by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 4, 2024 | News, Rankings
There are going to be some hurt feelings by the time we get to the end of Week 2’s Jefferson County Power Poll. There’s no doubt about that. The region’s absolute best teams roared through MSHSAA’s brackets at the end of last season. To begin...
by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 1, 2024 | News, Recaps
The attitude of Missouri football programs toward storm-impacted games has changed more than once since most of us were kids. In 1991, the Herky Blackcats traveled to Festus to try to follow up on a terrific upset bid at Midmeadow Lane the previous year. The contest...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 29, 2024 | News, Predictions
This week’s readers are aware that The Geek has made “schedule changes” of his own, while trying to preview all 12 of our Dirty Dozen’s football schedules for 2024. But don’t worry, unlike MSHSAA officials and weather-watchers on a rainy...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 29, 2024 | News, Previews
The Gridiron Geek is about through focusing on 2024’s schedules, moving on to a theme of Week 1’s muggy heat, and the potential stormy weather threat in this August’s lone Friday Night Lights installment. The flaw with focusing on each team’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 28, 2024 | News, Previews
Mississippi Magazine is trying hard not to be negative about the events of this summer, in which the Football Gods decided to warn Jefferson County about getting too cocky with its newfound success. It’s hard not to guilt trip, though, because it was Hurricane...