Saturday’s desired result.

Welcome back to another week of predictions here at HLS. For those new to this weekly feature, the staff here at HLS invites you to make predictions along side us for every Irish game. Can you beat the staff? Can you beat my cat?

Even if you haven’t played yet this season, there are tons of ways to catch up via bonus points, so make sure to record your entry. Plus, we pick against the spread, the over/under, and a weekly prop for the hell of it. For those that have been playing, y’all know the drill!

As usual, before we reveal the standings, let’s take a look at my favorite predictions from last week:

Brian Kelly plays with the Syracuse fruit like Brick plays with his beard. (I have absolutely no idea what that means) – Davie Dave

I don’t either. Actually, I’m a little concerned. Is everything okay over there? I know you’re in the DFW area, so I’m concerned this is Ebola.

I was a bit wrong on Redfield against Purdue but he DID make an impact. This time the Irish don’t screw up a bye-week and do what the J-E-T-S cannot do…score often. – @Tx-Domer-Ca

DAMMIT, TX-DOMER-CA! THIS IS TWO WEEKS IN A ROW YOU’VE JINXED IT!

First you got Redfield ejected and then you invoked the Jets. No wonder we turned the ball over five times!

BK turns purple on the sideline when Erin Andrews 2.0 won’t stop asking about the “Frozen 5”. ND goes up 7-0 early after a Golson 80yd bomb to Chris Brown on ND’s first pass from scrimmage. Game is boring back and forth from there (at least that is how I will remember it because whiskey). – @pglass13

Well BK did reach code purple in this game. My lip reading isn’t so good these days, but Kelly was awful angry when asking Prosise about some “ducking boron”. Didn’t know Kelly was a chemistry buff.

There was indeed a long bomb as well, but you missed the player. And the game wasn’t back and forth…somehow.

Was really close to giving a bonus point here. Really close.

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad ND put the squeeze on this bunch of fruits?

*I’ll see myself out* – @IrishMoonJ

Know what else is seeing itself out? Your bonus point streak.

No, I’m not bitter about you burning my ass during ND Fan Radio either. NOPE.

Irish are jazzed in another pro stadium and grab another decisive win, but still make enough stupid mistakes to have us all biting our nails going into the October gauntlet of opponents. – Smalls

I don’t think you could have called this any better, Smalls. POINT!

Standings

Bonus points this week:

• Smalls – 1 for the dead-on game note
• Biscuit – So because he is using his leprechaun predictions, if he nails something months in advance, he gets major bonus points. I’m using the following formula: Bonus Points Earned x (Months since prediction + Number of Leprechauns of confidence). Somehow Biscuit nailed Stanford’s 15 score. I award one bonus point, multiplied by six (two months, three dancing ‘chauns). HAIL THE DANCING LEPRECHAUNS (except for this week–you’ll see why)

Staff Predictions

Animal Predictions

Well, my cat, Gulliver, is far from a clairvoyant animal. With his Syracuse pick last week, he falls to 1-3 on the season and 2-2 against the spread. A reminder: the only game he has picked correctly is Michigan. Let’s see what he does this week:

Okay, now I’m convinced he is trolling me. I mean, look at him, he just stands there, waits around and then crushes my spirit week after week without fail.

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Ryan Ritter

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Texan by birth, Irish by choice.

First-generation Domer and a former student manager, HLS podcast host, HLS Sim creator, Extra Life streamer, and technical problem haver. You can find more non-Notre Dame related writing on his Patreon.

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