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Radio J-Dub, Volume 6- Good “Bad” Coaches and Dave Hakstol Hits The City of Brotherly Love

There’s so much in today’s episode it had to be done in two segments. The first harkens back to a lot of material from the Dubsism archives.  We get glimpses into why there’s a Dubsy award named for Gene Mauch, what J-Dub really means when he talks about good “bad” coaches, the old Dubscast series,… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 6- Good “Bad” Coaches and Dave Hakstol Hits The City of Brotherly Love

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…And Now For a Bracket Completely Different…College Hockey!

Many people don’t realize it, but the NCAA College Hockey Tournament is timed exactly to give you, the bracket loving public, another shot to fill out a bracket, albeit a completely different one.  What you know about college hockey matters little; most of you who fill out brackets for basketball don’t know shit about that… Read More …And Now For a Bracket Completely Different…College Hockey!

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The Dubscast, Volume 5: “Offensive” Mascots Prove The Hypocrisy of the NCAA

Back in 2005, the NCAA declared that Native American mascots were “hostile and abusive” and outlawed them. Eight years later, the fact they are still around may be the perfect example of why the NCAA is the standard by which one measures ineffective and hypocritical organizations. The fact the debate spread beyond that is even… Read More The Dubscast, Volume 5: “Offensive” Mascots Prove The Hypocrisy of the NCAA

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Thanks to the UPS Guy, the University of North Dakota Has Another Football Championship Banner

The University of North Dakota won its only NCAA Football Championship in 2001. But now it has two championship banners, thanks to a shipping mistake (from the Grand Forks Herald). The UND athletic department received a package Wednesday that drew a few chuckles — at the expense of the NCAA. The package included the 2011… Read More Thanks to the UPS Guy, the University of North Dakota Has Another Football Championship Banner

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Thanks to Dave Hakstol, I’m Never Filling Out Another Bracket Ever Again…At Least Until Next Year

That headline is the classic exasperated utterance as the sheet on which any of my brackets were printed gets wadded into a ball and serves as yet another miss as it doinks off the rim of the wastebasket.  Every year, I think the NCAA Hockey tournament can save my enjoyment of filling out brackets. Every… Read More Thanks to Dave Hakstol, I’m Never Filling Out Another Bracket Ever Again…At Least Until Next Year

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Here’s Another Bracket You Can Watch Go Up In Smoke

I should have known better. Every year, by the end of the first weekend of the basketball tournament, my brackets are just so much smoldering wreckage. Every year, I think the NCAA Hockey tournament can save my enjoyment of filling out brackets. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that statistically speaking, my chances of picking… Read More Here’s Another Bracket You Can Watch Go Up In Smoke

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Fourteen Curious All-Time Basketball Teams For Your Consideration

Everybody loves to put together lists of useless stuff, and certainly we here at Dubsism are no exception. This collection sprung from some holiday conversation revolving around which schools could really put together the best all-time team.  See, the catalyst for all of this is there are Kansas fans in this group, and we all… Read More Fourteen Curious All-Time Basketball Teams For Your Consideration

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The National Collegiate Hockey Conference – A Super League Is Born

Editor’s Note: For purposes of full disclosure, J-Dub is an alum of the University of North Dakota and is a fervent Fighting Sioux hockey fan. In fact, that’ s his real fat ass all Sioux-ed up. For Christ’s sake, the man has a Fighting Sioux shower curtain.  We mention this only for purposes of stating… Read More The National Collegiate Hockey Conference – A Super League Is Born

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Now That Your Hoops Bracket Is Busted, Try Some College Hockey Instead

As a fan of college hockey, I realize that I am a lover of a sport that has exactly nine other fans. Every year at this time, I try to expand that number into double-digits by allowing all of you college basketball fans a chance to double-dip on brackets. That’s right…the NCAA Men’s Hockey tournament… Read More Now That Your Hoops Bracket Is Busted, Try Some College Hockey Instead

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