by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 6, 2022 | News, Recaps
Festus 28, North County 15 TGG doesn’t pretend to understand defense as well as he understands offense and special teams, even though Mississippi Magazine will always argue that offense (i.e. scoring points) and defense (i.e. “stoppin’ a team from...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 4, 2022 | News, Predictions
Farmington Black Knights at Hillsboro Hawks The Geek may seem to be breaking the usual rule that a week’s “most important” game goes on top of the Friday Night Predictions. Not to be flippant – of course Week 11’s semifinal is of utmost...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 30, 2022 | News, Recaps
Seckman 50, St. Louis University High 41 Who says a 1-loss team can’t make a statement in the Q-Finals? Seckman High School – in a narrative that Mississippi Magazine consciously soft-pedaled on Thursday – probably had the worst opening-round playoff...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 28, 2022 | News, Predictions
Sikeston Bulldogs at Festus Tigers By tradition, Mississippi Magazine only takes a single paragraph at a time to preview individual Q-Final games, since everyone’s got 10 weeks of TGG’s nonsense to digest before Friday’s elimination battles begin....
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 27, 2022 | News, Previews
Class 1, District 2 (Quarterfinal Round – Friday, October 28th) #1 Duchesne Pioneers (Bye) #2 Brentwood Eagles vs #7 Van-Far Indians #3 Crystal City Hornets vs #6 Louisiana Bulldogs #4 St. Pius Lancers vs #5 Grandview Eagles If MSHSAA’s humblest 11-man...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 23, 2022 | News, Recaps
Mississippi Magazine rarely posts Week 9 “Scores and Analysis” because A) everyone is looking forward to Week 10 already and B) it takes extra time to lay-out brackets for our District preview. But it’s very hard to “C” a winning play...