ODirty1 said:

Richards vs Kankakee seems good too

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Kankakee will clock Richards.

gobears25 said:

1​	loyola
32​	palatine
16​	geneva
17​	maine south
8​	jc
25​	montini
9​	batavia
24​	quincy
4​	dgn
29​	lww
13​	york
20​	normal
5​	esl
28​	nn
12​	naz
21​	kankakee
2​	lwe
31​	warren
15​	libertyville
18​	stevenson
7​	marist
26​	prospect
10​	fenwick
23​	fremd
3​	mc
30​	scn
14​	nc
19​	normal
6​	lt
27​	rochelle
11​	brother rice
22​	sycamore

this would be 8a per calpreps as of today, so the rankings are different than what they were at the end of week 9 considering playoff wins and losses, but i can't say i'd want to see sycamore or rochelle put in these situations. using this approach for to create classes would make it very difficult for a small to mid sized public school having a great year to ever win a state championship again. instead of running into wsf and naz in the quarters sycamore and rochelle get brother rice and lyons in round 1

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I was trying to find that week 9 too. It definitely would have included more than Sycamore and Rochelle. I'm all for it.

colin2229 said:

I have been thinking the same thing.

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Four years ago, this kid was playing high school football.

He was all hyped up by the media and fans, and that served to raise expectations to an unrealistic level. I just don't think that 9 games into a rookie season, and with precious few exhibition game snaps, we ought to be passing judgment on this kid.

He is facing the same fate that all recent highly touted Bears QBs have faced: a mediocre at best O line. It boggles my mind how the Bears keep making the same mistake over and over again for what seems like DECADES.

For the record, I was among those who wished the Bears had kept Fields, traded down, acquired more picks, and used them to draft and/or trade for talented O line players to protect him.

12 St. Franny
10 St. Rita
8 Morgan Park
6 DGN
5 Geneva
4 Lyons

DeanOfSelection said:

MC only beat them 14-13 on a missed PAT in 2017 so I'm not overconfident.

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Pretty sure none of those guys from the 2017 team are still playing. You will be fine. 49-7 final.

SiuCubFan8 said:

Not defending the OL but I think the OC play calling also plays into it and a rookie QB. Calling plays, you cannot block does no one any good.

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Calling passing plays for which you cannot pass block also likely means you call running plays for which you cannot run block. Ain't much left to call after that.

SiuCubFan8 said:

Interesting to see. I wasn't suggesting it as some solution but just thought it would be interesting to see how it would look.

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7a would include smalls schools byron, wilmington, althoff, dixon, and large schools lwc, ignatius, oswego, sandburg, wws, edwardsville. while there are some epic matchups there i don't know how many people want to see one of those small schools have a playoff run end in round 1 or 2 because they have to play one large schools.

looking forward to this game.

McCaravan said:

I don't know much about 4A but I can't figure out how Laurence is still in 4A. I think Dixon is having a good year.

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For some reason, IHSA goes by the enrollment number from like 4 years ago. Next year, we're at least 6A.

Also, this week's game vs DePaul has been moved up to Noon on Saturday.

I think this is both teams "State Championship". Considering the winner has to play either Batavia or DGN.

Maybe we are all sickos, but it is amazing to me how many people do not know how the host team is determined. This isn't Wilmington's first time in the playoffs either. But between watching the game Saturday night and watching the Bears on Sunday, I heard "you can't host 3 playoff games in a row" at least 5 times. I stopped explaining by Sunday.

TigerforFlyers said:

I like the idea of giving the higher seeded teams the ability to defer their home game in round 1. I’m sure the top-seeded teams would always exercise this option to almost guarantee a home semi-final game.

