What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 10/15/2011 – The “Exposed” Edition

If you are my age, you remember Fotomat.  If you don’t remember Fotomat, then you also likely don’t remember rotary dial phones, cars that had carburetors rather than fuel injection, and the days when McDonald’s didn’t pretend to care about your health. You don’t remember the days when you never had to dial somebody’s area code… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 10/15/2011 – The “Exposed” Edition

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The Tiger Woods “Hot Dog” Incident – Another Example of “Wiener Bias”

No, this isn’t another tale of a Brett Favre-like textual assault. Rather, this is a story of a cylindrical meat attack in of all places, a golf course. A strange year for Tiger Woods took another bizarre twist Sunday when a fan was arrested for running toward the seventh green at CordeValle and tossing a… Read More The Tiger Woods “Hot Dog” Incident – Another Example of “Wiener Bias”

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Comcast Is Simply Following the Truth in Advertising Laws

For today’s “Purdue Joke of the Day” (although this is equally a shot at the equally putrid Minnesota Gophers), thank the good people over at SB Nation. Comcast guide screens for football games can be an endless source of entertainment, usually for reasons that are purely accidental — typos, incorrect stats or whatever else. Not… Read More Comcast Is Simply Following the Truth in Advertising Laws

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What Grinds My Gears: This Whole Hank Williams, Jr. Mess

I cringe writing this, but I can’t hold my tongue on this completely ridiculous  Hank Williams, Jr. situation any longer. The six regular readers of this blog know that while I avoid politics, I am not afraid of strong or even controversial opinions. The “About Dubsism” page on this very blog outlines that. However,  unfortunately there… Read More What Grinds My Gears: This Whole Hank Williams, Jr. Mess

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You Know Purdue Is Weak When the Opposing Quarterback’s Sister Can Kick Their Ass

Yes, you read that correctly…From the good people at Bad Jocks.com, it seems the sister of Notre Dame’s starting quarterback decided Saturday night’s game at Ross-Ade Stadium was a good time to kick some Boilermaker butt. So, a fight breaks out in the stands during last Saturday’s game in West Lafayette, Indiana between the Purdue… Read More You Know Purdue Is Weak When the Opposing Quarterback’s Sister Can Kick Their Ass

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It Seems John Lackey Is An Unconscionable Dick

Guess what, Red Sox fans…Thanks to the window-peekers at TMZ.com, you have a whole new and far better reason for hating pitcher-turned money-sucking-douchehole John Lackey. Forget about the $15,950,000 salary (which breaks down to $569,642.86 per start or $1,329,166.67 per win). Forget that he led the league in earned runs (114). Forget that he led… Read More It Seems John Lackey Is An Unconscionable Dick

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The 10 Worst Baseball Pennant Race Collapses – The Red Sox Weren’t The Worst, Just The Most Fun

Given what happened the other night, there’s a lot of superlatives being bandied about…while the Red Sox and Braves both managed a serious dose of  “epic fail,” neither of them are the worst choke job in pennant race history.  So, before you let anybody tell you the Red Sox pulled off the worst collapse in… Read More The 10 Worst Baseball Pennant Race Collapses – The Red Sox Weren’t The Worst, Just The Most Fun

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The Dubsism Baseball Post-Season Preview: A Look Back at Yesterday and A Look Ahead To October

I’m just going to come right out and say it…if you didn’t find last night’s baseball drama to be one of the most exciting things you’ve seen since discount warehouse liquor stores, you either don’t like baseball or you have no pulse. I’m such an old codger that I can remember first-hand the days of… Read More The Dubsism Baseball Post-Season Preview: A Look Back at Yesterday and A Look Ahead To October

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Parity: Why Every Team in the NFL Is Now Flawed

The National Football League for years has been making itself deliberately mediocre. There was a philosophy born under Commissioner Paul Tagliabue known as “Parity;” the primary components of which was there should be no dynasties. Rather, teams should be able to quickly build themselves into contention through free-agency and the draft. Last season, the graphic below was posted… Read More Parity: Why Every Team in the NFL Is Now Flawed

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When Sports Writers Get Too Clever: Obviously, It Doesn’t Take A Superhero To Beat Tom Brady

Clark Kent isn’t the only journalist who can become a superhero.  Clark Judge at CBS Sports.com has the ability to drop his snap-brim hat, horn-rim glasses, and gray flannel suit faster than this speeding blog to become his cape-wearing alter-ego Captain Obvious.  I’m sure Judge isn’t the only guy to write a column this week… Read More When Sports Writers Get Too Clever: Obviously, It Doesn’t Take A Superhero To Beat Tom Brady

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