So we have a weekly picks section, and that’s good. Check that out (I’m leading …for now).
But what’s a football season without calling a few audibles.
Like an entire state’s worth.
Here’s your Guide to Week 2’s CIAC games:
| FRIDAY | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISITOR | HOME | TIME | THE SKINNY | ||||
| Bristol Central (1-0) | Maloney (1-0) | 6:30 | Bristol Central has kinda owned Meriden, lately | ||||
| Newington (1-0) | Bristol Eastern (0-1) | 6:30 | You have our undivided attention, Newington | ||||
| Platt (1-0) | Wethersfield (1-0) | 7 | Not an Alliance game, but one of night's best matchups | ||||
| Bulkeley (0-1) | Berlin (1-0) | 6:30 | Liberda ushering in a new era of Berlin stars | ||||
| Plainville (1-0) | NWC (1-0) | 7 | OK, which one of you guys are for real? | ||||
| Rocky Hill (0-1) | Lewis Mills (1-0) | 7 | No way Mills starts 2-0 in CCC, right? Right?!?!? | ||||
| Vinal Co-Op (0-1) | O’Brien (0-1) | 5 | One new coach is getting his first win | ||||
| MCW (0-1) | Cheney Tech (0-1) | 6 | Pretty sure MCW's Garzone wants focus on football now | ||||
| ATI (0-0) | Quinebaug (1-0) | 6:30 | ATI's waited a year to make this trip (srsly) | ||||
| Bacon Academy (1-0) | Stonington (0-1) | 3:15 | Beware | ||||
| Griswold/Wheeler (0-0) | Ledyard (0-1) | 3:15 | the scourge | ||||
| Waterford (1-0) | Montville (1-0) | 4:15 | of 'Skeeters | ||||
| Greenwich (1-0) | Trumbull (1-0) | 7 | Greenwich averaging 51 ppg vs these guys last 3 years | ||||
| New Canaan (1-0) | Ridgefield (1-0) | 7 | Been awhile since we last heard from Ridgefield… | ||||
| Norwalk (1-0) | Bpt Central (0-1) | 7 | NHS' Gordon off to a roaring start for Bears | ||||
| McMahon (0-1) | Wilton (1-0) | 7 | Wilton's new offense looked pretty solid vs. Fitch | ||||
| Stamford (1-0) | Warde (0-1) | 7 | Encore! Black Knights. Encore! | ||||
| Danbury (0-1) | Trinity/WT (0-1) | 6 | We haven't heard the last of Danbury. | ||||
| St. Paul (0-1) | Watertown (1-0) | 7 | Watertown wore Derby down, St. Paul's no deeper | ||||
| Oxford (1-0) | Wolcott (0-1) | 6 | Patience, Oxford. The new kids will get the hang of it. | ||||
| Naugatuck (1-0) | Crosby (0-1) | 7 | Reminder: Crosby is a Class LL school, too | ||||
| Torrington (0-1) | Derby (0-1) | 7 | Ffld. Prep's not only school with luxury boxes now | ||||
| VROL (1-0) | Crom/Port (1-0) | 6 | How about an offense to go with that defense, CP | ||||
| Ellington (1-0) | Granby/Canton (1-0) | 6:30 | First major test for Ellington's reclamation project | ||||
| Stafford Co-Op (0-1) | Coventry Co-Op (0-1) | 6:30 | New-look SSEW gave reason for hope in OT loss last week | ||||
| Cent.Falls (RI) | Plainfield (1-0) | 6 | Just secede already, Plainfield. | ||||
| Harding (0-1) | E.O. Smith (0-1) | 6 | Couple of nice prospects go head-to-head in this one | ||||
| Newtown (1-0) | Fairfield Prep (1-0) | 6 | Who are you callin' a QB farm!?!? | ||||
| Bethel (0-1) | Lyman Hall (0-1) | 6:30 | Henry VI, Part 3: Act II, Scene 2, line 173-4. | ||||
| Capital/AF (1-0) | Killingly (1-0) | 6:30 | Everyone should be on a first-name basis here. | ||||
| Farmington (0-1) | Pomperaug (1-0) | 6:30 | The days of pushing Pompy around appear over. | ||||
| New Fairfield (0-1) | Sheehan (1-0) | 6:30 | Look out, Rebs. Sheehan's Bogan digs a deep grave. | ||||
| Shelton (1-0) | E.Hartford (0-1) | 6:30 | This matchup might be a year too late, sadly… | ||||
