Best GameTimeCT Podcasts (2025)

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No. 1 New Canaan coach Lou Marinelli joins the 2024 CIAC Championship recap and season wrap show (S7 E16) 1:40:33

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7M ago1:40:33

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It's all over. We've crowned six state champions and concluded the 2024 CIAC high school football season. There were a few surprises -- Masuk knocking off No. 1-ranked Windsor to win the Class MM final and its first title since 2004 comes to mind. But for the most part, it was a weekend of Blue Bloods with Ansonia (22nd title), New Canaan (15th), G…

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It's the 2024 Semifinal Recap and Championship Pick'ems show | The Meat Grinder (S7, E15) 1:19:41

7M ago1:19:41

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WELCOME BACK to another edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut. And, at least, it's Championship Weekend! And that means it's the last week of high school football in Connecticut. Forty-eight teams entered, 12 teams remain to play for six (lol) CIAC championships. If the weekend's finals are even remote…

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The 2024 Quarterfinal Wrap-up and Semifinal Pick'ems show | The Meat Grinder (S7 E14) 55:16

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Welcome back to another thrilling episode of THE MEAT GRINDER, your weekly does of High School Football in Connecticut. Twenty-four teams are gone, 24 remain. We've reached Semifinal Sunday in the race for the six 2024 state championships! After a rainy Thanksgiving we were treated to snow, glorious and beautiful snow on Tuesday's CIAC quarterfinal…

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The 2024 Thanksgiving Wrap and Quarterfinal Pick'ems Episode (S7 E13) 1:13:02

7M ago1:13:02

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WELCOME BACK to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut. After a wild (and wet) week of great Thanksgiving games, we've finally reached the 2024 CIAC Football Postseason! On Tuesday night, Valley Regional/Old Lyme rallied to knock off H-K and, ultimately, punch its Class S playoff ticke…

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It's the Annual Thanksgiving Week Pick'ems Show! | The Meat Grinder (S7 E12) 1:11:00

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Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut. And, because we live in the great state of Connecticut and because we're fast approaching the last Thursday in November AND because we love high school football, you should know what this episode is all about. Yes, turkeys, it's T…

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Week 11 selections for 2024 season 19:23

8M ago19:23

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 11 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2::21 — Intro 2:22 - 4:00 — Hall (2-7) at Conard (3-6) 4:01- 5:16 — NW United (8-0) at Cheney Tech (6-3) 5:17- 6:31— MSW (1-8) at …

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Coach's Corner: West Haven coach Rich Boshea 25:03

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West Haven coach Rich Boshea joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the tenth episode of the Meat Grinder spin off podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's 8-1 start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GameTimeCT

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Setting the CIAC playoff table ahead of Thanksgiving Week | The Meat Grinder (S7, E11) 1:00:20

8M ago1:00:20

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It's Week 11 — the last weekend of the 2024 high school football season before our favorite time of the year, the grand Thanksgiving week finale. And you know what that means! It's time, at last, to take a detailed dive into the CIAC football playoff picture heading into Thanksgiving Week. Half of the 2024 field is set: Twenty-four teams have (unof…

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Week 10 selections for 2024 season 29:22

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 10 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 3:23 — Intro 3:24 - 5:49 — East Hartford (2-6) at Hall (2-6) 5:50 - 7:10 — Cheney Tech (6-2) at Bullard Havens (5-3) 7:11 - 9:35 —…

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Coach's Corner: Cromwell/Portland coach Sal Morello 36:53

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Cromwell/Portland coach Sal Morello joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the eighth episode of the Meat Grinder spin off podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his return to Cromwell and the co-op's 7-1 start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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As playoffs near, superhuman feats appear for Staples, other contenders | The Meat Grinder (S7 E10) 1:09:07

8M ago1:09:07

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We're down to the final full week of the 2024 high school football season, a time when, with playoffs on the minds, the impossible suddenly become possible and where goats become G.O.A.T.S. Exhibit A is Staples quarterback Nick Weil, who fumbled three times and threw four picks against some hungry, hungry Hogs, yet somehow — with a little help from…

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Week 9 selections for 2024 season 27:38

8M ago27:38

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 9 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 3:13 — Intro 3:14 - 4:51 — Bristol Eastern (3-4) at Middletown (3-4) 4:52 - 6:19 — Bullard Havens (4-3) at ATI (5-2) 6:20 - 8:51 — …

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Coach's Corner: Brookfield coach Bryan Muller 44:45

