Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for September 04, 2019

Then one night later the annual incendiarism of the Oakwood gymnasium.

Macy parading into the end zone untouched, he better give thanks to his blockers. His popularity is going to balloon.

I’m guessing that neither Gil nor Mimi are Texas A&M alums.

“We found an Oakwood girl, may be burn her?”“What makes you think she is an Oakwood girl?”“Well, she turned me into a Marty Moon fan.”“A Marty Moon fan?”(embarrassed pause) . . . “I got better.”

P1, The annual bonfire that hasn’t made an appearance in years.

P2, The opener against Oakwood and the aliens are out in force.

P3, Apparently there’s a fine line between breaking loose and being surrounded.

If the power stays on down here, I’ll be back tomorrow.

P3: Isn’t our runner taking a Chance by carrying ball with his right arm on a play to his left? P4: Fumble?

Will they will interrupt the football season to let us know how Jaquan is making out (in basketball not with Hadley)! Not sure anybody cares.

Chance Macy, Bro.

“He could go… all…. the….. way…!” and I’m not taking about Chance!

P1: Milford stands united with the residents of Hong Kong. Timely indeed.

P1- Fist Pump Man comes out of the shadows in support of the Mighty Mudlarks.

P2- Is this a home opener? If so, The ’Larks are going old school wearing white.

P3- Good Chance Macy will fumble carrying the pigskin that way.

Speaking of Chances, what are the odds GilPa and former longtime assistant and Oakwood head coach Tod Andrews shake hands after the game R & W?

Gotta give Rubin and Whigham credit here, at least they seem to have started the football season on time.

P1: Milford High obviously doesn’t teach anything about climate change and greenhouse gas contributions.

P2: How long are the DB’s arms??? Reaching from the waist to the top of the outstretched arms of the receiver, he must have 45 inch sleeve length!

P3: Chance Macy mimics the upright running style of Eric Dickerson whom he saw on an NFL films while eating Tostino pizza rolls in the Macy basement rumpus room this past summer.

This is a nice change of pace….no Ducey and no HvB, JQ, Tiki, EvB, Moon, Double-D, softball girls, Andre Ruffin, sloppy joes, etc. for once

p2 Actually the way they like to draw hands; I am surprised we don’t see more fingertip grabs.

Don McLean should love panel one. “Bye Bye!”

Background track for panel one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTDNiJl1Awo

Sign Man, Fist Pump Man, Aliens and the always popular hole-ridden fence. Opening night at Milford has it all! Now, if former state champ Coach Thorp can keep his players from obsessing on meaningless plot lines, they may make the play downs this year. Yeah, right. We can dream, can’t we?

Long sleeves under the equipment in early september?

I’m stunned that here it is, mid-afternoon, and nobody has commented on that poor Milford lad whose fist is on fire. And speaking of fist, let me be the fist to let you know that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P1: Jazz hands! And he is really getting into character, wearing a mask to boot.