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    Class warfare

    Was the 2021 JCA team better? Almost certainly. Did they really take any meaningful crap for not petitioning up? No, not at all. The 2019 Hilltoppers lost to Mascoutah in the 5A quarterfinals and the 2020 Hilltoppers were never given a chance to compete in a postseason. So they had to make a...
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    Who is Your Teams Biggest Rival?

    Very era dependent for JCA. It was undoubtedly MC through much of the 90s and early 00s. Prior to that it was the Illini 8 and some local public schools., but they all were up and down in their levels of success. Marian Catholic was one of the bigger regular season games for a good stretch...
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    Mt Carmel

    This is a story that I had assumed was fabricated from a social media poster and was a nothingburger. The explanation seems to actually make things worse. The guy who is in his 9th year as a head coach who prides himself on getting the details right just happened to not know the summer...
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    What Year(s) Was IHSA Football at its Peak?

    Agree with all of this. Taking my spot for a Friday night game in the bleachers was the best 9-14 evenings of the year for much of my life. Started to become a little less enjoyable in the 2010's and the last 3-5 years has been even less so. I hope something can be done to allow the IHSA (and...
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    What Year(s) Was IHSA Football at its Peak?

    ex Yep, I think it is a combination of things, but the last 10-15 years have been brutal on interest, coverage, fan attendance, and general enjoyment of the game. That would leave the peak years at somewhere from mid 1980s to mid 2000s in my opinion. That is when they found the sweet spot of...
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    Florida’s new Open Division for the playoffs

    To my knowledge, this 2026-27 window is the only time they have ever petitioned up. They have been 7A naturally most of the last decade. So this would have been their first time in 6A in some time. Habitual thorn in the side to Batavia Nazareth being bumped up to 6a and ESL being there...
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    Florida’s new Open Division for the playoffs

    Is there anybody in the state who disagrees with that assessment? I’m sure there are a few who pride themselves on thumping their chests and always playing the best. But most coaches in a 20-30 year career would rather look back on that 2024 3A state title as opposed to that one year they had a...
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    Florida’s new Open Division for the playoffs

    Saw that and like most people didn’t like it. So I applied it in a way that made more sense and that more people would prefer. Pool play is dumb. sounds like the rankings I used were a bit off though. I agree with edgy that not many coaches who would be forced up to an open class would love...
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    Florida’s new Open Division for the playoffs

    What's not to like (although admittedly it would be great to have ESL included as well)? A bracket that looks like.... 1 MC 8 Fremd 4 Fenwick 5 Naz 2 BR 7 MS 3 Montini 6 LWE But I agree with Edgy. It is unlikely. Just about 100 percent of coaches would rather win a lower class than be...
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    If You Could Add A Team to Your Conference Who Would You Like to Add?

    I will take Morris to the Mid Illini to get some matchups with Metamora and Washington. Or Morris to the Southwest Prairie. Or Morris to the CCL or Big Twelve. Really anywhere but where they currently are.
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    If You Could Add A Team to Your Conference Who Would You Like to Add?

    I know this is a hypothetical that will never happen, but ESL playing a Chicagoland team once a season makes sense to play in the middle at Bloomington. But if they legitimately had 7-9 Chicagoland games a season, I am sure they would rather do home and homes. 4 trips to Chicago or 8 consecutive...
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    Summer reading sugestions?

    If you havent read Across the River about the New Orleans Edna Karr football program, that is a fascinating book. Totally dysfunctional place for kids to grow up and a football program and coaching staff that obviously cares about the kids but does things regularly that will make your jaw drop.
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    Bears

    Welcome to the 2033 IHSA State Football Championship in Hammond, Indiana! But hey, if it's indoors, I would happily go watch 8 games in 72 degree weather in late November.....
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    MC going undefeated?

    Are these posted somewhere? Are they going to have the exact same division breakdown for all non football sports? Or will basketball and baseball and soccer all have different division breakdowns?
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    New DePaul HC named

    JCA graduate. Good hire. What happened to the guy who won a 4A title there a couple years ago? Did he coach there in fall 2025? Or resign right after their championship season?
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