a
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  Speaker 2: vastly superior team compared to the.
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  Speaker 1: Jennings, though. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: All right, next up, number 11 game of the week,
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  Speaker 3: we got North Point at Sektman. Sektman's favored by 6.5.
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  Speaker 3: The overrunner's at 60.5. Sektman had a nice win against
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  Speaker 3: Oakville this past week, 33-14.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Seckman's rushing attack had a great game, 35 rushes, 231 yards, 6.5
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  Speaker 3: yards per carry. Jackson Jablonski gets most of the carries
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  Speaker 3: for them, but Koehner-Bear also had a really good game.
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  Speaker 3: Brody Cube also had some yards on the ground. So
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  Speaker 3: it seems like Seckman's rushing attack, while it's not as
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  Speaker 3: high-octane as it has been in seasons of the past,
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  Speaker 3: still a pretty solid offense. And then North Point, we
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  Speaker 3: talked about their game against St. Dominic, close loss. but
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  Speaker 3: against a good St. Dominic team. So this one should
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  Speaker 3: be fun. This one should be, you know, maybe not
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  Speaker 3: as flashy as, you know, your East St. Louis-Gainesville, but,
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  Speaker 3: you know, two solid teams who have some good athletes,
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  Speaker 3: and it should be an exciting one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, North Point will be traveling a long way down
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  Speaker 1: to Imperial.
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  Speaker 3: That is quite the drive. I'm going to go with,
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  Speaker 3: I will go with, this is tough. I think this
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  Speaker 3: should be a close game. I'll go with Seckman to cover.
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Seckman to cover, and I'll go with
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  Speaker 3: the over.
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  Speaker 2: I will go with North Point to cover and take
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  Speaker 2: the under. I do think Sackman might pull this one
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  Speaker 2: out still. But I think it'll be a close game.
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  Speaker 3: Alright, heading back over to Metro East. We got Belleville
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  Speaker 3: East at Altaf.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta say, Belleville East has been pretty disappointing so far.
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  Speaker 3: They scored 13 points so far in two games. They
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  Speaker 3: played two decent teams. They played Lincoln Way West. They
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  Speaker 3: won a peak in Week 2.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know I'm being pretty harsh right here,
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  Speaker 2: but like They even said, like, they expect to win
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  Speaker 2: seven games this season.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're going to win that one now, and that's
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  Speaker 3: not going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're not beating East St. Louis. So... Yeah. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to have.
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  Speaker 2: I think East could still win this game, but I
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  Speaker 2: have Altoff covering, and I'll take the over.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to.
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  Speaker 3: I guess I'll agree with that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I just.
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  Speaker 3: Bevel East doesn't have any stats in, so.
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  Speaker 1: I mean... They got Logan Thompson, who's a four-star DB.
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  Speaker 1: He can.
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  Speaker 2: I think whoever he's guarding, he can lock down all tough.
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  Speaker 2: They got some athletes and they were able to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball a little bit too with Steven Brown. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so yeah, I think this could be, I think it
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  Speaker 2: could be a really entertaining game, but, um, I'd ultimately
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  Speaker 2: expect Beverly's to win that, even though I picked them
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  Speaker 2: to win.
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  Speaker 1: The last two weeks, they lost both of them. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: interesting there. I think that's, that's, they very well could
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  Speaker 1: win by, you know, double digits, Beverly's, but, um, They're
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  Speaker 1: going to have to prove it. So I think that
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  Speaker 1: spread is a little high, and I got all tough covering.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, we get valley catholic at rockwood summit summits
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  Speaker 3: favorite by six and a half points the overrun is
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  Speaker 3: i think two and a half this is a very
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  Speaker 3: uh unique out of conference match up here you don't
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  Speaker 3: often see a class well i guess.
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  Speaker 1: They're class three now come to st louis too.
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  Speaker 3: They really don't so it's interesting that of all the
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  Speaker 3: teams they play up here in st louis they play
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  Speaker 3: rockwood summit but uh that was going off a big
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  Speaker 3: win against haytai um He ties down the boot heel,
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  Speaker 3: and they usually have some decent speed. And then Valley,
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  Speaker 3: they're down there on St.
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  Speaker 1: Genevieve.
