Week 7 Final Thoughts

Let me be the first to say Congrats to Wolcott and their "anonymous" friend. Great Job. Having said that, if the two teams were playing again tomorrow, I would pick the same way. Ansonia wins big and shuts me up again. I took a shot on that one, what do you wnat me to say! HC - Woodland was down right ugly. HC did nothing after their first drive except perfect their punting game. Woodland dominated them most of the game, but shot themselves in the foot over and over again inside the 20. HC made it happen in OT and won the game fair and square. I don't have too much info on the other games, please fill me in.

Week 7 Picks

Ansonia @ Watertown
I'm calling this one as the upset of the week. Not because I think Watertown is a better team, but because Watertown has done it before to Ansonia. Kris1, I'm sure you will let me know how foolish I am on Saturday. Watertown 35 Ansonia 28.

Crosby @ Wolcott
Crosby by 30. Nuff Said.

H.C. @ Woodland
The Hawks are going to pound the private school princess'. HC is bad and Woodland gets better. WRHS 35 HC 7

S. H. @ Kennedy (sat)
0-0 Tie

Torrington @ Naugatuck
Naugatuck has no business losing this game, but with Plasky at the helm anything is possible.
THS 28 Naugy 6.

Wilby @ Seymour
SEYMOUR!!!!!

P.S. Fainer opened his blog back up. Does it remind you of anything? He made it just like this blog. What a clown.

Week 6 In Review

Watertown smoked Sacred Heart. You have to wonder what's going on with the Hearts. They have very good talent, a coach with an impressive resume and yet they can't win a game. Someone please tell me what is going on over there.
Ansonia did what they do.....win big. Can Crosby de-thrown Ansonia or will Seymour be left to do it in Week 10? From what I understand, Holy Cross should be a hospital not a High School. Rumors have them plagued with injuries including Ewald and Cronin. I hope those two young men are OK, but let's be honest, HC stinks with or without injuries.
Crosby rolled by Naugy with ease. Naugy is BAD. It almost appears that they draw each play and formation in the dirt two seconds before they run it. What is Plasky doing? Crosby looked decent, but I have to say that they are not as good as the hype. They make alot of mistakes and do not seem like they understand the philosophy of a spread offense. They are very vulnerable on defense as well. This team will win games given the state of affairs in the NVL this year, but if you place them in the league 3 or 4 years ago playing against the better Ansonia, Woodland, Seymour and Holy Cross teams, they would be 6-4.
Seymour thumped Kennedy, what did you expect. I mean, this Osiecki kid is running, catching and throwing TD's. I never like to pick against Ansonia, but I think this might be the year Seymour thumps them. We'll see, that's for sure.
Finally, the last game of the week that took place Saturday afternoon. Woodland beat Wilby 21-6 in game that I heard was very slow going. Rumor also has it that Woodland's starting QB is out with a broken collarbone. Don't know how true, but that's what I heard. If so, this should make it pretty interesting next week when the Hawks take on the Crusaders.
I'm sure some of you disagree with some of the things I've said here. Let me have it, that's why we blog!

NFRT Game of the Week

Wolcott @ Torrington is going to be the best match up we see this week. Two very evenly paired teams in my book. Wolcott has shown improvement but has not come close to playing with the big boys. Torrington is better than their record shows and they play teams hard. Stay tuned for my Week #6 picks. I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys too.

The strong survive in Week 5

Most of us called it and Seymour made it happen. Let's face it, Crosby had little chance of winning this game and with the loss, critics can still say "What have they done?" Anyone that picked Seymour to win based their decision on defense and rightfully so. Seymour's defense held Crosby to 34 rushing yards and allowed Gondek to complete only 40% of his passes and picked him once. Not to mention, Crosby only had 177 yards passing, way less than they have been averaging. Seymour is a good team and Crosby just isn't ready for big time games. With a most likely loss to Ansonia, I think it is safe to say that Crosby is no longer in contention for the NVL. They are still sitting at #5 in the L point standings, but......?
HOLY COW! I mean Holy Cross. I think I'm going to set up a poll to see how many people were actually surprised by this. I know I wasn't
Another team that is proving it is not ready to take on the big boys is Wolcott. Improved yes, ready no.
Torrington and Woodland sounds like it was a great a game. The paper says that Woodland scored with less than 5 minutes left to take the lead. Woodland is showing signs of life and Torrington is sending the "Watch Out" message for the next few seasons.
I would like to hear from you guys about these games and the others. Let's have it.

