Like I said, returning starters and what they did last year is fine for weeks 1 and 2 but by week 7 there's enough data that there's no need to keep referencing last year.
You asked for specific IC and Iggy games. It's their total body of work and consistency on the season that has them ranked...
It's week 7, at this point you can't keep talking about returning starters and what brook and oswego did last year.
IC has a win over Iggy and Iggy has wins over Fenwick and Rita. LT beat WWS and Hinadale Central and have been beating lesser teams how they should be. For me it's consistency...
IC and Iggy or possibly LT replace Brook and Oswego. Those are definitely homer picks.
IC is a 3A team and currently is undefeated playing a CCL schedule against larger schools. Loyola is definitely back, but I feel they are getting an inflated ranking due to playing in the CCL despite the...
Should Morris have taken a knee? It was 35-0 after the first quarter. Starters were pulled, they didn't pass. If Ottawa can't stop runs up the middle by backups, what should be done?
Right, and the main reason it's still talked about is because they finished the job and won the title. Without that it's a nice game, but nothing more than a consolation prize without the championship.
Also, it doesn't fit your original question as it wasn't a regular season game.
It's not because whoever wins the opening round games will, by default, be the lower seed in round one as they will be playing a seed that received a bye. So regardless if they host the opening round or not doesn't matter, it basically resets after the opening round.