I don't think I have it backwards as I've lived in these places and been around football. Florida is an exception. I'm talking about the states I listed. Georgia, Alabama, Texas. These states do not have successful private programs and the players are recruited to top public schools...
Recruiting. Most of the schools that are nationally ranked recruit far more than any private school in the state and have access to far more talent. I lived down south for a while and was shocked at how rampant recruiting is at even average public schools. Teams suddenly get good overnight by...
I'm just talking about recruits/ top end talent. Obviously don't know how that translates on the field but you look at teams ranked 20-25 and MC has more 4 star and 3 star recruits than some of those teams in class of 26 and 27. There are 8 guys on the team with high end offers: Mpouma, Jones...
Mount Carmel has never had a more talented team. It is loaded with top recruits. In terms of talent level MC compares very well to a few other top 25 teams.
Maxpreps named Izzy Abrams the 2025 player of the year.
https://www.maxpreps.com/news/xBof-CyfeUi23plhWeEigg/israel-abrams-named-2025-maxpreps-illinois-high-school-football-player-of-the-year.htm
I don't see an issue with opting out. Why sacrifice your body for a meaningless game? Bowl games are such a joke, especially the Poptart bowl. It's an exhibition game that has never meant much outside of a few games.
Similarly, I don't see anything wrong with CPS or CCL teams opting out of...
Izzy Abrams and Trae Taylor are both ranked as top 5 quarterbacks in the country in the class of 2027. It's insane how good the quarterbacks coming out of Illinois have been in the last few years. Maybe several future NFL quarterbacks and I don't think everyone realizes how crazy this is...
That's a fair argument but it goes to show the difficulty of ranking teams. The college football selection committee is getting criticism for ranking Notre Dame over Miami even though Miami beat Notre Dame head to head. I just don't think it would be crazy to put Montini ahead of Fenwick given...
Abrams from Montini. Led his team to a perfect season and finished with 4,072 passing yards (11th most in the nation) and 40 touchdowns. Also would be happy with Considine. Honestly surprised he hasn't gotten more scholarship offers because he seems to have gotten a lot faster.
Montini beat Fenwick and also beat a Carmel team that Fenwick lost to by 14pts. Fenwick is a fantastic team and should be right behind Montini, but I think head to head should carry a lot of weight, especially if you don't have any other flaw on your resume. The ESTL win was a big deal, but I...