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Brookfield football coach Bryan Muller joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the seventh episode of the Meat Grinder spin off podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about the rebuild of the Bobcats program, his team's 7-0 start and the competitive SWC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Best Haven? This time, it's West Haven | The Meat Grinder (S7 E9) 1:06:29

8M ago1:06:29

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WELCOME back to another edition of THE MEAT GRINDER podcast, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut with hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. We've reached the last three weeks of the 2024 season and, after eight long weeks, the focus at last shifts back to West Haven, where Nick Conlan, Kadear Dembele and the Blue Devils, w…

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Week 8 selections for 2024 season 29:03

8M ago29:03

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 8 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 148 — Intro 1:49 - 4:42 — Hall (2-4) at Southington (2-4) 4:43 - 6:30 — Prince Tech (1-5) at Thames River (0-5) 6:31 - 8:01 — Montv…

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Coach's Corner: Haddam-Killingworth coach Tyler Wilcox 29:07

9M ago29:07

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Haddam-Killingworth football coach Tyler Wilcox joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the seventh episode of the Meat Grinder spin off podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's 5-1 start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Caught in the Eyes of The Hurricanes | The Meat Grinder (S7 E8) 56:38

9M ago56:38

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WELCOME to another edition of THE MEAT GRINGER, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga, and — welp — guess we can no longer ignore New Britain. The Hurricanes, who have been screaming all year long for our love and attention as they racked up win after win, week after week, finally go…

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Week 7 selections for 2024 season 25:10

9M ago25:10

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 7 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:33 — Intro 2:34 - 5:28 — Maloney (2-3) at New Britain (5-0) 5:29 - 6:01 — ATI (3-2) at Wilcox Tech/Kaynor (2-2) 6:02 - 7:16 — Kil…

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We're Burning the Scouting Reports and Starting Over at Midseason! | The Meat Grinder (S7 E7) 1:00:40

9M ago1:00:40

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WELCOME back to another edition of THE MEAT GRINDER podcast, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut with hosts Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. We’ve reached the midpoint of the 2024 season and — WELP! — throw out the scouting reports! That’s what we did — onto a pyre — after a topsy-turvy Week 6, one that saw yet another unbe…

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Coach's Corner: Radio host "The Coach" George DeMaio 47:00

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Longtime radio host "The Coach" George DeMaio joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the sixth episode of the new spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's the midseason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GameTimeCT

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Week 6 selections for 2024 season 26:07

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 6 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:48 — Intro 2:49 - 4:05 — Bristol Eastern (3-1) at Newington (4-0) 4:06 - 5:49 — Thames River (0-4) at Platt Tech (1-3) 5:50 - 6:3…

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Coach's Corner: New Britain coach Isaiah Boddie 25:24

9M ago25:24

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New Britain football coach Brian White joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga in the Coach's Corner for the fifth episode of the new spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's strong start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Busy Bye Week for down-ballot battles | The Meat Grinder (S7 E6) 54:23

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WELCOME BACK to another exciting episode of The Meat Grinder Connecticut High School Football Podcast, brought to you GameTimeCT and the Hearst Connecticut Media Group and hosted by Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. With a majority of the state — especially those in the GametimeCT Top 10 — resting up on their midseason bye weeks, we took the op…

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Week 5 selections for 2024 season 26:56

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 5 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 5:20 — Intro 5:21 - 6:47 — Quinebaug Valley (0-3) at VGW Titans (1-2) 6:48 - 8:35 — Ledyard (4-0) at Waterford (4-0) 8:36 - 10:27 —…

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Coach's Corner: Guilford coach Brian White 23:20

9M ago23:20

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Guilford coach Brian White joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga for the fourth episode of the new spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's season and upcoming game against Killingly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GameTimeCT

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Bunnell turns tables on Masuk and the Last of the Unbeatens | The Meat Grinder S7 E5 56:05

9M ago56:05

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WELCOME BACK to another exciting edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly look back at everything that happened in Connecticut high school football, hosted by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. It was back to good ol' league play in Week 4, the last full week before teams start taking their byes, and …

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Week 4 selections for 2024 season 24:42

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 3 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 3:33 — Intro 3:34 - 4:50 — Tolland (3-0) at East Catholic (3-0) 4:51 - 6:35 — Wilcox Tech/Kaynor Tech (2-0) at Cheney Tech (3-0) 6:…

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Coach's Corner: Capital Prep coach Garrick Milledge 20:15

