Week 1 Friday Night Predictions: Remember, a Blow-Out is Still Better Than a Rain Out

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...

MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl Predictions: Hillsboro Hawks vs Kearney Bulldogs Plus 5 Other Final Score Picks For Friday and Saturday

by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 1, 2023 | News, Predictions

Editor’s Note: Mississippi Magazine will not post a recap of 2023’s MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl whether Hillsboro and Park Hills Central win or lose their championship bouts, since TGG considers himself drowned-out at such hours as the Sunday after a Show-Me Bowl....

Class 4 State Semifinal Preview and Prediction: Hillsboro Takes On Another Manufactured Giant From STL Private School Ranks

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 23, 2023 | News, Predictions

Happy Thanksgiving from Mississippi Magazine, and an especially Happy Turkey Day to the teams, fans, and programs of Jefferson County. For any of Week 14’s players in our readership who are destined to fall asleep from turkey/stuffing and wake up thinking...

Week 13 Friday Night Predictions: Hillsboro Hawks Begin State Playoffs on the Meramec, Crystal City Heads Downriver Hoping For Gold at St. Vincent

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 17, 2023 | News, Predictions

Hillsboro Hawks at Pacific Indians (Class 4 State Quarterfinal) Photo Credits: Paul Stuthers (Hillsboro) and Amaya Manning (CCHS)  The Hillsboro Hawks were already facing a psychological see-saw from solid favorite to stout underdog, should the 10-1 Hawks be fortunate...

Week 12 Friday Night Predictions: Hillsboro and Festus, Seckman and Jackson Square Off in Championship Rumbles, Blue Jays and Hornets Host Dangerous District Foes

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Predictions

C4 District 1 Championship Game: Festus Tigers at Hillsboro Hawks The Geek has taken just about every angle to previews of the Festus-Hillsboro series over the years. Once about 5 years ago, the Magazine even quoted the greatest Pacific Time Zone pigskin announcer of...

MSHSAA District Semifinal Predictions: Blue Jays, Lancers Have All-Or-Nothing Rematch, and We Pity The Foo Who Plays Week 11’s Winner

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 2, 2023 | News, Predictions

St. Pius Lancers at Jefferson Blue Jays (Class 2, District 2) Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? St. Vincent may have turned out to be the “A-Team” of the I-55 Conference this season, and yet it’s a crazy fact that the Jefferson Blue...