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 –...
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...
