Congrats Joliet Catholic!!!

[superac777]

Way to represent the Illini 8 Hillmen/Hilltoppers!!!! Hats off to the Broncos of Montini but the Rumors of the demise of Joliet Catholic have been greatly exaggerated.So proud of you guys!!!

 

[NNFAN]

Was not expecting this... a great victory for a proud program. If they didn't upset NND in week 9, they would not even have made the playoffs.

 

[superac777]

They played a tough schedule and it paid off!!

 

[pm373869]

Congrats to JCA. Well played and hard fought playoffs!!

 

[Wittymoniker1]

Congrats to JCA!

 

[Gene K.]

Congrats to JCA from a Bronco fan.

 

[Wassup13_rivals219252]

Congrats to JCA from another Bronco fan!

 

[superac777]

Congrats to JCA from another Bronco fan!

I love Broncos most of the time.Great year guys!!

 

[sleepydog]

I saw something Saturday that I have not seen in awhile . The JCA coaches and players wanting it more and refusing to lose. Congratulations on a well earned State Championship!! # 14 is sweet.

 

[cornerrat]

All.... Not much to watch sports wise on Christmas day. But I just turned on comcast sports and they are replaying the JCA/Montini game. Ratsy

 

[go_rice]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

 

[markmacaluso]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and were runners-up meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs. The system is broken.

On the other side of this viewpoint, I think having a 5-4 team catch fire going into and during the playoffs and watching them navigate to a championship only adds to the excitement and fun of watching HS football. I feel your pain but your fans and players still have much to be proud of without taking away from what another team accomplished.

 

[Wassup13_rivals219252]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

Montini beat the 8a champs in the regular season.

 

[Kevin JCHS 81]

Montini beat the 8a champs in the regular season.

Here we go again.

That is why JCA wanted to compete in a class against the best, either in:
1) 7A Naz
2) 5A Montini
3) 4A ICC

(j/k)

 

[WIU@78]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

The regular season means nothing other than getting you a first round home game after you have made the playoffs. You can ask the same of the justification of your undefeated team playing on the road for the semis against let’s say a 3 loss team? The system will only get worse my friend with the district format.

 

[pjjp]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

Since you seem to be stewing over things, ask yourself this: how did your team lose to a team in the championship game it beat 35-3 in the regular season?

 

[Penlight]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

Rice defeated the 5A Runner Up Monitini, twice defeated an 8A Semifinalist in Marist, defeated Prep Bowl Champ St. Rita and beat the 8A Champion in the regular season.
IMO, they should take a bow and be proud of possibly the most successful season in the program's history.
Instead, a month after the season ended you are grousing about who won the 5A Championship.
Do yourself a favor, seek help.

 

[jobare56]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

I think you're missing a very important point. JCA and Loyola were vastly improved teams when November rolled around. Had Rice improved at an equal rate Rice would be state champs and you wouldn't mention JCA.

 

[cocacoaler]

Since you seem to be stewing over things, ask yourself this: how did your team lose to a team in the championship game it beat 35-3 in the regular season?

Simple answer to that question, Rice was badly out coached in the championship game. Bottom line.

 

[SOUTHSIDECFD]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

How would you fix the system?

 

[Wassup13_rivals219252]

Rice problem was the QB could not run on one leg. Their offense explodes exponentially when he runs the ball.

 

[SUNDOWN]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

go-rice with a very late entry in the stupidest post of 2018 contest. Certainly a solid effort that is worthy of consideration, and that is not easy around these parts. Brother Rice has 700 boys in the building, JCA has less than half of that. How about you worry about who walks through your own doors? As pjjp pointed out you lost a title game to a team you beat by 32 points earlier. It seems to me that is where your concern should be directed.

By the way, If you intended to curry favor with MC63 (another poster that just can't accept the JCA 5A title this year), you made a fatal mistake. Your reference to Brother Rice players wearing "runners-up sweatshirts" will disturb him greatly. After all. at Mount Carmel they don't even display their runner-up trophies.

 

[krock the house]

Simple answer to that question, Rice was badly out coached in the championship game. Bottom line.

How so

 

[superac777]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0, best season in school history and are walking around with runners-up sweatshirts on this holiday season meanwhile a 5-4 team that got running clocked twice gets exulted as state champs for beating a team in the championship that we beat 31-0 on its home field. Its not as if JCA is playing with what the bus drops off. The system is broken.

Cry me a River.I was so glad you got beat after you made fun of and snubbed the Prep Bowl.Your crying is almost as bad as 1982 Marist saying they would have beat Reavis when in reality they wouldn’t even have beaten Eisenhower

 

[crusader_of_90]

I still cant get over the fact our Crusaders went 13-0,

Correction: 13-1.

Don't forget the 1, the BIG ONE, which was the one that counted most and the contest that determined who wears championship hoodies and who must suffer with runner-up attire.

 

[Gene K.]

No rebuttal from Go Rice? Disrespected JCA and Montini as teams not worthy of championships but BR was? I guess thats why the games are played. What's that all about?

