Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 09, 2022

“Mr. Destiny”

Okay, yesterday explained… He’s nursing a grudge because Gil doesn’t remember the name of every player on a football team that had a win over Milford 35 years ago. Serious ego problem here. Heck, I’m grateful to the people who’ve forgotten things I did 35 years ago.

FAKE NEWS!

1987: Meet NOT state champion coach Gil Thorp.

P1 Little coach Lukey begins to sprout the hair that will become his trademark look in his post-playing days.

In all reality ,despite what the papers reported I was the best player on the field that day I owned Thorp! Some folks believe that Milford threw the game but that’s not true.I’m challenging Thorp to a Football Decathlon on Thanksgiving Day. Punt, pass,kick, blocking, tackle, sprints, weight lifting etc. Me against Gil Thorp the myth. I’ll destroy him . Details to follow.

Wouldn’t teams that play in the same conference, same town apparently, usually meet in the playdowns before the state championship? Or did Luke get papers delivered from Milford to another part of the state?

Thanks to Luke’s tooting his own horn, he has created an impressive resume of feats and awards for someone of his stature. The more one glosses their achievements, the less others will pay attention. Delusional.

Who f-ing cares Lukey? Your Mr. All Everything, the state champion and Power Five recruit, big man on campus, having all the ‘tang you can handle, probably have free lunch for life in town, and you get bent about an article about Milford’s coach, NOT state champion Gil Thorp saying Milford had a good season instead of giving you one more royal *ss kissing? Not only can you not get over the real disappointment at the time, the slight has become an all-consuming life long vendetta with Gil. Dude, you have an ego the size of Jupiter, among other issues.

Ahh, the good old days of the late ‘80s… the magical tones of Poison and Ratt filled the air, Bill Cosby was "America’s Father," and high school football fans waved their felt pennants while bundled up in their raccoon coats as coaches dressed in snappy suits and fedoras.

Apparently.

P1: Thank you, Vince Lombardi for your cameo appearance in 1987.

P1: Sign man senior in the stands? Or just a much younger sign man?

P-3 (explanation): We didn’t win that game, but we embarrassed Milford by de-pantsing the running back after the tackle.

He says “the” paper, like there’s only one in the state. And if Milford was embarrassed in the title game, no paper anywhere would make the top story about Gil “finishing strong.”

Both teams are wearing the exact same jerseys, helmets and pants back in 1987. The game hasn’t changed very much since then aside from now wearing L.A. Chargers colo(u)rs. You can’t read the sign in the stands, but it is a Gary Hart ’88 campaign sign.

P 2.5: “…because I was on some crazy-a$$ steroids ‘bro….like nothin’ my daddy, his daddy, and Gil himself had ever seen…actually….I’m still juiced up today…”

P 4: “…even though Milford scored more points than us, we still kicked their sorry a$$es…”

Can’t wait till Martinez finally confronts Gil and challenges Gil to kick a football while he holds it!! And then…..

P 3 thought bubble: “..uh, ..um coo-ash top and see, um uh sees one,…uh str…struh ..stung….strung…”

So in 1987 Luke was a high school senior, but Gil was already a head coach. That means that Gil is currently in his sixties. Should we add “retirement” to the jumble of plot threads? It would be an appropriate way to bring the strip to a close.

Where did this come from?

In 1987, Milford played Valley Tech in a snowstorm. The game was neither for the state championship nor the valley conference title. It ended in a scoreless tie. Kyle Tatum was the star running back for Milford. He had no self-control with his temper. He grabbed his girlfriend by the arm, slapped her in the face, & kicked his teammate for losing a game.Fulton Quidd challenged him to a fight for Kyle’s mistreatment of Kitty. Kyle became scared and ran off. The harsh reality, Kyle was a coward. His true colors would show in ’88 season.

Luke carried this huge chip on his shoulder since then.

Interesting fact. Two years earlier, Gil & Mimi’s dog, Fang, ran onto the field and tackled a Valley Tech player on his way to a touchdown. The ref rewarded Tech the score.

Long time to carry a grudge.

P1: Vince Lombardi coaches the high school team during retirement.

Ah yes, way back in 1987, when everything had a brown tint to it.

Wow, this guy can really hold on to a grudge! No wonder he’s so obnoxious, he’s been letting that fester for 35 years.

They had never seen anyone like him before….. probably because they were not used to seeing a linebacker tackle his own player.

So curious, is BHHL disappointed in Pedro? I mean, he’s breaking the tradition of father-son star linebackers. And speaking of traditions, what better tradition can there be than to read Mopped Up Thorp daily?

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