NJ Advance Media's six football reporters, plus host Dan Long, are back on The Jersey Blitz. In the debut episode of Season 2, our crew breaks down all five leagues and previews Week 0 action.

0:00: Intro & Big Central preview

7:16: NJIC preview

17:15: SFC preview

37:07: Shore preview

44:28: WJFL preview

57:30: Previewing Week 0

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In our final episode for the 2024 season, our six football reporters — along with host Dan Long — analyze and review the seven state championship games before talking final thoughts and takeaways from the 2024 season.

State championship recap:

Non-Public A: Bergen Catholic 25, Don Bosco Prep 7

Non-Public B: DePaul 33, Pope John 21

Group 5: Toms River North 41, Union City 14

Group 4: Winslow 35, Phillipsburg 0

Group 3: Old Tappan 28, Mainland 16

Group 2: Rumson-Fair Haven 26, Shabazz 24

Group 1: Glassboro 56, Cedar Grove 14

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Our high school football reporters, along with host Dan Long, preview the seven football state championship games that are scheduled between Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 at MetLife Stadium and SHI Stadium at Rutgers University. From key storylines, a 1 vs. 2 showdown and plenty more, our crew analyzes it all and also offers up their picks for the best Thanksgiving Day games this year.

The rundown of our finals previews:

Non-Public B: DePaul vs. Pope John

Group 5: Toms River North vs. Union City

Group 1: Glassboro vs. Cedar Grove

Non-Public A: Bergen Catholic vs. Don Bosco Prep

Group 3: Old Tappan vs. Mainland

Group 2: Shabazz vs. Rumson-Fair Haven

Group 4: Phillipsburg vs. Winslow

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As the final two weekends of the high school football season approach, our NJ.com football reporters are here to preview all of the action slated for this weekend. But before a look ahead to the 14 state semifinals on the schedule, our crew analyzes two games that could go down as Game of the Year: Union City's wild come-from-behind win over Passaic Tech and Phillipsburg's miraculous win on the leg of a 46-yard field goal as time expired.

Led by host Dan Long, our staff previews the state semifinals in this order:

NON-PUBLIC A

Bergen Catholic vs. St. Joseph (Mont.)

Don Bosco Prep vs. St. Augustine

NON-PUBLIC B

DePaul vs. Holy Spirit

Pope John vs. St. John Vianney

GROUP 5

Union City vs. East Orange

Toms River North vs. Washington Township

GROUP 4

Phillipsburg vs. Ramapo

Millville vs. Winslow

GROUP 3

Old Tappan vs. Pascack Valley

Somerville vs. Mainland

GROUP 2

Shabazz vs. Hanover Park

Point Pleasant Boro vs. Rumson-Fair Haven

GROUP 1

Cedar Grove vs. Butler

Glassboro vs. Woodstown

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Dan Long is joined by Joe Zedalis, Bill Evans, Kevin Minnick and Mike Kinney to preview all 10 of the sectional finals in South and Central Jersey this weekend. We're breaking down:

Central Jersey, Group 5: Washington Township vs. Atlantic City

South Jersey, Group 5: Toms River North vs. Rancocas Valley

Central Jersey, Group 4: Millville vs. Brick Memorial

South Jersey, Group 4: Winslow vs. Shawnee

Central Jersey, Group 3: Somerville vs. Delsea

South Jersey, Group 3: Mainland vs. Seneca

Central Jersey, Group 2: Rumson-Fair Haven vs. Wall

South Jersey, Group 2: Camden vs. Point Pleasant Boro

Central Jersey, Group 1: Woodstown vs. Shore

South Jersey, Group 1: Glassboro vs. Schalick

The episode concludes with our reporters analyzing and identifying the top storylines and games from the Non-Public playoffs this weekend.

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Dan Long is joined by Mike Kinney, Luis Torres and Ryan Patti to break down all 10 of the North Jersey sectional finals slated for this weekend. We're breaking down:

North 1, Group 5: East Orange vs. West Orange

North 2, Group 5: Union City vs. Passaic Tech

North 1, Group 4: Morris Knolls vs. Ramapo

North 2, Group 4: Phillipsburg vs. Northern Highlands

North 1, Group 3: Pascack Valley vs. River Dell

North 2, Group 3: Old Tappan vs. West Essex

North 1, Group 2: Bernards vs. Shabazz

North 2, Group 2: Glen Rock vs. Hanover Park

North 1, Group 1: Butler vs. Mountain Lakes

North 2, Group 1: Cedar Grove vs. New Providence

The podcast wraps up with our three reporters' biggest games and storylines to watch in this weekend's Non-Public playoffs.

