Monthly Archives: May 2009

Half of all 2005 5-Star Recruits Have Been Arrested

Of the same class of 5-Star recruits (based on Rivals ratings), only 11 were drafted into the NFL. Unreal. In 2005, Rivals.com ranked 28 men as five-star football recruits. The players were the cream of the crop, the top football … Continue reading

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Browns QB Job is Quinn’s to Lose

The only thing more unreliable than springtime College Football Rumors is Pro Football Rumors, but this one is relevant to us because we sort of feel a bond with Quinn considering he was a big part of the reason we … Continue reading

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Ty Willingham Gets Paid Millions of Dollars Per Year? To WHAT?!!??!?!

Well, we knew it wouldn’t take long.  Wouldn’t take Ty long to find a respectable position where he could use his vast golf knowledge in a new and challenging role.  A role that is worthy of his history, that would … Continue reading

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HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-05-08

Clearly our plan to unleash Swine Flu to get ND fans to talk about something other than “what record will/should Weis have in 2009″ failed. # QB would be far less important to the game of FB if the ball … Continue reading

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Friday Roundup: The “TJ Hooker” Edition

Never was much of a Star Trek fan, to be honest. I hated the dated nature of the original series by the time I ever saw it, and “The Next Generation” was insufferable so long as Jonathan Frakes was part … Continue reading

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ND Football Goes 10-2 in 2009

…in Academics. The NCAA recently released its Academic Progress Report, and the results are available by school heeyah.   There’s a bunch of ratings and math that goes into the APR score, and feel free to read about it on the site.  … Continue reading

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Motivate Me: Southern (aka “Traitor”) Edition

This is a speech given to the Georgia Tech squad prior to their thumping of ND 33-3 which caused D. Jones to transfer to be a linebacker at Cincy.  Yes, I know, it’s kind of wrong to post this on … Continue reading

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“Boston College, Urban Meyer, blah-blah-blah, nothing mattered. If you get that Notre Dame offer, you go there.”

Carlo Calabrese’s dad rules.    Love that quote. Another great story from Mike Frank on his new site (free!).  I know we sound like pimps here, and I AM a P.I.M.P., but that quote was too good to not post.

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This Might Explain All Those “Soft” and “Out of Shape” Accusations

Many people like to live life making decisions and judgement calls based on statistics. Many people like to make the same sorts of decisions and judgement calls based on anecdotes. Some people find themselves pulled asunder by both desires. And … Continue reading

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@HerLoyalSons asks @NDHFC about… Star Trek!

Continuing our new weekly series of thus-far unrequited tweets to Charlie Weis, HLS seeks to gain some insight into Coach Weis’ leadership philosophy by asking… @NDHFC, best Star Trek captain? I can’t decide between Kirk’s swashbuckler and Picard’s renaissance man. … Continue reading

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