by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 29, 2023 | News, Previews
Boy, has The Gridiron Geek ever quit feeling awkward about posting that “Karate Kid” retrospective on Mississippi Magazine right before the playoffs, all just to say that we’d gotten the gambit wrong on those pesky private-school powerhouses –...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 15, 2023 | News, Previews, Recaps
There are head coaches in this world who will respond to a team’s slump by making the players sit down, prepare some (Diet) popcorn with some (Low Fat) margarine, and watch the movie “Hoosiers” from beginning to end. The Geek doesn’t mean that...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 26, 2023 | News, Previews
“The Karate Kid” is turning 40 years old, and it’s fascinating to observe how Americans had Martial Arts so “bass-ackwards” as they say, so plainly and demonstrably wrong on dual counts back in the day. We thought the dumbest thing about...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 24, 2023 | News, Previews
The Geek has warned for years about the “blind spot” in MSHSAA coverage that occurs whenever Regional Radio fails to cover a team from Arnold, Imperial, or elsewhere on the Meramec River, but STL media outlets only cover what kickoffs happen above the...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 22, 2023 | News, Previews
DeSoto Dragons TGG’s relationship with the DeSoto Varsity Football Dragons has been by far the most contentious of any to weigh on Mississippi Magazine. We shudder to think of the contempt some of DHS’s boosters would have for Jefferson County’s only...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 22, 2023 | News, Previews
Dan Jenkins of Yahoo Sports spawned a new style of sports-writing in 2007, when WR Plaxico Burress of the New York Giants was badly injured. Jenkins suggested that QB Eli Manning sing a sad song called “Oh, Oh, Plaxico” set to John Lennon’s...
