You can find more info about the tournament in this earlier post, including a roster of teams that have committed.

If you have any questions or would like to get your team involved, check out BigSkillsClinnic.com or e-mail Joe Bouffard at coachbouf@yahoo.com or John Marinelli at john.l.marinelli@gmail.com. The tournament is presented by BlueStreak Sports Training and the FCIAC Football Blog.

The problem is, I can’t do it on my own. I work a full-time job, and I’m committed to a 50-hour workweek. But if you’re interested – or know anyone who is interested – in selling ads on commission, I’m all ears. Here’s the information.

I’m not looking to make millions here. I just want to make back what I invested (even though when you consider the time commitment over the past five years, it really could be millions!).

Though I should quote Robbie Hart from The Wedding Singer: “Don’t wanna live in my sister’s basement anymore. I wanna get a big house, have some security. Can’t do that doin’ favors for people all the time, gettin’ paid in meatballs.”

Now, I have to warn any prospective salespeople: My ad rates are pretty inexpensive. On the positive side, they are pretty much priced to sell, so if you hustle, you can make yourself a few bucks.

So if you are interested in selling, or if you own a business and want to advertise on the blog, drop me a note at tim@fciacfootballblog.com.

Here’s a list of who is participating and who is not.

I’m a fan of spring football, as a former player who got some work in because a lot of his teammates were still playing baseball and lacrosse and therefore were’ allowed to put the pads on yet. I think it gives some players a chance to work with the first or second teams who may not get that chance in the fall.

But I can understand why coaches would elect the five additional days in August. By then you know you have your entire team together and ready to work as one unit.

I just hope I get a chance to catch a practice or intersquad scrimmage this spring. It’s a busy time at the day job, and that includes a bit of travel the next few weeks.

What’s your take? Do you prefer spring football, or do you wish your school was taking the spring off?

Guy Fortt, who is co-host of the event, sent me a list of registrants this morning. Here’s a quick rundown of local athletes who have RSVP’d:

Quarterbacks:
Boeing Brown, Brookfield
Joe Della Vecchia, St. Joseph
Jalen Holmes, Vermont Academy (Stamford)

Linebackers:
Josh Buffaloe, Stamford
Deven Diaz, Oxford
William Dwinells, St. Joseph
Tyler Matakevich, St. Joseph
Shane Nastahowski, Greenwich
Tyler Zaro, Trinity Catholic

Running Backs:
Max Reyes, King

Defensive Linemen:
Rashid Williams, Bridgeport Central
Brandon Williams, Bassick

Offensive Linemen:
Nick Adzima, St. Joseph
Tyler Barr, Trumbull

Defensive Backs:
Chris Andrew, St. Joseph
Marc Lugo, Brien McMahon
Devaghn Millington, Proctor Academy (Ridgefield)
Keith Oliver, Bassick
Noel Thomas, Norwalk
Jacqui Tuck, Bassick

Wide Receivers and Tight Ends:
Tre Crumbley, Trinity Catholic
Habib Edem, Westhill
Kevin Macari, New Canaan
Jason Mawicke, St. Joseph
Shawn Robinson, Trinity Catholic

If you knew how many hours a week I dealt with aggravation from forces that are out of my control, you’d understand. If you knew how helpless I’ve felt to not be able to generate revenue from this project (yeah, having a full-time career gets in the way of selling ad space), you’d understand. If you knew the frustration of using the site to raise money and awareness for charity and then seeing zero dollars raised (see “Player of the Year voting,”) you’d definitely understand. If you saw how quiet the coaching community was when I sent them an e-mail about the recent relaunch, you’d especially understand.

But I don’t want to throw anyone under the bus for my own inability to turn this into the best Website it could be (I’ll take the high road like my friend Rob Adams and throw out a “Rule 55″).

Based on page visitors, the number of registered users, the in-season interest, this site has the potential to be a goldmine. Hopefully someone will see that value and help me support my family.

Despite everything going on outside my control, this site has had a great five-season run. I’d told a few people of my decision to sell (or shut down), and they understand. But they are also proud of what I’ve done to change the way high school football is covered in Fairfield County – even the State of Connecticut.

The FCIAC Football Blog led the online revolution, and everyone scrambled to keep the pace.

Hopefully someone will pick up this ball of gold and run with it. If you’re interested, e-mail me at tim@fciacfootballblog.com.

Buddypress and bbPress have been activated, as has a new template that supports the changes. If you’ve ever registered with the FCIAC Football Blog, then your login works here. You can create and join groups, start up your own conversation on the forums and (though it’s not working yet for IE users) you can connect to the Blog using Facebook. And what do you know… Commenting has been turned back on (just stay classy, people!).

Let this be your high school football playground. Sure, I own the URL and pay for the hosting and make zero dollars off this thing. But in reality, the site is all about the players and the fans.

Come surf around. There’s still a few kinks to work out, and you can let me know if something’s just not working.

Then at 2 p.m. on ESPN2, the Penn State Blue-White game. That’s where you can get your first glimpse of King’s Silas Redd and Stamford’s Khairi Fortt as Nittany Lions.

On Sept. 16, Wilton travels to Trumbull for a 6 p.m. game. McMahon visits Danbury and Stamford travels to Ridgefield for 7 p.m. starts, and the time for the Greenwich game at Norwalk has not been set.

The schedule on the CIAC Website is not complete though: According to that, Central at Ludlowe, Harding at Westhill, New Canaan at Bassick and Trinity Catholic at Staples are all being held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and those games are likely to be moved to Thursday night or Friday before sundown.

Bye-weeks also do not appear to be filled in on the master schedule. For example, New Canaan has a bye the weekend of Oct. 16, the week it played Seymour last season. However, Seymour’s schedule indicates a road trip to New Canaan the night of Oct. 15.

Other non-league games that appear of individual team schedules include:

• McMahon at Capital Prep, Nov. 19
• Red Lion Christian Academy of Delaware at Darien, Oct. 23
• Ridgefield at Wilbur Cross, Oct. 9
• Trinity Catholic at North Haven, Oct. 29
• Wilton at New London, Oct. 1

The 36 scholar-athletes will be honored at a banquet on April 27.

The 2010 scholar-athletes are:

Tyler Colby, Barlow
Antonio Lopez, Bassick
Pete Gallagher, Bethel
Dominick Luckey, Bridgeport Central
Robert Murray, Brookfield
Brett Moscati, Brunswick
Mike Szpara, Bunnell
Alex Lord, Canterbury
Nick Todman, Danbury
Dan Glockler, Darien
Jack Zimmerman, Greenwich
Rayan Graham, Harding
Brendan Bader, Immaculate
Eric Bannerot, King
Zach Segala, Ludlowe
Alex Trump, Masuk
Jeffrey Starr, McMahon
Joe Dobbins, Notre Dame-Fairfield
John Sullivan, New Canaan
Anthony Biraglia, New Fairfield
Kevin Eherts, New Milford
Kyle O’Connor, Newtown
Andrew Krasnavage, Norwalk
Wade McNamara, Pomperaug
Casey McKnight, Ridgefield
Erik Cranston, St. Joseph
Andrew Bradley, St. Luke’s
Alex Watson, Stamford
Ryan Vaughn, Staples
Jake Grom, Stratford
R.J. Calo, Trinity Catholic
Jeff John, Trumbull
Jon Bowers, Warde
John Andrianos, Westhill
Tom Furbee, Weston
Jackson Wilbur, Wilton