Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 23, 2017

Why would they do that? Nick Hawker doesn’t have the ball.

Marty thought he saw a herd of pink elephants charging out of the end zone.

At least it looks like the wood has been sanded a bit inside his “shack” press box.

… who screams in anguish as the ball is stripped from him, and the home crowd jeers the veer as the fumble’s returned for a touchdown! New Thayer 12-0!

(Hey, since when is New Thayer Milford’s turkey day rivalry?)

P1, So far the “new” offense looks pretty offensive.

P2, Marty/ Uncle Tonoose seems surprised my Gil’s incredible innovation. Or maybe he’s just starting to itch from his ant infested coat.

P3, Poor Nick always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

I was really hoping for a Thanksgiving message from, Gil, Mimi, the kids and the dog, oops, scratch those last 3. But seriously, Thorpians, have a great Thanksgiving and eat like Tru(e) at “football camp.”

P2- Is that a paper shredder in the New Thayer tinderbox/crap shack? Moon looking quite dapper with his retro mock turtle neck

In all reality , Has Uncle Gary stolen and copied Rick’s Veer play book and sent to the coaches at New Thayer ? Have a great Thanksgiving !

Shoot! Was hoping that they’d wait until the playdowns before breaking out the veer.

Happy Thanksgiving Thorpians!

Perhaps Nick is the decoy and someone else has the rock and about to score TD. Frui diem Thorpians; enjoy the feast.

@Mopman (from yesterday):

Possible, but he’s not his guardian and can’t “pull rank”.

But isn’t Rick living with him? That would seem to make Uncle Gary an authority figure in the household.

These Thanksgiving wishes are about six weeks too late for some of us, but Happy Thanksgiving nonetheless.

I didn’t bring enough to purchase any DeVeer, not certain if New Thayer did as well.

Happy Thanksgiving fellow Thorpians!

The savvy, scrappy, smallish Mike Filion is a magician with the ball, pulling the rock out of Hawker’s belly and scooting around the end. The kid is a surgeon, carving up the New Thayer defense like a well basted turkey. Virginia Tech sent the kid a questionnaire. Name another school who has a Gobbler for a mascot. Good meats, good eats. Happy Thanksgiving Thorpaholics.

Yes, Marty. It’s a running play. Who would have guessed?

So now Gary is announcing the games from the pressbox; while Uncle Marty is pushing Ricardo’s singing career?

I was hoping for Thanksgiving greetings from Uncle Gary, Marty Moon, Del Bader and an assortment of recent villains.

“Is that what I think it is? Yes! It’s the bottle of Wild Turkey that I misplaced in this slipping crate last week!”

So Gil works on this amazing, genius new offense for a month, then doesn’t use it at the start of the game? He waits over a quarter until after his team falls behind? And speaking of falling behind, don’t fall behind on Mopped Up Thorp, catch up now right here: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/