Here we are…down the the Final Four. There have been upsets, there have been Cinderellas, but let’s be honest. Any movie that has survived this far must be both pretty good and has a fair amount of fans. Now, it is time to see which will be the last one standing. The voting will close… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Final Four
Regional Finals abound in our sports movie tournament. It is begging the question “does life imitate art or does art imitate life.” Just like real basketball tournaments (perhaps not this year’s) some top seeds perform, and there’s always a Cinderella looking to crash the ball. Voting in this round will close Friday at midnight. West… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Elite Eight
Now that my brackets are so much smoldering wreckage, and now that my teams are out, it is time for a big dose of what the original purpose of this blog was: a profanity-filled triade about shit I don’t like. And since I can’t like this tournament anymore… VCU: Know what a “VCU” is? Fifteen… Read More Trash-Talking the Sweet Sixteen
While all the #1 and #2 seeds are still standing, this tournament has not been friendly to favorites. There’s only one each left of the #3 and #4 seeds. There are three #5 seeds still standing. There’s a Sweet Sixteen match between a #5 and a #10. There’s even a #13 out there wearing a… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Sweet Sixteen
The First Round of the Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular offered some interesting battles, and the Second Round promises more of the same. Before we get into how the brackets look in the next round, let’s take a quick peek at what the opening round taught us. It’s Good To Be King – Much like… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Second Round Starts Now!
The selection process is complete. First off, the four #1 seeds are: West Region: Hoosiers (1986) Midwest Region: Slap Shot (1977) South Region: Raging Bull (1980) East Region: Bull Durham (1988) The full bracket looks like this (click to enlarge): West Region: Midwest Region: South Region: East Region: First-round winners will be announced next Sunday,… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular: The Bracket Is Out – Vote For Your First-Round Winners
In America, March means Brackets. In the Blogosphere, it is now a requirement to bracketize something which had not yet previously been reduced a field of 64. Since ostensibly, this is a blog about sports, we thought “Why not a Sports Movie Bracket?” Honestly, we are still in the process of selecting a field of… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular
Let’s just cut to the chase here…everybody else does some sort of “Year End” list, here’s our obligatory ramble on what we consider to be the 15 most significant sporting occurrances in 2010. Honorable mention: The Vuvuzela What began as a seemingly harmless noisemaker instead became a symbol of what happens when you hold a… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Events of 2010
It may be that I finally have become the grumpy old man (it doesn’t help that I idolize Joe Paterno), but given some recent past events, I think we are witnessing the destruction of what was once the wonder of sports. Honestly, I’m a middle-aged guy whose formative years were in the late 70’s and… Read More Why Sports Will Suck In The Future
As we are moments from the tip of Duke-West Virginia, it is time for another quick reminder why Duke should never get the support of right-thinking people anywhere. Today’s reason: Mike Krzyzewski is a humorless crybaby. The following ran in the Indianapolis Star on Friday: No, that’s not some post-production work done by a North… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The Duke Blue Devils
So, here we are with Duke back in the Final Four. If you are like me, it matters little who they are facing. Regardless of what happens, I’ll be rooting against Duke. It’s not like I’m alone in this, America hates Duke. Some people simply won’t face up to this; many are out there thinking… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The Duke Blue Devils
Since the Final Four is now set and the odds say the team you were cheering is on the bus headed back home, we here at Dubsism feel compelled to keep you informed as to which teams you should not be behind. In today’s installment, we explore the reasons why the Duke Blue Devils don’t deserve your support. The… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The Duke Blue Devils
Who doesn’t love a funny name? Luckily the sports world is full of them. A while back we explored the hilarious monikers from the annals of college football. But when it comes to taking it to the next level, the bar has been raised by the Name of the Year tournament. Peruse the field of 64,… Read More More Stuff To Do Now That Your Brackets Are Toast
Since the Final Four is now set and the odds say the team you were cheering is on the bus headed back home, we here at Dubsism feel compelled to keep you informed as to which teams you should not be behind. In today’s installment, we explore the reasons why the West Virginia Mountaineers don’t deserve your support. … Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: West Virginia
Obviously, because you can’t anymore. But really, it’s time for all of us to be done with Kansas basketball and its history of Bradley, Bucknell, and now Northern Iowa-type debacles. I really expected I could wait until the Final Four before I needed to write about why Kansas wouldn’t win, but once again the Jayhawks… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For: The Kansas Jayhawks
There is a proposal afoot to expand the NCAA Basketball tournament to as many as 96 teams. It really isn’t like this is a new idea. Hell, at one point the idea was to just put everybody in the damn thing. Throughout its history, the NCAA tournament has been an ever-growing, ever-changing entity that has morphed into… Read More On Expanding the NCAA Basketball Tournament
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