The Meat Grinder (S4 E10) - Fairfield Prep's Keith Hellstern
WELCOME to another edition of the Meat Grinder, your weekly discussion on High School Football in Connecticut. Only three full weeks remain before the end of the season and teams are jockeying for their final playoff positioning before our teams dive into the busy final 10 days before Thanksgiving. Sean and Pete do their best to break down all the latest scenarios across the four different classes. But -- frankly -- the CIAC's new playoff formula modification makes figuring out actual scenarios next-to-impossible. Joining us this week is Fairfield Prep coach Keith Hellstern, whose team grabbed everybody's attention with a thorough 54-0 victory over rival Shelton. It was Prep's biggest margin of victory in 18 years. What does this mean for the Jesuits, who haven't been to a state final since 2013 and haven't won a state title since 1988? Confidence is key. But so is patience. So join us, won't you? RUNDOWN 00:00 -- Opening Montage and Opener and breaking down No. 5 Fairfield Prep's 54-0 rout of No. 6 Shelton. 7:40 -- Breaking down the Class LL picture heading into Week 10, plus the SCC's unbalanced schedule issues helping Hamden, West Haven 19:25 -- Recapping Maloney's 49-18 rout of No. 4 Hall. 21:55 -- Breaking down the Class L playoff picture (Masuk rallies past Shaban, Barlow to stay in the Class L hunt; Wilton must beat Norwalk; What's Hand's hopes look like?) 25:43 -- Wrapping up the Class L playoff picture 27:36 -- Branford beats Avon and the Class M playoff picture. 30:35 -- Breaking down the Class S playoff picture. 34:54 -- The latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll 36:42 -- Columnist Jeff Jacobs on sportsmanship. 53:03 -- Interview with Fairfield Prep coach Keith Hellstern 1:16:26 -- Wrapping up