Blake Griffin Props Up NBA Dunk Contest

February 24, 2011

Check out this great column from one of our favorite blogs, Joe Sports Fan. What makes it so great? Well, to be blunt, I wrote it.

In case you didn’t know (and you sure as hell wouldn’t from reading this blog) a little over a month ago I started contributing to Joe Sports Fan: an online publication that celebrates the absurdity of professional sports.

The column above is about Los Angeles Clippers rookie Blake Griffin and his super-human ability to leap small, sporty sedans in a single bound, which he demonstrated at the NBA’s All-Star Slam Dunk Contest last weekend.

And if none of this is enough to entice you, there’s a lot of wild and – dare I say – crazy pictures, including one of a giraffe. Enjoy.


Shall We Play A Game?

February 4, 2011

Just in time for Super Bowl XVLKCXUY* it’s Grubb Hub: The Video Game. Simply head over to the Papa John’s Overtime Sweepstakes site at papajohnsot.com for hours of video gaming fun.

Be sure to turn up the speakers on your computer because several of the staff members here at Grubb Hub lended their voices to the game. See if you can guess which ones.

You can win lots of prizes by playing, most of which involve pizza, none of which involve extra butter. But everyone that registers an account at papajohns.com is eligible to win a free pizza if the Super Bowl goes into overtime.

*Roman numerals may not be accurate


GrubbHub.net Is Born!

January 24, 2011

You’ve no doubt heard the rumors, and we’re here to confirm: Grubb Hub has a new domain name!

Yes, it only took two and a half years or so, but from here on out, the kind of quality, hard-hitting writing you’ve come to expect will now be delivered to you under the banner of GrubbHub.net.

At this point you might be asking, why not GrubbHub.org? It’s not like you make any money off this endeavor. Or what about GrubbHub.tv? That is how you spend most of your free time, as opposed to say…writing blog posts.

All good points, to which we would reply, “Shut up.”

So go tell your friends, neighbors, and co-workers that your 54th-favorite blog—a mere 50 or so spots behind a blog about pickles—has a new home: GrubbHub.net.

This is the kind of spontaneous publicity, our own domain name, that makes blogs. Things are going to start happening for us NOW.


“Smooth Pickles” Is On the Air

January 22, 2011

The roots of blogging run deep in the Grubb family, all the way back to the days of Billy “The Injun Killer” Grubb and his notorious reign of terror during the Wild West.

So it’s quite natural that other descendants of the Grubb tree feel the need to scratch their blogging itch. With that, I give you the Smooth Pickles Blog. It’s a blog about smooth pickle slices. You know, the kind you can’t buy from the supermarket. Those pickles have ridges. Only restaurants have pickles sliced without the ridges. It’s okay if you never noticed that before, we hadn’t either. I mean, why the hell would you?

Anyway, just because the author makes posts more often than we do here at Grubb Hub does not make it a better blog. It’s not a race.


AMI Ponders Lawsuit Against Baked Bean Maker

January 20, 2011

The American Mustache Institute announced recently that it’s considering a lawsuit against Bush’s Baked Beans for copyright infringement over a commercial that aired primarily during college football telecasts this past season.

The commercial features a golden retriever by the name of Duke that bares a close resemblance to Dr. Aaron Perlut, the esteemed and sexually potent leader of the AMI.

Some say the resemblance is a little too close. In a country rife with frivolous lawsuits, we at Grubb Hub want to commend the AMI, and we sincerely hope they follow through and reconcile this gross injustice.


‘Stache Bash 2010: Get Your ‘Stache On

November 28, 2010

Just a friendly reminder to the loyal reader of Grubb Hub (you know who are, sitting there in your bomb shelter, cleaning your guns from your large stockpile of weaponry, wearing your eye patch, and sending out coded messages on your ham  radio you know damn well no one else can understand) that ‘Stache Bash will soon be upon us. More specifically, it’s this Saturday, December 4th from 8 p.m. to midnight at The Outfield at Mike Shannon’s Steaks & Seafood in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

‘Stache Bash is a rip-roaring good time, complete with dudes and facial hair and grunting and burping. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of women burping there too, along with great bands like Hazard 2 Ya Booty (who, according to the AMI, really are a hazard to your booty) and Chicago’s very own, the Flavor Savors. If that’s not enough to entice you, director Morgan Spurlock, who blew the whistle on McDonald’s with his acclaimed film Super Size Me (Spoiler Alert: Big Macs really are fattening) will be there filming a documentary. So maybe you’ll get a chance to make an idiot of yourself on camera.

