Back when I ran this site, I'd try to do a Friday Roundup post every week. It was probably the most read, most clicked thing I did on a consistent basis, and actually probably my favorite thing to do because it gave me an excuse to buy new beers. When Biscuit and I set out to come back this week, I think we both meant to do a post a day, and I think we've both been reminded that it's damned hard to do that. Kudos to Ryan, Bayou, and Co in keepin' on keepin' on. It's a labor of love, and I ...
Ian Book Is Smokey and the Bandit
I completely missed the Heisman Trophy ceremony this past weekend. I knew it was coming, and entirely forgot to tune in. Maybe that's why the committee decided to rig the votes and award the trophy to Kyler Murray rather than Tua Tagovailoa - so that perhaps a few of us will remember there was controversy this year and bother to tune in in 2019. Anyway, I forgot to tune in because 1) I was actually attending a social gathering, and 2) nobody from Notre Dame was even remotely involved. And if ...
Don’t Call It A Comeback
Oh. Hi. I, frankly, have no idea what the readership of HLS is like these days. I’d guess by the way the folks here have run it so much better than I ever did, that the numbers are quite strong. And I’d also guess that a whole lot of the current readership has no idea I even exist(ed). I started this blog in 2006 on a bit of a lark, thinking I had smart things to say about Notre Dame football. I didn't even start out by trying to explain what we were trying to do here. Then I spent 6 ...
That Was Fun. Thank You.
I started 2 things in 2006, and for me one of those things is coming to a close today. In the spring of 2006, I married my impossibly patient, outrageously beautiful wife. And in the late summer of 2006, seemingly to test her patience, I started HerLoyalSons.com. After today, I'll still be married to my wife. But after 5 and a half years and 6 full Notre Dame football seasons, I'm retiring from the world of collegiate football blogging. I never expected it to go this far, and I ...
Thanks, Poot
Poot will no longer be contributing to Her Loyal Sons. ...
20-1!!!!! The Commemorative Shirt
In commemoration of Syracuse basketball's monumental achievement of reaching a record of 20-1 this evening, the Her Loyal Sons Monumental Mint has crafted these fine t-shirts. Don't miss your opportunity to remember this day forever. Purchase your shirt, cherish it forever, and be sure to make your children wear it 20 years from now! ...
What Coulda Been?
Just been scanning the usual ND Internet realms today, noticing a lot of discussion around "if ND had/would hire Nick Saban." Wondering what you think. Alabama just tied ND for most final AP #1 rankings. And I wonder, if ND had hired Nick Saban at any point since Lou Holtz left, would ND fans still be feeling upset about the state of the program today? Or is there something deeper within ND, and bigger across college football, that's at least partly to blame? [poll id="30"] ...
Top 10 NDFB Stories of 2011: 5-1
Now that 2011 is over, Notre Dame's season is over, and, really, as the Orange Bowl is about to kick off, any interesting games in all of college football are over, it's time to take a look at the top half of our Top 10 Notre Dame Football Stories of 2011. If you missed it, here are the bottom 5 of our top 10. 5: My Guys After Notre Dame managed to look like their all-new "Home Field Advantage" had intimidated the hell out of them when Soutern Cal came to town, just about everyone ...
IBG: The “What’s The Difference Between ND/FSU and Cheerios?” Edition
Answer: I'd never have any interest in seeing Cheerios in a bowl. Waka waka. Subway was nice enough to ask that we host the 2011 Bowl Game edition of the Irish Blogger Gathering, and he must have caught us on a good day because we were nice enough to say yes. So I put together a set of questions. At first I'd aimed to use some good questions from my Twitter followers, but I'd actually harvested enough good questions there that I instead aimed to create a manageable set of ...
Top 10 NDFB Stories of 2011: 10-6
It's been a crazy year in college football, one in which the main attraction has often had to step aside for major (sometimes unfortunate) news coming from outside the lines. The 4 main contributors to HLS (yeah, we still consider Poot as a contributor) put our heads together and formulated the top-10 stories around Notre Dame Football from 2011. And unfortunately, not all of them involve things that happened on the field either. Still, it's been a heck of a ride, and one worth looking back ...