My initial plan for this week's Roundup was to do a preview for the Navy game. Perhaps build upon my post about defending the option and talk a bit about Golson and how he would lead the offense against Navy. But then I saw this: ...
Reminder: Rent Like a Champion!
With the Notre Dame football season literally just around the corner, we at HLS thought it would be good to drop a friendly reminder about our ND alumni run partners, Rent Like a Champion. ...
Defending the Option
In last week's defensive primer, we discussed Bob Diaco's 3-4 defense and how the Irish run it. This week, we take a look at how that same defense works against an option team like Navy. Spoiler alert: The defense is completely different. ...
Football is Coming: A Primer to the College Football World
This Thursday, seventeen college football games will be played. In honor of these happy times, and considering that I've been in the mood for writing primers as of late, I felt that one for all things college football was highly appropriate. Let this be your guide for navigating the world of college football outside Notre Dame. ...
Friday Roundup: “The Rise of Golson” Edition
Hat tip to @rakesofmallow and @NDEddiemac for the inspiration of what follows... [In a dark corner of South Bend, Brian Kelly and Everett Golson look upon a motionless Tommy Rees, incapacitated from a devastating tackle from a member of the SBPD...] ...
A Quick Word Regarding Amazon & Ads on HLS
It has been a crazy couple of weeks since the launch of HLS 3.0. While we have mentioned it before, we haven't quite yet been able to take some time to talk to you, the Loyal Readers, about the changes in advertising here on the site. So as we are in the calm before the storm that is football season (and apparently the announcement of Golson as the starting QB), let's have that chat. ...
Notre Dame 3-4 Defense Primer
Here at HLS, I have broken down game film and done in-depth analysis of the Notre Dame offense under Brian Kelly; however, I have yet to show similar love to the defense. Bob Diaco (and his flowing locks), has taken the schizophrenic Irish defense from the Weis era (seriously, three defensive coordinators in five years) and molded it into a true 3-4 anchored by a front seven that is a wrecking machine. While it would be impossible to describe Diaco's entire scheme or the intricacies of the ...
Friday Roundup: The “Take a Deep Breath” Edition
Let's face it, it's been one hell of a week. We upgraded HLS to 3.0, adding several new toys, a revamped news section, a place for videos, a true recruiting section, and even a curated Amazon store. Once we completed that, we came back to SwatchWatch and eventually had a uniform reveal that went about as well as expected (read: yep, people are pissed). A once respected columnist decided to take some lazy pot-shots at ND for pageviews in the middle of that mess. So yeah, not exactly a ...
Shamrock Series Uniforms Revealed
After Notre Dame teased us with the release of five different swatches, the Shamrock Series uniforms were finally revealed at today's media day. Before I get into my reactions and opinions, and before the internet explodes with opinions on them, I want to point a couple things out. First, as media day kicked off, Reggie Brooks commented that the players loved them. Further, he commented that if the players like their look, it adds to a positive attitude which can indeed lead to better play on ...
A rain-soaked Brian Kelly walks off the field of the Colosseum a victor in 2010, becoming the first Irish coach to beat USC since Bob Davie. (Photo Credit: Neon Tommy via Flickr)
Brian Kelly and Year Three
As HLS makes its transition into its third iteration, I feel that it is only appropriate that the first post in the HLS 3.0 era should be a look into the expectations that Brian Kelly carries with him into his third version of Irish football. The third year has transformed into that "line in the sand" in regards to a college coach's future at their current school. But just how accurate is that mark? And where should we place our expectations in 2012 considering that the Irish will be facing ...