by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 26, 2025 | News, Previews
The Geek has Big Ideas for Mississippi Magazine this season, to go with a pigskin year that may prove to be Jefferson County’s biggest-ever in a lot of ways – win, lose, or Draw Play. But who needs to read a laundry list of improvements at our blog when...
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...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 28, 2024 | News, Previews
DeSoto Dragons: Fascination and Opportunity in Russ Schmidt’s Second Year There’s no mystery to the process when a respected HC takes on a rebuild. The first year is the orientation year, in which the new head coach instills a theme and a mission...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 6, 2024 | News, Previews
The Gridiron Geek is suffering from a case of Writer’s Block again, and it’s not hard to guess why. As has been the case with a handful of offseason stories since Mississippi Magazine became a thing (like Grandview giving up its Friday Night Lights for a...
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 –...