NFRT "Game of the Week" Seymour vs. Crosby

Seymour vs. Crosby is, in my opinion, is the biggest game of the regular season for the NVL so far. These two teams are each, without argument, a possible NVL Champion. Seymour, Ansonia and Crosby are all in the Brass Division. This means that they only get one shot at each other with no second chance in the NVL Title Game. The winner of this game will be playing Ansonia for the title in the regular season. Let's be honest, who from the Copper will beat either team in the "actual" title game?

Week #5 Picks

Here are the games in Week 5. I will hold off on my picks until later in the week, but I wanted to start a topic page for you guys now.

Kennedy @ Holy Cross
Naugy @ Sacred Heart
Seymour @ Crosby
Watertown @ Wilby
Wolcott @ Ansonia
Woodland @ Torrington

Why they are the "Top 3"

The reason I put Ansonia at #1, in my opinion, is obvious. They started the season with two consecutive state championships and have not lost a game since Woodland beat them in 2005. Although they are clearly not as dominating as the past two years, they've shown no reason why they aren't the #1 team in the NVL. I do think they are beatable and I am predicting at least 1 loss for them this season, Seymour or Crosby. My gut tells me that Crosby will probably be the team to do it, but I also think that coaching matters and Seymour definitely trumps Crosby in that aspect. They will remain #1 for now.
Seymour is #2 because, like Ansonia, they are coming off a championship season and remain undefeated this year. Seymour is always strong and let's face it, Spoony and Kelo get it done. Until they lose I like them as #2.
Crosby, Crosby, Crosby. I don't know what to think. I've heard the hype before and have never witnessed them prove anything. However, they are undefeated and they seem to be handling teams well. The HC game was close because of the conditions, but if it were a dry night they might have hung 50 on them. Until they beat a "top tier" team I will leave them at #3.

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OK, nuff said about that. Week 4, in my opinion, brought us no surprises. I would like to start with the Watertown - Holy Cross game. Watertown handed Holy Cross their third loss of the season with a score of 28-6. I wasn't at the game, but I heard from others that Watertown handled HC pretty easily in all facets of the game. I think it is fair to say that the "fortunate" years of Mulrooney are gone and like before them, won't be back for a long time. Let's be honest, HC has never been a perennial power and never will be. Watertow, while always a sound team at best, is certainly enjoying a year of average teams in the NVL.

Ansonia started a little slow last night against Woodland, who scored first in this one, but eventually pulled away and did not allow Woodland another score. Ansonia is a good team, but they are not remotely reminiscent of the past two seasons. This team can be beat and with teams like Seymour and Crosby performing the way they are, Ansonia might be de-throwned this year. Woodland is still having trouble getting their offense going. They scored pretty easily in the first quarter and never really got anything else going. What is in the future for the Hawks?

Another game I found amusement in is the Seymour - Naugy game. Can someone please tell me why Plasky is still the coach. This is an L school losing teams with half the athlete pool and finding their only win against Kennedy IN OVERTIME. Seymour was supposed to be down after last year, but it looks to me like Oscieki is putting this team on his back and making a real run for it.

Crosby pounded Sacred Heart. I don't mean this as a dig, but I need some of you Crosby guys to let me know if this team is for real or if the record is only indicative of the teams they've played thus far. Sacred Heart is awful.

The last game I'm going to comment on is Wolcott - Kennedy. I really believe that Wolcott's record of 3-1 is not any major accomplishment yet. The only team they've played is Seymour and the Wildcats showed the Eagles that They are not ready for big games.

I will leave the rest of the games open for your comments as well as what I have already jotted down here. I hope to see you all posting here soon. GO NVL!!