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  Speaker 3: This should be an interesting game. I don't know too
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  Speaker 3: much about Valley, but we know Summit had the.
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  Speaker 1: We know they win a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they do. We know Summit had the exciting win
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  Speaker 3: against Festus last week, where McCoy Brown to Kendall Young
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  Speaker 3: came to the clutch at the very end there. I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to go with Summit to cover, and I'll go
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  Speaker 3: with the over. I would assume Summit has a lot
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  Speaker 3: more depth. I mean, Valley Catholic is a school of
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  Speaker 3: like 130 people.
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  Speaker 1: I'll actually take, I have Summit winning, covering, but I'll
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  Speaker 1: take the under here. I think Summit's defense will rise
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  Speaker 1: to the occasion this time.
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  Speaker 2: And I think Valley Catholic can do enough defensively to
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  Speaker 2: stay in the game, but ultimately I've got the Falcons
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  Speaker 2: covering and winning.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of the team that Summit played, we got Festus
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  Speaker 3: at St. Mary's. Pretty good game. This should be a
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  Speaker 3: fun game. St. Mary's favorite, 8.5 points. The overrunner is 54.5.
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  Speaker 3: We didn't talk about St. Mary's in the last episode.
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  Speaker 3: They played IC Catholic, which is from Elmhurst, Illinois. And
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  Speaker 3: IC Catholic is one of the best teams in Illinois.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, Elmhurst is very much in the
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  Speaker 2: Chicagoland area. I mean, that's where you're like, It's in
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  Speaker 2: the same school district where York is, and they're a
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  Speaker 2: Class 8 school, and a lot of people are in Elmhurst,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm sure they've got a bunch of really good
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  Speaker 2: athletes who go there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Elmhurst beat St. Mary's 42-14 this past week.
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  Speaker 2: St.
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  Speaker 3: Mary's did put their stats in, unfortunately, and Ja'Cory Battle
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  Speaker 3: had a great game throwing the ball. He was 22-28
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  Speaker 3: for 293 yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions. Greg Hollis, I mean, St.
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  Speaker 3: Mary's had one, two, three, four guys with at least
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  Speaker 3: three catches, so. In typical Dragons fashion, they've got a
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  Speaker 3: lot of good athletes on the outside.
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  Speaker 1: They had a really hard time running the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And Kingston Miles, I'm told he suffered an injury in
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  Speaker 2: that game because it makes sense. He only had six rushes. But, yeah, still,
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  Speaker 2: their run game really struggled either way. And so if
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  Speaker 2: Miles is not playing, I think that drastically changes the game.
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  Speaker 3: I think, I mean, with him being out, I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to pick Festus to cover. I still think St. Mary's
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  Speaker 3: wins a close one, though. and I'll go with the under,
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  Speaker 3: but yeah, Kingston miles being outs, that's a big blow
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  Speaker 3: for St.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's. I'll take the under, but I do have Festus winning. Wow. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I do have them winning. I mean that they're, they're
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  Speaker 1: still a good team.
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  Speaker 2: I think Festus might end. They actually might bring more
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  Speaker 2: fans to the game than St. Mary's does.
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  Speaker 1: Um, it's not too far.
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  Speaker 3: We're driving for Festus.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's yeah. South, South city. No, not far
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  Speaker 1: as ways you think it is there. Um, yeah. So
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, Festus, they have a good defense. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Aiden Schirmer as a linebacker being one of them.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it very well could be a high-scoring game,
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  Speaker 2: but if Miles is in fact out, I.
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  Speaker 1: Think that severely limits St.
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  Speaker 2: Mary's offensive capabilities, even though they still were able to
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  Speaker 2: throw the ball a decent amount. But I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: get the context of those throws, like a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those screen passes or whatever, bubble screens.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, true. All right. Next game, number seven game of
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  Speaker 3: the week, we've got Blair Oaks at Lutheran North. Lutheran North,
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  Speaker 3: they're by six and a half points. The overrunners are
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  Speaker 3: at 40 and a half.
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  Speaker 1: Blair Oaks lost 21-7 to Maryville. Good team, Maryville.
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  Speaker 3: Maryville's one of the best small school public school programs
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  Speaker 3: in the state.
