Tex is out on his honeymoon, so I’m taking the Round Up this week. And what a week it was: NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. Even the date I had circled, yesterday, as the one to break our hearts and Twitter, came and went without a whisper of bad news. So, let’s get to it:
The news: Davaris Daniels’ fate was either decided or a lot of progress was made in that regard Thursday, when the University’s readmission committee met in private to determine whether the Irish WR gets to come back. For what it’s worth, and with the Everett Golson experience firmly in the rear-view mirror, Coach Brian Kelly sounded upbeat, though, stern about the situation.
Lou Holtz let it be known that this season would be his last on ESPN. Here’s hoping Mark May announces that last season would be his last on ESPN.
It looks like Sparty’s AD, Mark Hollis, won’t be making “chicken” jokes about ND on the rubber-chicken circuit. Earlier this week, he lamented the frustration he and Jack Swarbrick share over trying to continue a true rivalry in an incredibly challenging scheduling environment, that now has to account for ND’s “friends with benefits” status in the ACC.
The University announced Thursday that eleven of its athletic programs earned perfect APR scores in the latest NCAA data-dump. On Stanford produced more, with twelve, among FBS schools. Congrats.
The booze: I’m just back from San Francisco where the weather was sunny and, if I’m honest, slightly warmer than I would have liked. The City by the Bay always makes me think of fog. And, since I’m back in New Orleans, I thought nothing could do me better than a New Orleans classic, the old Bali Hai fog-cutter. Try one yourself. 
Hating Hurricanes Since 1990.
Bayou Irish is a Jersey boy and Double Domer who fell under New Orleans' spell in 1995. He's been through Katrina and fourteen years in the Coast Guard, so we cut him some slack, mostly in the form of HLS-subsidized sazeracs. But, when he's not face down on the bar and communing with the ghosts of Faulkner and Capote at the Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone, he's our man in SEC-land, doing his best to convince everyone around him that Graduation Success Rate is a better indicator of success than the number of MNC's won in the last five years.
- Finding Flaws in a Diamond: Clemson’s Rushing Offense - December 17, 2018
- Why Nobody Will Cotton to Notre Dame - December 3, 2018
- Irish Finish Regular Season Perfect 12-0 - November 26, 2018
