by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 27, 2024 | News, Recaps
George Carlin’s joke about language getting softer over the years rang hard in The Geek’s ears this offseason, because this here scenario calls for plain speech. Carlin spoke of how “Shell Shock” became “Battle Fatigue” which became...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 9, 2023 | News, Rankings, Recaps
The Geek had planned waiting a while to pen the year’s final Jefferson County Power Poll, to gain some perspective on 2023’s action before ranking Mississippi Magazine’s dozen teams one final time until September. Something about how that climactic...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 27, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 34, Lutheran North 12 The Geek admits to never thinking much about what it would be like to cover a Show-Me Bowl for Mississippi Magazine. Oh, sure, we can technically do whatever we want on a 12-team blog that has to report on all of MSHSAA anyway. When TGG...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 20, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 48, Pacific 35 Forget the score. Forget the Pacific Indians’ scary comeback. If Hillsboro won its Q-Final game 1-0, then that’s a better outcome than the team’s last 2 tries against Ladue High and St. Mary’s Prep, and by a margin of a...
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 | Nov 12, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 29, Festus 28 We grow tired of High School teams who can’t get to the next level and stay there, or at least the ones who appear to have quit trying in the midst of sunny days. It’s hard to remember now, but 15 years ago, the Gateway Tech Jaguars...