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  Speaker 1: But only seven points for Blair Oaks. That's shocking.
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  Speaker 3: That is shocking. I mean, Blair Oaks has been.
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  Speaker 2: I saw them this summer, and I wasn't really impressed
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  Speaker 2: with what I saw offensively.
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  Speaker 3: Blair Oaks has been... Blair Oaks has 27-1 the past
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  Speaker 3: two seasons, and they've been one of the They've been
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  Speaker 3: averaging over 50 points a game. This is insane. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking at Blair Oaks' historical page on Michigan right now.
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  Speaker 3: They have averaged over 50 points per game every season
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  Speaker 3: the last seven seasons.
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  Speaker 1: That's insane.
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  Speaker 3: So for them to come out and only score on
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  Speaker 3: seven points against Maryville is very interesting and not the
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  Speaker 3: best for the Falcons. And then we saw Luther North
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  Speaker 3: against Cardinal Ritter, and although they didn't win, I think
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  Speaker 3: they showed a lot of promise.
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  Speaker 1: It was a decent show.
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  Speaker 3: They really did. That's a really good Cardinal Ritter team
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  Speaker 3: they're playing.
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  Speaker 2: We think really good Cardinal-Ritter team.
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  Speaker 1: They are really good, though. They are.
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  Speaker 3: So, I mean, I would think Blair Oaks has some
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  Speaker 3: talent because they do every single year. They're one of
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  Speaker 3: the most well-coached teams in the state. But I think
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  Speaker 3: Luther North wins this one comfortably. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 3: Luther North has actually played Maryville in recent years.
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  Speaker 1: They've had some good games.
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  Speaker 3: And they've been back and forth with them. They beat
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  Speaker 3: them in 24, I should say. Yeah, so I think.
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  Speaker 1: They lost last year to Blair Oaks.
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: So I think, yeah, I'm going to go with Luther
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: North to cover, and I'm going to go with the over.
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: I will. Yeah, I agree with you there.
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Blair Oaks will do better than seven
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: points this time around.
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: But, yeah, Luther North. Hopefully it will be as fun as.
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: The game as it was last year because there was
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: a lot of highlight reel plays in that one.
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but with Kai Robinson at running back, how good
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: he is, and then Jonathan.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Moore at quarterback.
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: Lutheran North, they're still pretty young up front, but I
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: think they're clearly better, though, this year. And I think
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: that could be the big difference in this game. Defense,
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: they've got to lock in against Blair Oaks. They've got
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: a small quarterback who can run. I think Blair Oaks,
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: they're going to still find ways.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: They're going to get better after this last game.
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: I still think Lutheran North just has a little bit
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: too much overall athleticism and size as well.
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I got the Crusaders.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: All right, next up, number six game of the week.
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: This one's going to be on Thursday.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: I'll be here for that one.
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: LeDoux at Vianney. The Rams are favored by 2.5 points.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: The Overns at 50.5. We didn't mention Vianney's game last episode,
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: but they defeated Lindbergh 35-23 in an incredible game by
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: Robert Etherton. 25 carries for 272 yards and 1. Five
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: rushing touchdowns for him. He is their offense, and he's
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: a heck of an athlete.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: And I think, here's the thing, I think they still
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: can do, they're more than just Robert Ethelton offensively. I mean,
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: the stats don't show that right now because it's only
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: one game, but they returned some pretty good receivers as well,
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: you know, from last year or so. And, you know,
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: Harlow and Futrell, he's a freshman quarterback for them.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: You know, he was.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: It looked like he had a pretty typical freshman, first-ever
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: varsity game type of a game, but Etherton was able
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: to really just, and their O-line, we've got to say
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: as well, just save the game for the Griffins right there.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: It did help that Vianney, I mean, for Lindbergh, they
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: were like, well, here's the thing for Vianney.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: They're young.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: They just have a handful of seniors starting on either
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: side of the ball. This is a team comprised of
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: mostly juniors and sophomores, and maybe even more sophomores than juniors, actually.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: So this is a young team, and that was a
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: great way to come out against a limber team who's typically...
