Comment may have come off a bit dickish, I suppose, but Marengo wasn’t going very far in 4A regardless of JCA.
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Not unlike how the south bracket teams must feel about Rochester.
Yes, happens all the time when a #1 seed plays a #16 5-4 seed but you will have the same result all the way to the state game, enjoy it!
If you keyboard Warriors are talking about this post by me, it was meant to give props to Marengo for how they played and their effort. It was a very clean and friendly game and Marengo came out and gave their all in spite playing against a much higher rated team.
The Marengo program gained respect from a lot of people and had some very good players.
You Keyboard Warriors really scare me sometimes, always trying to put others down.
So, just like Rochester in the south bracket.
I would been happier with some of your comments here rather than your original post.
As I was reading this thread last night I saw your post and thought nothing of it. I knew a pretty raw Wilmington team went on the road and shut down Marengo earlier this year.
When I saw the responses, after some thought, I could maybe see their point of view, but it was clear (to me at least) that there was no malice.
Sorry if sounded like that. But what I wrote above was how it was meant. It was an on-the-fly post flipping quickly back and forth between the game stream and the forum.
You guys like to read a lot into a post that isn't really there.
Friday 7:53 pm 1st half
Friday 8:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am
Saturday 8:40 am
Hopefully reading all my posts in this thread in order will make it clear that there was no intended malice toward the Marengo program. Put your guns away. : )
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...... well from your posts it is clear that you are mean to animals, vegetation and asphalt too ;-)
There were at least five or six more lopsided scores last night. Nobody was getting their nose rubbed in it here. 48-0 is pretty tame when it’s a 1 vs 16. Non issue. Let’s move on to round 2.
Crispy we did. We had an open date and scheduled Rice. 9-10 of the last 10 years JCA would get whupped on. Maybe not in 2012. JCA plays the class it is in and tries to schedule worthy opponents. In past years Simeon would be a nail biter and the Missouri team would be a loss.
In just my opinion (curious to what some of the board lifers say) this JCA team may be the best since the 75-1978 run. One of those teams did not give up a point in the playoffs at all. This team has 2 fine runners, at the same time has a good, deep line, and a very good QB who can make teams NOT be able to have 9 men in the box and 2 safeties. They also have at the same time a receiver who Joliet announcer last week said he had seen every local team and he is the best in the AREA. (not state or class just area). The defense has an excellent line with great linebackers and respectable secondary. Even in the Alstott, JR, and Issaac days the moons never aligned like this. Look, JCA fans like me have been humbled in the last 20 years. This coach never runs up the score. When it is a running clock he makes the QB use every second before he snaps. JC played the entire second half and did not score against Marengo. Against one of our toughest rivalries, Montini, we had the ball inside the 10 with over a minute to go and just took knees. I will also tell you that no missiles are being launched by JC fans on the board. Many comments are from people who have seen this team play and are gracious about what they saw.(think Awesome Rice fans).
Finally, you can't just pick your best team and play up when you feel like it. Playing around has ramifications. We were supposed to possibly land in 3a and JC petitioned for that not to happen. It is so easy to criticize a great team. ( kids pay to play football??) Well they sure got ripped many times in the last 20 years.)Twenty years ago I was one of those cocky JCA assholes who thought they were #1 in the State every time we beat St. Joes by 50 points. I grew up and grew humble. I think some posters need to grow up to the realization we don't care if we can beat ESL. I don't care if Loyola and us win, and they are crowned Cicagoland #1 by Edgy. All I know is I have been a JCA fan from the year i graduated and I am enjoying watching what may be the most complete JCA team ever.( we even have deep depth which is always Edgy's critique. I am sorry Marengo had us first game. They tried their best. The coach had a good game plan with 8 players lined up in 3 yards of the line but when the QB throws (2) 60 yard play action fakes, the linebackers have to back up and then the huge line and very very good backs take over. I ask is that you let us enjoy this year and if you don't hate JC, you enjoy it with us too. I have become a Warren fan just from seeing that persons passion for his team.
And finally again( just in my opinion) this JC team may run the table in 4a. They may by a lot as some suggest. But we definitely would not year after year. So I don't see the logic in what some posters are saying.
Maybe you are like me 20 years ago.
I’m not knocking JCA or their schedule or the fact that they are in 4a at all but JCA didn’t schedule Rice, the CCL did. We don’t pick our crossover games.
Either way im glad jca got to play rice, great game!👍
Well Ramblinman it’s hard to agree for one year? How many state championship has JCA won?
Well Ramblinman it’s hard to agree for one year?- not sure. What does that comment mean? I'm just asking nicely because I don't understand it.
More than anyone but they were in higher classes too. rarely against this competition.
1) lost a title game against Mt Carmel
2) Lost a few titles to Montini. believe me whatever team you root for you didn't want to play Montini with Westerfield.
3) We have played against Rita and was competitive.
4) I think we beat Loyola the only time we played them.
I could go on. The point is most of those titles were not against a bracket like this. They were vs very good SHG, Morris, Peoria Richwoods, and Metamora all during these teams finest periods. Back in the 70's we won 4 in a row in the 2nd highest class.
Marengo's problem is that they apparently overscheduled for this year...5-5, but their losses are to teams that are a combined 48-2, all making the second round...
They opened with 23-0 loss to 10-0 (assumed, 23-0 1st quarter & now passing...oops, 30-0) Wilmington, 2A North #1 seed, and helped the Wildcats from getting comments about marshmallow cupcake non-con opponents. What would we be saying if Marengo traded ICE opponents with 6-3 Plano - Plano went to Manteno and pasted the 2-7 Panthers. The story line here then would be how JCA pummeled Plano instead...
They then beat Canton, who may have finished 3-6 but went to the semis a couple of years ago.
They lost to 10-0 Morris and 10-0 Richmond Burton in conference. And they lost to 8-2 Rochelle (who strangely enough lost to 2-7 Herscher - winless in the ICE).
And they get pummelled by 10-0 JCA in the first round.
16/1 games this year (1-32, 2-31 7A & 8A):
1A...N 14-8, S 48-14
2A...N 55-0, S 62-7
3A...N 58-0, S 46-6
4A...N 48-0, S 48-0
5A...N 41-14, S 38-7
6A...N 42-8, S 45-0
7A...53-29, 37-0
8A...44-0, 24-13
Only 2 remotely close games...
JCA, just like the rest of the 1 seeds, can take their foot off the gas and be happy just winning by 48. Some people thought Cahokia could be competitive with Rochester in the other 4A 1-16 game, and it was the same score.
Wilmington's Defense had positive yardage against Julian...yes, Julian had I believe a -4 yards on offense for the game (-22 rushing, 18 passing). Julian had several early possessions that went like...1st & 10 after kickoff, 2nd & 17, 3d & 23 - and turned it over on 3rd & 23. Wilmo caught a punt at the Julian 31 yard line in the first quarter...Reents line changed the offense in early in the second quarter - took all 11 out and put in 11 subs...and continued to dominate. Its going to happen in the first round, period...
