by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 24, 2024 | News, Rankings, Recaps, TGG Classics
The Geek knows that everyone’s been waiting a while for this year’s All-Star selections (thanks to Festus and Crystal City!) so we won’t dare publish a long preface before getting right to it. Just a fair warning first, though – 2024’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 21, 2024 | News, Rankings
#1 – Festus Tigers Jefferson County is getting tired of watching its teams play too cautiously in the Show-Me Bowl. It’s happened so often in a row that HCs have invented weird slogans to justify it. When the Herky Blackcats had their absolute best chance...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 12, 2024 | News, Recaps
–-Jefferson County Large Schools Coach of the Year— A.J. Ofodile, Festus Tigers Honorable Mention: Russ Schmidt, DeSoto Dragons Weirdly enough, there’s a local Large Schools coach who deserves all kinds of the honors in COTY-style awards, but his name’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 7, 2024 | News, Recaps
So the Gridiron Geek (and everyone else) had to endure a Class 4 Show-Me Bowl that went as badly for the FHS Tigers as one could have possibly feared. The quick 0-14 deficit. The stalled-out drives. The weird, conservative play-calling that persisted even after Essien...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 22, 2024 | News, Recaps
Seems like our humble little Mississippi league with 5 teams in it has figured out how to whip Missouri’s state playoff field up, down, and sideways…through the snow if necessary. We can only say that the Tigers’ mean pigskin conference values...
