The Book of Jobbed

A Very Swear-y Summary of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made: Miracle (2004)

In honor of the 2026 edition of The Games

Feb 9 • Dan Plagens

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Predicting Super Bowl LX Based on How Good Each City's Rock Music Is

Grunge is dead, long live grunge

Feb 7 • Dan Plagens

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January 2026

Revisiting Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero Album During Trump 2.0

The Trump administration is going to great lengths to amplify its fascistic veneer, even as it fails to shed its characteristic stupidity and David…

Jan 18 • Dan Plagens

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December 2025

I Saw a Man Dropkick a Cat

On Personal Growth and Michigan Football (Actual Cat Not Pictured)

Dec 1, 2025 • Dan Plagens

October 2025

Michigan Football Needs to Stop Playing like a Jazz Band

The situation at Penn State has been downgraded from “angsty” to “sad.” For the third straight week, they lost a game it should have won, and the…

Oct 13, 2025 • Dan Plagens

I Take It Back; Penn State Fans Should Despair

I'm Very Sorry This Happened

Oct 6, 2025 • Dan Plagens

September 2025

Penn State Must Embrace the B+

ANGST WATCH IS BACK

Sep 29, 2025 • Dan Plagens

The Universal Contempt for Silence

A Moment of Silence is No Way to Remember The Podcaster

Sep 17, 2025 • Dan Plagens

Movie Pitch: The Barkfensive Coordinator

Move Over Air Bud

Sep 8, 2025 • Dan Plagens

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Nepobaby Overratus

College Football Angst Watch 2025 - Week 1

Sep 2, 2025 • Dan Plagens

August 2025

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANGST WATCH RETURNS!

College Football Angst Watch, a weekly recap of the existential misery caused by college football fandom, will return for the 2025 college football…

Aug 25, 2025 • Dan Plagens

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Power Conference College Football Predictions

The Conventions of Sportswriting Compels Me to Write This

Aug 23, 2025 • Dan Plagens