The Book of Jobbed

I Saw a Man Dropkick a Cat

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

Dec 1 • 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 • Dan Plagens

I Take It Back; Penn State Fans Should Despair

I'm Very Sorry This Happened

Oct 6 • Dan Plagens

September 2025

Penn State Must Embrace the B+

ANGST WATCH IS BACK

Sep 29 • Dan Plagens

The Universal Contempt for Silence

A Moment of Silence is No Way to Remember The Podcaster

Sep 17 • Dan Plagens

Movie Pitch: The Barkfensive Coordinator

Move Over Air Bud

Sep 8 • Dan Plagens

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Nepobaby Overratus

College Football Angst Watch 2025 - Week 1

Sep 2 • 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 • Dan Plagens

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Power Conference College Football Predictions

The Conventions of Sportswriting Compels Me to Write This

Aug 23 • Dan Plagens

SID Sports Mentions The Book of Jobbed

At some point this June, Griffin Olah, the author of the SID Sports Substack, put out a call for sportswriters on Substack to participate in a project.

Aug 22 • Dan Plagens

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Do Football Video Games Have It Out for You?

They Do Not (OR DO THEY?!)

Aug 11 • Dan Plagens

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Football in July

All that can be said about the Hall of Fame Game is that it happened

Aug 4 • Dan Plagens