Tag: College Football

The Dubsism 2012-2013 College Football Bowl Predictions – The How Wrong We Were Edition

EDITOR’S NOTE: This list was completed based on who has been ruled ineligible for post-season play as of the date we made the original prediction (August 30th, 2012). Bowl matchup predictions were made based on our conference finish predictions and traditional bowl contractual allegiances. Taking all of that into consideration, here’s the full rundown on… Read More The Dubsism 2012-2013 College Football Bowl Predictions – The How Wrong We Were Edition

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Your NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map – The Non Automatic Qualifiers Edition

The tectonic re-alignments enveloping college football are limited to the big dogs…like Ronald Reagan’s economic theory, there’s a “Trickle-Down” effect. With the pending dissolution of the WAC, and the seemingly imminent cancellation by the western teams that were going to join the Big East in 2013, this becomes an even more wide-open map in terms… Read More Your NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map – The Non Automatic Qualifiers Edition

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What We’ve Learned From This Football Season So Far – The Inaugural Edition of the 2012 Coaches Death Watch

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

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Your Current College Football Heavyweight Champion – the Baylor Bears

There’s all sorts of polls out there for determining who is #1 in college football.  But what if college football determined its top dog the same way boxing did?  You are #1 until somebody beats you.  Rather that wait for next week’s BCS poll, we here at Dubsism have taken the boxing-style approach. In other… Read More Your Current College Football Heavyweight Champion – the Baylor Bears

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Your NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map – Updated Yet Again

Tyler Raborn from Sports Righting.com was right…he said I would be updating this map regularly, and not even a week later, here we are.  Now that Louisville is the latest defection from the Big East, several new factors have come into play. 1) Don’t look now, but the ACC seems to be interested in making… Read More Your NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map – Updated Yet Again

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Now That Notre Dame Football Is Relevant Again, It’s Time To Start Shit-Talking The Irish

Do you remember the the old saying about one picture being worth a thousand words?  Well, this picture destroys at least three assumptions. 1)  All Cheerleaders Are Hot Apparently at Notre Dame, chicks who look like a “short bus” version of Jan Brady get to wave the pom-poms, even if they don’t provide any of… Read More Now That Notre Dame Football Is Relevant Again, It’s Time To Start Shit-Talking The Irish

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Your Updated NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map

Do you remember the board game Risk? If you don’t there’s really something wrong with you.  Anyway, with the continuing re-alignment of college football conferences, it occurred to Mrs. Dubsism that the college football world is beginning to resemble a Risk map. Now that Rutgers and Maryland have opted for the Big Ten, New Jersey… Read More Your Updated NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map

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Former Penn State President Graham Spanier Indicted: What Took So Long?

If you are a regular reader of Dubsism, you know we’ve covered the Jerry Sandusky case in detail. Back in July, after the release of the Freeh Report, we released an exhaustive review of that report. While there was much blame to go around, one of the key questions we asked at the time was… Read More Former Penn State President Graham Spanier Indicted: What Took So Long?

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Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The University of Tennessee Brings The Term “Butt-Chugging” to the Public Consciousness

First of all, we need to define “butt-chugging.” From Urban Dictionary: Butt Chugging – The act of ingesting alcohol through one’s rectum. The idea is to increase the alcohol’s effect and the speed with which one becomes intoxicated. OK, now that you know that, you likely won’t be shocked to discover the story which spawned post… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The University of Tennessee Brings The Term “Butt-Chugging” to the Public Consciousness

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Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Somehow, There’s a Belief That Being Gay Excludes You From The Rules

It’s time for a great exercise in the hypocrisy that is political correctness. In terms of the treatment of homosexuals, the pendulum of social acceptance has taken a great swing. Thirty years ago, being intolerant of homosexuals was perfectly acceptable, and while idiocy will never be completely eradicated, tolerance has now become the norm rather… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Somehow, There’s a Belief That Being Gay Excludes You From The Rules

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First The ACC, Now Notre Dame Is Taking Over The Catholic Church

First, there was yesterday’s news the University of Notre Dame was joining Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports except football (although there will play 5 ACC team in football per season). But that isn’t the really shocking news; we all knew someday Notre Dame would “buddy up” to a conference. What surprised us all was… Read More First The ACC, Now Notre Dame Is Taking Over The Catholic Church

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The Top 10 Bizarre Books and The Sports Figures Who Could Have Written Them

It’s time for another one of our patented Dubsism comparisons with another gem we found over at Listverse. As the title suggests, we found a list of ten books that literally defy explanation, until you realize the sports world is full of figure who could have easily written such strange stuff. 10) How to Abandon Ship… Read More The Top 10 Bizarre Books and The Sports Figures Who Could Have Written Them

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The Dubsism 2012-2013 College Football Bowl Predictions

EDITOR’S NOTE: This list is being completed based on who has been ruled ineligible for post-season play as of today’s date. Having said that, there are some noteworthy points concerning this bowl season. From CollegeFootballPoll.com: BCS Selection Order: The order of selection for this year’s BCS games is Fiesta, Sugar, Orange. However, the bowls that… Read More The Dubsism 2012-2013 College Football Bowl Predictions

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The Dubsism Report on the Freeh Report and The Post-Mortem on the Penn State Scandal

Preface: With the release of the report concerning The Pennsylvania State University’s (Penn State) handling of the Jerry Sandusky case written by former FBI Director Louis Freeh and commissioned by the Penn State Board of Trustees, an emotional firestorm has erupted over it’s  contents.  If you’ve been a reader of this blog, you know this… Read More The Dubsism Report on the Freeh Report and The Post-Mortem on the Penn State Scandal

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The First Of Many To Come: A Member of the Penn State Board of Trustees Resigns

It had to happen, and it only took a week in the wake of the release of the Freeh Report.  From Yahoo Sports: A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become ”a distraction and an impediment” to the university’s efforts to… Read More The First Of Many To Come: A Member of the Penn State Board of Trustees Resigns

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