The Meat Grinder (S6 E7): Fitch's Mike Ellis and the Curse of the GTCT podcast; Plus: The Midseason Player Draft
Welcome back to another edition of The Meat Grinder, Connecticut's award-winning high school podcast brought to you by GameTimeCT.
We've reached the midpoint of the 2023 season, and what better way to celebrate than diving into a very special Meat Grinder midseason double album. Yes, like the rock legends of old — The Beatles, Floyd, The Stones, Zep, The Who — we've got so much good stuff we're loathe to make any cuts, so we've decided to release it all in one drop.
Join hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga as they look back on the Week 6 that was, including the two big Saturday FCIAC games, Rockville and Notre Dame-Fairfield's mission statement victories, Masuk freshman Aaaron Champagne popping the cork on Barlow.
This week's special guest star is ninth-year Fitch coach MIKE ELLIS, whose team rallied to beat NFA on Saturday to set up a big ECC Division I showdown at perennial contender Killingly.
Truth be told, Ellis hesitated before joining the podcast this week after realizing that all of this season's previous guests lost the same week they appeared on pod. Is there a Meat Grinder Podcast Curse? If there is, Ellis says he's here to break it.
We've only just begun. The podcast's second half is our annual Midseason report, beginning with the first good look at the 2023 CIAC postseason picture in all six (bleh) playoff divisions.
And, finally, Pete and SPB will conduct a midseason football snake draft, where they'll each select their top players and units from the season's first half.
So join us, won't you?
RUNDOWN
0:00 — Fanfare
1:33 — Who’ll Stop The Rain?
4:23 — RIP Windsor’s Elijah-Jay Mariano Rivera
6:30 — GameTimeCT Top 10 (Part 1)
10:58 — FCIAC: Smith, No. 7 Staples grinds past Wilton
13:00 — GameTimeCT Top 10 (Part 2)
16:16 — Pequot: Rockville focuses anger, shuts down Granby/Canton
21:17 — SWC: Don't mess with DeJesus, ND-Fairfield
25:59 — SWC: Masuk's popping Champagne
30:48 — FCIAC: Danbury tops Norwalk ... playing college OT rules
37:21 — Week 6 Shoutouts
41:11 — Interview with Fitch coach MIKE ELLIS
1:08:59 — The Midseason Report: First look at CIAC playoff picture
1:30:39 — The Midseason Mock Draft!
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