FCIAC Football Blog

Did you miss FCIAC Football Blog LIVE last night? Of course you did, it was at 6 p.m., so you were probably either practicing or driving home from work… Stupid Internet and its limitations… Anyway, here’s what you missed: Matt Levine of WSTC/WNLK, John Nash of Stamford Times/Wilton Villager and I talked about the upcoming New Canaan-Bridgeport Central and Staples-Trumbull games, and how we think the FCIAC title game is going to shape up.

Here’s the file, should you want to play it on your MP3 player, turntable or transistor radio: FCIAC Football Blog LIVE, Nov. 12, 2009

Once you see King School in action, you become one of the converted. You go from thinking King competes against a bunch of weak teams in the Fairchester Athletic Association to realizing that not only is the talent level on par with the FCIAC but that players like Silas Redd are getting a full ride to Penn State for a reason.

John Nash, sports editor of The Stamford Times, got to see King for himself for the first time yesterday, when the Vikings defeated Hamden Hall 45-20. He also saw Redd pick up some hard-earned yardage – 356 of them – and six touchdowns.

Here’s how Nash answered the question: How would King do if it competed in the FCIAC?

By the way, here’s what Nash wrote yesterday about the game:

• I have drank the Kool-Aid, and it was Redd
• Silas Redd is King’s running royalty

Woke up this morning with an unexpected surprise in my Google Analytics: A considerable number of traffic coming in from blogs.wiltonvillager.com. Thanks, John Nash, for the shout out from the Wilton Villager’s Warrior Nation blog. BTW, Nash does triple-duty as the sports editors at the Wilton Villager and Stamford Times (and actively blogs and shoots for both, and heads up those papers’ social media efforts) and writes for The Hour. So he’s a pretty busy guy.

Speaking of surprises, Nash filed this post on Wilton’s impromptu scrimmage Saturday against Bridgeport Central. Wilton players had no idea this was going to happen, though Friday at the Hilltoppers’ final conditioning practice of the summer, Central was getting fired up.

Maybe Central had an unfair mental advantage (one account of the game was a 56-21 win by Central), but according to Nash’s post, that’s what first-year head coach Bruce Cunningham’s mission was. Makes sense.

By Tim Parry

Darien RB-LB Nikki Dysenchuk and Bunnell QB Chris Sloat are the BlueStreak Sports Training Fairfield County co-Players of the Week for Week 6 of the 2008 season.

It’s the second time Dysenchuk shared the award, and he is the second two-time recipient of the hardware. Dysenchuk received it in Week 5 last year, 368 days ago. This time it was for 204-yard and 4 touchdown rushing performance in the undefeated Blue Wave’s 41-14 win over Wilton, in which he also intercepted a pass and had a 27 yard reception.

Sloat receives his first award for his performance in a 38-20 win over Notre Dame-Fairfield. he threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns, and only played in the first half of that game.

This week’s runner-up was Matt Grant, WR-DB from Greenwich. He had eight catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns, and two fourth-down tackles that ended drives in the Cardinals’ 13-7 win over Trumbull.

Also nominated in Week 6: John Aminti, Newtown; Nick DeRubio, New Canaan; Camryn Ferrara, Greenwich; Tom McNamara, Warde; Jimmy O’Dea, Ridgefield; John Schule, Trinity Catholic; and Kyle Vacca, Brookfield.

Voting media members included: Rob Adams (WGCH-AM), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Jon Chik (Norwalk Citizen-News), Scott Ferrari (Greenwich Citizen), Andy Hutchison (Newtown Bee), Jason A. Intrieri (FCIAC Football Blog Live), Ken Morse (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), John Nash (The Stamford Times), Matt Norlander (New Canaan News-Review), Eliot Schickler (Westport News), Dave Stewart (New Canaan Advertiser), Rob Sullivan (Minuteman Newspapers/Bridgeport Banner), Michael Suppe (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers).

… it’s Bowley, Callahan and Nash.

Not the law firm, not the rock group. Sean Patrick Bowley of the Connecticut Post, Ridgefield football coach Kevin Callahan and John Nash of the Wilton Villager and Stamford Times.

Bowley is coming on to talk about the Brookfield-Masuk battle of the SWC undefeateds, won by Brookfield on the road.

Callahan has what may be the hottest team in the FCIAC: A week after manhandling Staples, Ridgefield pulls off an emotional upset against Greenwich.

And Nash will come on to talk about what could be the FCIAC’s most overlooked team, undefeated Wilton.

The fun all starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at http://blogtalkradio.com/fciacfootballblog. See you then, or come back for the replay.