2008 Gatorade Football Player of the Year

Mike Osiecki Of Seymour High School. Maybe he will be even good enough to be named the Best in the NVL....

Championship Games

There are only 12 teams and 4 days left in this football season. In the semi-finals, I went 10-2...not too shabby. Still that leaves us with a few more picks to make...

Class LL-#3 Cheshire (10-2) vs. #1 Glastonbury (12-0)-I'm going with the Rags...err Rams in a squeaker.
Class L-#3 Newington (10-2) vs. #1 Masuk (11-1)-Masuk rolls.
Class MM-#3 Darien (11-1) vs. #1 New Canaan (12-0)-Can Darien get revenge? Not bloody likely. It'll be 2 games in 11 days for these two.
Class M-#2 Ledyard (9-2) vs. #1 Brookfield (11*-1)-Ledyard's tradition continues with a new coach.
Class SS-#2 Seymour (11-1) vs. #1 New London (11-1)-Wouldn't it be nice for Spoony to leave with back to back titles, after he started his career with a championship? Jack and Spoony have split their previous meetings. My gut says Wildcats in a close win for the Old Man.
Class S-#2 Ansonia (12*-1) vs. #1 Cromwell (11-1)-Tom Brockett wins ANOTHER championship with the Chargers!

CIAC Semi-Finals Tuesday...w/ predictions

Class LL-
#4 Newtown (9-3*) vs. #1 Glastonbury (11-0)-Glastonburies Newtown riding Jordan Brown... Glastonbury-34 Newtown-13
#3 Cheshire (9-2) vs. #2 Hamden (9-2)-Ragone's Rams get a second chance at the Dragons. Cheshire lost 2 games by a total of 8 points...Hamden is coming off a shocker in the Green Bowl. I'm not sure they can come back from that. One reader won't like thist, but my feeling is Rams win...barely. Cheshire-22 Hamden-20

Class L-3 mediocre CCC teams and Masuk
#4 Windsor (9-2) vs. #1 Masuk (10-1)-Panthers win! Masuk-27 Windsor-8
#3 Newington (9-2) vs. #2 Simsbury (9-2)-Nothing to say. When in doubt, go with the home team. Simsbury-13 Newington-6

Class MM-
#4 Weaver (8-3) vs. #1 New Canaan (11-0)-New Canaan dams the Beavers. New Canaan-31 Weaver-17
#3 Darien (10-1) vs. #2 Hillhouse (11-0)-Big Blue gives the Acs the axe. Darien-29 Hill House-23

Class M-
#4 Avon (9-2) vs. #1 Brookfield (10*-1)-Brookfield wins the battle of the bank accounts... Brookfield-14 Avon-6
#3 Cheney Tech (10-0) vs. #2 Ledyard (9-2)-So much for an undefeated Tech school, Ledyard will win, because any team that can put an L next to New London should win a state championship. Ledyard-24 Cheney Tech-7

Class SS-
#4 Montville (9-2) vs. #1 New London (10-1)-Call me crazy, but I think Montville's last second loss to the Whalers earlier this season was fluky. Losing to St. Bernard's-Norwich Tech is less fluky. I'm going out on a limb and going Montville on this one...just because Jack's a prick. Montville-24 New London-18

#3 Rocky Hill (10-1) vs. #2 Seymour (10-1)-I've got a strange feeling that Paul Sponheimer leaves DeBarber field with a W in his final home game. Seymour-27 Rocky Hill-18

Class S-
#4 Hyde Leadership (9-2) vs. #1 Cromwell (10-1)-Cromwell escaped with a W earlier this season, winning by a FG. Hyde serves revenge cold. Hyde-21 Cromwell-18
#3 North Branford (10-1) vs. #2 Ansonia (11*-1)-T-Birds are the only team to beat Cromwell this year, but Chargers have something more to prove. Call it a hunch, but the NVL's two representatives will make it to the state finals. Chargers will win this one, but the question is whether they will do it unscathed. Ansonia-28 North Branford-15

5 CCC Teams Head Into Post Season

5 Teams from the CCC Head into the Post Season.Honestly speaking this league should only have 2-3 teams at most playing in December.That being said here are the December 2nd Semi Finals matchups in regards to the CCC:

CLASS LL:
Newtown @ Glastonbury
Tuesday December 2nd 6:30 P.M.

The best Team in the CCC vs about the 3rd best from the SWC.Newtown is good and Glastonbury is very good.Look for the Nighthawks of Newtown to stay close in the first half but The Tomahawks to win by a few scores in the end and advance to the LL Finals on Saturday December 6th(Site and Time:TBA)

CLASS L:
Newington @Simsbury
Tuesday December 2 6:30 PM

Look for the Trojans of Simsbury to advance to the L Finals with with about a 2 score victory(28-13) over the visiting Indians of Newington.I do believe that Newington is NOT a strong 9-2 team and NOT(IMO) a playoff caliber team.Maybe they can prove me wrong...NOT.
I still think Houdini would be proud of Newington's "magic trick" of going 9-2 this year!!

CLASS L
Windsor @Masuk @ Trumbull High School
Tuesday December 2 6:30 PM

The Warriors of Windsor travel to Trumbull High School to face the Panthers of Masuk.Even an "A" game from Windsor may not be enough.If the Warriors play well they most likely lose by less than 2 scores in a high scoring affair.A bad performance and they get defeated by 4 plus scores as Masuk rolls up 40-50 points.


CLASS MM
Hartford Weaver @New Canaan
Tuesday December 2 6:30 PM

A long shot and a long bus ride for the Weaver Beavers(All 23 strong)in the toughest class(MM)of all classes.The good news is Weaver has a good defense against the run.The bad news is that New Canaan throws the ball 75% or more in their offense.Good news is the Rams Defensive line is undersized.The bad news is that the Beaver's offense is not very good nor explosive and prone to Penalties and Turnovers.

Optimistically and if Weaver plays their "A" game:
New Canaan 20-6

Realistically
New Canaan 35-6

My Predictions for CCC Teams to advance into the
Finals on Saturday December 6th:
Glastonbury
Simsbury