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We're breaking down a wild opening weekend of the public school playoffs, led by a handful of underdog teams that turned in surprising upsets. NJ.com beat reporters Luis Torres, Ryan Patti, Mike Kinney, Joe Zedalis, Kevin Minnick and Bill Evans — along with host Dan Long — also break down the sectional semifinals ahead and identify the brackets that could be the most exciting this weekend. Our crew also examines, analyzes and debates the seeds for the Non-Public brackets. We're talking what the committee got right, what they got wrong and how we would have handled it.

Teams mentioned in this episode (listed alphabetically): Atlantic City, Cherokee, Cherry Hill East, Cranford, Delran, Delsea, East Orange, Haddonfield, Hillsborough, Holmdel, Holy Spirit, Hopewell Valley, Jackson Memorial, Mainland, Manchester Township, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Ocean City, Old Tappan, Pequannock, Piscataway, Ramapo, Ridge, Ridgewood, River Dell, Rumson-Fair Haven, Seneca, St. Augustine, St. Peter's Prep, St. Thomas Aquinas, Wall, Washington Township, West Essex, West Morris, West Orange, Woodbury.

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Luis Torres, Ryan Patti and Mike Kinney — along with host Dan Long — analyze all 10 state playoff brackets in North Jersey. From heavy favorites that have legitimate state championship aspirations to brackets filled with multiple title contenders, our crew breaks down all the intriguing storylines and things to know before the playoffs begin.

Teams mentioned in this episode (listed alphabetically): Bayonne, Bernards, Bridgewater-Raritan, Butler, Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Chatham, Cranford, East Orange, Elizabeth, Glen Rock, Hanover Park, Hasbrouck Heights, High Point, Lakeland, Lyndhurst, Madison, Mendham, Montclair, Montville, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Mountain Lakes, New Providence, Northern Highlands, Old Tappan, Pascack Valley, Passaic, Passaic Tech, Passaic Valley, Pequannock, Phillipsburg, Piscataway,, Plainfield, Rahway, Ramapo, Ramsey, Ridge, Ridgewood, Shabazz, Snyder, Sparta, Summit, Union City, Watchung Hills, Wayne Valley, West Essex, West Morris, West Orange, Westfield, Westwood, Woodbridge.

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Bill Evans, Kevin Minnick and Joe Zedalis — along with host Dan Long — analyze all 10 state tournament brackets in South and Central Jersey. From heavy favorites that have legitimate state championship aspirations to underdogs ready to upset a bracket, our crew breaks down all the intriguing storylines and things to know before the playoffs begin.

Teams mentioned in this episode (listed alphabetically): Allentown, Atlantic City, Brick Memorial, Cherry Hill East, Delsea, Eastern, Glassboro, Haddon Township, Holmdel, Mainland, Manchester Township, Middletown North, Millville, Rancocas Valley, Riverside, Rumson-Fair Haven, Shore, Southern, Toms River North, Wall, West Deptford, Winslow, Woodbury.

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The playoffs are nearly here and NJ.com's high school football reporters are here to break down all the action — and what's to come. In this week's episode of The Jersey Blitz, we dive into all of the playoff projections, from the games that matter the most on cutoff weekend to the sections that will be the best come November. We also recap last weekend's chaos with a couple of ranked teams going down and look ahead to this weekend's championship game in the NJIC and a couple of marquee showdowns involving non-public teams.

Teams mentioned in this episode (listed alphabetically): Atlantic City, Becton, Bergen Catholic, Bishop Eustace, Bridgeton, Butler, Caldwell, Camden, Cedar Grove, Chatham, Cherokee, Cherry Hill East, Colonia, Cranford, Delbarton, Delsea, DePaul, Freehold Township, Glen Rock, Hanover Park, High Point, J.P. Stevens, Kingsway, Kipp Cooper Norcross Academy, Lenape Valley, Linden, Livingston, Lyndhurst, Madison, Matawan, Mendham, Middletown North, Millville, Montclair, Montville, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Newton, Northern Highlands, Old Tappan, Paramus Catholic, Pascack Valley, Passaic Valley, Pequannock, Phillipsburg, Pinelands, Plainfield, Point Pleasant Boro, Rahway, Ramapo, Rancocas Valley, Randolph, Red Bank Catholic, Red Bank Regional, Ridge, Rumson-Fair Haven, Rutherford, Schalick, Shabazz, Snyder, Sparta, St. Augustine, St. Joseph (Mont.), Summit, Toms River North, Waldwick, Wall, Wallkill Valley, Washington Township, Wayne Hills, Wayne Valley, Weequahic, West Essex, West Morris, West Orange, Westfield, Winslow, Woodbridge, Woodbury.

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