Monthly Archives: August 2008
Ummm, yeah, sir? I’d Like to Return this Pile of Crap.
Stanford is desperate for fans to show up for football games. So desperate, in fact, that they’re offering refund plans for those fans that deem the entertainment experience to be lacking. Ugh. Rock bottom? Uhhhh, yeah. They already have tried … Continue reading
Notre Dame 2008: Still Ridiculously Young
Before all you glass-half-full people get too too excited, I just want to remind you all how seriously, seriously young this Irish Football team is this year. Last year, we were pretty much babies. Average age on the starting squad … Continue reading
HLS Commandments of ND Fandom, 2008
Yeah. Pretty sure this has been done before, possibly even by us here at HLS, but with a new season comes a new set of commandments. After all, commandments are a “living document,” right? It’s not like they’re written in … Continue reading
Ragone gone for season.
Crap. Thank God for our amazing TE recruiting haul last year.
Friday Roundup: The “That’s About Sums It Up” Edition
Well, we’ve covered the SEC, the ACC, the Big 12, and the Pac-10 conferences in some special-edition roundups that last few weeks. Sure, we could go on and do more conference-centric roundups of the lesser conferences like the MAC or … Continue reading
An Open Letter to the 2008 ND Football Team Leadership Committee
Dear Leadership Committee, Congratualtions on being named to this committee. Being elected by your peers to such a committee is an honor, and no matter how this season turns out, you should be proud of that honor. Last season, we, … Continue reading
Corrections…
Just wanted to address an item I noticed on TheBigLead.com. One of their commenters did a rather large amount of work (though not that thorough if you think about it) in deciding if ND plays a SEC-level schedule. Here’s the … Continue reading
Friday Roundup: The “SEC Primer” Edition
We continue to interrupt our regularly scheduled Friday Roundup to bring you a bit of news from the SEC in order to acquaint you, the college football fan, with the SEC before the season begins. College Football Fan, the SEC. … Continue reading
Good Luck, Mr. Jackson
WR Richard Jackson has asked for and was granted his release from the ND Football team this evening. Jackson apparently felt he wasn’t getting enough reps to show the coaching staff what he could do. Update: The original BGI article … Continue reading
Southern Cal, India Have Odd Notions About STDs…
I remember a few years ago I saw a really depressing documentary about rampaging STDs in India because the citizens of India had very strange notions about how STDs worked. For example, it was common “knowledge” in India’s trucking and … Continue reading
