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Illinois High School Football Thread

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On 11/12/2025 at 4:16 PM, greg775 said:

Thank you. I so appreciate it and your post here.

Just got off the phone with my son — he said BR is going to destroy St. Charles North on Saturday.  That is the mentality of the entire BR team.  They don’t give a f***, and think they can destroy every opponent put in front of them.

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  • To be fair their starting QB was out with injury, illness or something. I conveniently left that out, lol. Carmel looked like they had good pieces, it was one of those games that just went Rice's way

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IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

12 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Just got off the phone with my son — he said BR is going to destroy St. Charles North on Saturday.  That is the mentality of the entire BR team.  They don’t give a f***, and think they can destroy every opponent put in front of them.

They should put a tape on of Fremd around 2017 BR #1 in state and lost round 1 or Barrington 2016 (up 21 starting 4th and lost).  There is a lot of history to Brother Rice not living up to expectations and doing themselves in.  Its kind of a southside tradition hand in hand with the White Sox.   

I think their current guy is different.  We shall see.

SCN is no joke had has as good a football history as BR.  

3 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

MC and BR can't broadcast for free this week on Youtube because of WCIU and NFHS.  The NFHS broadcasts are worse in most cases than the student run.

3 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

Schools offloading to maxpreps is dumb as well. 

4 hours ago, Harry Chappas said:

MC and BR can't broadcast for free this week on Youtube because of WCIU and NFHS.  The NFHS broadcasts are worse in most cases than the student run.

Yep.  I had to order a month of the NFHS Network to watch some games and the feeds are either great with announcers or absolutely terrible with no announcers.

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7 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

That's wild.  The first two rounds are free in Indiana and anyone can also broadcast just by asking.  Heck we are calling our Regional Championship tonight.  The exclusivity stuff kicks in next week with Semi-State (final four for each class) and then with State.

4 hours ago, Harry Chappas said:

Schools offloading to maxpreps is dumb as well. 

And Hudl.  So lame.

Brother Rice TV is pretty good.  Mount Carmel’s broadcast is awesome.

7 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

I ordered a month of NFHS Network for $14 bucks.  You can then cancel it immediately so you are only charged for a month.  When I went to cancel mine, it offered me a second month for only $1 dollar.  So it isn’t a bad deal ($15 bucks) for the entire playoffs.  The lamest thing ever is that you can only stream from a single device at a time, so I am not able to play two different games at the same time.

4 hours ago, Harry Chappas said:

They should put a tape on of Fremd around 2017 BR #1 in state and lost round 1 or Barrington 2016 (up 21 starting 4th and lost).  There is a lot of history to Brother Rice not living up to expectations and doing themselves in.  Its kind of a southside tradition hand in hand with the White Sox.   

I think their current guy is different.  We shall see.

SCN is no joke had has as good a football history as BR.  

Anything can happen, but confidence is a good thing.  Ego is not.  But this BR team is playing hard from start to finish and not taking anything for granted.  They have blown out their first two playoff opponents and have yet to allow a point.

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Owen Lansu is throwing bombs for DGN.

Batavia up 28-7 in the second quarter over Glenbard north.  They beat GBN 41-13 during the season so I’m not really counting on a comeback 

2 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

Batavia up 28-7 in the second quarter over Glenbard north.  They beat GBN 41-13 during the season so I’m not really counting on a comeback 

Are you a Batavia fan?

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The difference in the size of the lines for Mount Carmel over Lincoln Way East is ridiculous.  Mount Carmel is averaging 291 pounds.

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Are you a Batavia fan?

Graduated from there.  Batavia won 42-27, will play winner of Hersey/ St Rita 

13 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Graduated from there.  Batavia won 42-27, will play winner of Hersey/ St Rita 

Nice.  I went to Fenwick.  Batavia is going to destroy Rita.  There has been zero defense in this Rita @ Hersey game.  56-42 final.

Meanwhile, Mount Carmel dominating as usual…

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25 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Nice.  I went to Fenwick.  Batavia is going to destroy Rita.  There has been zero defense in this Rita @ Hersey game.  56-42 final.

Meanwhile, Mount Carmel dominating as usual…

See you in two weeks lol 

5 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

See you in two weeks lol 

We’ll see.  I’m not taking anything for granted.  Hoping BR at least wins tonight so my son can face all his Downers Grove buddies at DGN.  Lansu is a legit passer.

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On 11/14/2025 at 8:16 AM, Kyyle23 said:

IHSA playoffs should be aired statewide on cable.  All the way through, not the last couple games.  I shouldn’t have to subscribe to something I won’t touch for another year to watch it.

also, maxpreps shouldn’t be the only place I can get game and team info

exactly i'm just fed up with signing up for one event and then having to cancel, etc. won't do it and i need tonight's game.

On 11/14/2025 at 11:32 AM, Harry Chappas said:

They should put a tape on of Fremd around 2017 BR #1 in state and lost round 1 or Barrington 2016 (up 21 starting 4th and lost).  There is a lot of history to Brother Rice not living up to expectations and doing themselves in.  Its kind of a southside tradition hand in hand with the White Sox.   

I think their current guy is different.  We shall see.

SCN is no joke had has as good a football history as BR.  

Agreed, we have lost some big ones. However ... we're gonna find out like you say. Coach Q may be different. We indeed will see. One game at a time. hope we don't overlook St. Chuck North with Downers next week looming.

BR domination.  42-18 final.  Downers Grove North at Brother Rice next week.

31 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

BR domination.  42-18 final.  Downers Grove North at Brother Rice next week.

whoa ... nice win. glad we get the home game. should be the biggest crowd in rice history unless some of those games at Gately were more as well as some Prep Bowls in soldier field.

8 minutes ago, greg775 said:

whoa ... nice win. glad we get the home game. should be the biggest crowd in rice history unless some of those games at Gately were more as well as some Prep Bowls in soldier field.

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My son, lol.  Apparently, it’s go hard or go home.  No love for his Downers Grove buddies…

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