Courtesy: The Weather Channel
Attention FCIAC:
Ummm…. Can we seriously reconsider this insane FCIAC Thursday-Tuesday arrangement on the off chance that we get hit by A BLIZZARD on Thursday?
Exhibit A: Photo above.
Stop the madness.
Allow the teams to play their Week 9 games as planned this coming weekend, which will allow time for our towns to also recover from a potential snowstorm.
Then take these Week 8 games, put them on the week of Nov. 17 and stop trying to shoehorn an FCIAC championship game in there just because Trinity still has a shot to make it (and you might make some extra cash.)
We all feel for Trinity. But this is real life. We just got hit by a hurricane, or a superstorm or whatever they’re calling it. Our shorelines are devastated. Fairfield, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Trumbull… they haven’t had school all week.
St. Joseph and Bassick can’t find a field with lights on which to play Thursday.
More than half your schools haven’t held a legit practice in almost a week.
Now, before we really get a chance to catch our breath, we could be slammed by another storm come Thursday — the same day you want everyone to play Week 8.
It’s time to ditch this crazy notion that we might play an FCIAC championship separate from Thanksgiving.
It’s time to do right.
It’s time to follow the lead of the SWC.
Dump the game before there’s no more time to play any regular-season games.
Time is running short.
Act now.
Truly your greatest piece in all the years I have been following high school football…FCAIC championship game,get real, look at real life issues as you stated and do the right g.. damn thing for god’s sake…There is more to life than an FCIAC championship game…like not making teams play so many games in such a short period of time…As I posted in a related article earlier today,, I can’t believe the so called smart FFld county leaders of our youth could possibly due this to the student/athletes…It is very selfish and possibly harmful to them..The FCIAC gov board should be ashamed of themselves ….Also as I stated, I can’t believe the CIAC would allow this buffoonery to take place…The CIAC governing board is a total joke with the dollar first in mind and student safety second…I’m ashamed to be a CT resident for many reasons but this takes the cake…PS I am from the valley so shouldn’t give two craps about what happens down there,,,but for the students sake I do and am appalled by this ridiculous scheduling fiasco
Sean is right we need to act now and try to avoid losing the rest of the season. The Playoffs can’t wait around for the weather to get any better. Lets put our heads together and stop all this nonsense, if we do get hit with a snow storm this week where will we go from there ?
Also, I just ran the FCIAC point forecast model … if both Greenwich and Trinity go undefeated, then it looks like Greenwich will out-pointed Trinity by 132.50 vs 132.22. It appears to be determined by the following 3 games:
Warde vs Wilton
Ludlowe vs Norwalk
McMahon vs Stamford
The model assumes Wilton, Norwalk and McMahon are the winners. Either Warde or Stamford must win or Trinity is likely out of the title game even if they go undefeated.
If we go through all this Thursday/Tuesday angst and then Trinity gets out-pointed by Greenwich anyway … UGH!!!
Sean is right, adopt the SWC approach.
Just saying…but this is New England, Connecticut, and the FCIAC…Traditions can sometimes be hard, or impossible to break or make die…I know that you know that, It’s still our “land of the free”…Especially, of all the critics LOL…
Xavier at Shelton Oct 3, 2012 6 or 7 PM…Allright!!..Hoping for a good game….
But if we get snow games, we could finally see some defense being played.
THIS CAN ALL BE RESOLVED VERY EASY. MOVE WEEK 8 TO SAT 11/10 AND WEEK 9 TO 11/17. THIS WILL ONLY EFFECT 2 GAMES. PLAY THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON THURS. 11/22 AT 6PM. THAT WILL BOOST THE ATTENDANCE FOR THE GAME ALSO, IT WILL BE LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHEN BOYLE STADIUM USE TO BE FULL. THE OPPONENTS OF THE 2 TEAMS SCHEDULE GAME WILL THEN PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE MORNING TIME SLOT.THIS IS A MUCH BETTER PLAN THAN DISRUPTING EVERY TEAM IN THE FCIAC, ALSO IT KEEP THE STUDETS IN CLASS WERE THE BELONG.
Just read that the Greenwich Public Schools “will remain closed through at least Tuesday” with 1/3 of the town still out of power, and with some roads not cleared enough yet for the school busses…With a Nor’Easter forcasted for Wednesday/Thursday, how’s Norwalk’s infrastructure looking for a 7PM game Thursday Night at Brien McMahon?…
@Marathon Yeah I agree I know that I would be irritated for not having energy while 2/3 of the town does