Welcome to yet another new HLS staple. In this series, I will put aside the stats and take an in depth look at the game film. More often than not, I will be taking a look back at most recent game and highlight the plays that stand out to me--frustrating and spectacular alike. I hope you enjoyed the Blue/Gold game because, for the foreseeable future, this series will be heavy on that film until September. For this week though, I picked out two Irish TDs that stood out to me this past ...
Blue/Gold: The Drinking Game
As I thought about what to write about for this year's version of the Blue/Gold game, I wondered what exactly I should focus on. The QB Battle? The D-Line situation? Do we actually have enough WRs to field two teams? Do we have enough DBs to cover them? With these burning questions in running through my head, I saw this year's version of the scoring rules for the spring game and it hit me. There will only be one thing that this game will have in common with any game in the upcoming season: ...
Lynch to Leave ND
The seemingly never-ending saga of Aaron Lynch took yet another turn this morning. Just in case you have lost track, Aaron Lynch has: Committed to ND, committed to FSU, re-committed to ND, played an awesome freshmen season, rumors of homesickness, got into a fight with Tate Nichols during practice, left ND to deal with a family matter, returned to ND on Monday, and then this: #NotreDame DE Aaron Lynch has left the football team and will transfer to another school following the spring ...
Introducing: The Ref
From time to time, HLS will have a guest post from a contributor whom we will dub "The Ref". Think of it as the Mike Pereira of HLS. Without further ado, I give you our first offering from "The Ref": Greetings to my friends, fellow Blue and Gold fanatics, and to the gracious purveyors of the HLS universe! I am “The Ref†and the final installment of the exhaustingly underwhelming nation-wide search for new HLS blogging talent. You know a talent search is at its absolute last strings ...
The BCS: Finding New Ways to Butcher Common Sense
I don't mean to steal the spotlight from the effort the Lady Irish put forth last night, but the latest edition of BCS stupidity just can't go untouched today. In this moment of derp, the BCS announced some of the playoff options that they were looking at, one of which includes a fun little twist with the Rose Bowl: In the [Rose Bowl] plan, the four highest-ranked teams at the end of the regular season would meet in semifinals unless the Big Ten or Pac-12 champion, or both, were among the ...
Party Like It’s 2011: Lady Irish in the Final Four Again
After a run in which their smallest margin of victory was 11, capped of by the absolute destruction of Maryland by 31 (not a typo), the Lady Irish find themselves in the same position as they did last season, a Final Four game against rival UCONN. Last season, ND took down the favored Huskies 72-63, but fell just short of the national title, losing to Texas A&M 76-70. This season though, the Lady Irish, led by junior point guard, Skylar Diggins, are looking for a different fate. Diggins, ...
Irish Fall to Xavier, Refs Take Center Stage
Before we get too far into this, I want to make one thing very, very clear: Notre Dame managed to blow that game all on their own before the calls in question. We went away from the offense that got us to a ten point lead, started jacking up ill-advised shots, missed free throws, and to top it all off had a bone-headed turnover towards the end of the game. Obviously though, that isn't the story most Irish fans are focusing on at this moment. The last minute of the game was marked by a lane ...
Tee Shepard Out At ND
March Madness apparently isn't limited to basketball. Brian Hardin, director of ND football media relations, released quite a few interesting notes on his twitter feed today. Michigan will be a night game, Amir Carlisle was cleared by the NCAA to play in 2012 after his transfer from Southern Cal, and Tee Shepard withdrew from Notre Dame. No explanation was given for the shocking development. The only official statement from ND came from Brian Kelly: ...
Let’s Talk Some Hoops
Firstly, as a quick aside, I'd like to give my personal farewell to MQ as he rides off into the sunset. Thanks for building up this little corner of the internet to what it is today. There is something very special about having a truly independent voice to discuss Notre Dame, one that also allows for differing opinions within the staff itself. Thanks for giving me the chance to contribute here. I'm proud to write for this site. Even though you are an asshole for leaving Biscuit in charge. ...
NCAA Makes More Rule Changes That Make No Sense
In the never ending quest of the NCAA trying to make college football safer, you will be seeing some changes in the 2012 season. And, in typical NCAA fashion, the majority of the changes make zero sense. We'll start with the not so awful and spiral downward into NCAA stupidity. Leading off are some changes to blocking below the waist: The rules panel also approved new wording in the football rules book regarding blocking below the waist. Offensive players in the tackle box at the snap who ...