It has been over two months since the BCS National Championship game and spring practice is just a week away. And yes, memories of that game are still quite painful; however, we should never forget one of the best stories to come from that game. The incredible story of Blake Dudley, the 14-year old boy, wheelchair-bound with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who had a dream, wrote a letter, and saw his dream come true. ...
HLS Welcomes Back Rent Like a Champion!
All of us here at HLS are excited to welcome back Rent Like a Champion as one of our partners in 2013. FACT: Notre Dame football has yet to lose a game when the RLAC banner flies over HLS. It wasn't up in January and we all know what happened then. SCIENCE! ...
Friday Roundup: The “Camp HLS” Edition
Notre Dame football is still a couple of weeks away from their spring practice officially starting. However, they are now in the middle of "Camp Kelly" -- the infamous grueling, yet needed, workouts in preparation for spring football. The success of 2012 is now a distant memory and the time to lay the groundwork for the 2013 campaign begins with Paul Longo's cracking of the offseason whip. HLS had quite a successful year in 2012 as well. The launch of our new theme and addition of our new ...
Gunner Kiel to Transfer from Notre Dame
So much for everything being calm on the Notre Dame football front. Irish Sports Daily first broke the story that Gunner Kiel would transfer from the Irish and later the Observer had sources confirm that Kiel had cleaned out his locker. At this time, there is no official word from Notre Dame or the athletic department. There also is no word on where Kiel plans on transferring to as well. ...
Why Comparing Devin Gardner to Jamoris Slaughter Is Comparing Apples to Oranges
Yesterday, news broke that the NCAA granted Michigan QB Devin Gardner a medical hardship. Gardner, who had a bad back and missed most of his freshmen season in 2010, will now have two seasons of eligibility left instead of just one. This news likely will make many Notre Dame fans quite upset as Jamoris Slaughter recently had his petition for a sixth year denied by the NCAA, with an appeal and #FreeSlaughter campaign ended in the same rejection. The situations look very similar, both were ...
Catholic 7 to Leave Big East, Become Big East, Notre Dame Waits for Next Move
On Thursday, ESPN announced that the Catholic 7, comprised of DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova, will officially leave the Big East, possibly as early as next season. Xavier and Bulter will join them, as both schools have already submitted their withdrawals to the Atlantic 10 Conference. Creighton has also been rumored to be the tenth team to round out this new conference, which will be called...the Big East. Yeah, realignment has officially ...
Friday Roundup: The “College Football is the WWE” Edtion
During this past season, I somehow got into a tangential discussion on Twitter in which we matched college football teams with WWE superstars. It was mostly in fun, not overly serious, but the more I think about it, the more I think we were seriously onto something. After all, most college football fans definitely fall under the category of a "mark", easily manipulated by trolls of rival teams (or just trolls in general). Case in point, this week's Troll Tuesday post from SBN jokingly took ...
NFL Combine: Eifert Impresses, Te’o Disappoints
Ah, the NFL combine -- the place where tenths of a second in a 40 yard dash and a couple of inches on a vertical jump can translated into millions of dollars. Truth be told, I think it is one of the more overrated and overhyped events the NFL does, but there is no doubt that the combine is a place in which draft fortunes can be made. Eight Notre Dame football stars took to Indianapolis to try and boost their draft fortunes and their results are after the jump. ...
Friday Roundup: The “The Blind Leading the Blind” Edition
There are times when I wonder if the NCAA really knows what it's doing. This entire debacle with the University of Miami is one of those times. This week, the NCAA finally handed down a notice of allegations to Miami stemming back from violations reported back in August of 2011 by Yahoo! Sports. In those allegations, the good 'ol "lack of institutional control" was thrown into the mix, most likely meaning Miami's self-sanctions won't be enough to prevent further NCAA punishment -- just ask ...
Notre Dame Senior Hits Halfcourt Shot, Wins $18k
So ESPN's College GameDay was in South Bend this morning. In the basketball version of the show, a student from the home school gets 18 seconds to make a halfcourt shot and win $18,000. Notre Dame Senior Casey Murdock was this morning's contestant and it took him only two shots to take home the cash. The video, courtesy of the Fighting Irish Digital Media team, is below, complete with a ND court storming...and a bunny suit. ...