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Mike's Game (Westinghouse/Brooks)
My Games (St. Francis/ICCP and IHSA Pairing Night)
Quick playoffs explainer (saw some fans who didn't understand why Loyola fell to 6 seed, also why is 4-5 Buffalo Grove in?)
Best first-round game]
5-4 teams that can make a run
Toughest path

Linked are details. Unlike other years....I'm going to just award the winner in each Class and that winner will receiver a year comped subscription to this site which also gives you access to every premium story on the Rivals network along with access to the EDGY Nation board as well. if you wish to keep a running total of your combined wins in all classes go for it but I no longer haver the time to maintain that on top of my really busy playoff schedule.

Thanks have fun and let me know if you run into any hangups

Play Today! The 22nd Annual EDGYTIM Playoff Bracket Challenge

Surprised not to see much of a thread on this game, for sure a bit overshadowed by MC-Loyola.

What's the scouting report for each side? Keys to the game? Also curious what each school's CCL Blue record looks like since the expansion, and whether this game has implications for potential relegation next year?

Not much to talk about next week. Looks we know I w who's in and who isn't. The games all look like probable blowouts and chances for the playoffs teams to rest their starters and heal some injuries.

As it looks now, the CS8 playoff destinations look like

Chatham, 7-2. 6A possible home game
Jacksonville, 6-3, 5A likely road game
MacArthur, 5-4, 5A road game.
Rochester. 8-1, 4A home game
SHG, 9-0, 3A or 4A, home game

Interviewed after last night's game about his preference, Coach Leonard said he'd prefer 4A for the competition but he also doesn't want to play his son again. He has always said that while others make it a big deal, he didn't like the the "Leonard Bowls"

Next big event, the pairings show on 10/22.

I'm looking for the state wide IHSA Football Week 8 Coach of the Week for the Chicago Bears honors. Please also post any stats or background information about why that head coach ONLY deserves this week's state wide award. Thanks

This will be an interesting Round 1 for the NSC as I can see all 4 teams winning their games though only 3 can advance with Stevenson and Warren battling.

Lake Zurich has to be pleased with their 1st round game and overall bracket. Elgin Larkin should be a dress rehearsal for around 2 against a tough Wheaton North. WN has played some solid teams and beat Batavia but I would rather face them in R2 than Prospect or have a rematch with SCN. I like LZ to win their first 2 games. If they can win those they would play their 3rd game against a smaller town school. I won’t pretend to know much of those possible schools but I tend to believe LZ will be able to hang. LZ’s defense is good enough to keep them in every game. LZ’s offense is too vanilla to guarantee a win after the 1st round but I can see them making a run if they can get by Wheaton North in R2.

Libertyville will have Yorkville in Round 1. Knowing that LB was 5-4 and would have to play a 9-0 or 8-1 team, if I could pick which of those teams to play I would pick Yorkville or Collinsville. Considering the ride to Collinsville, Yorkville would have been my preferred opponent. After watching LB on Friday night I’m not sure they have improved over the course of the season as they looked confused and unprepared against Stevenson. The wind played a role but LB didn’t look like they were ready to play. I don’t have a great deal of confidence in LB advancing but I do believe they came away with the best draw possible.

Stevenson and Warren. This matchup will be interesting. Their 1st game was tight for the first half with the score 14-10. Stevenson didn’t back down but Warren pulled away in the 2nd half. That game was Week 4 and neither of these teams are the same. LZ exposed some of Warren’s warts which I’m sure Stevenson noted and will try to exploit. Stevenson hasn’t lost since they played Warren.

Stevenson’s starting defense hasn’t given up a point since playing Warren. The respective strengths of these teams matchup with each other’s strengths. Warren’s strengths are their secondary and power run game. Stevenson’s strengths are their run defense and passing game. Something has to give.

This one will come down to coaching adjustments from Week 4 and individuals. Will Warren rely on Duffie and Reeves to play man coverage while blitzing Stevenson? Will Projansky be able to pick apart the blitzes as he did against Libertyville? Warren’s blitz package will cause far more urgency than LB’s did but Projansky threw underneath to multiple receivers on the blitzes which could cause some problems for Warren. Will Snider be able to exploit man coverage as he did a couple times in Week 4? Will Warren pound Thompson against Stevenson’s DL? Will it work as it did in Week 4? Schultz and Aghakhan are 2 of the best DL in the conference and the entire D is playing with confidence. Will Warren try to have Behrens to pass? That’s not their MO but Behrens is talented.

The winner will likely face Huntley and then, should they get by Huntley, a really tough ballgame against LWE or possibly Neuqua Valley who will be without their injured QB. The playoff math certainly didn’t do Warren (or Stevenson) any favors with this bracket as their won’t be any freebies for the winner of this Round 1 game.

I fully realize 5A is likely the least interesting class but I follow Morris so here it is.


