by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 21, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
The Festus Varsity Football Tigers will play their fifth straight road game in the Class 4 state playoffs this Saturday at Sullivan High. It’s an anxious time for a Black & Gold squad whose older brothers, sisters, and cousins recall what happened the last...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 19, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
The St. Pius Lancers have never had this experience before, and that goes double for the blog that you’re reading. The Gridiron Geek looked over Class 2’s state hopefuls prior to the 2024 playoffs, but we didn’t boast a school berthed in the Elite...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 29, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
Hooray! Mississippi Magazine’s readers have no idea how happy The Geek is to have been wrong about the Class 6, District 1 semifinals. We thought that an Oakville victory over Northwest last Friday night, by any final score, would help Oakville crack District...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 29, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
The Gridiron Geek gave a loooooong-winded excuse for temporarily handing off Herculaneum’s Class 3 beat to Pete’s Predictions. In Class 5’s case, it’s very simple to tell our dear readers why TGG isn’t making a prediction (today, at...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 28, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
The Festus Tigers look poised to return to the Class 4 state playoffs. A distract bracket that seemed terrifying on behalf of Hillsboro, DeSoto, North County, and even Sikeston as of August has turned into a morass of riff-raff below the #1 seeded Black & Gold....
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 28, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews
Missouri pigskin has fought off the scourge of football-first recruiting private schools killing its divisions. The great thing is that we did it in record time. The promotion system for MSHSAA private schools has balanced out the advantages that can be gained by even...
