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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, …
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”?
Football is Weird and Satisfying
The Steelers will win despite scoring fewer points than the Cardinals.
The First Football Thanksgiving
So, while the rest of America paused on a random Thursday between Columbus Day and Christmas to feast, Camp arranged his own feast for his football friends who would otherwise be sleeping in their office while studying game daguerreotypes.
Heaping Scoops of Blame
“Spit + Fart + Ball = Win.”
