The Meat Grinder (S4; E4): Shelton's Mike DeFelice
Welcome to the fourth episode of The Meat Grinder, GameTimeCT’s high school football podcast. It was the first big week of the CT HS Football Alliance so hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley break down some of the biggest games and surprising results from around the state. Our special guest star this week is first season and second-year Shelton coach Mike DeFelice, whose Gaels turned in — perhaps — the most stunning result of the night: A 35-14 crushing of then-No. 4 Greenwich. We also break down the latest Top 10 poll heading into Week 4. Columnist Jeff Jacobs joins us to give his his take on No. 1 Darien’s 27-14 payback victory over No. 3 Newtown, on what he saw from the players and Darien’s early claim to No. 1. Jake also touches on a number of underlying issues as we head to Week 4, including COVID’s creeping impact on the 2021 schedule and some allegations of bad fan behavior at a few games. So join us, won’t you? 00:00 — Opener David Evanchick and No. 1 Darien get their payback vs. No. 3 Newtown 01:13 — Introduction and the CTHS Football Alliance Scoreboard 03:45 — Shelton bulldozes No. 4 Greenwich 35-14 04:59 — Keller, Ridgefield stun No. 8 Xavier, 28-7 08:25 — No. 2 St. Joseph rips Windsor 10:26 — Russo, Cheshire steamrolls Staples 11:19 — Nick Saccu, Masuk crush Hillhouse (with Stratford snapping 14-game losing streak interlude) 13:12 — Hillhouse honors Floyd Little 13:47 — No. 5 New Canaan survives No. 9 Hand 18:01 — Congrats to New Canaan’s Drew Pyne leading Irish to victory 19:11 — Wrapping up the Alliance first week; But is this what we need in scheduling? 22:35 — Non Alliance madness: Branford beats NDWH for first time 24:34 — Smith, Trumbull rally past Ludlowe 25:38 — NFA survives, New London doesn’t, Bristol Central’s Rosa, Ledyard’s Outlow run wild. 27:19 — The GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll 32:05 — Jeff Jacobs on No. 1 Darien’s 27-14 victory over No. 3 Newtown 45:57 — Interview with Shelton coach Mike DeFelice 1:10:37 — Wrapping up Week 3