Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut and because we live in Connecticut, and we're fast approaching the last Thursday in November, everybody should know what that means.Yes, turkeys, it's Thanksgiving Football Week in Connecticut, the final regular season game of the year. It's a time to come home home, get the fam or the gang together and head out to your favorite high school football game, whatever it might be called — The Route 83 Bowl, the Turkey Bowl, the Green Bowl, the Elm City Bowl, The Battle for the Bell or the Battle for the Sword... whatever. There's always something to whet your appetite Thanksgiving morning. And of course Thanksgiving week means copious amount of playoff math, which begets playoff scenarios. Many, many playoff scenarios.Because time is precious and short, Thanksgiving Week also means our annual hybrid episode, combining the Meat Grinder with the weekly Pick'ems Podcast!So if you're not one of the lucky contestants to be playing this week, pull up a chair, kick back and relax. We've got everything you need to know, and then some. We start off with the usual, a breakdown of the latest GameTimeCT 10 poll, followed by a complete run down of all the teams vying for playoff spots. There are only 16 of 48 spots remaining and we'll tell you who needs what to keep playing next week. We also recap some of last week's big games with playoff implications, including Hand-Sheehan and South Windsor-Enfield. SPB also recaps two of last week's WILD NEPSAC Bowl games — Cheshire Academy's late rally past Avon Old Farms and Hamden Hall's thrilling conclusion to its Bowl game vs. Dexter Southfield-Mass.And, finally, treat yourself to a full hour of Thanksgiving high school football picks. We're picking 20 games, including some of the week's biggest. So, Happy Thanksgiving to all. We do hope you will join us.RUNDOWN0:00 — Introduction1:25 — It's Thanksgiving Football Week 2023!7:13 — Wilton gets defensive with Shelton8:25 — The Latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll (Windsor rips Bloomfield)11:40 — Class S playoff situation13:02 — Class SS playoff situation14:23 — Hand tops Sheehan to qualify in Class M17:13 — Class M playoff situation18:00 — Class MM playoff situation19:59 — Class L playoff situation: South Windsor knocks off Enfield to qualify23:57 — Class LL playoff situation (Fairfield Prep getting closer)25:59 — NEPSAC Bowls: Late TD propels Cheshire Academy over Avon Old Farms.32:12 — NEPSAC Bowls: Hamden Hall holds off Dexter Southfield on final play37:40 — THE PICKEM PODCAST39:56 — Masuk at Newtown43:27 — Prep at West Haven45:58 — NWU at ATI48:07 — Staples at Greenwich51:00 — Guilford at Hand55:16 — North Branford at Coginchaug57:06 — Fitch at Ledyard58:36 — NFA at New London1:00:41 — Darien at New Canaan1:04:24 — Naugatuck at Ansonia1:09:04 — Green Bowl: NDWH at Hamden1:12:27 — Stratford at Bunnell1:14:41 — Central at Harding1:16:21 — Cheshire at Southington1:21:50 — Hartford Public at Weaver1:23:18 — Battle for the Bell: Bristol Eastern v. Bristol Central1:25:34 — Stoddard Bowl: Platt vs. Maloney1:28:01 — Rumble in Trumbull: St. Joseph at Trumbull1:30:15 — Elm City Bowl: Hillhouse at Cross1:32:40 — Carini Bowl: Sheehan at Lyman HallLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices