The Gridiron Geek's Mississippi Magazine
Welcome to The Gridiron Geek’s Mississippi Magazine, a journal of Jefferson County’s 12 Varsity football teams and the greater MSHSAA landscape on Friday nights. Our mission is to help restore free-of-paywall prep pigskin content and media to alumni and padawans near and far, putting student-athletes back in the public spotlight. Stay tuned for The Geek’s Week 3 Friday Night Predictions!
Week 2 Jefferson County Power Poll: Surprise New #1 as Festus and Hillsboro Gear Up For a District Race
#1 - Seckman Jaguars It's ironic that a Mississippi Magazine comment would accuse TGG of producing...
Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Jeff County Flips Script on Media, Posts Nearly Perfect Record in Week 1
Windsor 7, Herculaneum 6 Herky Blackcats head coach Blane Boss is Mississippi Magazine's...
Week 1 Friday Night Predictions: Festus, Imperial, and Hillsboro Highlight Hot Out-of-Conference Debut
Herculaneum Blackcats at Windsor Owls Just about any Class 4 crew with a confident new lineup...
Fox, Northwest, and Seckman: Previewing Our 3 Suburban League Brands in 2023
The Geek has warned for years about the "blind spot" in MSHSAA coverage that occurs whenever...
Mississippi Conference Football in 2023: No More Cupcakes for Hillsboro or Festus, DeSoto Gets First Taste of Russ Schmidt’s Revival Plan
DeSoto Dragons TGG's relationship with the DeSoto Varsity Football Dragons has been by far the...
I-55 Conference Season Previews: St. Pius, Jefferson, Herky, and Very, Very Large Birds of Prey
Dan Jenkins of Yahoo Sports spawned a new style of sports-writing in 2007, when WR Plaxico Burress...
Crystal City Hornets Season Preview: Can Missouri’s Smallest Pigskin School Win a Championship in 2023?
The Geek spent much of 2022 serving up a dish on how compelling Crystal City football could turn...
TGG Classic: Emily Holt Makes All-Star Debut, Sets New Standard For Girls in MSHSAA Pigskin
Despite an advocacy of women's sports that includes a very first gig as a hoops reporter, The...
TGG Classic: Crystal City Beats Gateway Tech, Moves To 5-0 For First Time Since 2007
(Author's Note: TGG doesn't know why the 15-year milestone of a 5-0 Crystal City debut didn't show...
TGG Classic: Hillsboro Scares the Horns Off Ladue Rams in Icy State Quarterfinal
MSHSAA 2017 Class 4 State Quarterfinal Recap Ladue Rams 34, Hillsboro Hawks 20 The past few weeks...