I’ll admit I had CG losing this one but the moon and stars aligned. Hats off to Nick Hissong with a beastly effort.
Class 6A State Title GameDay Thread
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Exactly and thank you! This is exactly why yesterday and today are so special for fans of Illinois High School Football. Great job to all of these teams.
We committed far fewer penalties than normal. I’m impressed. We did tackle. CG is just that good on offense. CG got one more stop than us, that’s why they won.
Post of the day. ESL was never going to run away with this and anybody who said so was an idiot. CG was undefeated for crying out loud and played a tougher schedule and probably should have won by more.
Congrats to the Trojans. Probably next year will be PR. They seem to switch off.
The new girl about to get it a bit rough for Round 2 ….
That game is an instant classic. Congrats to Cary Grove on pulling off the upset!
Field goals didn’t hurt them, they gained ground by going for two.
If you want to talk about talking smack and discipline, watch CG talk over LB3 after the screen in the backfield on the final drive. Should’ve been a penalty all 7 days of the week.
CG played and called a great game today, no need to diminish it by coming up with false narratives
"36-37 ESL Losing in the Class 6A State Championship"
Yeah I'm putting this on mute for the next 2 games, these guys are idiots.
Yeah I'm putting this on mute for the next 2 games, these guys are idiots.
Great, great game. East St.Louis all class after the game... congratulating the injured Cary-Grove fullback... as well as others.
Now Edgy has a dilemma. Does he have the guts to leap unbeaten Cary-Grove (victors over the #1 team in the state) over several other teams to make them #1 in the Chicago area rankings?
Now Edgy has a dilemma. Does he have the guts to leap unbeaten Cary-Grove (victors over the #1 team in the state) over several other teams to make them #1 in the Chicago area rankings?
Agreed again. We deserve better, these guys are absolute garbage.
Don't think it's a dilemma at all. EStL was a really good team, but the media inflated them more than what they were. It's why whenever people asked who would beat them I responded with NV. Your #1 team will be WN, Lockport, or MS.
6 times and now won it three times.
CG is really good. Game plan makes all the difference.
Gift? CG earned it today.
Gifts as in STUPID personal fouls and being ill prepared in two key moments.
I can see how that could be interpreted as snotty - please know I do not intend that,
CG won because they were excellent!
It's possible. You couldnt have convinced me GBN would beat us through the air somehow.
Wait a minute now..CG committed penalties as well. It was a great game with two powers. ESL fell short but definitely had an opportunity to win this for sure. Overall the game was played well. CG got one more stop. That’s all.
The Massey computer ratings and CalPreps computer ratings are not the media. Both ratings had East St. Louis #1 in the state by a wide margin.
When LB3 got hit, I saw a CG player stand over him and get tough. That could’ve been a penalty as well. This was a good game with minimal penalties and great sportsmanship for the most part. We had 1 personal foul penalty by a 15 year old. Good game all day long.
Calpreps had Rochester top 10 after the Loyola game. Calpreps is terrible, They still have Loyola over Lockport
The only thing I fault East St Louis for is time management on the last drive. There seemed to be no sense of urgency on play calling when the clock was winding down, and they were still only around midfield. They also had 1-2 timeouts left.
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This was my first look at ESL. I really have no idea why they don’t figure out ways to get the ball in Luther’s hands more. It almost feels like luck whenever he’s tackled.
I thought the same exact thing. A prolific athlete like that, I would find any way I could to get him the ball in space.
Congrats CG. You are far better than I expected.
I would have really use Luther-the last drive if they stop him so be it But the ball should have been in his hands.
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They easily would have scored on the final drive if Hisson was on the field.
In over thirty years of watching IHSA football I’ve never seen a team more overrated than this year’s ESL team.
Or A team more underrated than CG
So what you are saying is CG is trash. Apparently you don’t know football. CG is good. Really good. So I nominate you for the dumbest post of the year award congrats to you give him the crown Edgy.
We’re on the bus coming from the game, listening to “ killing you softly with a Hissong “
Wow….nicely played atrain!
His Dadus on the bus with us. Btw, Nick is the 2nd of 3 brothers, his brother was the center on the 2018 team. Youngest brother maybe the best of the 3, certainly the biggest. He’ll be a freshman next year.
