The Autumn 2021 CCL/ESCC Prognostication Thread - Week VI

[ignazio]

Once every 93 years things get pretty exciting around here.

BR @ MC
neutral field
[2021] Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 31, [2021] Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) 30

M @ LA
neutral field
[2021] Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 42, [2021] Marist (Chicago, IL) 17

Naz @ SR
neutral field
[2021] St. Rita (Chicago, IL) 24, [2021] Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) 7

ND @ BA
neutral field
[2021] Benet Academy (Lisle, IL) 22, [2021] Notre Dame (Niles, IL) 21

SL @ JC
neutral field
[2021] Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL) 40, [2021] St. Laurence (Burbank, IL) 3

MCHS @ PC
neutral field
[2021] Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) 28, [2021] Montini Catholic (Lombard, IL) 13

Marian, Heights @ SV
neutral field
[2021] St. Viator (Arlington Heights, IL) 31, [2021] Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, IL) 21

CoM @ SP
neutral field
[2021] St. Patrick (Chicago, IL) 34, [2021] Carmel (Mundelein, IL) 24

Le-Win @ DP
neutral field
[2021] Lena-Winslow (Lena, IL) 46, [2021] DePaul College Prep (Chicago, IL) 10

Leo @ Marian, Sticks
neutral field
[2021] Marian Central Catholic (Woodstock, IL) 28, [2021] Leo (Chicago, IL) 27

MA @ F
neutral field
[2021] Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) 35, [2021] Marmion Academy (Aurora, IL) 7

DLS @ SI
neutral field
[2021] St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL) 40, [2021] De La Salle (Chicago, IL) 6

 

[ESCC fan]

My second favorite thread of the week! And an division matchup week!

Blue
BR +1 vs Mount Carmel
Marist +25 vs Loyola (what a massive line)

Green
Rita -17 vs Naz (Think Rita wins this one by 3 TDs)
Benet -1 vs ND (Not enough offensive playmakers for the Dons)

Orange
JCA -37 vs St. Laurence
Providence -15 vs Montini

Purple
Marian Catholic +10 vs St. Viator
St. Patrick -10 vs Carmel

Red
LW -36 vs DePaul
Leo +1 vs MCC

White
Marmion +28 vs Fenwick
DLS +34 vs Iggy

 

[BobbyTheBuffoon]

After a bye week for myself, I have returned...maybe not fresh and ready, but I am here.

Mount Carmel 34 Brother Rice 28: I'm simply going with the Caravan because they are home and coming off a humiliating performance for their standards. Me picking against BR is not an indictment on them in this game.

Loyola 38 Marist 21: Loyola doesn't have much of an issue taking care of business

Saint Rita 35 Naz 14: It was good to see Naz put up some numbers last week, but they won't be putting up many this week.

Notre Dame 17 Benet 16: A playoff game in week 6. Going with the Dons in an ugly (but beautiful) type of win

Joliet Catholic 42 Saint Laurence 7: The Hilltopper Machine just keeps a rollin'.

Providence 36 Montini 13: Providence went from darlings after beating Fenwick to this being a must win to make the playoffs. They take care of business this week.

Saint Viator 35 Marian of the Heights 13: While the Lions playoff chances took a massive blow last week, they have been a pretty competitive team since week two. They take care of the Spartans with ease this week.

Carmel 26 Saint Patrick 22: This is your classic Purple Division matchup where everyone is essentially equal. Another playoff game in week 6 for both programs as well. Going with Carmel in a coin flip.

Lena-Winslow 49 Gordon Tech 6: Lena-Winslow will take great pride in roughing up a CCL/ESCC team.

Leo 33 Marian of the Sticks 31: The Lions have lost by a total of 17 points in their 3 losses. They deserve a lot of respect for how they have played this year against schools that have ten fold the numbers they do. I'm tossing the Lions a bone (or a steak) here and I think they get a nice road win against the reeling Hurricanes

Fenwick 38 Marmion 28: Luckily for Marmion, a loss here doesn't necessarily hurt their postseason chances as they should be able to win out. Fenwick begins their postseason prep here.

