With National Signing Day now behind us, the offseason begins in earnest. It's definitely a mixed bag. On the one hand, it gives us all here at HLS time to breathe a little bit without having to worry about the next game or being ready to analyze a recruiting class at the drop of hat. On the other, we will all go a little stir crazy while waiting for the Blue/Gold game. Despite that, the Roundup will still go strong, grabbing on to every last piece of football news while we await for the ...
National Signing Day 2013 Recap
After all the insanity that was January, we deserved a National Signing Day like this. All 18 unsigned verbal commits sent their national letters of intent to South Bend. There were no surprise defections; in fact, the only surprise of the day was a positive one as Eddie Vanderdoes became the 24th and final member of the recruiting class dubbed as the Irish Mob. Just how great was this recruiting class? Let's take a look: ...
Notre Dame National Signing Day — LIVE!
Well, it's finally here -- National Signing Day. The day in which we hope the only surprises are those that go in our favor. Now, we here at HLS know that you don't want to work at all today and UND.com is more than happy to give you the distractions that you desire with their live stream. ...
Friday Roundup: The “Back to Regularly Scheduled Programming” Edition
Well the month on January certainly flew by and sadly not a whole lot of it was positive from the Notre Dame side. Wrong side of a championship blowout, Brian Kelly checking out the NFL, and the Te'o Hoax -- that's the hand that we got dealt this month. I started the whole #NDFBIsDeterminedToKillMe bit on Twitter as a joke to best sum up my frustrations with Notre Dame football a couple of years to go. This month, I'm surprised it didn't actually happen. ...
Friday Roundup: The “Finding Closure” Edition
The insanity is starting to subside. The deluge of stories is receding. The final touches of a PR strategy likely executed. Yes, the coverage of the Manti Te'o hoax is nearing the end of its news cycle at long last. Or at least I'm 80% sure it is. I'm sure more details will be released. My timeline will likely see another update. More people will speak out. But I'm ready to close the book on this matter and move on. And I'm 100% sure of that. ...
The Te’o Hoax: A Timeline, What We Know, What We Don’t Know
The past few days have been an absolute whirlwind. With all the reports of the Te'o hoax, including Te'o speaking himself, I felt it was needed to create a clear timeline of all events reported. I also wanted to take a step back and summarize what we do and don't know at this point in time. So without further ado, below is a timeline of all the events that I have been able to record (and most importantly, source) in order to help keep everything straight. Each event has a link associated with ...
Friday Roundup: The “Yes, Even More Te’o Hoax News” Edition
I'm not staying up nearly as late as I did last night/this morning when I compiled yesterday's post on all the news that came out in regards to the Manti Te'o hoax. More news has come out and this story has yet again taken even more crazy twists and turns. This will likely continue until Manti speaks and tells his side of the story, but until then, the speculation and craziness will remain. But hey, the Roundup must go on right? Let's get to the latest developments in this circus. The ...
Hook, Line, and Sinker — Manti Te’o Reeled into Hoax
It was the best story of the 2012 college football season. It was a story that propelled Manti Te'o into legendary status. It helped make the Notre Dame 2012 football season seem as if it was one of destiny. It was all a lie. Manti Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was nothing more than a "catfish", and the Deadspin story turned every Notre Dame fan's world upside-down. Speculation ran rampant across the internet. Was Te'o involved in the hoax? Did Te'o create the hoax himself? Or was Te'o ...
Cierre Wood to NFL, Slaughter Denied Sixth Year
Two veteran presences will be missing from Notre Dame's roster in 2013. On Tuesday, running back Cierre Wood announced that he would forgo a fifth year and enter the NFL draft. Last night, Blue & Gold Illustrated's Dan Murphy reported that safety Jamoris Slaughter's petition for a sixth year of eligibility was denied. ...
Friday Roundup: The “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” Edition
Your dreams of seeing your team win a national title are crushed. Once you process the devastation, you try to look ahead to the future as best you can, knowing that your team is in great shape for the future. Then, the architect of that team decides to interview for another job. Your football world spirals again. The recruits you've been looking forward to seeing next year are trying to process the whirlwind themselves, resulting in some deciding to find greener pastures themselves. This all ...