Now that we are finally past the Super Bowl, it is time to address the needs of your team heading into the NFL Draft. Everybody has a “mock draft or a “big draft board,” and we are no different…well, except we here at Dubsism are not interested in being the next Mel Kiper; we are more… Read More What Your Team Needs To Do With It’s 2013 NFL Draft Pick
Mrs. Dubsism is a fan of “The Walking Dead,” which before she exposed me to that show, I thought was a term to describe Jacksonville Jaguars. Little did I know that joke would lead to the discovery of real NFL zombies. From The Big Lead: Hines Ward will appear on an episode of AMC’s The… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Hines Ward Is A Zombie
1) The “Elite Quarterback” Discussion Got Blown Up The Super Bowl essentially was the induction of Joe “Gummy Bear” Flacco into that silly media-created status of “elite quarterbacks.” Joe Montana’s Right Arm has the best run-down as to why even the most ardent Flacco-haters now have to stifle themsleves, but this piece is more about… Read More What We Learned: The 2012 NFL Season Showed Us Two Things About Quarterbacks
Now that we are finally past the Super Bowl, it is time to address the needs of your team heading into the NFL Draft. So, take a few moments to look forward so that your team can give itself a better shot to be where the Ravens find themselves today. Everybody has a NFL Draft… Read More The Dubsism “Anti-Kiper” 2013 NFL Draft Board
1) This Video If the 49ers win, they will join the Green Bay Packers, the team with the most NFL Championships, as the only teams to win a Super Bowl in three different decades. it will also tie them with the Pittsburgh Steelers as having six titles in the Super Bowl era. Invariably, this will… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The San Francisco 49ers
1) The Ravens’ Ring of Honor Many teams do this, but nobody does it in such a fucked-up “we really have no history” manner. Just look at it. Earnest “The Fumble” Byner Johnny Unitas, who didn’t even play for this franchise. He’s here because he was a Baltimore sports legend. Cal Ripken, Jr, goes up… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The Baltimore Ravens
This blog is intended for three main groups of people. Baltimore Ravens’ haters New England Patriots’ fans Football fans who think the NFL will last forever These three groups of people will be the most likely to miss the fact that Baltimore Ravens’ safety Bernard Pollard actually has a pretty solid point. If you aren’t… Read More Don’t Let The Fact Bernard Pollard Said It Detract From The Truth Of The Message – The NFL Has A Problem
Now that we are down to a head-to-head match-up, there are three categories to analyze. 1) What Vegas Thinks Anybody who loves to bet knows professional gamblers pay attention to five key statistics: Yards Rushing per Game: Regular Season – San Francisco 155.7, Baltimore 118.8; Post-Season – San Francisco 236.0, Baltimore 173.5 Yards Rushing Allowed… Read More The Definitive Dubsism/Sports Blog Movement Super Bowl Preview
If the mere thought of the “Dubs-eteria” doesn’t inspire gastronomic terror, then the following menu items certainly should. The only defense we can offer is that these dishes still aren’t as lousy as anything you can get at Olive Garden. Appetizers: The Baseball Writer’s Association of America “Poo-Poo” Platter It doesn’t even come with a… Read More If Dubsism Were a Bad Restaurant…Get Ready For Sports Stories as Menu Items
Editor’s Note: Mr. Rockford is a private detective based in Malibu, California. We here at Dubsism have retained Mr. Rockford at his standard rate of two hundred dollars a day plus expenses to investigate matters of crime and other general shadiness in the world of sports, then report back to us when needed. If you would… Read More Guest Column: Jim Rockford on How and Why To Tell The Difference Between Jets and Giants Fans
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 2012 Dubsy Awards
Let’s start with the college guys who still had jobs as of our last update: Mike Price, UTEP What We Said: After going 8-4 in each of his first two years, Mike Price has clinched his seventh consecutive losing season at UTEP and has no contract for next year. Color him toast. What Happened: Price… Read More What We’ve Learned From This Football Season – The Aftermath Of “Black Monday” Edition of the 2012 Coaches Death Watch
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 Los Angeles Kings Win The Stanley Cup For purposes… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2012
Remember two months ago when the buzz was that the Chicago Bears were a Super Bowl caliber team? Yeah, about that… Another football season in Chicago starts out with high hopes, and yet another football season in Chicago looks to end with the Bears barely making the playoffs (and most likely only to see an… Read More Why The Chicago Bears Need To Fire Lovie Smith Now, and Why They Won’t
It is time to talk about some hard realities in America today. Obviously, what happened yesterday in Kansas City is a tragedy by the classic definition of the word. The not-so-obvious tragedy which is going to unfold in the near future is that the deaths of the individuals involved here will not be remembered properly,… Read More What We Need To Learn From The Jovan Belcher Tragedy
Now that the regular season has ended for the majority of college football, many coaches heads have already rolled, and most of those are really no surprise. Joker Phillips, Kentucky Gene Chizik, Auburn John L. Smith, Arkansas Frank Spaziani, Boston College Tom O’Brien, North Carolina State Jeff Tedford, California Derek Dooley, Tennessee Danny Hope, Purdue… Read More What We’ve Learned From This Football Season So Far – The Inaugural Edition of the 2012 Coaches Death Watch
The shirt really says it all. Let’s say you’ve never been to Baltimore and you were curious about it. There’s a reason why everybody left it. The Colts left for the bucolic splendor and corn-fed beauties of Indiana. The Bullets left to end up as the Washington Wizards, the NBA’s consistently minor-league franchise. Baltimore… Read More Summing Up An Entire City In One T-Shirt
If you are a fan of the show Family Guy, here’s a bit of trivia for you. What was the name of the team Peter Griffin was traded to after he blew his shot with the New England Patriots. The answer: The London Sillinannies. Why does that matter? Because despite what Kommissar Roger Goodell wants… Read More If You Want To See An NFL Franchise In London, Get A “Family Guy” DVD
Seriously, everybody locked me into this Christian thing… Shabbat Hospitality? What about Shomer Shabbas? When do you fucking roll, Timmy? Walter Sobchak is going to want an answer…
Oh, was this a sweet moment…In a game where the Minnesota Vikings were finally exposed, the most over-rated player in the NFL got the bitch-slapping he’s deserved for far too long. Some folks at ESPN may want you to believe Tim Tebow is the most over-rated player in the NFL, but somehow they forgot about… Read More Jared Allen Gets His Over-Rated Ass Kicked
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