Saint Ignatius 35 De La Salle 6: What a perfect let down game for the Wolfpack after last week's historical win.

 

[caravan8]

Anything exciting happen week 5? Seemed like a calm weekend. Here we go week 6, the first group of playoff qualifiers will pop up after this weekend and that means more excitement. My picks…

BR +1
Marist +25

Naz +17
ND +1

JCA -37
PC -15

Marian (Heights) +10
COM +10

Lena-Winslow -36
Leo +1

Fenwick -28
DLS +34

 

[3OrangeWhips]

Brother Rice 31
Mount Carmel 21

Loyola 28
Marist 17

St. Rita 35
Nazareth 14

Joliet Catholic 49
St. Laurence 14

Providence 24
Montini 14

St. Viator 34
Marian Catholic 21

St. Patrick 27
Carmel Catholic 14

Lena-Winslow 45
Gordon Tech 13

Leo 30
Marian Central 28

Fenwick 28
Marmion 20

St. Ignatius 45
De La Salle 14

 

[RockSoup]

BR +1 Just because I like Xs and Os, it will be interesting to see how MC DC tries to bottle up BR O.

M +25 If the number’s right, I’d be tempted to take Marist on the moneyline. See how well LA can do in week 2 post Maldonado injury.

Naz +17 Home repairs are up for their first inspection. See how it goes.

NND +1 Playoffs start early, figuratively and literally, Thursday in Lisle

JCA -37 Riding the Hillmen all season

PC -15 Celtics at home in a must win

StV -10 Still a tiny, tiny chance for Marian, depending how many 4-5 teams can get in, with a loss but 0 chance for the Lions if they lose with Iggy and MC left on their schedule

StP -10 Shamrocks will be fine. 13-0 at half vs the Mustangs last week until worn down. Don’t think they’ll wear down this weekend and win comfortably

DeP +36 Interesting game that has me intrigued for no other reason than the differences in geography and program histories

MCanes -1 Little known RockSoup fact: Mrs. Rock’s side of the family is a LEO family with a sprinkle of St. Laurence and St. Rita and a dash of Mt. Carmel

Marmion +28 Solid Cadets give Friar a good game not reflected in the Gambletron number

DLS +34 Boehmer’s boys will battle till the end.

 

[BornNRazed]

BR 1

Marist 25

Nazareth Academy 17

Notre Dame 1

Joliet Catholic Academy -37

Providence Catholic -15

St. Viator -10

St. Patrick -10

DePaul College Prep 36

Leo 1

Marmion Academy 28 Lock of the week

DLS 34 Trap game for Iggy

 

[SOUTHSIDECFD]

After last week the known universe as we know it has changed for ever....
Brother Rice 27
Mount Carmel 28
Is a just a guess. Brother Rice could win by more than a score but it’s at MC.

Loyola 31
Marist 14
Battle of the big coed’s.


St. Rita 32
Nazareth 10
Love to have seen this game three years ago

Joliet Catholic 42
St. Laurence 6
Would have loved to see Rita JCA opener this year and Rita MC week 7

Providence 24
Montini 14
In the past this could have been the game of the week.

St. Viator 31
Marian Catholic 11

St. Patrick 27
Carmel Catholic 14

Lena-Winslow 45 who?
Gordon Tech 13

Leo 30 go Lions
Marian Central 14

Fenwick 42 Announce at half time a new girls hall of fame.
Marmion 20

St. Ignatius 42
De La Salle 21
Iggy takes the foot off the gas early in this one. Who know?

