A lot has happened over the last two and a half months … while I was away chasing a disappointing Lake Monsters team around the Northeast and guiding tourists around Greater Burlington the Penguins won a Stanley Cup … Lebron and the Cavs shocked Curry and the Warriors for an NBA title … the Red Sox have hung in in a very tight AL East and Wildcard race … a race which still includes the Yankees, despite their selling off of several stars at the trade deadline.

Well September is here and I’m glad to be back to follow that baseball race to it’s conclusion … to jump into an NFL season without Tom Brady … and to begin another fall college and high school season.

The Really Big Sports Show is gone, but in its place we will soon debut NSN Sportstalk, and Jack Healey and I are happy to announce that we will be back at the controls.

So here we go … and I begin with this week’s strictly a guess high school football predictions for Week One …

Essex over Colchester

Rutland over CVU

St. Johnsbury over South Burlington

Brattleboro over Hartford

Mt. Anthony over Middlebbury

Rice over BFA-St. Albans

Fair Haven over North Country

Lyndon Institute over Milton

Burr and Burton over Mt. Mansfield

Burlington over Mt. Abraham

Otter Valley over Spaulding

U-32 over Woodstock

Bellows Falls over Springfield

Mill River over Oxbow

BFA-Fairfax over Missisquoi

Windsor over Poultney/MSJ

I’ll be at Colchester for our live coverage of the Lakers/Hornets game on Friday night and then head to Sabine Field in Haynes Family Stadium on Saturday afternoon as the Norwich Cadets open with RPI.

Ready … Set … Game on!