#1 Sycamore (9-0) vs. #32 Chicago (Westinghouse) (5-4)

#16 Marion (6-3) vs. #17 Chicago (Noble/ITW Speer) (6-3)

#8 Chicago (Goode) (8-1) vs. #25 Chicago (Noble/Pritzker) (5-4)

#9 Morris (7-2) vs. #24 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) (5-4)

#4 Chicago (Morgan Park) (8-1) vs. #29 Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (5-4)

#13 Chicago (Payton) (7-2) vs. #20 Metamora (6-3)

#5 Peoria (8-1) vs. #28 Oak Park (Fenwick) (5-4)

#12 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) (7-2) vs. #21 Mascoutah (6-3)

#2 Mahomet (Seymour) (9-0) vs. #31 Ottawa (Twp.) (5-4)

#15 Kankakee (Sr.) (7-2) vs. #18 Jacksonville (6-3)

#7 Peoria (8-1) vs. #26 LaSalle (Peru) (5-4)

#10 Troy (Triad) (7-2) vs. #23 Mt. Vernon (5-4)

#3 Highland (8-1) vs. #30 Dunlap (5-4)

#14 Chicago (Noble/Bulls) (7-2) vs. #19 Mundelein (Carmel) (6-3)

#6 Rockford (Boylan Catholic) (8-1) vs. #27 Decatur (MacArthur) (5-4)

#11 Sterling (7-2) vs. #22 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) (5-4)

I thought I’d try to get help before the playoffs started.I grew up watching Burbank St.Albert The Great Sabres.I can remember a handful of teams they played.Who can recall the many Catholic Grade School teams past & present plus their nicknames & thank you!!!

Who’s ready?

Most of you have been around for longer than me or are at least more active. How do you think the 4-4 teams pan out. I was looking by division I dont think too well.
here is my predictions
8a (8) 2-6
7a (6) 3-3
6a (3)1-2
5a (11) 6-5
4a (8) 6-2
3a (5) 3-2
2a (2) 2-6
1a (15) 7-8
I am not an expert on any team but just going off the records of who they are playing im interested how much this will change the classes.

with 5 wins
1a 25
2a 28
3a 29
4a 27
5a 25
6a 30
7a 30
8a 28
So that leaves 35 openings for 4-4 teams. I only have 30 winning to get to 5-4. Just trying to see how playoff points will matter. I looks like in my opinion they will matter for the 4-5 teams.

What are everyone’s favorite football movies?

I ran across a Top 30 list of all time football movies and was surprised that one of my favorites failed to even make the list. So, here are my Top 5 plus the one less heralded film. Interested in how others rate their favorites.

1- Friday Night Lights. Really liked the book and the movie was also great. Thought the cast was perfect and the final game well done.

2- North Dallas Forty. A both funny and somewhat depressing look at a fictional pro team based on the Dallas Cowboys over one week of their season. Nick Nolte was outstanding.

3- Rudy. The Rocky of football. Man does Sean Astin take some serious punishment in the practice scenes. Co-stars a very young Vince Vaughn.

4- Brian‘s Song. Dare you to not tear up when Billy Dee Williams gives his speech about Brian Piccolo.

5- We Are Marshall. Based on the loss of nearly the entire Marshall team and staff in an airplane crash and then the attempt to rebuild the program using mostly freshman players at a time when they were typically ineligible. Sad but also uplifting.

My unheralded favorite is the Best of Times (1986) starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams. This was neither a box office nor a critical success. Williams has been haunted for 15 years by dropping a pass in the “big game” against their arch rival. Russell was the star QB who was injured in the same game. Neither left town after high school. Russell is remembered as the greatest QB in their town’s history. Williams is the town goat who can’t let it go and decides to replay the game which ended in a scoreless tie. No one else is interested at first, and Williams uses some underhanded tactics to get the rematch ok’d by Russell and the town. Really enjoyed the game against the bigger and more impressive opponent. Love the line by Russell when discussing with Williams the plan: “You can’t remake history without an Offensive Line.”

Qualifers should have been posted almost an hour ago.There could be an issue with a CPS with 6 wins who forfeited this week.If they don't play a 2nd 4 team win will get in

@MS4EVER starting to expand that lead. Can anyone catch him?

Maybe someone will add a Maine South game or two in the playoffs to try to throw him off. hmmmm

Week 10 games will be posted in separate thread by tomorrow night.

I was watching the Rockford guilford vs Belvidere North game last night and the ball carrier from Guilford hurdles the defender for a touchdown. I thought it was a 15 yard penalty in high school football.

Viator is on the 20 with 17 seconds to go.

I will be on the Pre and Post Pairings Show along with the Souc and Jim Taylor


Actual pairings show is WCIU in Chicagoland Pre and Post is online only

NV 2022 DVC Champs. Gray is heating up for the Huskies. They could be a tough out.

Here ya go... LTHS broadcast. Halftime: DGN 10 Lyons 10

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It's the final week of the regular season, and potential upsets are out there. For this week's game we'll travel out to beautiful Elmhurst, home of the much improved Dukes of York. No, I'm not picking OPRF (although I do like them this week). This week's upset is.... The unranked Knights of Immaculate Conception Catholic Prep over the undefeated and top 25 ranked Spartans of Wheaton St. Francis. As Edgy said, "these 2 teams just don't like each other". ICCP has been scoring over 40 points per game, and their only loss was a 1 point thriller vs JCA. St. Francis is obviously a really good team, but their strength of schedule could be the difference tonight. I see a shootout in Elmhurst. Final score.....ICCP 42 - St. Francis 35. That's this week's upset. What are your thoughts and who is your upset.

GO CARAVAN!!!!!!!

SF currently 3rd and goal at 4*. TD on 3rd down: 7-6.

28-0 Spartans 4Q