Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut. It's time for the CIAC championships! The schedule is set for Saturday, and all that's left is for the teams to battle it out and see who will be crowned a state champion. But first, we'll recap how we got to these final pairings after a wild day of semifinals that featured blowouts, upsets and down-to-the-wire finishes. After we break down each final pairing, we'll give our predictions on who will win. Rundown: 0:00 - Intro 3:38 - CIAC Championship schedule 10:18 - CIAC Semifinal summary 17:30 - Class LL Semifinal recap 19:40 - Class LL bracket + picks 24:00 - Class L Semifinal recap 28:39 - Class L bracket + picks 33:57 - Class MM Semifinal recap 40:10 - Class MM bracket + picks 44:45 - Class M Semifinal recap 53:55 - Class MM bracket + picks 59:35 - Class SS Semifinal recap 1:01:06 - Class SS bracket + picks 1:08:20 - Class S Semifinal recap 1:09:58 - Class S bracket + picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices