Salutations!
I’m still not sure what type of head injury DMQ suffered when he decided to invite me to contribute to HLS but whatever his rationale, I am humbled and honored to have been the 12th choice. This makes me the Charlie Weis of the Great HLS Writer Search of ’11. I believe this requires me to make some bombastic statements in my initial couple of posts which you are all required to save and use against me years from now.
For those that don’t know, I’m a 2008 ND graduate. I lived in Carroll Hall all 4 years while I was at ND (as @ndtex said, “that explains everything!”) and I got a B.S. in Mathematics. I currently work as a consulting actuary in New Jersey.
Due to my math nerd background, I hope to have some posts focused on statistics and numbers. We’ll see how many I actually produce because well that takes a lot of time and effort. On a side note, if you have ever uttered the phrase “stats are for losers” we will never be friends and I already hate you.
Generally, most of my posts will be lighthearted and hopefully humorous. I realize that to some of you The Internet = Serious Business but personally I try and enjoy the time I waste while on Twitter or ISD (IrishSportsDaily.com – the best recruiting website on the interwebs! you’re welcome Mike). Additionally, I am an eternal optimist so any predictions I make regarding ND football must be taken with a grain of salt..
Thanks for indulging me with my introduction. Please feel free to follow me on twitter (@pootND) as that is where you’ll find me most frequently.
P.S. I solemnly swear to never use dancing leprechauns in one of my posts.
- Florida State 18, Notre Dame 14: A Quick Recap - December 29, 2011
- Stanford 28, Notre Dame 14: A Quick Recap - November 27, 2011
- Notre Dame 16, Boston College 14: A Quick Recap - November 21, 2011
The dancing leprechauns are genius. You’re already making me question this decision.
haha Sorry Biscuit
Awesome, this will almost guarantee an increase in page views by Carroll dudes.
Yes, all 100 of them will flock here!
Scary….I assume you convinced them to hire you because they needed to meet some diversity criteria. I keep telling you SHORT is not a protected class.
Dear DMQ,
Please send me whatever you are drinking/smoking ASAP.
Love,
Tex
Welcome aboard, poot! What’s a poot? What side of Jersey are you in: the New York side or the Philly side? How’s the Irish love out there?
Thanks!
Poot is the nickname of a character on The Wire so I stole it for my handle back when I first joined the ND internet culture. I’m on the NYC side of NJ and ND is huge here.
Everytime I see it, I can’t help but think of someone passing gas. Sorry man. 🙂
P.S. Welcome aboard! Looking forward to your stat posts that also include humor.
‘Due to my math nerd background, I hope to have some posts focused on statistics and numbers’
This makes me think that, like Fr Birdonell you are just a figment of Biz’s imagination. And if you ARE real, a crummy clone of Biz which is just about the worst life i can imagine.
Jk, congrats and hope to read some good stuff out of you. (ps i was just kidding about you being imaginary. Being Biz’s clone really WOULD suck ;))
The Universe couldn’t handle 2 of me.
Poot,
I already like your posts. Keep up. Glad to have you.
Poot, congrats and look forward to your posts…in a related note, how tall are you? On ISD I regularly see people tease you about your height…
Trey, I agree…I wonder sometimes about who’s “real” and who are “figments” of DMQ or Biz’s imagination…I believe Poot to be real or Biz/DMQ have too much time on their hands having “Poot” on the internet A LOT…
Haha I’m 5’6″ which apparently is ridiculously short to the people on ISD. I blame BGS & Buccos for starting the joke