Based on what? The one chance 4A Rochester got the opportunity to meet 7A St. Rita in the 5A state championship game, Rochester destroyed St. Rita. No one knows who will win what game when it comes to High School football. Sure for the most part we can predict results however, each year teaches us this lesson. The classes are built on enrollment and not skill. Based on the rhetoric on this board, BR should be able to win every other conference in this state except for the CCL blue. The reality is there is only a hand full of conferences that I can see them having a chance to win. The rest results will be similar to the CCL Blue.
Your statements continue to defy reason. As I understand your last sentence, you are suggesting Brother Rice is an average 7A program and would finish in the middle of the conference standings in most large-school conferences. This is true, in your mind, because the CCL/ESCC (Blue) is just an average conference. Here are the facts.
Over the last six seasons Brother Rice has had an aggregate conference record of 8 wins and 10 losses in the CCL/ESCC-Blue. That outcome is slightly below average. The last sentence of your post above indicates you believe they would also have an average conference record if they played in other large-school conferences.
Over the last six seasons Brother Rice has made it to the playoff semifinals 3 times. There are three other 7A schools that have made it to the semifinals at least 3 times. They are: Mt. Carmel - 4 times, Batavia - 3 times, and St. Rita - 3 times. I'm sure in your mind those three programs are all very average programs just like Brother Rice. And the fact that 3 of the 4 teams play in the Chicago Catholic League (or CCL/ESCC to be specific) has no special meaning to you.
There are approximately 498 Illinois high school football teams eligible to compete in the playoffs. Dividing that number by 8, because there are 8 classes, results in there being about 62 football teams in class 7A that are eligible for the playoffs. 58 of those teams have made it to the semifinals less than three times over the last six seasons. 50 of those teams have not made it to the semifinals even once over the six-year period of time.
Brother Rice's playoff performance over the last six years has been better than 93% of the 7A teams in the state. And yet, you will sit there and write that they are an average 7A program. You will sit there and write that the CCL/ESCC (which has produced 6 of the last 10 champions in class 7A) is an average conference. That is utter nonsense.
I will end with the comment I made in the beginning. Your statements continue to defy reason.
