4Afan said:

Not exactly sure the point of this post, but you can't compare college numbers to pro.

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I was checking the numbers because Greg Cosell stated Caleb was sacked 80 times during his last two years at USC.

So this getting sacked all the time does not look like a Waldron problem but rather a Caleb problem.

I do wonder about his average time when he scrambles so much in the backfield before he throws (not that it's a great thing either). I would assume that skews his time quite a bit from a more traditional pocket passer like a Joe Flacco.

Alexander32 said:

The top four seeds will always be the champions of the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big Twelve Conferences. That is true regardless of where those four champions are ranked.

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I thought that if the highest ranked Group of 5 Champion was ranked ahead of a Power 4 Champion then they would get a top 4 seed and a first round bye. For instance, if Boise State were to finish ranked 9th and the ACC Champ were 10th, Boise State would get the #4 seed and a bye. I could be wrong though.

Wassup13 said:

Time to throw ⎯Pro Football Focus recorded Williams at 3.44 seconds in 2022 and 3.21 seconds in 2023. Williams was sacked 63 times (2022-2023).

Only seven NFL QBs are over 3 seconds (NEXT GEN STATS). Bears’ QB Justin Fields was the slowest (3.23 seconds). Fields was sacked 99 times (2022-2023).

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Not exactly sure the point of this post, but you can't compare college numbers to pro.

12 - Morgan Park
10 - SR
8 - LT
6 - Geneva
5 - SF
4 - Batavia

Wassup13 said:

Is the game streaming somewhere?

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I posted a link on page 1.

Time to throw ⎯Pro Football Focus recorded Williams at 3.44 seconds in 2022 and 3.21 seconds in 2023. Williams was sacked 63 times (2022-2023).

Only seven NFL QBs are over 3 seconds (NEXT GEN STATS). Bears’ QB Justin Fields was the slowest (3.23 seconds). Fields was sacked 99 times (2022-2023).

I like what is going on in 7A this weekend

Quincy - St Rita
DGN - Batavia

Quincy might surprise a lot of people

I like what is going on in 7A this weekend

Quincy - St Rita
DGN - Batavia

Quincy might surprise a lot of people

Is the game streaming somewhere?

12 Geneva
10 St. Rita
8 Morgan Park
6 Batavia
5 St. Francis
4 Lyons Township

gobucsgo said:

Over the last 4 years, Byron has had to travel to IC catholic. 2 years in a row. And then the next 2 years, Montini.

They were the lower seed once. I just think there should be a better way. Just like everyone said that today shouldn’t happen today. And that it should have been a finals or semis. Is there a better way to seed these teams? We all know Montini isn’t a 9th seed.

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Until the IHSA stops allowing CPS schools in when they help each other by forfeiting games to pad win totals, and they lose 98% of their playoff games every year, we can’t possibly expect any changes. Seeding is tough, geography makes it difficult for sure.

MS4EVER said:

Why do you say that?

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Watched some of the Metamora/MP game last week and MP is really good, but the main reason is that Morris just doesn't have the team speed to keep up with MP. Those kids were flying up and down the field.

4Afan said:

Sadly Morris vs MP won't be close.

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Why do you say that?

Special Teams will win this game

STF by 7

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

treyuc25 said:

A lot of great games this week! Here are mine for 8a-4a. I'm not going to try to act like I know anything about the lower schools.
8a
York vs Warren
7a
Batavia vs DGN
6a
Richards vs Kankakee
5a
Mo Park vs Morris
4a
St Lawrence vs. DePaul
Post yours!! Enjoy the Qtrs. everyone!

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Sadly Morris vs MP won't be close.

Whoever loses to Johnston City will claim they got the shaft.

Currently, DePaul Prep is at almost 1300. Administration wants to max out at 1500 moving forward.

RockSoup said:

PC -18 I'll call it here first. The 2024 Prep Bowl Champ Celtics that have accepted the invitation at the correct time in their program's arc, dispense the Dons with little drama to face the Wolfpack next weekend in an extremely hard hitting affair.

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3 out of 4 chance Providence plays a weird school in the Prep Bowl. In the 1980-90s, all 4 of the CPS semifinalists would be considered weird (Amundsen/W Young, Kenwood/Lincoln Park)

I see a lot of future Hawkeyes...

Great win for the LWC Knights but they lost in the locker room. Hoffman Estates decided to gather some momentos to take back home. I can remember a similar situation at Crete-Monee which I believe involved Brother Rice losing some goodies. Not a good look for the schools but nothing compared to Hillcrest HS.

SDJones said:

If you are looking for the least competitive semifinal games, one will be winner of Batavia/Downers Grove North vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais/Lincoln Way Central winner

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You must not be familiar with either Bradley or LWC you gotta earn your wins against them

RockSoup said:

@BoundaryCorner Take a look at your MC pick and score. Did you mean Normal +23 wiith your 42-20 score? Or do you want MC -23 not realizing the score doesn't match that outcome. Please advise.

@ignazio Again with your gamesmanship during a Sparty v Sparty week. From your synopsis of the game, I assume you are taking the (Wheaton) St. Francis Spartans and giving the 3 points to the (Sycamore) Sycamore Spartans. Please advise.

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Thanks for keeping me honest!

Can kind of see where IHSA is coming from. Take the school's enrollment from when the varsity team (mostly made up of juniors and seniors) were freshmen and sophomores to get an idea of where the team - not the entire school - fits in for the upcoming two years. Especially in football, where freshmen and sophomore contributors are rare, seems like a decent way to get a snapshot of where the team fits in. If you just took STL's enrollment from this year, you're taking into account much larger freshmen and sophomore classes, 99% of which are not contributing to the varsity football team. Not perfect, but I understand it.

DePaul and STL are anomalies - rarely are you going to have schools (especially Catholics) that have spikes in enrollment like they have had that provide bad optics for sports classification. In STL's case, junior and senior classes are much smaller than freshmen and sophomores and next year's classification will reflect that. It will level off soon, at least for STL who wants to max out at 1200. Not sure what DePaul can grow to.