Write a fun intro, throw up some news links from the college football world, highlight some football games, predict the score of the Notre Dame game, suggest a beer, and mix it all together with some humor. That's the usual format for the Roundup, but this week is different. In just a few hours, a young man member of the Notre Dame family had his life turned upside down. This week, Manti Te'o has to deal with not just the opposing Michigan State offense, but the deaths of his grandmother and ...
HLS Top 25 – Week 2 Voting
I may be in Philly for work, but that doesn't mean the HLS Top 25 will take a week off. There was quite a bit of shake-up this week as some of our top teams feel. So where did everyone end up this week? ...
Irish Survive Purdue, 2011 Flashbacks
Well, I definitely don't want to do that again. While the defense excelled, the Irish offense sputtered, a FG was missed, a costly turnover was made, and Tommy Rees found his way under center. It seemed like it was about to turn into 2011 all over again. However, the Irish held on, and Rees went 3-8 for 35 yards allowing Kyle Brindza to redeem himself from his earlier miss with a game winning field goal. Of course after the game there was only one question: "Has Brian Kelly gone back to Rees ...
Notre Dame/Purdue Open Thread
It's that time again. Come on in for some discussion of ND/Purdue. In case you need a refresher of the new toys that our commenting system has, be sure to check out last week's thread. ...
Friday Roundup: The “Take a StaND” Edition
Initially, I was going to have a bit of fun in the Roundup at Purdue's expense. You know, the usual HLS bit, plenty of the Irish will "beat them like a drum" puns, Purdon't and Purduzzzzzzzzzzz mentions -- the whole nine yards. Yesterday though, something else happened that made me decide to change the direction of this piece. Notre Dame called out its own fans. ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: In a Happy Place
This time last year, the members of the IBG were beside themselves, trying desperately to find silver lining against the disaster that was the turnover-laden USF game. This year, the IBG marches into week 2 with a 40-point victory and loads of confidence heading into Purdue. We are definitely in our happy place. This week, HLS teams up with Keith Arnold of Inside the Irish for IBG duties. His answers to my questions are below and you can check out my responses to his trio of questions over at ...
HLS Top 25
This year, HLS will be doing its own poll throughout the season. Think of it as a selection committee much like we will have in 2014: a small group of experts that actually watch the games. We will also have a computer poll starting in week 5 as the NDtex25 formula will makes its return. I'm still hard at work making sure this latest piece of technology is fully revamped from last season, but for now, let's take a look at how the HLS staff voted: ...
12 & 13 – The ND Power Running Game
One of the most striking things of note during the ND/Navy game this past Saturday was just how much we ran the ball. Notre Dame ended the contest with 46 runs and 23 passes -- that's right, the rushes doubled the passes. More striking though was the fashion in which we ran the football as we saw a mix of personnel packages unlike anything we've ever seen in the Kelly era. ...
Notre Dame Runs Over Navy
Well that game sure felt a whole hell of a lot better than last year's season opener. In a game in which all eyes were on Everett Golson, the Irish rushed for nearly 300 yards as they simply crushed Navy 50-10. The return to the homeland was extremely successful and provided quite a bit of healing from last season's opening day disaster. ...
Emerald Isle Classic Open Thread
Notre Dame Football is upon us so it's time for the first open thread of the season! Since we have moved to Disqus, we will be running these threads in our comment section. One of the great features that we can now take advantage of is that Disqus will update comments live so you have no need to refresh this page to stay up to date in the conversation. Now, your "old" HLS account won't log you into Disqus as those now only work for the forums; however, getting into Disqus is easy and you ...