| Wilbur Cross (0-1) | Manchester (0-1) | 6:30 | Won't be as rough as last week, fellas. Promise. | ||||
| Amity (1-0) | Simsbury (1-0) | 7 | Keep a good eye on Amity's DiGello, Simsbury | ||||
| Brookfield (0-1) | East Haven (1-0) | 7 | Careful, Easties. Bobcats are wounded and cornered | ||||
| Bunnell (0-1) | North Haven (0-1) | 7 | Bunnell didn't handle option well. Now try Single Wing. | ||||
| Cheshire (1-0) | Hall (0-1) | 7 | Rams will ride McAlinden as far as he's able. | ||||
| Conard (0-1) | West Haven (0-1) | 7 | Get well soon, Andre Rentas. (Conard: But not now) | ||||
| Hartford Public (0-1) | Guilford (1-0) | 7 | Guilford's Walcott was lit last week. | ||||
| Law (1-0) | Barlow (1-0) | 7 | Barlow's Coach Cavaliere knows Law all too well. | ||||
| Masuk (1-0) | Windsor (0-1) | 7 | Masuk's Nugent is proof: You really can go home. | ||||
| Middletown (1-0) | Hand (1-0) | 7 | We hear MHS coach Morello has Surf Club history... | ||||
| New Milford (0-1) | Enfield (1-0) | 7 | Enfield knows your pain, New Milford. | ||||
| South Windsor (1-0) | Hamden (1-0) | 7 | Who saw this being an unbeaten showdown? | ||||
| Southington (1-0) | Darien (1-0) | 7 | Big top 10 matchup. Don't let the uniforms get you down. | ||||
| Stratford (0-1) | Branford (0-1) | 7 | No worries, fellas. The Class M race is quite forgiving. | ||||
| Weston (1-0) | Hillhouse (0-1) | 7 | Save some points for the playoffs, huh Weston? Sheesh. | ||||
| Saturday | |||||||
| VISITOR | HOME | TIME | THE SKINNY | ||||
| Tolland (0-1) | Avon (0-1) | 10:30 a.m. | Tolland probably deserved better vs. Berlin | ||||
| Bloomfield (1-0) | E.Catholic (0-1) | Noon | This matchup was a battle not too long ago…. | ||||
| Wilcox Tech (0-1) | Prince (1-0) | 1 | Lookout Wilcox, here comes Bonito Ball | ||||
| Thames River (1-0) | Bull. Havens (1-0) | 7:30 | You come at the (CTC) king, you best not miss | ||||
| Ludlowe (0-1) | Westhill (0-1) | 1 | Off-ense! (clap clap) Off-ense! (clap clap) | ||||
| WCA (0-1) | S.Heart/Kaynor (0-1) | 11 a.m. | Give. Gopie. The Rock. | ||||
| Ansonia (1-0) | Holy Cross (1-0) | 1 | Cafaro Twins shouls have HC seeing quadruple. | ||||
| Seymour (1-0) | Kennedy (1-0) | 2 | So far so good for Coach Kearns and the Cats | ||||
| H-K (0-1) | N.Branford (0-1) | 1:30 | H-K couldn't score last week and we're flummoxed, too. | ||||
| Gilbert/NW (0-0) | Windsor Locks (0-1) | 1 | Windsor Locks getting roasted last week was a bit unexpected. | ||||
| Rockville (1-0) | OSW (0-1) | 11 a.m. | I dunno, guys, The Rock looks pretty restored from here. | ||||
| SMSA Co-Op (1-0) | Coginchaug (1-0) | 1 | Fantastic openers for both squads. Lessee what's next. | ||||
| Commerce (MA) | CREC (0-1) | 11 a.m. | CREC narrowly lost to these guys last year. | ||||
| Xavier (0-1) | Fitch (0-1) | 1 | Wouldn't have wanted to be at X's practices this week. | ||||
| ND-WH (0-1) | St. Joseph (1-0) | 1:30 | Even with Ragaini on roster, SJ still owned NDWH back when | ||||
| Windham (0-1) | Woodstock (1-0) | 1:30 | These ain't your older brothers' Centaurs. | ||||
| Glastonbury (1-0) | NFA (1-0) | 3 | NFA didn't score a point in in 2013-14 meetings. | ||||
| East Lyme (1-0) | RHAM (0-1) | 6 | We sure Redman doesn't have eligibility left at RHAM? | ||||
| New Britain (0-1) | Staples (0-1) | 7 | Some soul-searching going on in this showdown. | ||||
