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HLS Podcast: Notre Dame vs. Navy Sim

November 15, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

The Notre Dame NCAA Sim returns this week, bring Shane and a cold open back with it. With our virtual booth back to full strength, we turn to the most accurate of all prediction methods in sports to see just how much we need to worry about a ranked Navy team. After all, we've seen Notre Dame struggle against offenses deploying option concepts this season, so it's not like the number next to Navy's name is the only thing to worry about. We also discuss recent NCAA compliance cases featuring ...

HLS Podcast: Week 12 Picks

November 14, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Last week was wall-to-wall glory. Despite the chaos Eddie and I found ourselves batting .500 for the week and look to improve upon that performance in week 12. While this week's slate isn't as insanely loaded on paper, the potential for chaos to continue is certainly present. After all it's college football in November and, despite our best efforts to predict, we all know anything can and will happen. We're running low on college football Saturdays. Come join us at the altar of GAMBLOR ...

Notre Dame, New Year’s Six, and ACC Bowl Bids: A Definitive Guide

November 12, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

A new playoff ranking will release tonight. With that, forward-looking Notre Dame fans will naturally try to figure out if the New Year's Six is still in the cards or if the popularly projected Camping World Bowl is the likely location. But before we focus on who needs to win and lose for Notre Dame to sneak into the Cotton Bowl, they must, and I can't stress this enough, win the rest of their damn games for any of this to mean anything. Notre Dame's contract with the ACC, plus trying to ...

HLS Podcast: Week 11, Notre Dame at Duke Recap

November 10, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Could it be? Did we really all just witness a solid Notre Dame football game with minimal headaches? It seems too good to be true, but in a week in which many teams saw their seasons take a nose dive, Notre Dame strolled into Duke and came out with an easy W. It's a shorter episode for all the best reasons. It's the last time I roll solo this week, so come join for a recap of one hell of a week in college football and ND's second road victory of the season. ...

HLS Podcast: Notre Dame @ Duke Sim

November 8, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

This weekend I'm rolling both solo parenting and solo on the pod. With Shane out on a trip, the sim and the chat serve as my co-host. The past couple of weeks this sim has had some insane moments of prophecy and I look for that to continue this week. I actually spend some time during this virtual fever dream trying to figure out exactly what those moments might be. I spend even more moments dancing to Epic Sax man. Trust me, this all makes sense. It's perfectly normal. ...

HLS Podcast: Week 11 Picks

November 7, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Y'all, it's finally time for college football to take off. With the calendar fully settled into November, we find ourselves with a loaded slate this weekend. The first college football playoff rankings are out. We have a top five game. We have multiple top 25 games. We have teams with fired coaches. We have teams with soon-to-be-fired coaches (hi, Southern Cal!). You've had a couple months to prepare for this insanity. Eddie and I are ready and at the altar of GAMBLOR as always. Come join ...

How to Get the ACC Network to Watch Notre Dame at Duke for Free

November 4, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Notre Dame at Duke, unfortunately for some cable/dish subscribers, will be on the ACC Network, effectively blacking out some Irish fans. While I would certainly encourage you to connect with a local alumni clubs or hit up a sports bar, I understand the desire to want to watch in the comfort in your own home. So with that in mind, I wanted to throw something together as a resource for folks that haven't jumped into the cord-cutting world. The big bonus is that pretty much everyone has a free ...

HLS Podcast: Week 10, Notre Dame/Virginia Tech Recap

November 4, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

A bad win is always better than a bad loss, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't take a hard look at how Notre Dame gave us all a heart attack this past Saturday. Plus, we had a far amount of crazy go down this week, especially in the Group of Five. Come start your week off with Shane and I as we take a look at everything that went down as college football enters the all-important month of November. ...

HLS Podcast: Notre Dame vs Virginia Tech Sim

November 1, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Running the sim on Halloween seemed like a disaster waiting to happen. After all, it predicted, with far too much accuracy, the hell that awaited Notre Dame in Ann Arbor. However, this time around, dare I say it gave us hope?! Also in this episode a bit of chatter about name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes, plus an iTunes review that I somehow missed for over a month! ...

HLS Podcast: Week 10 Picks

October 31, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

I think Notre Dame may have broken Eddie, but that's not going to stop our weekly visit to the altar of GAMBLOR. All of a sudden we are in the final month of the season and the only thing that will make us sadder than a game up north that shall not be named will be when this is all over. So we shall attempt to savor it and move forward. Even if it hurts. Plus, I have a three game lead on Eddie and, dammit, I'm finally going to win one of these years. #HAILGAMBLOR ...