Back-up quarterbacks lead a strange existence. At the same time, they can be popular and anonymous. Fans may know nothing about them, but if the starter sucks bad enough, every fan will want the back-up to take the field. If the starter gets hurt, thousands of people will ponder “who is this fucking guy” as… Read More The Five Greatest Acheivements By Back-Up Quarterbacks
Last week, the owner of the Russian football team Moscow Black Storm, offered Tim Tebow $1 million to appear in two games later this month. Don’t get confused, this isn’t “football” in the European sense; this isn’t soccer. These guys actually play actual American style football; they’ve got helmets and everything. “I talked with him personally and… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Somewhere, Somebody Thinks Tim Tebow Is The Michael Jordan of American Football
by J-Dub and Meehan Yet another week has passed in the sportsgasm that is the NFL season, and that means it is time for us to tell you some things you need to know without the self-serving spin those assbags at ESPN will never give you. We know this because if you think you can get real football… Read More What We Learned From Week Three of the 2013 NFL Season
by J-Dub and Meehan Yet another week has passed in the sportsgasm that is the NFL season, and that means it is time for us to tell you some things you need to know without the self-serving spin those assbags at ESPN will never give you. We know this because if you think you can get real football… Read More What We Learned From Week Two of the 2013 NFL Season
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Without any further fanfare, let’s just get to the stuff week one of the NFL season showed us. 1) Peyton Manning’s performance hid the fact the Broncos’ defense sucks. If Thursday night taught us anything, it’s that the Broncos are indeed going to struggle on the defensive side of the ball. By “struggle,” we’re talking… Read More What We Learned From Week One of the 2013 NFL Season
Just one week ago, Ryan Meehan and I told you about ten things to watch for in this upcoming NFL season. As sure as the sun rises in the east, it also tends every season to blaze a few coaches into that long goodnight. To that end, we had New York Jets head coach Rex… Read More Coaches Death Watch – The First Rex Ryan Death Rattle Has Been Heard
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By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan 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…
Thanks to the Indianapolis Colts, we have yet another solid gold example of the further hypocritical pussification of America. The following sentence gives us the “pussification” part. The Colts pre-season starts this weekend. There are some new security policies in place but one thing remains the same. Behaving badly at Lucas Oil Stadium can get you booted and banned… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The Indianapolis Colts Now Have Sensitivity Training Classes For Fans
Over the last few years, there hasn’t been very many football players I’ve waffled more on than Cam Newton. when he was coming out of Auburn, I was very skeptical of his ability to play quarterback in the NFL. In fact, I constantly referred to him as “JaMarcus II.” Then his rookie season in Carolina… Read More Think All NFL Quarterbacks Are Tough? Cam Newton Quit Baseball Because He “Was Afraid Of The Ball”
Last week, steroids were the worst thing to ever happen in the history of the sports world. Trust me, there was absolutely no hyperbole spewing from the mouths of the sports media gasbags when they were saying this. Never mind there were sandwiching the steroid conversation with talk about a guy who may have killed… Read More The Riley Cooper Situation: Yet Another Exercise in the Exploitation of Racism for Profit
If you are a sports fan, you likely watch a lot of ESPN. Unless you spent the last three weeks at your time share on the dark side of the moon, you are nauseatingly aware of the situation embroiling former New England Patriot and current murder suspect Aaron Hernandez. But in the avalanche of the… Read More Three Crucial Facts About The Aaron Hernandez Situation ESPN Is Conveniently Ignoring
As a blogger, I am an avid fan of reading blogs, if for no other reason than you can see so much great content and honest opinions that the mainstream media just won’t provide. The situation currently embroiling former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is a perfect example. One of my favorites blogs… Read More A Dubsism Breakdown of the Ideal Assessment of the Aaron Hernandez Situation
With the arrival of Tim Tebow in New England, this seems like as good as time as any to explore in detail a discussion I’ve had with several football fans. The NFL of the past few years has become a league infatuated with the passing game to a point where several offenses in this league… Read More The “Tebow Theory:” Eventually, Somebody Is Going To Build An NFL Offense Around a Quarterback Who Can’t Throw
Things to Remember: References to the “Kiper Theory” are ironically based on our Dubsism Anti-Kiper NFL Draft Board. The “Kiper Theory” is the one that states teams must take the best player available, regardless of team needs. We rate drafts using the proprietary formula of the Dubsism Draft Quotient. This formula rates drafts picks based on… Read More The Dubsism 2013 NFL Draft Review – What We Told Them vs. What They Did vs. What ESPN Won’t Tell You
As a Philadelphia Eagle fan, of all people I know what it is like to watch your team languish in the doldrums of mediocrity. For example, I know what it is like to watch a team enter a season with Jeff Kemp as the starting quarterback (shudder). But I also know what it is like… Read More The Dubscast, Volume 4: Minnesota Vikings’ Fans Need To Quit Whining About Losing Percy Harvin
Today’s installment has a bit of a Sesame Street feel to it, as it is brought to you by the letter “R” and the number “36,” all of which have to do with the fact that future football Hall of Famer Randy Moss needs to realize his playing days are over. Hat tip to Blog… Read More The Dubscast, Volume 3: Randy Moss Needs To Retire
No, those words never came out of Pete Rozelle’s mouth, but you must remember that 1975 was a very different time. Bell bottoms were still in fashion. Gas cost about 40 cents a gallon. And the internet didn’t exist yet to explode rumors into news reports. Otherwise, more people would have known about the time… Read More With Their First Pick In The 1975 NFL Draft, The Redskins Select André René Roussimoff
Welcome to a new era in the bullshit to which Dubsism exposes it’s six regular readers. We’ve now entered the video world, and here’s our first video podcast, and as terrible as it may be, it’s a “Neil Armstrong” giant step for this crappy, uncensored, independent sports blog. The subject of this initial cast is… Read More The Dubscast, Volume 1
Last week at this time, Danica Patrick had just become the first woman to secure the pole position for the Daytona 500 today. Yesterday, she didn’t become the first pole-sitter to win the “great American race.” Despite that lead-in, this isn’t about Patrick. Rather, this is about another thing she wasn’t the first to do; provide… Read More Another Thing Danica Patrick Isn’t The First To Do – Add A Layer To The “Donovan McNabb Is A Dumbass” Argument
In this series, we here at Dubsism will investigate troubled franchises and assume the role of general manager in order to return these franchises to past glory. In today’s installment, J-Dub will tackle the challenges facing the Dallas Cowboys For purposes of full disclosure, I am a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and the fact that the… Read More Project Rebuild: The Dallas Cowboys
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