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    Chicago Sun Times Final State Rankings 1. Mt Carmel 2. Brother Rice 3. Montini

    This is the definition of the word "Poll" as used in the context of this thread: "A sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis." One person's opinion is not a poll. Team A has two losses. Team B has...
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    Top Ten

    Yes, I took a shot with Marist and missed badly. They were not as bad as some might think, but in that conference against that competition a team will not do well if they are just ten points worse than one thinks. I also consider it a miss that I did not have Brother Rice in my preseason top...
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    My final top ten

    All things considered: 1. Mt. Carmel (14-0) [Undefeated 8A champion that also plays in the best division from the best conference in the state.] 2. Brother Rice (13-1) [Didn't look great in the cold, but 7A champ's only loss was to #1 team.] 3. Montini (14-0) [Handled every playoff game by...
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    Update: 26th annual Bracket Challenge Final results are in!

    Here is a list of the top ten large-school prognosticators (classes 5A through 8A). 1. NIU2002 - 16 points 2. Karen D'Angelo - 14 points 3. Adam Hartley - 10 points 4. kerie reckards - 10 points 5. Jack Carter - 10 points 6. SteveO - 10 points 7. Aaron McCann - 10 points 8. ILisFootball - 9...
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    #1 in the state?

    Revised Calculations: Mt. Carmel = 8 - 0 + .4 = 8.4 points East St. Louis = 6 - 1 + 0 = 5.0 points Mt. Carmel should be considered the best team in the state.
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    Class 6A fenwick 14 east st Louis 13 H

    For one thing, Fenwick made very timely uses of run blitzes in order to disrupt the East St. Louis offense. If Fenwick had just played their base defense on every play, the Flyer running attack would have devastated them and it would have been a fairly comfortable Flyers victory.
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    Update: 26th annual Bracket Challenge Final results are in!

    Here is a list of the top ten small-school prognosticators. 1. Jay Kafer - 18 points 2. Shaun Kelly - 17 points 3. Madbomber51 - 17 points 4. Adam Hartley - 16 points 5. TheAngryBavarian - 14 points 6. PHIL4:13 - 14 points 7. RB_RocketFan - 13 points 8. tincup1215 - 10 points 9. Bulldog704 - 9...
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    CCL/ESCC Week 14*

    Mt. Carmel -30 St. Rita +21 Fenwick +29 St. Francis +7 Rochester +16 Morgan Park +6
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    Public vs Private Tournament

    Yes, that way the teams competing in the various playoff brackets will be competing against other teams that operate under the same enrollment rules that they do. Perhaps a waiver could be implemented much like the current multiplier waiver. If a private school had not won a playoff game in the...
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    Public vs Private Tournament

    His proposal is not dependent on any schools petitioning up to play in the elite classifications. If no public schools choose to do so, then there will simply be two private school state champions and six public school state champions. All the acrimony over whether or not private schools have a...
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    Success Factor

    Having just read the by-laws in an effort to understand the success adjustment, I do not think your third line above is correct. Using the Nazareth hypothetical example you began above, they could conceivably end up classified as an 8A football team eventually (if they continually appear in...
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    Brother Rice

    The explanation above by "McCaravan" says all that needs to be said in demonstrating that a 'level playing field' does not exist between CCL/ESCC teams and teams representing public high schools. In essence, when Brother Rice operated like a public high school by relying on "neighborhood kids"...
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    State Champ Predictions 2025

    70% of the remaining teams in classes 4A through 8A are from one conference. At the beginning of the playoffs, members of that conference represented only 8% of the teams participating in those five brackets. That is true domination. Is it healthy for the sport?
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    State Champ Predictions 2025

    Yes, St. Francis against Providence is likely to be the only competitive game. In the meantime, the CCL/ESCC is 36-5 in the playoffs against teams from other conferences. That is an .878 winning percentage. It will be interesting to see how long Fenwick can hang around with the Flyers. Fenwick...
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    CCL/ESCC WEEK XIII

    Mt. Carmel -28 Downers Grove North +21 Fenwick +7 St. Francis -7 St. Rita +2 Providence -29 Montini -12 St. Laurence +35 St. Ignatius -14
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