DOWNERS GROVE NORTH
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It didn't do Batavia any good this last week....
Going to be honest, I think MC will be just fine against all the "bulletin board material" that's going to be out there. C'mon, now.
MC is going to be a big favorite, but don't sleep on DGN. They're playing some really good football. They played one of the toughest schedules in the state. I like the Caravan next week, but any talk of a running clock is ridiculous.
Agree feeto
Never take your opponent lightly, especially when you’re in the final. You never know. Sometimes teams just match up better than you would expect. Expect a battle and play your best mistake free game! That should be all teams left goal.
Never take your opponent lightly, especially when you’re in the final. You never know. Sometimes teams just match up better than you would expect. Expect a battle and play your best mistake free game! That should be all teams left goal.
With the amount of dumb penalties the Caravan takes..... Definitely, multiple times.
Aside from their playoff run of knocking off unbeaten Hersey and Normal, they took down St Francis and Glenbard West while also facing York and LT.
Ain't no runnin clock next week ... DGN has no reason to get overly-hyped about us. It's not like Quincy (where the whole town was in a dither) or Batavia (and we know about that guy.) Too much emotion (or, in one case, revenge) can quickly backfire.
Ok. Who played a tougher schedule? Also not sure what L means. They still played the games.
MC played both LA and ESL. That, alone, makes their schedule tougher.
Sorry two games doesn’t make a season. Plus Mt Carmel guys always claim that the caravan play a 6A schedule which is why they don’t petition up to 8A. MC did play a tough schedule but had a few easy teams too in both the regular season and playoffs. Probably slightly tougher than DGN but the Trojans definitely have been tested. MC is going to win but DGN has shown they are a worthy finalist.
FWIW, Calpreps, which is an objective measure, has MC’s SOS much harder than DGN - 36.4 to 22.4.
This game will be reminiscent of 2015 Naz vs LWW when everyone had Naz dead in the water to the unstoppable running attach of Gabe and the LWW smothering defense. Result, 35-0 at the half and Naz played literally the entire roster before the midway point of the 4th quarter including freshmen!
Massey has MC with the highest SOS of the “top 4” teams in state
He just did. What is going on here today? Everyone a bit foggy?
Is that really your recollection of the prelude to that title game? I remember thinking "LWW has a real nice running back, but that team is lucky to be there and will likely get clobbered by Naz." I think most of the followers on Edgy and statewide thought the same thing.
I don't think 80 percent of people had any doubt how that game was going to play out. I know as humans we tend to build up past events as bigger than they actually were, but that Naz-LWW game was hyped up by maybe some LWW supporters and that is it. And even they never had Naz "dead in the water."
There was no David vs. Goliath narrative whatsoever. And had there been one, it would have been the inverse of what you are purporting to recall. And Goliath won as all the world assumed they would.
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JCHillman,
Yes exactly, there were a few LWW here but more so the LWW crowd on Twitter were very entertaining. Most respected both teams, and I believe that is prolly true now as well with MC/DGN fans. That said people saying the DGNschedule was even close to comparable or in a few cases better than is just silly.
7 teams MC played made the playoffs
5 made the quarterfinals
3 made the semifinals
2 are in the Title game
I’m saying they had more then a slightly harder schedule
I was asking you to show us the differences between the 4 schools since you brought it up.
Don't ask me, I didn't bring it up, but the comment is pretty straightforward. Top 4 SOS is pretty much as it reads: Top 4 SOS. What are you asking exactly? Were they 1, 2, 3 or 4?