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: They're really well coached, and they're physical.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: I mean.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Vianney did get a big break as far, I mean,
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: we say this break, but it's like, it's, it's unfortunate,
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: but like Noah Norman, who's Lindbergh's best player had a
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: pretty bad injury to start the game out.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: And so when you take him away.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Especially at middle linebacker, uh, that, that's a huge blow for,
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: for Lindbergh. So I'm not trying to take away like the,
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: the rushing game, the rushing yards and all that, but
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: it's certainly, I think it's certainly contributed to that as well.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: When you lose your starting linebacker, middle linebacker, who's one
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: of the better ones in the area.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: But having said that, um, this, this, that, that means
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Vianney's offense can be pretty diversified, I think by the
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: season's end. Um, but if they can, they can keep
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: that up, that rushing attack up, they, they have a
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: solid chance of knocking off Ladue. Cause Ladue's favored in
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: this game. Don't get us wrong, but, uh, that spread
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: going up had like shrinking, I should say, has a
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: lot more to do with Vianney than, you know, cause I,
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: I thought Ladue ended up having a decent game at
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: the end of the day against MICDS, but it just,
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: that says just more about Vianney, honestly.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Um, Okay, so what do you think about this game?
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: I think LeDoux showed great physicality with our offensive line
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: last week, and I think as long as they're disciplined
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: up front, just not committing penalties, and just if they
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: can contain Vianney's offense to just Robert Etherton, I don't
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: think he alone can beat LeDoux. I'm going to pick
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: LeDoux to cover here, and I'm going to go with
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: the under.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: I will pick Ledoux to cover, and I will take
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: the over. I still think Miani will put up some
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: points in this game. But, yeah, I know Ledoux's defense
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: on paper matches up well with Miani's offense as far
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: as their athletes go, because, I mean, you can put
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: Evan Vai on, you know, pick whoever's team has the
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: best receiver, and that receiver probably is going to have
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: one of his worst games of the season.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: And they have other, you know, quality players.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: Gus Logan's a really– Jacob Peoples are two quality defensive backs,
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: and yeah, but like you said, Ledoux's physicality, I mean,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: they're not, on defense up front, they're not real big,
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: but they're fast and physical, and so I think that
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: kind of throws a different look at Vianney there, and
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: then I think Ledoux's definitely got to test Vianney's defense
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: more than Lindbergh tests them, because, you know, Emma McIntosh
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: had a decent game for Ledoux, and their run game
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: was the best it's looked in a long time, and
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: obviously they.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Got Vi, Trevor Walker, and Troy Recybers at receiver there.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: So I think it's going to.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Be a pretty good game. I'm looking forward to it. But, yeah,
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: we both think Ladue's going to win, have him cover.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: I think he's going to win. think, let's look at
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: that over again, 50-and-a-half. Yeah, I'll take that over.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: All right, next up in our top five games of
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: the week, the rivalry returns. We've got Slough High at CBC.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: CBC is favored by 22-and-a-half.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Oh, okay, okay.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Tough showing for CBC last week against a really good
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Trinity team from Louisville. And then slew high. They defeated
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: Hazel Central pretty handily, 43-2. That's got to be a
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: score gone right there, right?
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: 43-2.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: That's not too often.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Seriously.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: You know, looks like Coach Cruz and Junior Bills are
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: going to have a solid offense this year.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Well, I think they're going to have an even better defense.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: You know, and their defense didn't allow a point.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: And their defense last year was– And they scored a point.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: Their defense last year was– They scored two points. His
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: little central scored two points.
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: What do you mean? Oh, sorry. His little central's defense
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: scored two points. I thought Slew got a safety, and
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: I was thinking it was whatever. No, you're good.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Slew had one of the best defenses in the entire
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: area last year.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: It did, and they got six sacks this past game.
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: So that, I think, was huge. You know, not that
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: they're the best team– They also got four interceptions all
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: by four different guys. Cornelius Anderson, Markel Armstrong, Finn Cavanaugh,
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: and John Rommel all got interceptions for the Junior Bills.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: So I think it should be a fun game, but
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: this is a rivalry that's been about as one-sided as
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: you can get. So until they can show me... It's
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: 21st century.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: It's totally been one-sided.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: I have to pick CBC here. I hate to do it,
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: but I just have to. I'll pick CBC to cover,
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: and I'll go with the over.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: I got the Junior Bills covering... and I'm taking the under,
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: I really trust their defense here. Um, you know, I
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: think CBC has got some things to work on, on
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: especially defense. I think they'll do better obviously, uh, on
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: that end. But, uh, I still got CBC winning mind you.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: I just think that's a massive spread. Um, slew's got
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: a really good defense. Um, and I could easily be
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: wrong that over under right there.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: In fact, you know what?