 

[RockSoup]

No rebuttal from Go Rice? Disrespected JCA and Montini as teams not worthy of championships but BR was? I guess thats why the games are played. What's that all about?

I think we know who finished the Tito’s Christmas night.

 

[PowerI66_]

I think we know who finished the Tito’s Christmas night.

Tito's is a gold medal vodka. What won silver that year?

 

[MC63]

By the way, If you intended to curry favor with MC63 (another poster that just can't accept the JCA 5A title this year), you made a fatal mistake. Your reference to Brother Rice players wearing "runners-up sweatshirts" will disturb him greatly. After all. at Mount Carmel they don't even display their runner-up trophies.

It's not that I cannot "accept" the JCA 5A championship, it's just that it's nothing to boast about. If you play at a much higher level during the regular season and then go down to a much lower level, that's nothing to brag about.

No shot at Rice guys, but I'm disappointed to hear about "runner up' sweatshirts.

BTW, I did find "curry favor with MC63" to be amusing. I can't think of anyone on this board wanting to curry favor with me. LOL

Happy New Year's, boys!

 

[Penlight]

It's not that I cannot "accept" the JCA 5A championship, it's just that it's nothing to boast about. If you play at a much higher level during the regular season and then go down to a much lower level, that's nothing to brag about.

No shot at Rice guys, but I'm disappointed to hear about "runner up' sweatshirts.

BTW, I did find "curry favor with MC63" to be amusing. I can' think of anyone on this board wanting to curry favor with me. LOL

Happy New Year's, boys!

Well if you feel that way, then you need not brag about it.

 

[WIU@78]

MC63 please explain how you can brag about prep bowl titles? Are they not nothing more than a consolation game with an inferior opponent?

 

[McCaravan]

MC63 please explain how you can brag about prep bowl titles? Are they not nothing more than a consolation game with an inferior opponent?

Well with the new District rules, the 91 year tradition of the Chicago Prep Bowl will finally come to an end in a couple years so you won't have to ***** about it any longer.

 

[MC63]

MC63 please explain how you can brag about prep bowl titles? Are they not nothing more than a consolation game with an inferior opponent?

Please let me know when I bragged about Prep Bowl titles (after the IHSA began having state championships, anyway)? It never happened.

Never.

It's nice for the kids to win a tournament, and they get three or so extra games to practice, but that's it.

If you graduated fro WIU in 78, you're in your early 60s. It's about time you learned to read.

 

[WIU@78]

MC63- appreciate the reading lesson. Check out programs of decade notes and get back with me for the accolades of Mt. Carmel which list the prep bowl references. The faithful followers of MC sure do include those worthless trophies during recruitment / testing days. And no “fro” was exhibited while on campus. See...I can read, and spell sometimes.

 

[MC63]

MC63- appreciate the reading lesson. Check out programs of decade notes and get back with me for the accolades of Mt. Carmel which list the prep bowl references. The faithful followers of MC sure do include those worthless trophies during recruitment / testing days. And no “fro” was exhibited while on campus. See...I can read, and spell sometimes.

Again, please advise when I bragged about the post-IHSA Prep Bowls. Also, I'm amazed that you keep all those old programs, or, you claim to.

Sorry about the typo. I hate them, too.

 

[Gene K.]

The prep bowl was exciting football when I was in high school and continued to be so until the state playoffs came around. That is showing my age. Right now I agree it is only fun for the schools in the game with small crowds and little media attention. That's too bad! Would have loved to see the top private school and top public schools in the whole Chicagoland area go at it for state bragging rights.

 

[Corey90]

The prep bowl was exciting football when I was in high school and continued to be so until the state playoffs came around. That is showing my age. Right now I agree it is only fun for the schools in the game with small crowds and little media attention. That's too bad! Would have loved to see the top private school and top public schools in the whole Chicagoland area go at it for state bragging rights.

Gene u are showing your age. Chicago rights Vs State rights? No comparison.
Prep bowl is old news at best second fiddle. No one cares with exception of some private’s. It’s like a 2nd shot at something. I would compare it to a youth super bowl.

 

[WIU@78]

Again, please advise when I bragged about the post-IHSA Prep Bowls. Also, I'm amazed that you keep all those old programs, or, you claim to.

Sorry about the typo. I hate them, too.

MC63 - Maybe try reading that again. No printed program was mentioned. The thread...programs of this decade. Your fellow Mt. Carmel fanatic lists the Prep Bowl as an accolade. Sorry if you were confused.

 

[McCaravan]

MC63 - Maybe try reading that again. No printed program was mentioned. The thread...programs of this decade. Your fellow Mt. Carmel fanatic lists the Prep Bowl as an accolade. Sorry if you were confused.

It is an accolade. A 91 year tradition. Let it be. Or keep on bullying it and respecting a tradition that many on this board are proud of! Many of my family, friends and former teammates have hoisted that trophy proud so stop your bashing of it!!!

 

[mc140]

No shot at Rice guys, but I'm disappointed to hear about "runner up' sweatshirts.

There were prep bowl rings in 93 and 01. I am also almost positive there was runner up gear in 95.