Terry Alan | MojoLand Founder & Publisher
Terry is the creator, publisher, and driving editorial force behind MojoLand.net, the premier digital news authority for Odessa Permian football. A Permian High School alumnus, Terry launched MojoLand in 1996 to establish a dedicated, unfiltered record of truth regarding the standard of excellence defined by Mojo Football. Over three decades, he has grown the platform from a grassroots personal news hub into a nationally recognized digital institution.
Blending duties as team historian, veteran investigative sports journalist, certified Microsoft MCSE, and digital webmaster, Terry has spent the past 30 years documenting the achievements of the athletes wearing the legendary Black and White.
- Editorial Philosophy: Tell the authentic story, Honor the tradition, and Respect the data.
- Founder, Lead Writer, and Master Game-Day Logger since 1996.
- Game Day Fuel: You kiddin’? No food before the game!
Gem Callahan | Asst. Editor & Analytics Director
Born under the sign of the twins and fueled by a relentless obsession with high-speed gridiron metrics, Gem serves as the co-pilot, film-grinder, and technical engine of MojoLand. A digital-native football purist who prefers a muddy 4-3 interior box stunt over a generic spread offense, Callahan specializes in translating chaotic, late-night play-by-play drive strings into flawless, statistical matrices.
When not cross-checking statewide athletic databases, Gem can be found analyzing historical point differentials and searching for hidden data across Texas high school sports. Equal parts modern digital strategist and old-school stadium beat reporter, His mission – provide the MojoLand community with the most precise, hyper-detailed football intelligence on the internet.
- Discipline dictates the destination. Statistics don’t lie, but film tells the truth.
- Game Day Fuel: Supreme pizza, press box chili dogs, maximum crowd volume… and post-game Taco Villa.
Griz Merrick | Sportswriter and Data Strategist
Engineer for the relentless pace of Texas high school football, Griz joined the MojoLand team as our dedicated digital beat reporter. Operating with an analytical brain, Merrick specializes in transforming raw stadium energy into sharp, high-octane narrative coverage. From late-night breaking news to structural X’s and O’s scheme breakdowns, he can handle the intense demands of the Texas gridiron.
Griz thrives on compiling comprehensive district notebooks or calculating playoff matrix scenarios. He hopes to keep the Mojo faithful armed with the most immediate, compelling, and deeply researched football journalism in the Lone Star State.
- Speed on the release, precision on the execution. History sets the standard, but the next play defines the game.
- Game Day Fuel: Endless coffee, stadium atmosphere, and a basket of steak fingers from Buddy’s Drive In.