Tickets are $15 in advance and at the door. They can be purchased in advance from the Movember web site. Professional drinkers can also take advantage of the OPEN BAR from 8-11 p.m. for an additional $25 at the door.

For answers to any and all other questions, including the identity of your real father, check out the ‘Stache Bash page on the American Mustache Institute web site.


Nominate, Try Not to Hate, Love Your Mate

September 28, 2010

Do you know what a mustache is? Even better…do you know someone with a mustache? Well, then get out to the American Mustache Institute website and nominate that person for the 2010 Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year.

Go ahead, nominate whoever you want. It could be anyone…a teacher, a preacher, a project manager, a woman, a community organizer, someone with a real job…even you! (Seriously, don’t nominate yourself, you self-serving ass.)

Nominate as many times as you like. Nominate until you sprain something. Nominate until you’re about to collapse from exhaustion. Nominate until you’ve been fired from your job, and your wife and children have left you because you just won’t get up from the computer. It really doesn’t matter because the vast majority of your nominations will be ignored! Ignored, I tell you!

Of course I’m kidding. The truth is each nomination is carefully scrutinized by a team of trained nomination experts. Only the freshest and juiciest nominations, hand-picked by migrant workers and carried on foot to our production facility in Ripon, Wisconsin, will be good enough to make the final cut.

The award—handed out at the annual ‘Stache Bash slated for Saturday, December 4th, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri—recognizes the person or human clone who has best represented, contributed, or has just not done any irreparable damage to the Mustached American community during the past year.

Nominations will only be accepted until Friday, October 8th. After that, you’re Shiite out of luck, Muganda. So put your nominatin’ boots on and get crackin’!


Mascots Vie for Coveted Title, Credit Card Reward Points

September 8, 2010

Although our allegiances lie with a school that is unfortunately mascot-challenged (that being the University of Illinois), the staff at Grubb Hub has never been afraid to take on the tough issues regarding collegiate mascots. We also have some experience dressing up like barnyard animals ourselves.

So it is in this vein that we dissect the field of this year’s Capital One All-America Mascot Team, offering up some tidbits you may not have known about the costumed characters – and undoubtedly some you already do. We’ll also pick our favorite for the 2010 Capital One National Mascot of the Year.

There are 12 weekly head-to-head match ups. The mascots with the best win/loss records make the playoffs starting November 22, and the final winner will be pronounced Capital One National Mascot of the Year during the Capital One Bowl January 1.

So let’s take a look at this year’s contenders, shall we?

The Bird – U.S. Air Force Academy

As might be expected, The Bird is one intense guy. He’s kind of like that guy you play basketball with that wears a headband and hip checks everyone because he’s way too serious about what was just a friendly pickup game. When asked about competing in the 2010 Mascot Challenge, The Bird exclaimed, “I will live in fame, or go down in flame!”

Then he doused himself in gasoline, lit himself on fire, and jumped out a two-story window. Like I said, this guy is intense.

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Grubb Bites for September 3, 2010: Let’s Make Some Illinois

September 3, 2010

As the summer months wane and fall approaches, the smell of football is in the air. As anyone that has had to endure them well knows, wake up too early any given morning in late August or early September, and for some reason it just feels like “two-a-days”.

Even if you’ve never experienced a 5 a.m. flashback to four-hour practices and small, enclosed rooms fouled with the funk of 50 unwashed girdles (yes, that is what they are called), you still know the distinct smells of fall, and this can mean only one thing: the beginning of another college football season.

For fans of the Fighting Illini, there always seems to be the extra added stench of failure – which is way worse than 50 girdles mind you – and this go-round appears to be no different.

That’s why it’s with extremely low, low expectations that Illinois begins 2010 by saying hello to the Missouri Tigers and goodbye (and good riddance) to the State Farm Arch Rivalry game Saturday, Sept. 4th at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, with kickoff set for 11:30 a.m.

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I Feel Like A Chicken Tonight

September 2, 2010

In the spirit of shameless attempts at self-promotion (self-degradation?) involving chicken, we at Grubb Hub not-so-proudly present the following short, independent film. It’s once again brought to you by our associates at the American Mustache Institute – as part of their ‘Stache Scale Analysis series that samples and rates products from the Mustached American perspective.

This time out, the AMI turns its attention to Hardee’s new hand-breaded Chicken Tenders, and examines whether or not they can cut the honey mustard with regard to the competition.

In addition to the doctor sporting the night club velvet rope ‘stache, this video also stars a real, live chicken. No, it’s not the San Diego Chicken, Chicken Little, or even Colonel Sanders. Those guys are all too expensive (or too dead).

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