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: I will, I will actually, I'll take the over. I,
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: take that back now that I think about that a
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: little bit.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: But I got Slew covering.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: I still got CBC winning because until it happens, then
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: I'm always going to pick CBC in this game. But yeah,
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: I think Slew's got a pretty good defense. Anthony Busby
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: is a really good linebacker. Arguably could be the best
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: linebacker in the whole area by the time the season ends,
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: by the way. So yeah, I think it should.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: Be a pretty good one.
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: All right, next up, number four game of the week,
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: we got Cahokia at Mount Zion. Mount Zion fair by
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: five and a half points. The overruns at 58 and
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: a half. Cahokia lost to Metamora this past week, 22-15.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: It's a good Metamora team, by the way, so it's
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: not like a shocking loss.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: It is, and it seems like, it seems to me,
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: given just the stat line, so the scores are not in,
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: the turnovers were an issue. Nigel Gooden, who's been a
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: great QB for the Comanches, four interceptions. So that's pretty brutal.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: He only had five, I think, last year.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so I don't know if it was just.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: Nerves? I don't know. You shouldn't have nerves at this point.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: It's the second game.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so I'm not really sure exactly what's going on there.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: I think the nerves probably go away anyway by the
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: time the first two series are over anyway.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: And they're playing Mount Zion, who's 2-0. Max Preps has
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: Mount Zion, I think, as the 100th best team in
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: Illinois around that range.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: I know Waterloo upset them in the first round of
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: the playoffs last year.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: And they no longer have... Who knows what the future holds,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: but they don't have any D1 prospects on their team. J.C.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Anderson's now at LSU as a tight end. Oh, yeah.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: You know, they're the area team, and I trust their talent.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: So I'm going to pick Cahokia to bounce back and
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: win this game, and I'll go with the over, but
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: they've got to keep the turnovers down.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: I'll take the I trust Cahokia. I think they win,
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: but I'll take the under. All right. All right.
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was surprised. I mean, yeah, Metamor is a
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: good team, but I was surprised to see that final score.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I was surprised because I just thought Cahokia was
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: a better team, but I'm not shocked because Metamor is
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: a good team, too.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: All right, moving on to our number three game of
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: the week. We got Hannibal at Eureka. Eureka favored by 6.5 points.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: The Overs at 50.5. We talked a lot about Eureka's
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: game against Troy last episode because it was one of
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: the most thrilling games in Eureka history. They won 49-48
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: in overtime. That was a super exciting one. Eureka doing
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: kind of whatever they wanted to on offense the whole game. And,
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: you know, just a great game by Zach Kemp at QB,
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: putting up a lot of air yards under his passes.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: It wasn't just dinks and dunks. He was making good
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: decisions the whole game, which was good to see. Um,
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: and they welcome Hamble, who has been one of the
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: better class four teams in the state for a while now.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: Um, and... They lost to Helias, though.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: They did. You know, Helias is a good team. I mean,
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: Helias is always one of the best teams in the state.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Well, this Helias team, I mean, they, they, they... Well,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: people coming into the season are saying, like, this is
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: not going to be as good of a team Helias
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: has had in the last few years, but.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: This will be Helias coach Chris Hentz's last season, so
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: maybe they're playing a little more inspired for him.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: Maybe so, but, um.
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: Elias plays Hickman this week, so that should be an
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: interesting test for them.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that'll be a huge game over in Como.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: Anyway, though, back to Eureka versus Hannibal. Hannibal's a solid team,
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: but I think Eureka, offensively, just on fire to start
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: the year. I think that keeps up.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah, what they did against Troy was really good.
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: So I'm going to pick Eureka to cover here, and I'm.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Going to go with the over.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: I would imagine that Eureka's defense is going to be
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: more locked in this game, though.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: I think they'll still put up some points.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm taking the over, but I still got
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Eureka winning.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what Eureka can do offensively, because
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: the highlights.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: I haven't, I mean, I only edited them, so I
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: gotta watch them again, but they were doing a lot
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: more different run designs than what they typically do, and
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: they looked.