9M ago20:15

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Capital Prep coach Garrick Milledge joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga for the third episode of the new spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's season and upcoming game against Valley Regional/Old Lyme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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No. 1 New Canaan, No. 2 Darien go down on the same night | The Meat Grinder (S7 E4) 57:05

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WELCOME BACK to another exciting edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly look back at everything that happened in Connecticut high school football, hosted by Sean Patrick Bowley and brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. And, between Masuk's stunning defensive takedown of No. 1 New Canaanand Windsor's heart-pounding, 41-35 double-overtime st…

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Week 3 selections for 2024 season 23:10

10M ago23:10

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 3 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:30 — Intro 2:31 - 5:48 — Watertown (2-0) at Ansonia (2-0) 5:49 - 7:05 — Hand (2-0) at Berlin (1-1) 7:06 - 9:05 — Sheehan (2-0) at…

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Hand wipes out Fairfield Prep at the Surf Club in Week 2 | The Meat Grinder (S7 E3) 53:37

10M ago53:37

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Welcome back to the latest episode of 'The Meat Grinder' Connecticut high school football podcast with Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley, brought to you by GameTimeCT.com. Stop us if you've heard this before: Showdown? Showcase. Yes, the "Game of the Week" turned into the "Catch of the Day" at the Surf Club in Madison as GameTimeCT No. 6-ranked …

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Coach's Corner: Watertown coach Shawn Stanco 34:06

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Watertown coach Shawn Stanco joined Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga for the second episode of the spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's start to the season and its upcoming game against Ansonia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GameTimeCT

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Week 2 selections for 2024 season 24:28

10M ago24:28

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 2 of the staff pick'ems for the 2024 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:45 — Intro 2:46 - 4:14 — New Britain (1-0) at East Hartford (0-1) 4:15 - 5:29 — Thames Rivers (0-1) at Northwest United (1-0) 5:3…

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Coach's Corner: Amity coach George French 21:47

10M ago21:47

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Amity coach George French joined Sean Patrick and Pete Paguaga for the first episode of the new spin off Meat Grinder podcast, the Coach's Corner, to talk about his team's opening season win over Shelton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy GameTimeCT

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New Canaan, Greenwich lead Fairfield County reign over Week 1 | The Meat Grinder (S7 E2) 48:58

10M ago48:58

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And we’re off! Week 1 is in the books, including a massive slate of enticing Alliance matchups between the major conferences. What happened? What did we learn? Well, if anything, we learned that the FCIAC, out of the starting gate, has taken a massive lead on everybody else — especially the SCC. Thanks to dominant efforts by New Canaan, Darien, Gre…

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Week 1 selections for 2024 season 34:20

10M ago34:20

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The GameTimeCT Pick'Em podcast and board has returned for Week 1 of the 2024 football season. The Rundown 0:00 - 2:33 — Intro 2:34 - 5:03 — Holy Cross at Woodland 5:03 - 8:11 — Southington at Fairfield Prep 8:12 - 13:23 — Greenwich at West Haven 13:24 - 17:48 — New Canaan at Maloney 17:49 - 20:43 — Berlin at Branford 20:44 - 23:13 — Cheshire at Dar…

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2024 Connecticut High School Football Season Outlook: The Meat Grinder (S7, E1) 1:12:32

10M ago1:12:32

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Kickoff, at last! Hello again and welcome to the Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut brought to you by the gang at GameTimeCT.com and hosted by Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. In this first episode of Season 7, we look back at everything that's happened this past offseason, starting with the deaths of two of …

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2023 CIAC championship recap and season finale show | The Meat Grinder (S6 E16) 1:25:27

1+ y ago1:25:27

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Welcome to 16th and final Season 6 episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. After six great championship bouts ad CCSU and UConn’s Rentschler Field, we’ve crowned our 2023 champions and voted in the final GameTimeCT Top 10 poll and the STAPLES WRECKERS are No.…

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Thanksgiving wrap and quarterfinal pick'ems show (S6 E13) 1:43:16

1+ y ago1:43:16

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Welcome to another thrilling edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga, and the weekly GameTimeCT Pick'ems Podcas: CIAC quarterfinal edition. And what a Thanksgiving week it was as we completed the CIAC state playoff field. There were upsets galore in …

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The 2023 Thanksgiving week playoff update & pick'em podcast show | The Meat Grinder (S6 E12) 1:39:55

