Will BR Clock LWE to Open?

4Afan

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Have you looked at their team???

they are absolutely stacked

brother Rice is going to upset a lot of teams this year
Like who? They'll be favored in every game except MC.

They're a great team, but they had it pretty easy last year. They only had 39 playoff points and 9 of those came from MC. That means their remaining 8 opponents averaged under 4 wins.

As someone else said previously, they're not on the same level as MC and haven't earned national recognition just yet.
 

WIU@78

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For you historians LWE has never lost to Brother Rice. Coach Zvonar is starting his final season at the helm. The offense for the Griffins will be just fine with a new coordinator taking over for Coach P who has retired.
 

Illinifan1971

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I don’t want to say it…

the reality with East is that their schedules are incredibly padded… it is like that almost every single year.

They face teams that have lost before the bus even pulls up to the school.

the minute that they get a little push back, they don’t know how to dig in and recover
i am far from someone who love LWE but….

East plays a tougher schedule then 97% of the state but no one wants to give them credit because they are a public school not to mention most of the time schedules are agreed upon a couple years out

you control 2 games….most teams refuse to play east since they know its a loss…

they have played maine south, kankakee, batavia, stevenson, crete monee…. Not sure who else they need to schedule lol

And swsc is probably the best public school conference but thats a whole seperate conversation people dont want to have
 
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Topiarydan1

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i am far from someone who love LWE but….

East plays a tougher schedule then 97% of the state but no one wants to give them credit because they are a public school not to mention most of the time schedules are agreed upon a couple years out

you control 2 games….most teams refuse to play east since they know its a loss…

they have played maine south, kankakee, batavia, stevenson, crete monee…. Not sure who else they need to schedule lol

And swsc is probably the best public school conference but thats a whole seperate conversation people dont want to have
As I mentioned earlier in this thread - first games both teams will be rusty. LWE has a lot of depth and I believe 2 D1 players among their Seniors. They'll be playing at home and it'll be a tough game. I think Rice pulls it out 28-17
 
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McCaravan

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BR just got some more line help courtesy of DePaul....do they have enough players to field a team at DePaul? I have never heard of this player but he claims to be the #13 ranked OL in IL by some mystery publication.
 

UsuallyRight57

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This game will end up like MC ESTL a few years back week 1. I expect Rice to be very undisciplined this year and have a lot of bonehead penalties. Cargo shorts won’t have control of the circus week 1. I expect LWE to out coach them, be the more disciplined team, and win the turnover battle. This will be a very low scoring game. Yes we know the weapons rice has. But I feel like they have more questions marks then east has across the board. Win or lose both teams will be better off for playing this game as their season progresses.