Mt. Carmel - 36.4
WINS: #227 East St. Louis (IL) (36-33), #312 Batavia (IL) (64-26), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (39-10), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (38-7), #792 Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) (42-7), #1003 Carmel (Mundelein, IL) (37-16), #1131 Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) (43-9), #1172 Quincy (IL) (61-14), #1431 Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL) (49-15), #1748 Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) (21-9), #1899 Morgan Park (Chicago, IL) (22-12), #3726 Notre Dame (Niles, IL) (35-0), LOSSES: #49 Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) (23-21)
Loyola - 31.9
WINS: #50 Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) (23-21), #278 York (Elmhurst, IL) (23-14), #383 Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, MI) (45-7), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (21-5), #792 Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) (41-24), #847 Immaculate Conception (Elmhurst, IL) (47-0), #970 St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL) (41-7), #1286 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL) (33-6), #1281 Marist (Chicago, IL) (34-7), #2130 Naperville North (Naperville, IL) (27-6), #2938 Benet Academy (Lisle, IL) (41-7), #4351 Plainfield North (Plainfield, IL) (45-9), #4747 St. Patrick (Chicago, IL) (38-0), LOSSES: none
East St. Louis - 26.2
WINS: #122 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) (13-7), #443 Edwardsville (IL) (27-15), #1035 Washington (IL) (34-18), #1356 Kankakee (IL) (38-13), #1921 Belleville East (Belleville, IL) (48-0), #3355 Normal West (Normal, IL) (54-7), #3466 O'Fallon (IL) (54-13), #4341 Lemont (IL) (61-0), #7603 Alton (IL) (59-0), #7716 Belleville West (Belleville, IL) (63-0), LOSSES: #46 Atascocita (Humble, TX) (43-13), #50 Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) (36-33)
Lincoln Way East - 22.9
WINS: #312 Batavia (IL) (14-13), #632 Barrington (IL) (49-6), #995 Warren Township (Gurnee, IL) (24-0), #1286 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL) (35-7), #1955 Minooka (IL) (28-0), #2202 Bradley-Bourbonnais (Bradley, IL) (27-3), #2275 Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, IL) (32-6), #2652 Sandburg [Carl] (Orland Park, IL) (42-14), #2651 Kenwood (Chicago, IL) (52-12), #2654 Lockport (IL) (41-0), #3118 Bolingbrook (IL) (20-0), #4949 Andrew [Victor J.] (Tinley Park, IL) (49-7), #7010 Taft (Chicago, IL) (56-0), LOSSES: none
WINS: #227 East St. Louis (IL) (36-33), #312 Batavia (IL) (64-26), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (39-10), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (38-7), #792 Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) (42-7), #1003 Carmel (Mundelein, IL) (37-16), #1131 Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) (43-9), #1172 Quincy (IL) (61-14), #1431 Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL) (49-15), #1748 Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) (21-9), #1899 Morgan Park (Chicago, IL) (22-12), #3726 Notre Dame (Niles, IL) (35-0), LOSSES: #49 Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) (23-21)
Loyola - 31.9
WINS: #50 Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) (23-21), #278 York (Elmhurst, IL) (23-14), #383 Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, MI) (45-7), #690 St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (21-5), #792 Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) (41-24), #847 Immaculate Conception (Elmhurst, IL) (47-0), #970 St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL) (41-7), #1286 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL) (33-6), #1281 Marist (Chicago, IL) (34-7), #2130 Naperville North (Naperville, IL) (27-6), #2938 Benet Academy (Lisle, IL) (41-7), #4351 Plainfield North (Plainfield, IL) (45-9), #4747 St. Patrick (Chicago, IL) (38-0), LOSSES: none
East St. Louis - 26.2
WINS: #122 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) (13-7), #443 Edwardsville (IL) (27-15), #1035 Washington (IL) (34-18), #1356 Kankakee (IL) (38-13), #1921 Belleville East (Belleville, IL) (48-0), #3355 Normal West (Normal, IL) (54-7), #3466 O'Fallon (IL) (54-13), #4341 Lemont (IL) (61-0), #7603 Alton (IL) (59-0), #7716 Belleville West (Belleville, IL) (63-0), LOSSES: #46 Atascocita (Humble, TX) (43-13), #50 Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) (36-33)
Lincoln Way East - 22.9
WINS: #312 Batavia (IL) (14-13), #632 Barrington (IL) (49-6), #995 Warren Township (Gurnee, IL) (24-0), #1286 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, IL) (35-7), #1955 Minooka (IL) (28-0), #2202 Bradley-Bourbonnais (Bradley, IL) (27-3), #2275 Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, IL) (32-6), #2652 Sandburg [Carl] (Orland Park, IL) (42-14), #2651 Kenwood (Chicago, IL) (52-12), #2654 Lockport (IL) (41-0), #3118 Bolingbrook (IL) (20-0), #4949 Andrew [Victor J.] (Tinley Park, IL) (49-7), #7010 Taft (Chicago, IL) (56-0), LOSSES: none
Being somewhat objective - if DGN can find a way to keep Lansu in the pocket and upright, and control the time of possession, DGN may have a shot. But after seeing the MC DLine rush against Batavia, that will be a tall order.
I see now, I apologize it was another poster who brought it up.
All good, I did something similar earlier!
They recruited Lansu and a few other players on that team. They had to fend off a host of schools for multiple players and did it successfully. Good on 'em.
That reminds me of an old jingle I used to hear in the Air Force about Trojans ... albeit Trojans of a differernt kind:
"Trojans, Trojans, you can trust.
Trojans, Trojans, never ____."
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