Do you know what it means to miss Notre Dame? This graduation weekend, this weekend where the latest class of overachievers leave a campus I hardly recognize anymore, I cannot help but pervert the Louis Armstrong classic to bring my thoughts back to the Bend. It’s a Bend I don’t get back to enough, or, […]
Fighting Irish Media Wants to Hear From You
Hey y’all, @IrishElvis here. You probably heard that #HLSrecap is dead. And it definitely is. But there’s this thing called Twitter Moments. And, um… Let’s go back to this morning, when Fighting Irish Media — the good people who bring you postgame locker room video, game previews, weekly press conferences, and animated GIFs on Twitter […]
What the Removal of Federal Gambling Bans Could Mean for College Football Fans
Typically, news that breaks in May is never good for a college football fan. However, if you lean towards the degenerate side, the Supreme Court decided to get you and early Christmas gift on Monday, ruling that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA, aka The Bradley Act) is unconstitutional. So what does this […]
Notre Dame, Our Mother
“Hi mom, it’s me. Steve.” My roommate would start every call home this way. I wonder what today’s student would make of the idea of sharing a phone? Of having a phone that was physically attached to the wall by a cord of some lunatic length and a receiver that was itself connected to the […]
Life, Death, and Football
This past Thursday night, Craig Nelson laid 32 hats out on a table. He only had to wait six picks to pluck the Indianapolis Colts lid from his kitchen as he watched his son, Quenton, achieve his dream of playing in the NFL. Mike McGlinchey, Durham Smthye, and Equanimeous St. Brown and their families partook […]
HLS Podcast: 2018 Blue/Gold Recap
It’s been far too long since Shane and I have done the podcast thing. The Blue/Gold scrimmage was a perfect excuse to get back into it. This also happened to be the first episode that we streamed live via Twitch. Going forward, this will be the best way to make sure you can catch the […]
What Can You Make Out of This? Blue-Gold Game 2018
With a scoring system roughly as complicated as the one used in dressage and an excitement level usually reserved for the Purdue game, the Notre Dame Football Blue-Gold Game is of interest mainly to see what progress, if any, was made over the Spring practices and how The Shirt looks in the stands. It’s also […]
You Already Know What Color The Shirt Should Be
It’s 2018, and much has changed in the aesthetic world of Notre Dame Football fandom. There’s a Stadium, but it now has a $500 million facelift, a video board, and an artificial playing surface. Our helmets, while no longer painted on Fridays by student managers, are proper gold to match the Dome. The pants, too, […]
Notre Dame Hockey: Pre-Game Thoughts
Prelude to a National Championship Game Good Afternoon, Irish Fans! There will be a lot of pre-game articles that will talk about stats, and keys to a National Championship, but there are aspects of the game that go beyond statistics. That aspect is character. How Did They Show Character? After a season long journey with […]
Notre Dame Women’s Basketball: Mission Accomplished!
Humbled! That’s the best word I can find to describe the 2017-2018 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team. You may ask why not use another adjective like extraordinary, magnificent, or outstanding? The answer is very simple. From my perspective, that is how I observed this team all season long. On the court, this team is all […]