Thanksgiving is here, but once that’s done, that’s it for Big Central football in 2025, and Mike Pavlichko takes a look back on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!”

On this week’s episode, Mike looks back at tough state semifinal losses for Phillipsburg and Bridgewater-Raritan, while teasing the Stateliners’ game against Easton on Turkey Day, and the final Thanksgiving Day game between Roselle and Roselle Park – of which, Marcus Borden will have coverage on Twitter!

All on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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Championship Weekend is behind is – the Big Central won two titles with Bridgewater-Raritan and Phillipsburg claiming titles – and Mike Pavlichko look back on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!”

On this week’s episode, Mike recognizes Old Bridge, New Providence and Summit on their excellent seasons that ended with title game defeats, as well as Montgomery, which made its first ever appearance in a sectional final, then looks at the wins for the Panthers and Stateliners!

All on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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Here we are – Championship Weekend! Six Big Central teams will vie for five titles this Friday night – with one guaranteed winner – Mike Pavlichko takes a quick look on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!”

On this week’s episode, Mike gives one last take on the ridiculousness of the seeding procedure – a team South of Philly in Central Jersey Group 5? – then gives a quick look at each of the five finals involving area teams, with Bridgewater-Raritan, Old Bridge, Phillipsburg, Montgomery, Summit and New Providence all playing for sectional titles.

All on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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The playoffs are here, and Mike Pavlichko takes a quick look on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!”

On this week’s episode, a thought about playoff upsets for Somerville and Bernards, a look at a guaranteed champ in North 2 Group 4, congrats the Manville on its first playoff win, we look at the unbeatens and celebrate the end of a 32-game losing streak!

All that and more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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The playoffs are here, and Mike Pavlichko takes a quick look on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in 2 Minutes!”

On this week’s episode, a quick note about the fist two seeds, and a note about the best combined year for the Woodbridge schools – Woodbridge, Colonia, and JFK – having their best season since 2014! Then, we look at some key playoff matchups, including “The Russo Bowl” and our two live broadcasts this weekend.

All that and more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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It’s Week 8 – Cutoff Weekend – in high school football across New Jersey, and this is the week where everyone finds out if they’ll get in the playoffs, and where!

On this week’s episode, a couple of quick thoughts on St. Joseph and New Providence – two of the league’s four unbeaten teams left, along with Bernards and Manville – and give a quick primer on what you need to know heading into Cutoff Weekend, including eight teams either in line for or in the running for a top seed in the playoffs.

All that and more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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It’s Week 7 in high school football across the great Garden State, which means after this weekend, we’re up to Cutoff Weekend! The SI numbers lock in, and we see who’s going to make the state playoffs.

On this week’s episode, we look at who’s in position for a top-seed, who looks like they’re solidly in, and who has some work to do to stay – or get – on the right side of the playoff bubble.

All that and more on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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We just keep barreling toward Cutoff Weekend in high school football in New Jersey, and it’s down to crunch time for a number of teams. Hillsborough took that to heart this weekend. They brought a 1-4 record into Westfield for a Saturday matinee and fell behind 14-0 after six minutes, but rallied to score five straight touchdowns and six of the next seven to win 41-21 in a game that, by the second half, seemed readily in hand.

And yet, other teams are surviving. Highland Park is 2-3, but three spots into the playoffs after not qualifying last year with a 6-3 mark. Whether they make it remains to be seen.

We talk about all of that, go through the eight unbeaten teams left in the BCC, and more, on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!

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It’s official: we’ve reached the halfway point of the season for everyone in New Jersey high school football, and the Big Central still has nine undefeated teams. Five are in the top ten, but the other four are still looking very good.

Elswewhere around the league, Brearley has all of a sudden won two straight after snapping a 14-game skid last week, and Bound Brook is 4-1 for the first time since 2020, but three of their last four opponents are undefeated this season. We also talk about how the playoff formula is working so far, Friday’s “Belllamy & Son Paving Big Central Game of the Week,” and more… on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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The newest coaches in the Big Central Conference continue to get their first wins for their new schools, with four turning the trick this past week, including Zack Gega of East Brunswick, Elliot Platt of Brearley, Mark Ciccotelli at Linden and Isa Abdul-Quddus at Hillside.

There was plenty more going on around the league, as reporter Mike Pavlichko takes a closer look at all that and much more – including a look at this Friday’s Bellamy & Son paving Game of the Week and a peek at how the playoffs will look under the NJSIAA’s newest tweak to the process for 2025 – on this week’s edition of “The Big Central in Two Minutes!”

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