Bronco, Bibbers, The Duck, and Renewable Concrete

October 26, 2021 Good Day Grover Pickers, Now just look at this junk The Commissioner has you picking this week!  Cardinals v Packers  It's Thursday. Two 100-year-old franchises. The game is on Amazon. It feels like the angry older brother, Green Bay, chasing the much faster, more petulant, younger brother, Arizona, all over the backyard. …

Good, Evil, Stupid- A Compendium

October 23, 2021  First, the good, and a point of Commissioner privilege. GROVER PICKS SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Last Friday on Senior Night at South Mecklenburg High School, Zane Davis, aka "The 'Lil Commissioner", kicked a game winning 37-yard field goal in the last minute of the game. Then, last night, he kicked …

Short Guys, Genos, and Defending Bama, but not Gruden’s Friends.

October 13, 2021 Good Day Grover Pickers,  We've had a great week of football and other sports, but nothing was better than halftime of the Ohio State v Rutgers game.  The Commissioner has no love for Ohio State football, but the OSU Marching Band is hereby recognized as the Official Grover Picks Greatest Marching Band …

It’s a Must Win Weekend For a Bunch of Idiots

September 28, 2021 Good Day Grover Pickers,  Put fresh batteries in your remote control. This weekend is going to be fun!  Games of the Week for Opposite Reasons Bulldogs v Razorbacks #2 Georgia is and 18 POINT FAVORITE over the Texas State Champions and #8 ranked Arkansas. In 2013, FSU was a 21 point favorite …

Coaching Matters. Or Does It?

September 22, 2021Good Day Grover Pickers,  Coach. The Head Coach. The Ol' Ball Coach.  Every football team, so far, has a man at the helm who can lead other men.  He's the coach. A man with a watch and a schedule and a system. He's a yeller. He's a thinker. He's a very poor dresser.  …

The Rest of the Story on 1971

September 16, 2021  Good Day Grover Pickers,  In the last seven days everything about life in America improved!  Football was so much fun last weekend, I felt like a four-year-old in a bounce house made of Hershey's kisses.  Except, I was able to lay still on my couch, save all that energy, and still eat …

The Time Before Bama and the Mormon Super Model

September 7, 2021  Good Day, There are only 6 impossible scores in pro football: 1-0 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 7-1Every other combination of numbers is possible, although, some are much tougher to achieve. If you doubt the list or are just curious, you can read the details HERE. And yes, 8-1, 9-1, 10-1, there are many opportunities …

You Are Underestimating How Much This Matters

September 1, 2021 Good Day Grover Pickers! Lee Corso made college football predictions last Saturday while sitting between Kirk Herbstreit and Reece Davis  on the Gameday set for the first time since 2019.  I'll give you a moment for the chills to subside as the realization grows on you.  Football games are back!  How 'back' …

2020 is Ending. Too Soon?

January 11, 2021 Good Day Grover Pickers, Alabama and Ohio State are underway. So far, OSU's best running back has gone to the locker room and Bama just scored a touchdown on fourth and goal. Will that be Bama's last score of the night? Now that Bill Belichick has declined to accept the Presidential Medal …

Wall to Wall Ball For All!

December 15, 2020 Good Day Grover Pickers,  Quickly, let's make sense of this week's football. We are picking every game played this weekend. We'll probably pick a few that won't be played. We have to get this week's picks in because next week's picks start on Tuesday!  THURSDAY RAIDERS V CHARGERS  The Raiders fired their defensive …