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MMXXIV Edition - CCL-ESCC Predictions Week I

I haven’t even skimmed the tallies yet. Anybody glance at who did well? The full report will be out Monday night.

It won’t be tonight. After 3 intense days of football, tonight is for Mrs. Rock. Can’t believe she still talks to me after 31 years. Must be the romantic dinners I lavishly spent on her in the past. But tonight is special, I’ll add candlelight this time to our steak burrito dinner. Then the next time we’ll talk is after Thanksgiving. Maybe that’s the secret to our happy relationship.
You laugh @chakazulu89 but you know full well you and I out kicked our coverage in the wife department. I hope they never get their eyes fixed and they most definitely enjoy that we turn 17 years old every year from September to December 😂
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What did we learn week 1!?!?


Oops. I was wrong.

ICE week 1 recap

Chicago Christian’s new HC was the sophomore HC at Mt Carmel. I think this is a program that is going to do some good things under him. Excited to watch them over the next few years.
I was on the initial interview committee for him. He blew the room away. I still can't believe Chicago Christian got him. Yes, we are all very excited to watch them over the next few years

ICE week 1 recap

Nice start for them, but it remains to be seen what’s up with Herscher.
I heard they might be on the rebound, but they’ve been pretty rough since COVID.
I was at the game and Herscher left me shaking my head. They had some success running the ball against CC, so they decided to start passing. Bad choice. So they went back to the run game and had some success again. So they started passing again. I think the QB was picked off 4 times. I don't get it. Anyway, I'll take the win !

LWE 49 MS 22 Final

Thanks my friend. I said to Edgy before the game I’m very interested to see how they use the new QB. Pleasantly surprised. He may be the key to get over the hump.
Saw that Purcell posted some highlights. I didn't see the game, is it going to be QB by committee for y'all or was there an injury, or just getting a kid his 1st varsity snaps if game was out of reach?

Newton, GA at East Side

Georgia football is tough, the last time the flyers played a Georgia team the offense didn’t show up, However this year I am going to take the flyers in this one. Newton has team speed nice size o-line and some good running backs and receivers Qb does not have a strong arm but does throw good short passes. The Flyers still will have to play mistake free football.

No TV Highlights Show This Fall?

I joined Marquee with high hopes that they would get back into things....but once I was around a bit got the feeling that the business plans just would not go anywhere close to my hopes. Great people there and no hard feelings at all but they just won't have the resources to pull off what I was hoping they could pull off.
I can also tell you I'm hoping for ome upcoming network to possibly get back into the TV side and preps....but that won't happen for some time.

No TV Highlights Show This Fall?

When Edgy joined Marquee Sports Network a couple of years ago, I thought the network was going to start covering high school sports a little more often. Obviously the Cubs are king, but I would have thought Marquee would take the place of the late, great High School Lites that aired on soon-to-be defunct NBC Sports Chicago. But nothing has come of Edgy joining the network (not sure if they’re still working with him TBH), and it looks like there will be no high school highlights show on TV again in the Chicago area this fall. And frankly I am not sure if there will ever be one again. Too bad.
I joined Marquee with high hopes that they would get back into things....but once I was around a bit got the feeling that the business plans just would not go anywhere close to my hopes. Great people there and no hard feelings at all but they just won't have the resources to pull off what I was hoping they could pull off.

What’s up with Bolingbrook?

Gene your better than this. Making up stories. You think coach Z would risk this for 1 kid. You have no idea how LWE rolls. I think you believe because that’s how privates roll when it comes to recruiting.
I was busting your chops because you often talk about private school's recruiting. Seems like a long distance from the Bolingbrook area to LWE, with a lot of high schools in between just saying. LOL

What did we learn week 1!?!?

I learned after seeing they lost to Argo 45-0 in a running clock game that De La Salle is down to 18 Varsity players and had a mass exodus of players when Marty Quinn and Chris Goffer left. Did Harold Blackmon inherit a lemon in his return to the CCL? Can DLS fix a ship that was barely keeping afloat to begin with? New President Mike Zunica has an enormous project on his hands.
Was wondering about that because I was very stunned to see that score, especially considering the game was at DLS. Now I know why.

Hopefully, Harold - who did some real good things in his previous CCL tenure (think he was at Hales Franciscan) - can right things. But also sounds like it'll be a long-term process.
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