Let the QB Derby Begin! Let's start analyzing every :15 clip! Can't wait to hear the blue sky possibilities! The hand wringing about the schedule! SPRING FOOTBALL IS HERE! ...
Kickstart MY Heart
NOTE: VIDEO FIXED! You starving for ND Football? You wondering how hard the boys are working? Thinking to yourself, do they really want to win? Think no more. FEEL: ...
The First of Many Exciting Announcements
Our crack recruiting team has been out in force, and while the national landscape spreads us pretty thin, we were able to identify a few amazing talents out there with interest in joining HLS on a full-time, permanent basis. While we have many things in the works, we are extremely excited to announce the first addition to the HLS team for HLS 3.0. With no further ado, I ask you all to please, please give a very warm HLS welcome to....Faaaaaaaaaaaather ...
HLS is Doubling Down
With the sad, sad news of the departure of my original co-founder and HLS' defacto leader of almost 7 years, we take a moment to dedicate a song in his memory. DMQ was a visionary, a leader, and a crabby old man at age 7. Today, he's so much more. You'll be missed brother! Further, HLS is at a crossroads. We've hit our highest traffic levels ever this past season, and we've been linked everywhere. We are the largest independent NDFB blog in the UNIVERSE, and we can go one of two ...
Fantasy Camp Video Highlights
As promised, here are a few more highlights from the Fantasy Camp last year. I pulled together a few home videos I (and my mom - hi mom!) shot using my Flip camera, to give a sense of the experience (and my sweet moves). I have a TON of footage and I plan to combine that with the official camp video to do a serious, high quality highlight video sometime down the line. But for now, this should give the HLS community a good feel for what it was like. Of course we didn't catch all of the ...
An Interview with the Leprechaun Legion
We recently caught up with the Legion on Twitter, and quickly jumped at the chance to interview the Lead Lep Legionnaire, Tyler. It's a great student organization with a great mission, so check them out! And thanks Tyler for taking the time! GO IRISH! 1. How many leprechauns make up the Leprechaun Legion? While it would appear the legion is made up of only a single Leprechaun, there are in fact 9,992 of us this year (the total enrollment of both undergraduate and graduate students). ...
Fantasy Camp Redux: The Ultimate ND Fan Experience
It's coming up on a year since I was at Fantasy Camp back at ND and I thought I'd give a few additional highlights in the coming weeks. It was a truly unbelievable experience, and one I will remember forever. I have the helmet sitting on the wall to prove it. To get you in the mood, here's a little primer from UND, and also check out The Testimonials, which gives a great guide to all of my posts about the experience. Prior to bringing you even more, feel free to read the recaps that I ...
Time to #FixTheShirt!
As a reaction to my post the other day, and a few LTE's in the Observer supporting my stance....And after the project's leadership dismissed the idea because (i am paraphrasing here) 'sales went down from '02 to '04 when we stuck with shades of green' (and nevermind that the team went from 10 to 5 to 6 wins and Ty got canned during that same time period - let's blame it all on the color) in THEIR letter to the editor, I have decided that it's time to take a stand here. So, we're launching an ...
Time for “The Shirt” To Do Job #1: Support the Team
Great article today on how "The Shirt" will now be produced by a socially conscious (as opposed to unconscious?) vendor that pays living wages to employees, and how this is a great message and all of that. And it is. And congrats to the students and admins that made such a move. I love it. But it's about time that The Shirt also serve a purpose for the football team: uniting the fans in a single color to show opposing teams that they are, indeed, playing an away game. AT NOTRE DAME ...
What Every Recruit Should Know
EDIT: BIG HAT TIP to WhiskeyJack, who put a lot of the FB Player and AA FB Player stats together here. Big Ups! There are a lot of reasons to pick any school: academics, networking, fit, coaches, coaching style/scheme, depth chart, NFL prospects (although you can go to the League from almost any school now) location, weather, faith/spirituality, campus, dining hall, etc etc etc And the importance of each of these is different for each recruit, and some consider all of these, and some ...