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: Damn good on offense against Troy.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: They really, I mean, like, obviously the stats bear it out,
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: but just what they were doing, like, they really looked
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: like a tough, high-scoring offense to contain. I mean, they
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: got three good running backs with, like, all different types of, like,
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: Three different types of running backs. Brandon Webb's a bruiser.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: He's not real fast, but he can run over you.
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: Curtis Harris is kind of a combination of both. Oh
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: my god, their other running back. It was Dave Zaire
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: I forgot. I've got to shout him out. I've got
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: to look up his name real quick. He's more of
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: a faster guy. All of them I think had touchdowns.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: They were just big plays against Troy in that game.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: A.J. White.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Six rushes for 87 yards. Those three guys all look good.
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: And then Zach Kemp can run the football, too, at quarterback,
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: and he can throw. So, yeah, I'm really liking the
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: look of this Eureka team right now.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: So I would be a little stunned if they were
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: to lose this game, honestly.
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: Should be an interesting one. All right, next up, number
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: two game of the week. We've got DeSmet at Cardinal Ritter.
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: Cardinal Ritter is favored by 2.5 points. He overruns at 48.5.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: Both these teams started off the year playing other really
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: good teams. They both put up pretty impressive games. Cardinal Ritter, QB,
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: Ryland Moore. Starting the year as the starter, which I
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: think is good for him. He kind of became the
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: starter on, like, what, week three-ish last year? They beat
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: Luther North. He did rivals 38-18. Nothing too crazy for them.
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: I mean, they had a solid game on offense. Moore
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: had three passing touchdowns. They don't have their stats in, but.
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: Amir Tillman had a, I guess, the game-sealing touchdown in
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, which was big for them. Their offensive
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: line was just, you know, big and athletic per usual
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: for them, which is big. And this should be a
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: big test for DeSmet's defensive line, which I talked about
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: a lot last episode, where this DeSmet defensive line is
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: just showing massive step forward from last season, which is huge.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: And we'll kind of see how DeSmet balances that QB situation.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: I mean, they had.
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: They had Ivory Brown and Chase Cooper kind of rotating
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: back and forth for whatever situation they needed. And I
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: think it's not like, oh, they got Ivory Brown in,
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: they're guaranteed to run in. Like, oh, they got Chase
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Cooper in, they're going to throw it. It's like, no.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: They're still diversified on what they'll do no matter which
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: QB is in, but depending on the play that's called
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: each qb will do a different thing that usually works
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: out for their for their own skill set which i
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: think is a um i think the play calling always
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: just tries to go for what fits each qb better
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: um yeah i think this should be a heck of
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: a game um i'll be there that should be fun
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: yeah um i've actually never been to a game corner
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: writer so i'm looking forward to it.
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: Um venue i mean venue is nothing really special it's
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: a pretty small place but uh.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: The energy is there.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: The energy is really good. The crowd's good.
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: I've seen a lot of videos of games there, and
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: it seems like great crowds.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: They have fireworks. Before the games, they do.
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it seems like a fun place to be, so
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to that. This is going to be
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: a fun game. I think it's going to be really close.
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: I will pick Cardinal Ritter to cover here, and I
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: will go with the under. I just don't see this
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: being more than a single-digit difference at the end of
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: the game.
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: So it's a really close game. Yeah.
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: I got the Smet covering and I'll take the under.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: I think it'll be another defensive, somewhat, somewhat defensive game. Um, yeah,
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: the Smet looked really good against lift for life there.
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: I mean, they were able to D D them up.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: They would D their receivers up. Although I think Carter
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: is going to present a tougher test this time. And
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: I think, I think the Smets will do a better
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: job offensively too. Um, I think they're going to make
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: some adjustments. They're going to make good adjustments. Uh, Cameron
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: Sharp is a heck of a running back, and his
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: younger brother, Caden, is a really good.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: Good athlete.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: Good athlete.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, you can put him at receiver and running back.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: Really good returner, obviously, as we saw. Really good 72-yard
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: punt return. So, yeah, I'm going with the Smet for
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: that one. And I expect it to be a really
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: good game.
