Just make sure JCA is ranked ahead of BR. Thank you.
My fault. I thought when I looked at their schedule last they had a rough back to back with BR and LA
Perhaps teams with three losses, such as Naperville Central and Palatine, should be dropped. They could be replaced by smaller schools that have unbeaten teams, such as Richmond-Burton and Morris.
Edgy sees the teams play and I am sure he knows where schools should be ranked. I have no problem with LWE/NC/MC being dropped from the top 30. That being said if you think a small undefeated team/School should be ranked higher because they are 5-0 you need to only look at what happened to Rochester. Any of the 3 schools listed above would no doubt have a similar result. This is not a slam on the small program it’s a realistic reality.
I guess you have to decide what top 30 means. Is it the best 30 teams period and pitting those teams head to head to rank? Individual class rankings are understandable to evaluate those classes for the playoffs but is mixing all together for top 30 telling us anything? Can Richmond or even CG beat all of those other teams ranked below them? It’s for fun but the 1-8A rankings is where it counts, if want you something.
Agree 100%. It's one of the things that keeps this board going, but these continual hypothetical arguments about whether or not a smaller enrollment school could compete with larger schools gets exhausting. I've been on this board for many years, I've learned to steer clear of these types of arguments.
Inform Anderson, Moore, Voss, and the rest of the enormous offensive line that they are "4a" players. If you classify JCA and ESTL as anything other than two of the top teams in the state, you haven't seen them play.
I don't think one needs to make a distinction between "4A" and "7A" players when evaluating a game like JCA/BR. The question is, IMO, does JCA have the depth of talent to compete with a team like Rice? We shall see.
It appears they have both have around 60 players on the varsity roster so depth is equal. JCA definitely has more overall talent.
That's a weird way of looking at it. There is no difference between JCA and BR, they're both 8A type teams but placed in lower classes. The difference between LWE and a Rochester is the difference between 4A and 8A.
I'd say the talent is rather evenly distributed. If we're only looking at top-tier talent, I'd rank:
For the dads, it's cool, but growing up on the south side, you always wanted to defeat the kids you'd played against your entire life. MC, Marist, Rita. I can't imagine a kid being very concerned about where his father went to high school. Maybe if he's pals with voss or has a rivalry with him? But who am I to say?
There are reasons they have only won 2 games. None of which matters in a 4A playoff.
Not sure I follow on the reason for 2 games.
Rochester is 5A for now. They beat SHG. Cahokia schedule is much stronger than SHG. Cahokia has the athletes to compete with SHG. I would favor Cahokia in that matchup.
Sorry, but the loser of the JCA/ ESL championship will be #2 in 4A. Oh wait, they might be in 2A
Schedules are equal however that is really irrelevant come playoff time. Knowing how to win will be the key. Its a reason why you see certain teams in the mix all the time.
I am very familiar with Cahokia and who they have. You can't play Rochester man so that becomes irrelevant. See Phillips a few years back. This goes back to my point of knowing how to win in the playoffs. Athleticism means pretty much nothing. I will also add that this years 4A is looking to be pretty stacked with the top smaller 5A and the top larger 3A's. As a 618 person I am routing for Cahokia. I have also been around a long time and it's a reason why some schools win and others don't. If it were that simple, it would have been done already. There is a first time for everything so I can't wait to see the results.
I am guessing he is referring to DB Hood (Moore) and WR Fieldman(Fleming).
