Archive for September, 2009

UW Game Preview

The matchup with UW is no longer the cupcake everyone expected. Sark has his boys playing much better, but their talent deficiencies, particularly along the lines (sound familiar?) and their lack of depth have hurt them thus far this season. UW is very much improved, but very much improved from 0-fer still isn’t [...]

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The Difference Between Us and Them

(Note: I changed the title of this post because it was annoying me. -dmq)
ND is 3-1. All of the top-5 teams in the current polls are 4-0. And, really, after you’re done talking about Florida, Texas, and Alabama, you’re done talking about the “Tier 1″ teams this year, at least according to most [...]

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That’s Our Defense?

Coming into the season, we all thought we knew what we had in our defense: A really, really solid backfield and some suspect parts of the front 7, mostly due to youth and inexperience. We were all very confident in our ability to stop the pass, and therefore allow our front 7 to [...]

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HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-09-27

Okay. Fine. I'll admit it. On occasion I enjoy Jacory Harris' one-liners. #
RT @ChiTribHamilton: Great question from @jdubs88: What % of the #NotreDame O was absent from bag drills? (No Clausen, A.Allen or Floyd.) #
Can't keep my face off the keyboard. Purdue is so freaking boring I cant evenzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. #
RT @SteveKragthorpe: Hey man [...]

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Don’t Know What to Think

We’re 3-1, yay!
We have tons of issues, still, boo.
Charlie had a great gameplan to deal with his injuries and the team executed it well for ~2 quarters, yay!
He made another extremely bone-headed call that no one in the world but him would make, and it didnt work, again. Boo.
Tenuta seemed to adjust this game, [...]

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Correction: Lurkers Redefine “Rival”; Biscuit Recants

I take back my entire post. Sincerely, I was wrong. The lurkers from Purdue and Trojan-land showed me the light. I’d like to do the right thing and admit that I was entirely wrong, and that pretty much every team Notre Dame plays is a RIVAL. Except for the Trojans, who [...]

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The Injury Bug is a Dirty Little Whore Bastard I Want to Crush

Going into camp we heard pronouncements like “everyone’s good to go”, and “this is as good as it gets” in terms of health.
No more.
In last week’s narrow win, the injury bug bit ND hard, and in the worst places. Floyd goes down for the season. That alone is a huge blow to [...]

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The Ladies Man

Kyle McCarthy, Ladies Man.

McCarthy is apparently taking Piano as a course this Fall, during his 5th year.
Why? A confident McCarthy says it’s to score some points with the ladies.
“Not that I need help, but I feel like the female population might like that.”
Hey man, it didn’t really work for Bill Murray, but [...]

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