by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 28, 2025 | News, Previews
One other Big Idea for Mississippi Magazine is a Friday Night Scoreboard. This one might take until the 2026 season to implement, but we’re working on it, because The Geek does not want another version of Scorestream – and God bless Scorestream! –...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 27, 2025 | News, Previews
The Gridiron Geek’s Big Idea #1 for this season is to create a video channel for chat-interview style versions of the Jefferson County Power Poll and the Friday Night Predictions. It’s going to be fun, but it also saves TGG time to fact-check and improve...
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...