Monthly Archives: July 2009
HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-07-31
ND Ranks Top 20 in Football and Academics, but not partying (according to Princeton Review). Helpful for recruiting hard working… # …young men that know how to create their own good times. # Hawthorne: “Chief Nursing Officer.” WTF? # RT … Continue reading
Friday Roundup: The “Beer Summit” Edition
I suppose you never want the President of the United States to be drunk, and that right there is good enough reason to rationalize a brew pick by Obama of Bud Light. At just 4.2% ABV, it’s only slightly more … Continue reading
Important Update To The Silly Dance Drama!
Yesterday, we incorrectly reported that what the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors perform before a game is called “The Haka.” We were wrong. What the Hawaii Warriors perform is a “Ha’a.” Please accept this correction as an apology to anyone offended by … Continue reading
ND Football Players Disheartened To Learn “Totally Awesome” Cheer They Developed Not Being Described as “Totally Awesome” By Some
According to Hawaii Football Coach… hold on, I have to look this up… Greg McMackin, the night before the Hawaii Bowl last season, the ND and Hawaii squads took part in a ceremony during which the Hawaii squad did the … Continue reading
You’re So Predictable: 2010 Irish Draftees
Our announcement of the ND vs. Opposition Draft, coupled with this post over on UHND, reminded me of this post we did a year ago looking at draft talent in ND’s upper classes and this post from this past spring … Continue reading
Pete Carroll:NCAA Rules::Salvador Dali:Reality
Or maybe I should say Pete’s more of a Bob Ross. He sees happy little trees everywhere, and, more importantly, he sees “happy little mistakes.” USC football Coach Pete Carroll employed a former NFL tactician last season to help with … Continue reading
The 2009 ND vs. Opposition Draft
Mel Kiper Jr. seen here eating his heart out. Earlier this year, and I mean early, a series of discussions on various ND football boards, plus a lot of writing about how the talent on ND’s roster so “clearly” “outclasses” … Continue reading
Pat Terrell Getting Me a Little Fired Up
“To me I look at it like this: If you go to Notre Dame to end up the season being ranked in the top 20, I think, as an athlete and a football player, you’re going to the school for … Continue reading
Purdue Retains Title as Most Boring Football Program Ever
Not that this is shocking, or interesting, to anyone really, but we feel obligated to keep this story going because it’s fun true. Orson at EDSBS confirms it in his latest Curious Index recapping the day in CFB. On Big … Continue reading
Incompetence To Take Spotlight Sept. 12th
We already knew this much: Come Sept 12th, either Notre Dame would defeat a fumbling and bumbling Michigan (sucks!) in Ann Arbor, shining a light on the program Rich Rodriguez seems hell-bent on beating with the mishap stick every day … Continue reading
