Riverside Brookfield had petitioned a few times to get in WS the conference with Oak park river forest etc but nothing has came to fruition. RB has absolutely dominated both of their past 2 conferences in basketball, I believe 20+ straight conference titles and had held its own In football too. Moving to WS with those ****** schools would be quite the challenge but I think they’re up for it
ACC Immaculate Conception and St Francis to join CCL
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Was referring to what it would look like today without Driscoll and Walther.
Not my experience at all. The pandemic traffic lull is over.
It might be anecdotal, but the old saying that traffic expands with additional highway capacity has always proven true to me.
Whatever, I'd rather be at the dentist than the southbound Tri-State on Friday afternoon.
The construction certainly doesn't help. They shut down lanes during non-rush hour periods which then makes it feel like rush hour at 8 or 9pm on a random Tuesday night for example.
The Induced Demand theory can be folly sometimes...a lot of Build 53 clamor went away when they added the 4th Lane to each side of 294 north of O'Hare in 2008.
Glad to hear this. I've been wanting SF to join back up with the old WSCC teams since they quit the CCl a few years ago. It's going to be much better for SF and the league.
Just saw this announced on Twitter. Some of you had your information correct!
Really glad to see this, but the commute times between these schools makes me wonder if this is going to be an experiment or if it will be here to stay. I wonder if they approached Walther Christian. They seem conspicuous by their absence.
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How about it? MCC & Bishop Mac will have alot of mileage on those team buses.
Don't forget St. Ed's. Elgin to Palos Hts, Kankakee, and into the city is also going to be rough.
Fair enough. I thought you meant recently. I was going to say...
This leaves the CCL/ESCL at 25 teams. What do they do? 5 team leagues are pretty awkward. Do they go with 5-4 team leagues and a 5 team league?
And with these low, low fuel prices we have, what's the problem 🤯 ?
I agree. I am happy for these guys but at the same time, this is all such an odd combination. Most conferences succeed on some combination of geography, enrollment, or competitiveness. This league gets an F for geography. At least for football, it will have a clear “haves and have nots” breakdown so it gets a D for competitiveness at least for football. I guess they are all relatively small private schools, though some much smaller than others. Perhaps they get a C for enrollment similarity.
with those grades, that leaves this league with minimal chance of remaining intact as is more than a few years. That said, the weird position most of these schools find themselves in and their limited other prospects means it just may work out of desperation. I hope it works out for them.
