Notre Dame Football, we need to talk. Let's be honest, the past decade hasn't been kind to me or any Irish fan for that matter. Hell, we could probably go back even further than that, but I'm not going to pretend to have any major Irish memories when my age wasn't even in double digits. The point though, is that you've teased us before. We've seen the undefeated runs and the multiple "return[s] to glory" only to play Charlie Brown while you are Lucy, yanking the football away from us. ...
A Look Behind Enemy Lines
Bayou started off the week talking about some of Lane Kiffin's...uh...unique coaching habits. Twibby scratched the surface of the 2012 edition of the USC Trojans yesterday. Today we are going to go a little bit deeper and check out just exactly what stands between the Irish and a chance at a national title. ...
Friday Roundup: The “One Hell of a Week” Edition
From the last Roundup to now quite a lot has gone down. The #1 team in the nation fell, the QB Flavor of the Week Award Heisman Trophy race got another contender, Kansas State has a QB on the cover of SI, the usual sampling of news that can be found in the Roundup below, we got a new sponsor, our server had some major issues (I'll sleep one of these days), and the Notre Dame campaign is starting to get into full swing. ...
HLS Top 25: A New Number One
Well, the boys from College Station managed to throw the BCS for a loop and the HLS Top 25 is no different. We have a new number one and there's quite a bit of movement around the standings. So let's pretend that I'm not posting this at the end of the week and get straight to the rankings! ...
Stop and Smell the Roses
No, this isn't a call for everyone to stop campaigning for Notre Dame and their BCS Championship chances and enjoy the undefeated season (keep that going!). Rather, we would like to bring your attention to a new partner to HLS: The Bouqs. ...
HLS Emergency Changes
We will keep this post stickied in order to keep everyone updated on our progress. You can find updates at the bottom of the post. If you are wondering why HLS looks the way it does right now, read on: ...
Friday Roundup: The “Different Kind of Hate” Edition
Yes, yes, it’s Notre Dame vs Boston College, the Holy War, the Order of the Holy Cross vs the Jesuits, slapping Fredo across the face, or whatever else you want to call it. We definitely don’t consider BC a true rival by any means; in fact, I wrote about this last season. However, this doesn’t mean that we can’t find it in our hearts to hate them. ...
DEBATE THIS! Revisted: Notre Dame’s Strength of Schedule
Back in the offseason, the 2012 Notre Dame schedule took center stage in one of our DEBATE THIS! features. It seemed as if the entire HLS staff had a different opinion on this issue. Grantland-X thought it was perfect, Bayou thought it was insanely difficult, and I thought it would end up much like 2011 when it was all said and done. What we didn't account for though was just how readily the Irish strength of schedule (SOS) would be dismissed by the very same people that ranked it as the ...
HLS Top 25 – Election Day Edition
The ballots are in. The votes are tallied. The staff here at HLS has done our patriotic duty to exercise our right to vote on the top 25 teams in all of college football...save for one staff member that abstained... America! ...
Not Quite As Planned
I'm sure that a triple OT victory against an unranked opponent was far from the plan that Brian Kelly had for Notre Dame. Losing the turnover battle 3 to 0 surely wasn't in there as well. Nor was having the QB rotation finally backfire in the form of a Tommy Rees interception that led to 7 points for Pitt. I'm sure Kyle Brindza's kicking woes had no place in there as well. With all that I had planned for this football weekend, I figured the actual game would be the least of my ...