One hundred thousand dollars isn’t even the hourly wage of A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, but it’s enough that if you could use someone else’s money to pay it, you should.
Category Archives: Football
Death of a Season
Plague? Please. If Tom Brady lived in London in 1632 the local sportswriters, such as William Shakespeare (who died 16 years earlier but is the only sportswriter of the time that I can name), would pull out their ink stained goose quills and pen, “Forsooth and verily, Tom Brady doesn’t get the plague. He gives it.”
When The Commissioner Was Traded to the Bert and Ernie Picks
October 22, 2019The trade deadline is next Tuesday, October 29, but teams are already shuffling players. And your Commissioner, The Commissioner, is not immune, especially since I have an expiring contract at the end of the season. So, after all the years as Grover Picks Commissioner, I was traded last weekend to Bert and Ernie Picks …
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By Now You Should Know What is Good and Dippin’ Dots and Nuclear Disaster Don’t Make The List
In which we speak of elk, weddings, Dippin’ Dots, Chernobyl, and frogs in blenders, PLUS, the best Titans vs Bill preview you will read all week.
The Next Generation of Reversible Glands
September 17, 2019 Good Day Grover Pickers, Oh, the joy! The Jets embarrassed themselves on national television! First, the Grover Picks Hall of Remembrance pauses after a full 3 weeks of football to honor the memory of some of our favorite players who are gone, but not dead. Thank You and Goodnight Eli Manning – …
Enough Blame on Saban To Go Around
Now let’s talk about the bluetick hound in the room
VOLS V MOCS
If you are reading this, then you likely know what has befallen the 10th winningest football program in college history. If you don’t know, let me summarize it this way:
Modern Manners and A Girl On A Horse
COWBOYS V GIANTS
Manners: Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and don’t pick your nose in public.
What if, like the Cowboys and Giants, your only real skill is picking your nose in public?
Sesquicentennial! Let’s Go!
August 20, 2019 Good Day Grover Pickers, As the day dawns with the first single ray of the sun splashing on the leaves of the tallest tree, so does another season of football arrive. The first light is merely a hint at the full day’s sun to come, but it is real light. The night is …
Exclusive Interview and Tamale Donuts
October 10, 2017 Good Day Grover Pickers, If you are struggling to see just which teams will win this week and why, here is some insightful research to help you out. Panthers v Eagles Cam Newton, America’s Frontrunner, is a harmless American. He’s not a classic quarterback, but he’s still excellent at his job most …
Say Something Nice
The Commissioner admits here and now that the idea of writing nice, happy things about these games is a huge mistake. It’s not natural and for that The Commissioner is a bit ashamed.
The Grover Picks 