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Biggest issue with the lack of Week 0 scrimmage games?

When I played 30 years ago we used to have a Jamboree game where we would bring in 8 teams and we'd all play 1 half at the same location. It was a lot of fun. You'd bring in teams from out of conference and out of state. You could team up with 4 conference teams and all play a team that you wouldn't see during the season. It was a great way to start the season. Personally I think the Intrasquad scrimmages are a little dumb. You need to see a different color jersey to dial up the intensity and If you have your best players playing both ways it doesn't give you a great look.
NW Indiana has or had an O’Rama & not sure what they called the ones in Illinois. I know for some years instead of playing 9 games Bremen,Hillcrest,Tinley Park & Oak Forest would have some scrimmage in week 1 amongst themselves

State Champ Predications

1A - Camp Point

2A - Althoff

3A - Byron

4A - Rochester

5A - St. Francis

6A - East St. Louis

7A - Mt. Carmel

8A - Edwardsville
I know more about 1A than I do any other class. Feels like it is a tad more loaded. Lena, Althoff (potentially), CPC will be well coached again and have that stud FB back, Hardin Calhoun returns a significant amount from last years team that made CPC work in both games, Morrison and Annawan-Weathersfield as well. I'm sure there are more teams I forgot
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Biggest issue with the lack of Week 0 scrimmage games?

When I played 30 years ago we used to have a Jamboree game where we would bring in 8 teams and we'd all play 1 half at the same location. It was a lot of fun. You'd bring in teams from out of conference and out of state. You could team up with 4 conference teams and all play a team that you wouldn't see during the season. It was a great way to start the season. Personally I think the Intrasquad scrimmages are a little dumb. You need to see a different color jersey to dial up the intensity and If you have your best players playing both ways it doesn't give you a great look.
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2024 Team Preview: South Elgin

South Elgin Storm

Head Coach:
Pat Pistorio

Assistant Coaches:

Derek Kumerow
Andrew Kamienski
Chris Capps
Geoff Durian
Dan Mandernack
Rob Moynihan
Bob Slania
Michael Devito
Mike Thornton
Jim Gloudeman
Dan Peacock
Zach Wendt
Trevor Jones
Eric Salerno

2024 Regular Season schedule



Returning Offensive Starters for 2024:

John Ginnan QB 6′0″ 165 2025
Brandon Berrios TE 5′9″ 195 2025
Cole Jurcy WR 5′11″ 162 2025
DeAngelo McCullough WR/DB 5′9″ 155 2025
Nicolas Barkho DB 5′9″ 171 2025
Darrion Thurman RB 5′10″ 224 2026
Aaron Ayares OL 5'11″ 264 2025
Mohammed Hanif OL 5′9″ 260 2025
Ishmael George WR 6′2″ 206 2025
Francesco Macaluso TE/DE 6′2″ 202 2026

Returning Defensive Starters for 2024:


DeAngelo McCullough WR/DB 5′9″ 155 2025
Nicolas Barkho DB 5′9″ 171 2025
Vincenzo Tusa LB 5′9″ 180 2025
Cayleb Linstad DL 6′0″ 229 2025
Francesco Macaluso TE/DE 6′2″ 202 2026

Newcomers to Watch:


Charles Watt OL 6′3″ 273 2026
D’Andre Bartee II WR 5′8″ 155 2025
Carter Beucler DE 6′0″ 180 2025
Colin Tuftedal LB 5′8″ 164 2025
Carter McDonald QB 6'0" 153 2027
Jeremiah Carrera WR 5′6″ 181 2026

2024 Team 7on7 or Team Summer Camp?

Summer Conant St. Charles North Jacobs
Week Zero vs. Hampshire


Impact Player for South Elgin


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South Elgin senior WR/TE Ishmael George (6-foot-2, 206 pounds) has a very productive season in 2023 for the Storm added 20 touchdown catches . George has good sixe and physical tools and is a receiver who just shows great hands and runs very good overall routes.

Looking for a sleeper name to watch for South Elgin? South Elgin senior QB Jack Ginnan also had a very solid 2023 season for the Storm. Ginnan was an all conference and all area performer last season.

EDGY's Preseason Thoughts on the 2024 South Elgin Storm

South Elgin and first year head coach Pat Pistorio is looking to keep the Storm on the winning path after the Storm posted a 9-2 season in 2023. Pistorio, who previously the Storms head coach from 2013-2017 and posted a 29-19 record at that time. Pistorio left Niles North to come back to South Elgin this spring replacing former head coach Dragan Teonic.

The biggest question facing South Elgin this summer?


Can the Storm continue it's winning ways under old/new heasd coach Pat Pistorio? The Storm have been one of the power programs in the Upstate 8 conference for several years now. With an impressive 15 returning starters back this season (10 offense 5 defense) look for the Storm to pick up right where they left off last season and to get back into the IHSA state playoff field.

Preseason Ranking? 2024 Preseason EDGYTIM Chicagoland Top 30 poll consideration.

Biggest issue with the lack of Week 0 scrimmage games?

Preview night for all sports I would agree is one big reason why more havent. Another reason is the schools cant have back to back days with contact otherwise you could do all sports preview on Friday and Scrimmage on Saturday. Id say the scrimmage is more beneficial in the smaller schools where program numbers are low. You get really next to nothing out of trying to scrimmage your JV squads.
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Biggest issue with the lack of Week 0 scrimmage games?

It’s better to get a look against kids that aren’t your own it’s a better look and gives you a chance to correct flaws before the games count.

The whole big night for fall sports thing that has been mentioned multiple times is stupid your job is to coach the football team not help out the girls volleyball team. Come year 2 when there is a noticeable difference between teams that play week 0 and those that don’t it will become a non issue.
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Biggest issue with the lack of Week 0 scrimmage games?

Last night on the WJOL Preseason Coaches Show we talked to over 20 head coaches and asked everyone of them what they thought about the Week 0 scrimmage. The large majority of coaches not playing a scrimmage game against a different program is basically the timing. Several coaches said they would reconsider it if they could be played earlier in the summer or say at the end of the 25 allowed summer contact days. Several mentioned how the in team scrimmages are considered a big night for all fall sports and didn't want to take that away.

In some ways I can see more schools looking at this but also some of the coaches are dead set on not having any outside the program scrimmages.

Thoughts?
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State Champ Predications

You sure do have a lot of opinions with zero information; we'll see how they age. At any rate i'm here for football, not to field your misplaced anger about whoever hurt you. I wish you the best, big dog...

Seems like you’re here to just make Week 0 DisgustingSounds about an anemic Mt. Zion who has provided no evidence that they will do anything other than disappoint you this season. Did they get a bunch of transfers? Or are you trying to say that they worked super duper hard in the weight room this year and are gonna finally get over that Effingham hump?

DisgustingSounds cannot wait to revisit this as the season progresses. At least the Cary Grove klan have something to stand on. Mt. Zion is simply a never was and a never will be.
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