Category Archives: The Footbaw Universe
HLS Pre-Snap Read: Party Like It’s 1993
After nearly a full month of Notre Dame football withdrawal, the Champs Sports Bowl is finally just around the corner and thus, the pre-snap read has returned from its holiday slumber as well. It’s been far too long, so let’s … Continue reading
HLS Pre-Snap Read: Conference Championship Edition
Welcome to the Pre-Snap read, now in its new home of Friday mornings. Although ND doesn’t have a game this week, I will keep the Pre-Snap read going to highlight the other games going on around the nation all the … Continue reading
HLS Pre-Snap Read: First the Turkey, Now the Tree
The end is now upon us as the Irish prepare to take the field tonight to wrap up their regular season slate against #6 Stanford. The Irish will enter the game ranked in the BCS at #22 for the first … Continue reading
HLS Pre-Snap Read: Superpost Edition!
This week’s edition of the Pre-Snap read is going to be a bit different today. It just so happens that the questions for this week’s Irish Blogger Gathering covers what I would usually put in for the “Previously on HLS” … Continue reading
“Forever Irish” Tailgating Album Released!
Our friend Ken O’Malley’s new album of Fighting Irish Tailgating Tunes, entitled “Forever Irish”, has arrived! It’s a pretty awesome addition to the ND catalog of songs – perfect for a tailgate, gamewatch, party, or wherever/whenever you feel like listening … Continue reading
HLS Pre-Snap Read
Welcome to the first edition of the HLS Pre-Snap Read! This post will be a new weekly gameday staple at Her Loyal Sons to complete the gameday hype that we’ve built up throughout the week. The goal is to give … Continue reading
Watch Out
This weekend marks a real opportunity for Notre Dame fans. To many Notre Dame fans this off week is the chance to not worry about football at all. Anecdotally, it seems this is the one weekend in autumn when Irish … Continue reading
HLS Top 25 Roulette: #17 TCU
And now onto the best program in Texas. All the way up at, um, #17? How strong is this ale? Let’s make this one easier to digest by excerpting the TCU synopsis from a very good preview of TCU over … Continue reading
It’s Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better
I don’t fear death, but I fear this man, Charles Robinson. Tressel-Gate? Cam-Gate? Carrol-Gate? Kiffin-Gate-o-the-Week? They all may add up to nothing when Charles Robinson, is done with whoever he’s currently targeting in his next two investigative reports on the … Continue reading
Friday Roundup: The “HAPPY NEW YEAR” Edition
There’s a certain type of person in everyone’s office; The person who, right into the first week of February, will say, “Happy New Year” to anyone they’ve not encountered since the previous year. I often wonder about these people. With … Continue reading
