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As ramblinman said, I do stick my head out of the sewer occasionally and I can be found more often during the playoffs than the regular or off-season. I typically emerge during the playoffs in view of the fact I luxuriate in seeing some public school fans, all of whom are passionate supporters of the multiplier and success factor, seethe with anger over Catholic schools earning football titles.
I find I can be of some use when proponents of these two crackpot policies erupt with their rote condemnation of private schools during the post-season. Habitually developing as they witness their schools fall from contention in the post-season, their groundless denunciations of Catholic schools grow louder and they remain interested in the playoffs only to continue with their vilification campaign against Catholic schools. As the playoff field winnows, they mechanically follow with the demand the IHSA "do something" to deny Catholic schools from achieving what is legitimately earned on the field. Word to the adolescent daydreamers who run the IHSA: No bylaw you create can overpower natural results.
I bask in their whining.................
As far as the subject matter of this thread, I struggle with whether there is value to responding because it tends to transform into a platform where individual posters can lash out at rivals. I do, however, find this thread can be of some use to compliment some fine members here.
I am bound to highlight two posters, ramblinman and CrossBones, for their efforts here. Intellectual heavyweights, both men have broadened my knowledge of high school football and their clashes are fascinating.
I have resolved SpartyJones, MS4EVER and guerinfan are among the better posters for the reason they never attempt to goad others and their contributions are always non-confrontational. These three particularly have distinguished themselves here and are unworthy of scorn.
I have also found ESCC and CCLB posters are a fine bunch, particularly JCA and Saint Rita posters. I do enjoy their input on a wide variety of football matters and, by extension, Illinois high school athletics.
I cannot conclude this post without offering a critical assessment of a handful of posters who do impugn the schools they claim they represent, and make fools of themselves. While I have made a
complete fool of myself on occasion and admit I am ashamed of a handful of posts I authored, at risk of appearing somewhat immodest, I will claim I can offer some periodic insight.
As far as the worst posters I have ever seen, they are:
privatone: An utterly loathsome creature, his post after the stabbing death of a Brother Rice faculty member suggesting the school should re-name the football field in the deceased man's honor was the most despicable spillage of digital ink I have ever experienced in the forum. The next time a MC grad or employee commits an unpardonable sin, perhaps he will see the viciousness of his words if I demand MC re-name Carey field after the MC offender. The day will come.
fratboy: In any of his incarnations, he serves no purpose here or anywhere in life. He is a perfect example of wasted talent: A goldmine of football knowledge, he wasted our time and used this forum to attack others and create mayhem. First-time posters were easily transfixed by his spectacle, but veteran posters grew tired of his timeworn act. Until the day I die, I will stand by my characterization fratboy was/is this forum's first case of syphilis.
Furmunda Cheez: Another deplorable human being, he posted because he had nothing better to do: He didn't work, he had no life, money or wife and his posts are forgettable, all consigned to the dustbin of edgy history. I suspect he no longer appears here because somewhere, out there, he violated parole and was returned up the river.
All it took was the the magical question: "
Please point on the doll where the defendant touched you" from an astute prosecutor directed at a helpless but reluctant witness (male or female, who knows?) in some packed courtroom in rural Illinois. Who says the justice system doesn't work?
IG88/GoldenDomer93: The Typhoid Mary of edgytim's forum, I defended the little son of a b*tch for two years because I thought he was suffering from an incurable brain malady, birth defect or, worse, he was slightly retarded. He is none of this: He is a sanctimonious git with an addled mind who consistently violated civic decency in this forum.
His amusement in the crushing defeats HF inflicted on inferior CPS opponents was virtually unforgivable. Additionally, he could never keep his lies straight: Asked by me which dorm he was assigned at Notre Dame after he claimed he graduated in 1993, he responded: "Holy Cross Hall." I reminded him Holy Cross Hall was torn down in 1990. I never received a response in return and I didn't wonder why.
I stated above I have a handful of posts I am proud of and the one which comes to mind was the entry I added in the wake of Bolingbrook's victory over HF to conclude the 2015 season. I think I could recite it word for word at this moment..................