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I have been saying this for years. It would put a cool twist on things.

gobears25 said:

1​	loyola
32​	palatine
16​	geneva
17​	maine south
8​	jc
25​	montini
9​	batavia
24​	quincy
13​	york
20​	normal
5​	esl
28​	nn
12​	naz
21​	kankakee
2​	lwe
31​	warren
15​	libertyville
18​	stevenson
7​	marist
26​	prospect
10​	fenwick
23​	fremd
3​	mc
30​	scn
14​	nc
19​	st rita
6​	lt
27​	rochelle
11​	brother rice
22​	sycamore
2​	lwe
31​	warren

this would be 8a per calpreps as of today, so the rankings are different than what they were at the end of week 9 considering playoff wins and losses, but i can't say i'd want to see sycamore or rochelle put in these situations. using this approach for to create classes would make it very difficult for a small to mid sized public school having a great year to ever win a state championship again. instead of running into wsf and naz in the quarters sycamore and rochelle get brother rice and lyons in round 1

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Interesting to see. I wasn't suggesting it as some solution but just thought it would be interesting to see how it would look.

SiuCubFan8 said:

Oh, I thought about that. I would enjoy seeing how that looked.

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this would be 8a per calpreps as of today, so the rankings are different than what they were at the end of week 9 considering playoff wins and losses, but i can't say i'd want to see sycamore or rochelle put in these situations. using this approach for to create classes would make it very difficult for a small to mid sized public school having a great year to ever win a state championship again. instead of running into wsf and naz in the quarters sycamore and rochelle get brother rice and lyons in round 1

MS4EVER said:

Be glad you are at home. Years ago Normal had crazy long grass. MC is MC. No worries.

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MC only beat them 14-13 on a missed PAT in 2017 so I'm not overconfident.

MC63 said:

We're visitors

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It is at MC. Final home game of season.

SiuCubFan8 said:

Oh, I thought about that. I would enjoy seeing how that looked.

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I think sometimes we need to just do the awful ideas so that everyone can see exactly how awful it is. But at the same time it will also clarify some things we argue about. Now that The Beloved will not be in the playoffs for the foreseeable future, it is the time to experiment.

12 - Geneva
10 - St. Rita
8 - Nap Central
6 - Morgan Park
5 - St. Franny
4 - Batavia

McCaravan said:

I don't know much about 4A but I can't figure out how Laurence is still in 4A. I think Dixon is having a good year.

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wait til you find out that DePaul has 200 more students than St. Laurence

gobears25 said:

the "easier said than done" is getting everyone to agree to power rank the playoffs, finding a power ranking method that people can agree on, and appeasing either A) the teams that are power ranked above playoff qualifiers but didn't qualify based on record, or B) teams and conferences that are no longer qualifying for the playoffs based on record for objectively better teams with lower records and harder schedules that are power ranked higher.

some depth of thought here would have made it obvious to you that "easier said than down" wasn't referring to "sort by column x" on a spread sheet, just saying.

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Sorry, I must have been focused on you not capitalizing the first word in each sentence. See, I can be snarky as well.

I am not saying the 256 qualifiers come from "power rankings". I am saying seeding each class by "power rankings".

But ya we know getting those points agreed upon isn't an easy task and not something we can control. We are discussing what we would do on a message board. We know the changes would come from a members vote.

SiuCubFan8 said:

But is your last sentence really that difficult? Take the 256, divide into your 8 classes and then power rank each class? We've had people on here re-rank certain classes based on massey/calpreps for comparison...just saying.

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the "easier said than done" is getting everyone to agree to power rank the playoffs, finding a power ranking method that people can agree on, and appeasing either A) the teams that are power ranked above playoff qualifiers but didn't qualify based on record, or B) teams and conferences that are no longer qualifying for the playoffs based on record for objectively better teams with lower records and harder schedules that are power ranked higher.

some depth of thought here would have made it obvious to you that "easier said than down" wasn't referring to "sort by column x" on a spread sheet, just saying.

McEvergreen said:

What's the difference? You knew who I meant.

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I mean there is an Oak Lawn High School and a Harold L. Richards High School.
So, the difference is they are two different schools.

corey90 said:

Interesting how is Stevenson passing or are they more of a running offense.

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Corey I answered this for you before I saw this thread on the other one regarding this subject