 

[ignazio]

MC -1 - If Caravan loses this, I can only suspect it's for bracket stategy
M +25 - Gambletron clearly doesn't have an injury report
Naz +17 - Rita wins, Naz covers
BA -1 - Dons eligible for Prep Bowl?
SL +37 - rough year
PC -15 - Cogs deserves to go out strong
SV -10 - Homecoming at Forest View Stadium, of which there's not a tree in sight.
SP -1 - CoM is soft. Really soft. Marshmallow Man soft.
DP +36 - Saint Le-Win should win
L E O +1 - long bus ride
F -28 - D1HS can't be stopped
DLS +34 - might still be celebrating at 1076

 

[Irish LB]

St Rita people were much nicer than I anticipated. Their team battled their asses off too, physical game that was sometimes chippy but not in any sort of disrespectful manner. Hats off to their team, hopefully they get healthy and make a serious run. I know it’s been mentioned here but Naz has found another superstar QB, very very impressive. Hopefully Naz can pull out the next 3, because no one in 5a will want anything to do with them come playoff time.

 

[RockSoup]

St Rita people were much nicer than I anticipated.

Ahem.😂

 

[Irish LB]

Ahem.😂

Lol the Mt Carmel people paint a much different picture than I was privy to tonight.

 

[RockSoup]

Lol the Mt Carmel people paint a much different picture than I was privy to tonight.

Yeah, we get it a lot from all sides but heck, we are the most fun, most respectful and most handsome of the parent/alumni groups on the South Side. Glad you enjoyed yourself other than the final that could’ve went either way

 

[BornNRazed]

BR 1

Marist 25

Nazareth Academy 17

Notre Dame 1

Joliet Catholic Academy -37

Providence Catholic -15

St. Viator -10

St. Patrick -10

DePaul College Prep 36

Leo 1

Marmion Academy 28 Lock of the week

DLS 34 Trap game for Iggy

Bump. I’m having a good week on my parlay card so far

 

[Bowie50]

Candidly, with regard to Loyola’s remaining games, I can see them possibly losing to Marist and / or MC this season. I hope it doesn’t happen, but it wouldn’t surprise me. As I stated before the season started, this LA team is good, but very inexperienced. They had to replace 16-18 starters from the spring squad. A team I believe to be the best Loyola team I’ve ever seen personally. That includes ‘91, ‘93 and 2015. Moreover, LA is without arguably their 2 best offensive players (Kyle and Maldonado) - this doesn’t help matters, but next guy up. Additionally, their 2nd string RB may be out too. (Please note that this doesn’t take away anything from the teams LA has already played this season - Rita, Fenwick and Rice are all really good squads)

This year’s Rambler team reminds me a lot of the 2018 state champion team. They have / will struggle during the regular season and will make a solid run in the postseason. A solid Loyola run is the quarters or semis. Most schools would kill for that level of sustained success.

Good luck to Marist this afternoon! Hoping for a good game and that all the boys stay healthy! Great day to be a Rambler!

 

[BornNRazed]

Candidly, with regard to Loyola’s remaining games, I can see them possibly losing to Marist and / or MC this season. I hope it doesn’t happen, but it wouldn’t surprise me. As I stated before the season started, this LA team is good, but very inexperienced. They had to replace 16-18 starters from the spring squad. A team I believe to be the best Loyola team I’ve ever seen personally. That includes ‘91, ‘93 and 2015. Moreover, LA is without arguably their 2 best offensive players (Kyle and Maldonado) - this doesn’t help matters, but next guy up. Additionally, their 2nd string RB may be out too. (Please note that this doesn’t take away anything from the teams LA has already played this season - Rita, Fenwick and Rice are all really good squads)

This year’s Rambler team reminds me a lot of the 2018 state champion team. They have / will struggle during the regular season and will make a solid run in the postseason. A solid Loyola run is the quarters or semis. Most schools would kill for that level of sustained success.

Good luck to Marist this afternoon! Hoping for a good game and that all the boys stay healthy! Great day to be a Rambler!

I only saw the first half of the game had to watch the little guys. I thought the Loyola QB threw a really pretty ball. I also thought both teams looked dramatically different from their Spring matchup. So much parody this year which is a good thing. Loyola and Mt Carmel and Nazareth will be special next year.

 

[ignazio]

ISo much parody this year which is a good thing.

Agreed.