1+ y ago1:39:55

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Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut and because we live in Connecticut, and we're fast approaching the last Thursday in November, everybody should know what that means. Yes, turkeys, it's Thanksgiving Football Week in Connecticut, the final regular season game of the…

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Week 11 selections for 2023 season 20:29

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The GameTimeCT Pick'Em podcast and board has returned for Week 11 of the 2023 football season. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:34 — Opener 2:35 - 4:15 — Conard (1-8) at Hall (6-3) 4:16 - 5:20 — ATI (7-1) at Bullard Havens (7-2) 5:20 - 6:07 — Waterford (2-6) at Weaver (1-7) 6:08 - 7:19 — Granby/Canton (8-1) at SMSA co-op (8-1) 7:20 - 8:47 — Fairfield Prep (2-6…

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Setting the Thanksgiving Table with CIAC playoff scenarios (S6 E11) 1:07:21

1+ y ago1:07:21

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We’ve reached the penultimate week of the 2023 regular season, the week where we set the Thanksgiving table and learn, definitively, who is in and who needs what to qualify for the CIAC playoffs. And, yes, your crack staff at GameTimeCT hunkered down with our slide rules and abacuses this weekend so that we may give you our best estimates on the la…

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Special Episode ! Boston Herald reporter Danny Ventura joins the show 26:39

1+ y ago26:39

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Welcome to back to another episode of the Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. Do not adjust your YouTube or Spotify. It is Friday and it is a very special episode of the Meat Grinder. Last week’s drop of the Alliance playoff proposal got our gears going, we discussed it amongst ourselves, and then had a lengthy di…

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Week 10 selections for 2023 season 19:06

1+ y ago19:06

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The GameTimeCT Pick'Em podcast and board has returned for Week 10 of the 2023 football season. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 2:54 — Intro 2:55 - 4:17 — Windsor (7-1) at Berlin (6-2) 4:18 - 5:02 — Wilcox Tech (3-4) at Platt Tech (5-3) 5:03 - 6:42 — Killingly (5-3) at New London (5-3) 6:43 - 7:44 — Ludlowe (6-2) at Wilton (6-2) 7:45 - 9:07 — Oxford (8-0) at Ans…

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Turkey Day in September? No, Thanks! Plus, Oxford coach Joe Stochmal | The Meat Grinder (S6 E10) 1:47:51

1+ y ago1:47:51

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We knew it was coming and here it is. The Alliance brass has interrupted the season with their latest call to remove Thanksgiving Day as Connecticut's crown jewel of sporting events. The idea: Dump a century's worth tradition in favor of a balanaced schedule based on class, 50% more (whyyy??) playoff teams, the ending the season before the wrestlin…

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Week 9 selections for 2023 season 25:29

1+ y ago25:29

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 9 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 4:10 — Intro 4:10 - 6:02 — CCC: Maloney (6-1) at Southington (5-2) 6:03 - 7:05 — Bullard Havens (5-2) at Wilcox Tech (3-3) 7:06 - 8…

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It was a Big Weekend of 'Firsts' | The Meat Grinder (S6 E9) 1:20:19

1+ y ago1:20:19

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It was a weekend of firsts across the state as October drew to a close. Notre Dame-Fairfield is 7-0 after beating Masuk for the first time since 2005. Coming off its first loss of the season, No. 7 West Haven handed No. 4 Newtown its first loss. Shelton, meanwhile, handed No. 6 North Haven its first on-field loss of the season while returning to th…

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Week 8 selections for 2023 season 24:00

1+ y ago24:00

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 8 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 3:07 — Intro 3:08 - 4:46 — Maloney at Hall 4:47 - 5:41 — Thames River at Cheney Tech 5:42 - 7:34 — Stonington at Windham 7:35 - 9:4…

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Best Haven? North Haven; Plus: Newtown's Dan Farina (S6 E8) 1:15:27

1+ y ago1:15:27

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Triumph and sadness ruled yet another rainy week of football. First, at the opening of the new Ken Strong Stadium turf, North Haven — ranked in the preseason, but dropped following its forfeit to Darien Week 1 — completed its march back to the top 10 with a near-perfect 21-13 upset victory over No. 2 West Haven. The following night, Windsor, in its…

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Week 7 selections for 2023 season 20:03

1+ y ago20:03

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GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 7 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. The Rundown 0:00 - 2:21 — Intro 2:22 - 3:45 — Enfield at Berlin 3:46 - 5:03 — Wilcox Tech/Kaynor Tech at ATI 5:04 - 6:35 — Fitch at Killingly 6:36 - 8…