Craig Bruno, Week 7 Postgame

Bunnell improved to 8-0 today with a 41-0 win over Immaculate. Just this past Sunday, it was a convincing 35-14 win for the Bulldogs.

I had this video in waiting since then. It's Craig Bruno, postgame against the Nighthawks, talking about his team's performance.

Press Clippings: Nov. 3

Who would have thought that Brookfield would take down Pomperaug? Especially a week after Pomperaug's fantastic finish against Stratford?

Here's today's clips:

• (News-Times) Brookfield stuns Pomperaug
• (News-Times) Rebels run past Notre Dame
• (The Hour) Weston overwhelmed by Stratford

Clip of the Week Contest for Week 8

Are you ready to vote for the Clip of the Week? Of course you are!

Week 8 brings us a lot of video from the Westhill-Ridgefield game, which was played Saturday. Maybe it's because there were a lot of enthusiastic shooters there, or maybe because it was the only place where cameras stayed dry?

Just remember, enter, and you can win a t-shirt from our sponsor, Digital Sports Video. All you need to do is submit a clip from an FCIAC or SWC game played over the weekend by midnight Monday. Either send the clip to clip@fciacfootballblog.com, or tell us where it's hosted (YouTube, etc.)

But for now, all you can do is vote. So let's get to it!

Clip1: Adler Floiran's Interception in the end zone to prevent a touchdown



Clip 2: Matt Eydt tips the ball over the defender and into the hands of Ryan Kilbane


Clip 3: TJ Hickey throws to Sean Moynihan for a 34yd TD



Clip 4: Danny Berisha's 83yd run up the middle for a TD



Clip 5: Danny Molina gets the Hammer Award

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The Day of New London Top 10 state coaches football poll

First-place votes in parentheses, record, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis and last week’s ranking:

1. Ansonia (10) 7-0 382 1
2. Greenwich (2) 7-0 366 2
3. Southington (1) 7-0 298 3
4. Hand-Madison 7-0 290 5
5. Staples-Westport 6-0 289 4
6. Bunnell-Stratford 7-0 267 6
7. New London 7-0 238 7
8. Bristol Eastern 7-0 148 10
9. Masuk-Monroe 6-1 134 NR
10. Shelton 6-1 122 9

Dropped out: Stratford (8).

Also receiving votes: Tie, Bridgeport Central (5-1) and Weaver-Hartford (6-0), 115; New Canaan (6-1), 96; Seymour (7-0), 88; Cromwell (7-0), 70; New Britain (6-1), 63; Woodland-Beacon Falls (6-1), 42; Conard-West Hartford (6-1), 40; Pomperaug-Southbury (6-1), 35; Stratford (6-1), 32; Ledyard (5-1), 25; Fairfield Prep (5-2), 22; Berlin (6-1), 18; Northwest Catholic-West Hartford (5-2), 11; Middletown (6-1), 9.

The following coaches voted: Chris Anderson, Woodland-Beacon Falls; Jim Buonocore, Fitch; Dave Cadelina, Bridgeport Central; John DeCaprio, Notre Dame-West Haven; Chuck Drury, Pomperaug-Southbury; Steve Filippone, Hand-Madison; Tanner Grove, Montville; Jude Kelly, St. Paul-Bristol; Tim King, Valley Regional-Deep River; Bill Mella, Southington; John Murphy, Masuk-Monroe; Marce Petroccio, Staples-Westport; Bob Zito, Maloney-Meriden.

Clip of the Week Contest: Can You Beat This?

Tough one to beat, only because of how crazy a play this was. Trinity vs. Millsaps in a D-III game played Saturday down in Texas.

But it doesn't mean you can't enter the contest this week. e-mail your best clip from this past weekend's SWC or FCIAC games (or tell up where we can find it on YouTube, etc.) and you can win a t-shirt from our sponsor, Digital Sports Video.

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How Do You Stop Bunnell's Offense?

The simple answer: You don't. You can only hope to slow it down.

Yesterday is the second time I got to see the Bulldogs this season. Third if you count the scrimmage against Trumbull. And to be honest, I think their offense is the toughest in the state to stop right now.

Yes, yesterday Newtown stopped Bunnell on a goal-line stand, and on Bunnell's first possession of the game. But no one is consistently keeping the Bulldogs out of the end zone.

Michael Easley and Mark Harrison are big, physical bookends, and you can't double cover both. If you do, QB Chris Sloat is going to take off and run, or hand the ball to Mario Guerrero or Oliver Aurelia and have them smash the ball up the middle. And of course, if you stack eight in the box to stop the run, you leave Sloat's weapons wide open.

Maybe it won't look as easy when Bunnell plays for the SWC championship, or Stratford, or in the Class L playoffs ...

Lens Envy: Stratford at Pomperaug

Sean Patrick Bowley at The Post says he doesn't have lens envy. Heck, I do. Just check out the video Ben Talbott's company, Bird's Eye Sports, shot at the Stratford-Pomperaug game on Friday night. I thought I'd be groundbreaking this season with a $300 camera... no dice! All it did was get wet at the FCIAC game I did.

The 3 OT classic puts Pomperaug in a three-way tie for second with Stratford and Masuk. I do not know how Bunnell's opponent in the SWC championship game (face it, they are not losing). But Pomperaug defeated Stratford, and Masuk defeated Pomperaug. So my guess in Masuk gets it? If anyone knows how it works, please leave a comment.