Dubsism

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 lose host conference champions to the BCS title game get to replace those teams before other selections are made.  See the complete BCS Selection Procedures here.

Notre Dame is eligible for all bowls in which the Big East has a commitment, as well as the BCS.  It also serves as the backup for the Big 12 in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Navy will be invited to the Kraft Hunger Bowl if it qualifies for selection. If Navy is ineligible, the #9 team from the ACC is next in-line to be invited. Navy has secured…

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In the world of baseball, August is that time when guys get put on waivers for purposes of either being traded or to gauge if there is any trade interest on a big-contract player.  But to make this tactic work, you must understand the concept of timing.

The Minnesota Twins clearly do not understand this.

In case you didn’t notice, the Twins have put all-star catcher and former MVP Joe Mauer on the waiver wire, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.

Don’t get me wrong, I get why they did it. Let’s be honest; the Twins have plummeted to baseball’s basement, and Mauer’s has now become a millstone around Minnesota’s neck.  Yeah, I get that he is performing; his “slash numbers” are .309/.403/.425 with eight homers.  But the idea that he likely will never reproduce his  power numbers of his MVP year of 2009 combined with the fact he has roughly…

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Dubsism

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again. There is a rule in the blogosphere that says if you tag more than three posts with “college football,” you are required to do a pre-season ranking. Failure to do so will get your nose flayed and your genitals set on fire.

With that…teams are rated within their conference, and the conferences are ranked in order of overall strength.

Plus, since here at Dubsism we are believers in the yin and yang of things, we felt it necessary not only to do the obligatory Top 25 list, but a comprehensive list as well. Why? Because for every team that should be admired for its prowess, there is one that should be pitied for its ineptitude.

* – denotes bowl ineligible teams (as of this writing)

Independents:

Frankly, nobody in this group will likely matter in terms of a Top 25…

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Countdown to Kickoff 2012: TSFSG’s College Football Top 25 Preview (Plus Bold Bowl Predictions)

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5 Days Until Kick Off — 2012 College Football Preview Week

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Another offseason of controversy and sordidness has past and college football is ready to kickoff the season. The NCAA would love to have football back in the headlines again, after dealing with the scandal at Penn State. Personally I think Penn State should have received the death penalty, but that’s another story. This is strictly football talk here.

The Associated Press and USA Today have released their preseason polls. I will do one myself. Granted it is somewhat similar to both polls, as it is very difficult to judge these teams at this point in time. But predictions are fun and I’m always willing to look foolish, so here goes my Top 25 for the 2012 NCAA football season.

1. Alabama

The defending National Champions are the team to beat yet again. Sure they have question marks. Can Trent Richardson be replaced in the backfield? Can the defence overcome the…

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Dubsism

As we find ourselves on the verge of another NFL season, it is time for the degenerate gambler in me to preview the carnage.  Let’s face it, the NFL is comprised of three classes: Really Good, Mediocre, and Lousy. This means NFL predictions are pretty easy to get reasonably correct.  For example, the online sports book experts find it easy to predict the AFC East standings each year.  As long as quarterback Tom Brady is healthy and playing for a non-senile head coach Bill Belichick in New England, that will be your division favorite.  Another point that should be obvious is that if you are reading this article and expecting anything more clever than a sports book expert, maybe you shouldn’t be gambling in the first place.

Having said that, here’s how we see these teams come January (playoff teams noted in green).

Rankings by Division

AFC East:

The Patriots…

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This series of articles will celebrate (or laugh at) some of the worst professional sports teams of all time. I will focus on teams within my lifetime so expect the worst from the 1970s to present day. 

There is no doubt that the country of Greece has provided a sporting legacy which is second to none. After all, this is the country where the Olympics were brought to life. Even going back to the days of Athens and Sparta, sport provided a welcome respite to the tensions of these two historical cities.

However, when it comes to the globe’s most popular sport, Greece did not possess the powers of Zeus or any other Greek God. Football success had been lacking in Greece, until they qualified for the 1994 World Cup, the first time the country qualified for the planet’s biggest sporting event. Key victories over Hungary and Luxembourg assured Greece…

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This series of articles will celebrate (or laugh at) some of the worst professional sports teams of all time. I will focus on teams within my lifetime so expect the worst from the 1970s to present day. 

Getting to the top is a long hard climb. Crashing to the bottom is a fast painful fall. The San Francisco 49ers have experienced both in their franchise history. Everybody knows about the climb. The 1970s were difficult times for the 49ers. Terrible teams and terrible management plagued the 49ers during the disco decade. Then along came Bill Walsh and Joe Montana. The 49ers rose from the rubble, and dominated the 1980s. After 5 Super Bowls and some of the greatest players to ever participate in the sport, the 49ers were due for a crash. 2004 was the year of the crash.

The 49ers were simply dreadful in 2004, finishing with a 2-14…

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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 them and the game they play; there’ s plenty of other places to discuss the ugliness of the past nine months.

I’d be lying if I said it didn’t feel a bit strange to be writing about a Nittany Lion football team which now finds itself without the man who built the program.  Not only is this team entering the post-Paterno era, but its also one that has some immediate needs on the field.

The dawn of the Bill O’Brien era in State College is going to face some immediate challenges. Contrary to what people…

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