Author Archives: The Commissioner

Food and Football. Don’t Parse Your Love.

Do you love football more than food, or, do you love food more than football?

Great news! This week, you don’t have to parse your love. Football and food are betrothed, again, like a living, breathing Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, at the State Fair of Texas.

Taylor Swift Explains Football

Friends, if you have not listened to “The Life of a Showgirl” at least three times over by now, DO NOT STRESS! The Commissioner understands that some of you are not capable of hearing any song that was not a hit during the Carter administration. That would put a normal person at a huge social disadvantage. However, you are not normal.

Your Commissioner, THE Commissioner, is here for you. I’m your Football Father Figure. I’ve listened to “The Life of a Showgirl” on your behalf.

Dream Big, But Avoid Hope and also The Sea People.

Good Day Grover Pickers, The Commissioner spent the last week in the woods somewhere near Canada and not obsessively tracking football activity as he should. This is the attention to duty you can always expect from your Commissioner, THE Commissioner. Last one in, first one out, always asking for more days off. So here is …

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Librarians, Blue Bloods, Corn and War. It’s Only Week 2!

Good Day Grover Pickers, Professional Pro Football begins this week, while Professional Amateur Football enters week 2 (week 3, but since ’Zero’ is technically a whole number, an integer, a real number and a rational number, we don’t count it and stick with Week 2, duh). WARNING: The NCAA is Looking Into… According to ESPN, …

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Mythical- Corn Dogs, Mammoths and National Championships

Good Day Grover Pickers, We remain in Professional College Football Only mode for “Week 1”. I’ve decided to publish these blogs on Friday’s this season. So, if you wanted to read about the Thursday night games between Boise State vs USF or Nebraska vs Cincinnati, Yikes! We’re on to Saturday. Auburn at Baylor The game …

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START AT ZERO

Good Day Grover Pickers, Week Zero Is Here! It’s football season! College football is so big it does not fit into one season. It needs a zero week AND bowl games AND a playoff. Let’s begin… This week, just one pick. Stanford V Hawaii – Featuring Jack Mowrey CBS 7:30 Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, …

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