Watch the Week 9 Playoff Edition SSI Football Podcast featuring Brick and Freehold Township
The Week 9 edition of the SSI Football Podcast featured two Shore Conference teams preparing for the state playoffs, as Brick and Freehold Township joined SSI at Meadow 28 in Farmingdale.
Shore Sports Insider’s Dan Yeserski and Dave Smith welcomed Brick head coach Jay Graber and senior quarterback Rowan Foy followed by Freehold Township head coach Cory Davies and senior quarterback Dakota Lasater.
Brick is headed to the postseason for the first time in seven years after closing out the regular season with a 21-3 victory over Lacey to finish 5-4. The Green Dragons earned the No. 5 seed in Central Jersey Group 3 and will travel to fourth-seeded Burlington Township in the opening round.
Freehold Township enters the playoffs riding the momentum of one of the Shore Conference’s biggest upsets of the season. The Patriots erased a 22-0 deficit to stun previously unbeaten Middletown North, 43-42, and secured the No. 5 seed in Central Jersey Group 5. They will open the postseason on the road against fourth-seeded Williamstown.
Yeserski and Smith discussed both teams’ journeys to the postseason, the players who helped lead them there, and the challenges awaiting them in their first-round matchups.
The hosts also recapped the biggest storylines from Week 8, examined the latest Shore Sports Insider Top 12 rankings with Scott Stump, and took an in-depth look at the state playoff brackets alongside special guest Alec Crouthamel, an SSI contributor who works for Central Jersey Sports Radio and On3.com.
