Every athlete has a moment when they have to make some decisions. That moment is now for Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. The first decision he needs to make is obvious. Will he or won’t he enter the 2015 NFL draft? Winston is now three years removed from high school, which makes him eligible to… Read More Things Jameis Winston Needs To Do…Today
15) The College Football Play-off and the ESPN-ization of Bowl Games There are two words to describe how we got this four-team playoff to determine the college football national champion. Television Money Don’t even try to deny that. Sure, you can point out that we really aren’t adding any games with this play-off, which is… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
It’s become a tradition here at Dubsism to bring in the New Year by taking a look back the old one. 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… Read More The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. When a situation threatens to become a train wreck, much like the Dallas… Read More Conversations Not Meant to Be Public: Jerry Jones Sells His Soul To The Devil
Last night, I watched the Los Angeles Lakers lose by nineteen to the exceptionally mediocre Indiana Pacers. There were times in that game where the Lakers were trailing by over thirty points. That was the moment I realized this may very well be the worst Laker team I’ve ever seen. There’s two types of Lakers’… Read More Project Rebuild: The Los Angeles Lakers
Now that we have the field for our first four-team college football playoff, we have our first #5 who doesn’t like the system. Not to say I told you so…but I told you so. Baylor head football coach Art Briles took to the podium after his Bears came up #5 in the final rankings, and… Read More What Art Briles Doesn’t Understand About The College Football Play-Off
For the sixth January in a row, we here at Dubsism will be handing out our coveted awards for various achievements in the world of sport. But this year, we are doing something different. For the fist time ever, we are opening up the nomination process to the readers of our partner blog Turtle Boy… Read More It’s Time To Submit Your Nominees For The 2014 Dubsy Awards
To understand this latest J-Dub/SportsChump collaboration, you need to know that the exceptionally Floridian SportsChump is a recent convert to the religion known as hockey fandom. To most, the idea of ice hockey and Floridians seems as natural a mix as Navy Seals at a Tupperware party, but it actually isn’t that strange if you… Read More Point-Counterpoint – J-Dub and SportsChump on the Growing Popularity of the NHL
For purposes of full disclosure, I’m not a Colts fan, but due to certain circumstances, I currently live in Indiana. To be honest, I’m a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and I owe a small debt of gratitude to the Patriots for finally exposing as truth something I always knew; Donovan McNabb would never be a Super… Read More An Open Letter to Patriots Fans: Did You Know How Much Shit Colts Fans Talk About You?
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. When a situation threatens to become a train wreck, much like the Florida… Read More Conversations Not Meant To Be Public: Jimbo Fisher Keeps Trying To Figure Out Jameis Winston
Even since the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke at Penn State three years ago, my position on this story has been both clear and consistent. You can research the Dubsism archives to see it for yourself, but for purposes of this discussion, it can be summed up in a single compound sentence. From Day One, people… Read More Two Years Later, The Flaws In The Freeh Report Finally Come To Light
Cities all over North America clamor for major league sports franchises. Obviously, with such a demand, it would make sense that major sports leagues tend to place franchises in the larger population markets. But that hasn’t always been the case, and even today there are exceptions to that convention. Currently, the “magic number” seems to… Read More Be It Seattle or Saskatoon, Relocation Not Expansion is the Way To Go For The NHL
For purposes of full disclosure, I originally intended to publish this post last week after the Colts suffered that crushing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. But then I looked ahead on the Colts’ schedule, and I thought this week after what should be a decisive victory over a minor league team would actually be a… Read More An Open Letter To Indianapolis Colts Fans: Its Time For The Delusions To Stop
by J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. Like it or not, fantasy football has become a multi-million dollar business. That’s… Read More Point – Counterpoint: Fantasy Football Sucks
by J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. Now that we are all indigesting a heaping helping of Uncle Ray’s Felonious… Read More The Deep Six: Reasons Why Roger Goodell Should Have Been Fired A Long Time Ago
by J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. The other day, Kommissar Goodell gave what he considers to be a genuine… Read More The Deep Six: Why The NFL’s New Domestic Violence Policy Proves Roger Goodell Only Cares About Public Perception
This is another installment in the Sports Blog Movement series which takes a hard look at certain instances, or specific seasons which would make sports fans cringe in horror and pain, or expands on that to take a hard look at the long-suffering fans of franchises who have tortured their supporters for decades. The episode… Read More Tales of Depression and Sorrow: The Los Angeles Angels
In a word, no…because they can’t, and they know they can’t. We all know the story here, because the ESPNs of the world have done nothing but try to make a story where there really isn’t one. Gay or straight, the issue is that Michael Sam is at best a marginal NFL player; the fact… Read More Do The St. Louis Rams Have The Balls To Cut Michael Sam?
This post may sound like it belongs on Turtle Boy Sports (which is an awesome read, by the way…), but what I saw on my television this morning literally made me spew coffee across my living room. I’m watching my local morning news during which CBS News does a two-minute cut-in with a “headlines of… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: CBS News Uses Ferguson Riots to Inject Race Into Little League Baseball
This post is all about questions, not the least of which is why the hell does Roger Goodell care which team I support? The answer to that is a bit more complex than you might think, and to get you there means seeing a few more questions. How do we know Kommissar Goodell wants you… Read More Roger Goodell Wants You To Be A New York Jets Fan
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