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: On to our number one game of the week. We
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: got Gainesville at East St. Louis State. The Flyers is
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: favored by 7.5 points. The Overns at 55.5. This is Gainesville,
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: Georgia coming into this game. The Red Elephants, a very
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: interesting mascot there. Max Preps has them ranked as the
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: 8th best team in Georgia and as the 61st best
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: team in the country. So far this year, they've played Buford, which.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Number 17 in the country.
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: Buford is one of the best programs in the country,
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: and they're always one of the best teams in Georgia.
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: They lost by 20, and that was a close game.
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: At Buford, too, in week one. So Gainesville's coming off
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: a bye week.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: Gainesville was losing 10-6 at halftime, and then the third
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: quarter got away from.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: Them and ultimately ended up losing by 20.
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: And they have a famous player on their team, Gainesville,
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: if you know what I'm talking about.
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: Who? Lil Wayne's son.
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: He's their kicker. He's their kicker, yeah.
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: I forgot he played for them.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: That's funny. Maybe he'll be in East St. Louis tonight
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: or on Saturday, yeah.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: Hopefully.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah. Lil Wayne goes to East St. Louis?
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: That would be cool.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: That would be insane.
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: That would be really cool if we saw Weezy in
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: East St.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: Louis.
• 31:25
  Speaker 3: That would be really, really cool.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I love Lil Wayne, too.
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: He's a great artist.
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: Hopefully a fan of the show someday.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: I'm kidding.
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: He would never listen to us. That would not make
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: any sense.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: Hey, don't sleep on this podcast.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: Come on.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: East St.
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: Louis, we talked with them last week about how they
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: had a crazy comeback against American Heritage. They ended up
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: losing in overtime, but without their best player, and to
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: show the heart they did was very impressive. They're playing
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: a really good team this week. They cannot afford to
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: dig themselves a hole like that. Maybe they can. I
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: don't think they want to play with fire.
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: No, they don't, but so far they have been able
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: to afford to come back in the games.
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: I like East St. Louis a lot. I just... I
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: like Gainesville, too. I think Gainesville's a heck of a team.
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: I'll pick Gainesville to cover, and I'll go with the under.
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: I mean, as long as East St.
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: Louis....
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: Reed Shanklin's done really good as a QB so far.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: He just....
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: And I think he has two turnovers so far this year.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: I don't know his stats from the American Bears game.
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: There was a fumble in the Mark Cromwell game.
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: I don't... I don't... He did.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: He did throw that interception, and yeah, he had two
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: in that game, yeah.
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: If they can just keep control of the ball, I
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: think they'll be in good shape. But yeah, I'll pick
• 32:48
  Speaker 3: East St. Louis to win, but I'll pick Gainesville to cover,
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: and I'll go with the under.
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: I'm picking Gainesville to cover and to win. And that's
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: going to be really tough, because East St. Louis is
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: very hard to win. It's very hard to win there.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: I mean, two years ago, IMG had to win in overtime.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, that's... against East St. Louis
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: three times, three straight times in a row. So, yeah,
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: I've probably lost a lot of respect over there. But
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: I think East St.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: Louis will win the rest of their games, though, the
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: rest of the season. But, yeah, Georgia football is some
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: of the best in the country, and Gainesville is one
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: of the best teams there.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, I just got a lot of respect
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: for them.
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: And hopefully Lil Wayne makes an appearance at the game.
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: That would be cool.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: Lil wayne x east st louis that'd be cool um
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: all right that'll do it for our week two preview
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: um should be a good time should be fun plenty
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: good thursday games we've gotten watch the east st louis
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: games little games on a saturday so the true sickos
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: can get three straight days of super fun high school
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: football in the area yes um yeah looking forward to
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: it should be a good time.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: So if i go to uh Let's say I go
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: to Kirkwood for that Vianney-Ladew game, and then I go
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: to Cincinnati to go to Elder in the pit, and
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: then I go to Columbus for Archbishop Muller.
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: What does that make me then?
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: Doing your job.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: Cool. I'm just a guy doing my job. I'm not
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: a sicko. All right. We'll see you guys next week. Peace.