There are 5 ‘Power’ conferences, but only 4 ‘playoff’ spots. What is 5-4 and why is the answer “Orange Bowl”?
Category Archives: Football
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. …
Happy Ranking Day For All Vols Who Celebrate. Plus, Dreamland Sucks and Stanford Hates Fun.
Reasons Why Bama Should Play In The Citrus Bowl Ranked. Dumpy Southern Villages Ranked. Leading Auburn Head Coach Candidates Ranked. College Town Barbecue Ranked. Five Things To Do In Tampa Ranked.
The Volunteers Give, And The Commissioner Gives Back
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.
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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