That made me chuckle. The thought of that brings back tender memories of fragility.
After three cold weekends of football, I’m looking forward to a much milder day in Champaign! I hope the rain holds until really late Saturday night so that weather won’t factor into any of the outcomes.
Here we go again with the PR played no one. Are you a grown up or high schooler? The game against Iggy was on slick grass. Of course the yardage was going to be down. I agree ESL will most likely dominate this game but please stop diminishing PR’s season. It takes a journey to get to the finals and they made it.
PR is good and deserve to have the opportunity to play the game. Some people just dont respect the reality of the game.
Make no mistake that wasn't a Happy Little Accident. That was exactly what I was going for call me Bob Ross but I enjoy painting pictures with my words. Whether it be a happy little tree here or a bumbling 5th grader there, I am all about the details.
PR will throw it all at us. That’s always the difference. The throttle will be wide open.
Semifinals is the short answer. Lemon has a good team this year. They came out and ran it right down our throat on the first two plays of the game. Also, we fumbled on our first possession. 14-0 early. Huge momentum push to start.
I definitely think East Side came out flat, and often times that will get you beat this deep in the playoffs. Thankfully, we found the adjustments we needed to make. I pray that doesn’t happen this week, because PR definitely knows how to let the air out of the ball (Control The Clock).
Lemont studied the game from last year and focused on ESL the entire year knowing that the potential matchup would come. The energy was extremely high from the start. Lemont winning the coin toss kick things off as they were able to force ESL into the wind in their first drive. On 3rd down, ESL had a screen play set up that would have gained 50 yards or more however, the wind took the pass and forced a punt into the wind. Momentum was on Lemont side and they took huge advantage of it. Before you could settle in your seats, the score was a 14-0. After that ESL went to work. Lemont refused to give up and fought to the last second. Their seniors were determined to get to state. Lemont senior group only varsity losses were to ESL. I think 1-32 both years would have been interesting.
I would compare this to the Mizzou-Georgia game earlier in the year; when Mizzou almost pulled off the upset. When you grow accustomed to winning Big, you naturally take things for granted. Making it through quarterfinals with a combined score of 156-0, it’s difficult to maintain intensity. Crete had beat undefeated Simeon 37-12 in the second week and we beat them 45-0 the following week. We all know that getting a bit too comfortable is a sure recipe for losing, but they are really still kids (14-17 yrs. Old) learning themselves. Lemont came out on fire, much like Mizzou did. In addition, Lemont was a good team. Just my opinion.
Size and speed? Praire ridge and Cary-Grove are coached to play low, they’re big on that. Cary and PR have always been small. Other Schools in the FVC have typically had bigger players than both PR and CG, How has that worked out for them? I think coaching will be a huge factor in the PR vs ESL game. Hopefully it’s a good game and not a one sided game.
So when ESL won in ‘19 was that coaching? Did that game come down to coaching? Just want to make sure I follow “coaching will be a huge factor”.
I understood that. I am asking your definition of “coaching” as you said it will come down to that.
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So why can’t the other FVC teams stop the option? It’s not as easy
I did not mean to imply it is easy. But i can imagine they have practiced for this.
You really should have played the lottery that weekend. Spot-on prediction. I only take exception to your first line.
@tuccs, given the results of the game, did your level of confidence increase at least just a little bit? Maybe akin to a high school jock at his senior year’s homecoming surrounded by 5 or more co-eds hanging on to his every word? Lol. All in fun……
OK. And if the queen had a pair she’d be king.
