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Category Archives: Football
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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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, …
Bowl Season with Elmo Watson
What follows is the Grover Picks exclusive interview with Elmo Watson, Highway Savant. Over three days and a CB radio, I asked Elmo for his insight on each of this year’s bowl games. I’ve transcribed his answers and edited here and there for brevity.
Football Math and Jack Rabbit Fighting
There are 5 ‘Power’ conferences, but only 4 ‘playoff’ spots. What is 5-4 and why is the answer “Orange Bowl”?
What’s Your Excuse?
Last week we found out.
This week we make excuses.
Bear Bryant and The Michigan Man
There are accusations of reduced weiner sizes to pad his numbers.
Annoucning the Pairings
September 28,2023 Good Day Grover Pickers, I hope you enjoyed last week’s AI generated blog. I won’t be doing that anymore. Not since I discovered the AI generated Jerry Jones exhibit at AT&T Stadium. You can pay actual money to sit in a room and ask a hologram Jerry Jones questions and, using AI, “Jerry” …
We Are Not Normal Raccoons
Your family calls it garbage, because it is. The raccoon calls it a goldmine, because raccoons are not normal people.
The so-called ‘experts’ call this a garbage weekend for football games, especially college. We Grover Pickers call it a goldmine, because we are not normal raccoons.
Jimmy Buffet Explains Football
Good Day Grover Pickers, Jimmy Buffet died. So, this week we continue an occasional series called “How Dead Musician’s Music Explains Football”. With just a guitar and his bare feet, the Gulf Coast’s great philosopher, the Auburn drop out, the leader of the Parrot Heads, and humble billionaire, puts one week of football in perspective. …
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