When we shared the news of Asaph Schwapp's death, the Notre Dame family, as expected, was asking if there was anything additional we could do. Today, thanks to the Notre Dame Football Facebook page, we have learned that there is indeed ways we can help. ...
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Friday Roundup: The “It’s All Gravy” Edition
Ah, the jumbotron -- that offseason topic that fires up the Notre Dame fanbase like no other. The outrage and hot takes ranks somewhere right above Shamrock Series uniforms and right below re-gilding the Dome with platinum*. Bayou gave his thoughts earlier this week and I've made my thoughts on tradition and change well known in the past. This Roundup will not re-hash those thoughts. Instead, I wanted to pass along some sage advice my pastor gave to myself and my future bride last weekend: ...
RIP Asaph Schwapp
Loyal Readers, it is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Asaph Schwapp, former Notre Dame Fullback and 2010 graduate, has passed away after a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 26. Schwapp was diagnosed with this cancer last year, and his former coach, Charlie Weis informed Twitter this morning that things weren't looking good: ...
Friday Roundup: The “Lunch with Brian Kel–SOURCES” Edition
Yesterday, I spent far too much money on a lunch had the privilege of attending the Notre Dame Club of Dallas' UND Celebration. Here we honored our Person of the Year, Teachers of the Year, and also had a visit from Brian Kelly. The later is clearly of interest to any regular reader of this blog, making this week's Roundup a logical choice to share Kelly's comments. We will get to those in the Roundup proper, but first I wanted to share three things that I learned about Kelly during this ...
Friday Roundup: The “Sliding” Edition
Last night marked the start of the 2013 NFL Draft. From the Notre Dame perspective, all eyes were on Manti Te'o and Tyler Eifert. The Cincinnati Bengals took Eifert with their pick, 21st overall. Te'o, however, slide out of the first round completely. This shocked quite a few Irish fans, especially after Minnesota traded up to the 29th pick, their third pick in the first round. The seemingly ever growing home for NFL Domers decided to take Tennessee WR, Cordarrelle Patterson, ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Spring Fling with NDNation
Yes, you read the title correctly: The Subway Domer has pulled a recruiting coup for the IBG and NDNation has joined the fold. For the post Blue/Gold Game edition, we got the first crack at asking questions of Mike Coffey, aka El Kabong, of NDNation. He, in turn, has asked his questions three of Kieth Arnold of Inside the Irish who will eventually have Subway's answers up. And you can find my answers over at The Subway Domer this week. Eventually, we will have the Strong and True blog back in ...
Inside the Film Room: Louis Nix Becomes Legend
So let's be honest, the Blue/Gold game was rather uneventful. The offense struggled mightily and it took until the fourth quarter for the Irish to find the endzone. The game was largely fairly dull and boring. Then one two point conversion changed everything. Louis Nix III lined up at quarterback and Irish Chocolate found the endzone for two points on a QB draw. It was epic, legendary, and you bet it is worth every word in this Inside the Film Room breakdown. ...
Friday Roundup: The “Football Is Back! (For One Week Only)” Edition
Spring is finally in the air in South Bend...even if it's at sub-50 degrees ...but either way, Blue/Gold weekend is now upon us. Yes, this means we will have a glorified scrimmage with a strange scoring system actual football! In all seriousness, this is one of my favorite times of the year. Optimism reaches its peek for the football-starved. We are excited to see the fruits of the offseason labor, get a sneak peak at some new faces, see progression unfold before our eyes, but most of all we ...
Friday Roundup: The “And Your #HLSRecap Madness Winner Is…” Edition
The finals of the #HLSRecap Madness tournament appeared to be over yesterday. It looked like Oak's Louis Nix III inspired tweet easily took the day, barely holding off another furious trademark comeback by cwlik with the aid of Nix getting in on the act himself by retweeting this plea from First Down Moses. However, upon a quick inspection of the voting logs, I noticed some voting irregularities on both sides. It's only slightly suspicious when several votes pour in from the same IP in a ...
#HLSRecap Madness: The Finals
We have finally come to the end of #HLSRecap Madness. 62 tweets have fallen and now only two remain. Basically, the finals are more or less this: ...