There’s really nothing quite like the special level of hell reserved for when a current phenomenon inspires the return of one with a “retro” feel. Take the current Tim Tebow-mania which as we speak has a death-grip on the throat of the sports world. How would you feel about marrying that to the soundtrack from… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Horrible 80’s Music Goes “Tebow”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The original predictions that were made here back in August were based on an assumption the NCAA will would rule Ohio State, Miami (FL), and Auburn ineligible for post-season competition. These picks are noted, despite the fact that never happened; only Miami (FL) took itself out of bowl consideration. That’s not an excuse… Read More The Dubsism 2011-2012 College Football Bowl Recap: My Wife Did In Fact Know More Than I Do
I’ll be honest. I started writing this piece on Sunday with an entirely different beginning. After the Willis McGahee fumble, I really thought this was going to be a post-mortem piece for the Tebow phenomenon. But we all saw what happened in the waning moments in that game in Denver yesterday. Instead of a look… Read More Tim Tebow and the Idiotic “Race” Argument
Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the nominations for the awards were done exclusively by an internal committee. This was the first year we allowed nominations from the… Read More The 2011 Dubsy Awards
Now that I’m dead, I can finally tell the story about how I hate that smarmy little cocksucker Lane Kiffin. First off, I should have never hired that little asshole. A lot of people tried to warn me about that move. I thought making that little shit the youngest coach in NFL history would put me… Read More Guest Column: Al Davis “I’m Not the Only One Who Hated Lane Kiffin”
1) Andy Reid and Rex Ryan are just photo-negatives of each other Andy Reid is quiet and studious. Rex Ryan is loud and brash. And they’ve both lost their locker rooms. It doesn’t matter where the shit-talking came from, there was far too much of it. While the media didn’t do Reid and the Eagles… Read More What We Learned: The NFL Regular Season
1) Green Bay Packers Why They Can Win: In this case, there’s three good reasons. First, just like in boxing, you are the champs until somebody beats you, and to get to the Super Bowl, an NFC team is going to have to pull that off in Lambeau Field in January. Secondly, the Packers have… Read More The 2012 NFL Playoffs – The Definitive Dubsism Oddsmaker’s View
A week ago, Tennessee Titans head coach and former Penn State offensive lineman Mike Munchak was slated to be the successor to Joe Paterno. A few days ago, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien was allegedly getting the job. Now, CBS Pittsburgh is reporting that San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman “is reportedly on… Read More The Five Fallacies of Hiring a Head Coach: The Challenges Faced by Penn State
EDITOR’S NOTE: The original predictions that were made here back in August were based on an assumption the NCAA will would rule Ohio State, Miami (FL), and Auburn ineligible for post-season competition. These picks are noted, despite the fact that never happened; only Miami (FL) took itself out of bowl consideration. That’s not an excuse… Read More The Dubsism 2011-2012 College Football Bowl Recap: Did My Wife In Fact Know More Than I Do? The Second Week’s Results
According to USA Today’s Jonny Saraceno, Penn State is set to hire New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien as it’s next head football coach. Saraceno tweeted early Sunday that the two sides only need to work out contract details before O’Brien is officially named Paterno’s successor. So, Penn Staters can start asking just who… Read More Does Penn State Have A New Football Coach?
Being that we are at the end of what has proven to be a tumultuous twelve months, why not take a look back at the biggest sports stories of such a year? After all, I’m pretty sure nobody else does these sort of retrospectives… 15) The Establishment of Two All-Time Winningest College Coaches: Paterno and… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2011
Everybody loves to put together lists of useless stuff, and certainly we here at Dubsism are no exception. This collection sprung from some holiday conversation revolving around which schools could really put together the best all-time team. See, the catalyst for all of this is there are Kansas fans in this group, and we all… Read More Fourteen Curious All-Time Basketball Teams For Your Consideration
EDITOR’S NOTE: The original predictions that were made here back in August were based on an assumption the NCAA will would rule Ohio State, Miami (FL), and Auburn ineligible for post-season competition. These picks are noted, despite the fact that never happened; only Miami (FL) took itself out of bowl consideration. That’s not an excuse… Read More The Dubsism 2011-2012 College Football Bowl Recap: Did My Wife In Fact Know More Than I Do? The First Week’s Results
If you are a blogger, Santa Claus is bringing you this gift of advice from the Dubsism archives.… Read More Guest Column: Santa Claus Has A Brutally Honest Gift For Sports Bloggers
Certain people should never be allowed to have children. While there are many types, today we need to discuss those who name their kids after football coaches. If for no other reason, those kids have no future. The following story more than illustrates that. When Urban Meyer decided to take the Ohio State job less… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Spurrier Urban Wiley
1) This Tebow Thing Is Now Officially Out of Control I watched the last three minutes of that Bears-Broncos game last night, and I still don’t believe what I saw. Sure, there’s all the stuff that surrounds Timmy Rah-Rah. You can see that on every other outlet out there. But the hype hides the unbelievable… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend In Football 12/10/2011
It’s no secret the Cleveland Cavaliers owner is an emotional guy. But he’s also an idiot. But it is his very instability which will allow us here at Dubsism to perform one of our patented line-by-line breakdowns to illustrate exactly why he personifies the problem which clearly still exists in the NBA. In the wake… Read More Once Again, Dan Gilbert Exemplifies What Is Wrong With The NBA
EDITOR’S NOTE: The original predictions that were made here back in August were based on an assumption the NCAA will would rule Ohio State, Miami (FL), and Auburn ineligible for post-season competition. These picks are noted, despite the fact that never happened; only Miami (FL) took itself out of bowl consideration. That’s not an excuse… Read More The Dubsism 2011-2012 College Football Bowl Matchups: I Was So Wrong Now My Wife Thinks She Knows More Than I Do
1) Stick a Fork in ‘Em… The Philadelphia Eagles Turkeys are Done Just by taking the Sgt. Joe Friday approach (“Just the facts”), one can see it is time to blow up this thing in Philadelphia. The Michael Vick thing was a mistake, DeSean Jackson is a cancer, and the whole “Dream Team” thing was… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 12/4/2011
Say whatever you will about Tim Tebow, but for some reason he’s like Nickleback; people either love him or hate him. Frankly, I think part of the trouble Tebow has is that he speaks in a language all his own. It’s easy to miss this language barrier; the tricky part is that Tebonics sounds just… Read More Tebonics – The Language of Tim Tebow
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