predictions: November 2008 Archives

This is not anybody's fault, mind you.
Based on travel/traffic alone, it makes no sense for Antioch, Carmel and Grant to be playing football games on Friday night when Saturday is just as available.
But in The Locker Room, we love Friday night football. Saturday is for the college game in the same way as Sunday is for the NFL.
That said, the fear in The Locker Room is that it's going to a looooooooong Saturday for prep grid fans. Here's how it looks in the shower:
n Glenbard South 21, Antioch 20. Hope we're wrong, but this GS team is pretty good.
n Lemont 20, Grant 14. Same ol' same ol.' Lemont routed Lake Forest in playoffs a couple of weeks ago, and it seems to me that Grant, while 10 points better than Lake Forest, isn't 25 better.
n Geneva 28, Carmel 27. Too close to call, but that shaky 10-7 win over Woodstock last week set off an alarm. A win by the Corsairs would shut that alarm off.

In any case, as always, we are rooting for the home teams. If Grand and Anticoh both win, they will play each other next week, the game will be at Grant.
If Carmel wins, it will play either Cary-Grove or Crystal Lake South ... most likely Cary-Grove.

Heading into Round 2 of the IHSA football playoffs, there is ONE North Suburban Conference Lake Divison team left, and FOUR (Joliet Catholic, Carmel, Nazareth Academy & Marist) from the East Suburban Catholic Conference.
So, which league is tougher??????
That said, in the Locker Room, we like both our ESCC team (Carmel) and our NSC Lake team (Warren) to win again.
n Carmel 56, Woodstock 7 in the slop.
n Huntley 14, Grant 10 in the slop.
n Warren 35, Schaumburg 18 in the cold
n Antioch 42, Highland Park 28 in the cold
That would be 3 area teams in the quarterfinal round ... pretty darn impressive.