Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 06, 2024

Enough sub plots already!

Now Milford has a UNIVERSITY? A tiny town like Milford? Not a small college, but a university?

Is Rod growing a mustache in P2?

Coach Wilcox has the Paulie Walnuts racing stripe hairstyle.

P2A, Rod: “What NBA team is Coach Wilcox on?”

Sit Ubu. Sit.

P1 Five out of six snarkers agree with you, Rod.

P2 “There’s no need for me to introduce him, since he instantly recognized and a household name.”

P3 “Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?”

P4 “Vape stick before we go, Mr. Barnes?”

What part of “please sit” did they not understand?

Please sit – Now stand up to take campus tour.

Huh? This kid is supposed to be so good but no one at the local school has ever heard of him?

Where’s the dumb and dumber film crew?

“the big leagues”? Is Gil under the impression that the ABA is still around? Or is he counting the WNBA? Rod could transition and play there. Nah, that plot’d be too far fetched.

Milford had a community college for locals as an option to State U. Truly a wide discrepancy between a local college and NBA dreams of being drafted. What kind of NIL deal will GilPa negotiate for Hot Rod? Speedco? Copywrite Cafe? Milford Gentlemen’s Club?

“Please sit… never mind, let’s go on a tour.”

Strangely enough (P1) Rod has a great question. Although he was questioning, we all know this was a terrible idea.

If nobody else has any other plans, we’ll go as well starting tomorrow.

So a kid who says he is going to go. Pro is going to change his mind and go to the local University. As previously stated we are back in the Multiverse

P 1: that’s for sure

“The Big Leagues?” I thought this prima donna wanted to got to the NBA, not MLB.

when did judge parker change his name to coach wilcox

you sure thats rod looks more like lamont sanford

well now that milford has a university dorothy doesnt have to leave town to continue her cheerleader career and get her degree in fragrance

And still Henry sticks with the ‘nearly impossible under current rules’ nonsense of Rod going basketball pro out of high school. Unless he’s one of the very few HS players who the Ignite sign (2 or 3) or he goes overseas, he has to wait a year after he graduates, even if he doesn’t go to college.

Milford U occupies 3 offices on 1 floor of that building. You can sit and take the tour at the same time.

Coach Paulie Walnuts is taking Rod on a tour of the NIL counting room. “Rod, your name is on that 2-foot stack of $100 bills. Your sponsor is a Mr. Vito from Goshen. Have a sweet career.”

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Milford has its own Native American reservation and, we learn today, its own institution of higher learning. Soon, having accrued all the necessary components of a robust civic life, this high-school sports crazed town simply won’t need the rest of the United States. That’s when Phase 2 begins.

Is Rod wearing that huge, loose shirt/jacket/muumuu because he’s been putting on the pounds? He probably can’t even dunk anymore. And speaking of dunking, Mopped Up Thorp dunks on today’s strip, as usual.

moppedupthorp wordpress com/2024/05/06/just-a-tune-up/

I thought Rod was a Forward, He looks to be the same height as Gil, that is not very tall.

And to think, Coach Thorp once almost coached at Powell College. When a major university that’s applying for Big Ten/ACC/SEC/Big 12 membership is in his backyard? Shoot, I understand that Jami Thorp practices pickleball with his Nerf racket off of one of their walls.

Today’s MUT has been updated, thanks to an idea by WordPress user Oracle. The name of the building has been changed to MUT (Milford University of Technology).