The Meat Grinder

CIAC Championship Recap | The Meat Grinder Podcast (S8, E16)

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. What a finish to the CIAC playoffs! There were wire-to-wire finishes, late-game heroics and historic feats by dominant teams. We’ll break down all the results, hear from players and coaches, and take a look at the final GametimeCT Top 10 poll of the season. Rundown: 0:00 - Football season closes with a bang13:45 - Final GametimeCT Top 10 Poll31:03 - Hand surges late to beat Killingly in Class SS title game43:50 - Sheehan edges NWC in Class S title game51:50 - Robinson leads Windsor past Bunnell in Class MM title game1:02:45 - New Canaan makes it four straight in Class L1:19:00 - Greenwich proves SPB wrong in Class LL title game1:37:40 - Berlin wins Class M title in improbable fashion1:57:41 - Thank you fans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CIAC Championship Preview + Predictions | The Meat Grinder Podcast (S8, E15)

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. It's time for the CIAC championships! The schedule is set for Saturday, and all that's left is for the teams to battle it out and see who will be crowned a state champion. But first, we'll recap how we got to these final pairings after a wild day of semifinals that featured blowouts, upsets and down-to-the-wire finishes. After we break down each final pairing, we'll give our predictions on who will win. Rundown: 0:00 - Intro 3:38 - CIAC Championship schedule 10:18 - CIAC Semifinal summary 17:30 - Class LL Semifinal recap 19:40 - Class LL bracket + picks 24:00 - Class L Semifinal recap 28:39 - Class L bracket + picks 33:57 - Class MM Semifinal recap 40:10 - Class MM bracket + picks 44:45 - Class M Semifinal recap 53:55 - Class MM bracket + picks 59:35 - Class SS Semifinal recap 1:01:06 - Class SS bracket + picks 1:08:20 - Class S Semifinal recap 1:09:58 - Class S bracket + picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CIAC Quarterfinal Wrap & Semifinal Preview Show | The Meat Grinder Podcast (S8, E14)

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. Wow, what a quarterfinal round in the CIAC playoffs! We saw upsets, blowouts, game-winning touchdowns and game-saving defensive plays. We’ll recap all of it, and we’ll also look ahead to a jam-packed semifinal round, where we break down every matchup and give our predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 CIAC Quarterfinal Preview Show | The Meat Grinder Podcast (S8, E13)

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. It's time for the CIAC playoffs! With the regular season in the rearview, it's time to take a look at each playoff bracket for each class, as we'll breakdown the matchups and give our predictions for the quarterfinals. We'll also recap some of the wild Thanksgiving week games that helped determine the field.  They break down those games, the latest GametimeCT Top 10 poll and more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearing Up for the Turkey Week Extravaganza | The Meat Grinder Podcast (S8, E12)

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. It's our Thanksgiving football week preview episode! We'll breakdown all the important games on the slate that have playoff implications and hometown bragging rights. We'll also do more playoff point calculations.  They break down those games, the latest GametimeCT Top 10 Poll and some of results from Week 11. Rundown:  0:00 - Intro11:19 - Who's clinched. Who hasn't. 16:13 - Thanksgiving week schedule27:28 - GametimeCT Top 10 Poll29:31 - Class LL Playoff Standings33:06 - No. 9 Windsor rolls Bloomfield35:30 Hartford co-op outlasts Ellington45:55 - Class L Playoff Standings49:37 - Class MM Playoff Standings54:44 - Class M Playoff Standings56:27 - Berlin routs Middletown1:10:40 - Class SS Playoff Standings1:15:00 - Class S Playoff Standings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices