Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for October 10, 2020

As the empty “Gil” mug sits forlornly in the grass, bearing witness to Terry’s comeuppance.

“Tough!”

Yeah, I’m sure no other team in the Valley has ever seen a reverse. Of course, it’s a new play to Gil, but then most of them are.

While I appreciate Gil having a motive other than hurt pride for humbling a player I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to run a play more than once a season. And practice in a real game, as opposed to just a scrimmage, might even be considered a good idea by some coaches.

P1 Duh, so just turn it into a double reverse Coach!

what is this arc about? Corina? Tru? Boy meets girl? Football? That its really street football with the QB making up plays? Burning down the house? That a girl-Corina-is a better baseball catcher than any of the boys? allowing gurls to play on the boys teams? Snarky conversations? All of the above? None of the above? I am so confused

At least he didn’t give away the ole Statue of Liberty play, Gil. Terry feels so bad he wishes he could just melt away. And he’s doing a not-too-bad job of it.

I’m reminded of the Leave It to Beaver episode in which Penny spilled the team’s secret football play.

OH,in all reality , You’re such a Big Man Thorp pushing around your players, you’re a bully and I don’t ĺike bullies . OH, Hi Corina , Hi Terry the Rapper , are you almost done with your excessive punishment ?

P 4: “… don’t worry though….you will still be getting plenty of snaps with the practice squad…”

P1, Just like the showers, right Coach?

P2, Hey, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

P3, Follow Gil’s Flying Fickle Finger Of Fate to the showers, Rapson.

At least today’s comic got a 10/10 from the judges!

Is that another punctuation tee?

The defense expects a run, so you pass downfield and it works. It’s time for the state champion coach to turn the play calling over to the guy who hasn’t even graduated high school. While we’re at it, it’s also time that WDIG to go fully automated and lay off all the on air “talent”.

GilPa can still flip the switch and provide sagely advice from time to time. Terry has sweated profusely and needs a couple of salt tablets. The kid now has suffered EES and a lambasting from the former State Champ Coach. Whose really accountable Gil? After all, you left the kid in after the successful reverse.

P2: “He didn’t slip! I tripped him!”

“Doesn’t matter. You defied me. Now, hurry up and pick which hand you want to lose. They’re waiting for us in the machine shop.”

CK will advise him to play the humble backup and then go mad bomber when he’s playing again. Or maybe some other QB slips on a butter knife before the next game.

Panel 3: “Don’t point that at me, it’s got a nail in it!”

P 4: “.. ok coach …. have it your way…. 1940’s West Point offense it is…”

Any of you ever heard of ‘the lonesome pole cat formation’? We used to run that sometimes and it would totally mess up the other teams at first. The center was actually eligible on some of them. Not sure if way back then you had to report that or not. it seems like we didn’t and that was what made it work so well. Our center was a good enough athlete to catch a pass and run after he did.

“Aw, gee, Coach, do I have to smell your finger, too?”

You know he’s serious when he puts down his coffee mug. He needed his hand free to do the dramatic finger point, his specialty.

And what’s with the exclamation point tee shirt? Why does that shirt pop up so often, on different people? Are there that many Milford students with the same (lack of) taste?

And speaking of lacking taste, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is ready: https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

We were saving the pass for conference play, too—now it’s on film!

Shouldn’t Terry be taken to the ER? Someone who sweats excessively for 10 minutes from running 3 miles is in danger.

Perhaps helpful if the QB knows that.