by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 2, 2022 | News, Recaps
The philosopher Scott Adams performed an informal experiment to show that “wishful thinking” applies even when we aren’t awake, alert, or in-fact wishing for anything particular. Adams observed 100s of people who said they believed in reincarnation...
by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 25, 2022 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 58, Festus 21 The ’22 Hillsboro Hawks look every bit like a Show-Me Bowl contender to TGG. No, we’re not saying that because Hillsboro clobbered the blog’s “home team.” Festus, after a hideous 2-3 start, can’t well claim...
by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 19, 2022 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 31, North County 10 The Geek does not expect to find any snickering remarks, or “Thinker”-posed emojis, on social-media threads underneath the Week 4 Friday Night Predictions. Mississippi Magazine had its best Friday of forecasting since TGG...
by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 11, 2022 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 49, Fort Zumwalt West 13 For nearly 3 quarters, the scrum in O’Fallon (played next to a small-but-joyful cheer section across the road at Living Word Christian as usual) went a whole lot like Hillsboro’s tough tilts with large-school contenders...
by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 4, 2022 | News, Recaps
Valle University 48, Festus High School 20 TGG takes no pleasure in nearly pegging the Festus vs Valle U. scoreboard right on the dot. Indeed, if there was ever a “water in the champagne” moment for Black & Gold boosters, it’s this very juncture....
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 28, 2022 | News, Recaps
St. Genevieve 50, Festus 35 Yes, padawans, your author knows it’s supposed to be “STE”-Genevieve on official scoreboards, since “Ste” stands for the “See-aee’nt” in “Ste. Genevieve.” It’s that whole...
