Weddings on a College Football Saturday Mean The Terrorists Are Winning
Anybody who schedules a wedding on a college football Saturday is a bad person. Period.… Read More Weddings on a College Football Saturday Mean The Terrorists Are Winning
Tag: Joe Paterno
Radio J-Dub, Volume 22 – Fan Duel, Steve Spurrier, and the Ghost of Joe Paterno Haunts Michigan
J-Dub goes all “hot take” on the Fan Duel/Draft Kings mess, play-off baseball, and the sudden departure of Steve Spurrier. In the last segment, J-Dub marks the ten-year anniversary of Penn State getting hosed out of a shot at the National Championship, and how that means what happened to Michigan last Saturday is a case… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 22 – Fan Duel, Steve Spurrier, and the Ghost of Joe Paterno Haunts Michigan
The Confederate Flag Isn’t The Only Old Thing Some South Carolinians Want To Get Rid Of
You know there’s a “Spurrier must go” crowd at the University of South Carolina.… Read More The Confederate Flag Isn’t The Only Old Thing Some South Carolinians Want To Get Rid Of
RIP Jerry Tarkanian – I Knew He Was A Genius Long Before You Ever Heard Of Him
There’s probably a bunch of people in Las Vegas who don’t know why the flags are all at half-mast today. College basketball fans under the age of 30 may not even remember Jerry Tarkanian, and many others may only know him as the guy who chewed on towels. After all, Tark’s University of Nevada-Las Vegas… Read More RIP Jerry Tarkanian – I Knew He Was A Genius Long Before You Ever Heard Of Him
Two Years Later, The Flaws In The Freeh Report Finally Come To Light
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
Penn State Football 2012: The Rebuilding Begins
This will be the first Penn State post I’ve written in months which is solely about football. I’ve got plenty of other posts in which I discuss the obvious problem we’ve just dealt with. There are a bunch of kids who showed the one thing Paterno always preached: loyalty. Now its time to talk about… Read More Penn State Football 2012: The Rebuilding Begins
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
Four Final Thoughts on the Jerry Sandusky Situation
A few minutes ago, the child molestation trial of former Penn State Jerry Sandusky went to the jury. Now that we are on the verge of the end of this chapter of this terrible saga, it is time to look at four things that will be a part of the Penn State future no matter… Read More Four Final Thoughts on the Jerry Sandusky Situation
The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2011
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
What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 11/26/2011 – The Up-To-The-Minute Coaches’ Death Watch Edition
Lots of stuff has happened since we originally started this Coaches’ Death Watch a month ago. Some of it we saw coming, some of it we didn’t, and some of it is simply inexplicable. There’s the guys who bought it before we ever published the inaugural death watch issue. Granted, we messed up when we… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 11/26/2011 – The Up-To-The-Minute Coaches’ Death Watch Edition
Despite Mike Krzyzewski’s Accomplishment, I Still Don’t Have Any Respect For Him
Last night, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski became college basketball’s all-time winningest coach, notching his 903rd career victory. This is a accomplishment worthy of note, and Coach K deserves the accolades being heaped upon him today. But before you think I am one of those willing to put him on a pedestal, you might want to consider… Read More Despite Mike Krzyzewski’s Accomplishment, I Still Don’t Have Any Respect For Him
The Lesson We Desperately Need To Learn From the Penn State Situation
“If we as a society cannot protect our children, then we are pathetic.” – Matt Millen, Penn State DT 1976-1979 So…this is how it ends. As I wake up today; the first day in my 43 years in which Joe Paterno is not the head coach at Penn State, I can’t help but ask myself… Read More The Lesson We Desperately Need To Learn From the Penn State Situation
Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: “GET THAT SHIRT PULLED DOWN!”
One of the running bits here as Dubsism has been to chronicle some of the lesser-known, albeit tremendous moments in the career of the greatest coach in the history of college football, Joe Paterno. In honor of his 408th career win (tying Paterno with Grambling legend Eddie Robinson), we thought this would be the perfect… Read More Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: “GET THAT SHIRT PULLED DOWN!”
Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: The Day JoePa Made a Clandestine Appearance At My Wedding
I’ll give you the moral of this story up front. This is what happens when a die-hard Penn State fan marries into a decidedly Boilermaker family. Not only is my wife a Purdue alum, her father is a chemistry professor at Giant Drum A&M. If that weren’t enough, the wedding was being held literally within… Read More Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: The Day JoePa Made a Clandestine Appearance At My Wedding
Trash-Talking the 2011 Top 25
Because we are into the greatest 12 weekends of the year, it is also time to remind some people of just who they are. In other words, we are taking the pre-season Dubsism Top 25 and reminding them that they suck. Let’s be honest, a big part of college football is trash-talking. This is exactly… Read More Trash-Talking the 2011 Top 25
Great Moments In Joe Paterno History: JoePa Has A Run Longer Than His Offense Does
In 2006 during the Ohio State game, midway through the second quarter, Penn State is preparing to punt on 4th down when suddenly Joe Paterno trots into the backfield as if he’s going to take the snap. But he keeps going…in a beeline for the Penn State locker room. Stranger still, JoePa doesn’t return until after… Read More Great Moments In Joe Paterno History: JoePa Has A Run Longer Than His Offense Does
Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: JoePa Attacks a Camera Man
This moment requires a bit of preparation on your part. Before you read any further, take a moment and jot down all a few of your best “old man yelling “get off my lawn jokes.’” Then watch the video. The camera crew became the Beaver Stadium equivalent of the kids looking to get their Nerf… Read More Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: JoePa Attacks a Camera Man
Penn State ’11 – When The Ten That Was Eleven Became Twelve
That’s right, with the addition of Nebraska, the Big Ten has twelve members. Gone are the days of hiding the “ten that is actually 11” thing Escher-like in the conference logo. Gone are the days of my being able to refer to this league as the Big Eleven Ten (I will be sticking with Big… Read More Penn State ’11 – When The Ten That Was Eleven Became Twelve
Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: JoePa Tells President Nixon to “Shove It”
While this story occurred in 1969, we here at Dubsism happen to enjoy the 2008 telling of the tale; largely because that’s the best Youtube video we can find. Anyway, the background is as follows…in 1969, Penn State is on its ascendance to national prominance; the Nittany Lions are one of three undefeated teams in… Read More Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: JoePa Tells President Nixon to “Shove It”
Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: Alabama Reporters Piss Him Off
It’s 2010, immediately after Penn State got their collective Nittany ass handed to them by Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Paterno makes a statement about how “we didn’t coach good enough,” at which point some idiot reporter asks a question which is merely a repeating of what Paterno just said. Naturally, the coach loses it just like… Read More Great Moments in Joe Paterno History: Alabama Reporters Piss Him Off
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