Eddie and I return to the altar of GAMBLOR for one final season (well, publicly via audio at least). The season 2021 is officially upon us and there will be actual football played this weekend. That means there are future champions to predict and spreads to pick. Sure, our highlight is Nebraska at Illinois, but that ain't going to stop us. And, no, we don't have a problem--we've got it figured out! #HAILGAMBLOR Podcast ...
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HLS Podcast: Conference Realignment 2 – Red River Boogaloo
Shane and I had plans of discussing the national previews of Notre Dame. Then Texas and Oklahoma decided they were off to the SEC. So, here we go again: it's conference realignment time. While we spend a fair amount of time making fun of Texas and laughing at the Big XII getting caught with their pants down, we examine what this means for college football's future, the planned playoff expansion, and if Notre Dame's independence still fits into all of this. We'll try that whole preview ...
HLS Podcast: NCAA v Alston, Now on the Record
Yes, I put the incredible Zoom recording fail behind me. Moons and Shane graciously came back on to try to recreate our episode focusing on the Supreme Court decision on NCAA v Alston. Moons gives his legal expertise as to what the SCOTUS decision actually means in the grand scheme of thigs. Thankfully, he's also used his lawyering skills to show just how badly the NCAA bungled this entire case from beginning to end. We also talk about the Kavanaugh opinion, what that means to the big ...
HLS Podcast: Leave the Bye, Take the Independence
Jack Swarbrick has consistently put Notre Dame's football independence above all else. Even when faced with a daunting prospect of playoff expansion, a move that could have forced Notre Dame, yet again, into conference membership, he found an out. Sacrifices have to be made to protect the ND family. A playoff by may have been left at the scene of the crime, but Jack executed any thought that the Irish would need to flock to a conference to preserve title hopes. In doing so, Shane and I see ...
HLS Podcast: In the Name of Image, Likeness, and Fair Compensation
Shane and I touched on Name, Image, and Likeness rights in last week's episode, but this week we take the full dive into it. We first examine the broad picture as it stands right now, including a look at how money currently changes hands thanks to a confession by one Johnny Football. With that picture, we throw out how we'd like Notre Dame to approach this fast incoming radical change to the college football landscape. ...
HLS Recap: 2020 Season Finale
It feels like it took forever to get to this point this season, but we've finally arrived at the end of the road for the 2020 college football season. Shane and I take a brief look at Alabama's coronation ceremony against Ohio State this past Monday and what it means for college football as a whole. That, of course, bleeds into talk of where Notre Dame stands among the college football elite and how they are talking the Alabama problem. The second half of the show recaps news from under ...
HLS Picks: 2020 Championship Edition
There have been just a few non-football things of more import happening this past week, but Eddie and I wanted to say farewell to the 2020 season the best way we know how, making one final trip to the altar of GAMBLOR.We give our thoughts on the winner, spread, and total, along with a brief preview of how we see this game playing out. Enjoy this brief episode and, when you hear my child crying and screaming in the background, don't worry. The tragedy was spilling his granola oats. He'll ...
HLS Picks: 2020 New Year’s Six & Others
Eddie and I return after a bit of a break to pick the bowl games that matter (and a couple that don't). That means a lot of random topics while we catch up, followed by thoughts on the New Year's Six, playoffs, and yes, Notre Dame facing off against Alabama. In fact, the ND pick manages to turn into an explosive $100 Extra Life sidebet to kick of the 2021 campaign that I haven't even started yet. One of us took Bama and the other took ND. Tune in and fine out the logic behind the ...
The Final Bowl Picks of 2020
Tonight, Eddie and I will hop on the Twitch streaming and podcasting machine to bring you the picks for 2021 bowl games, including the New Year's Six (and it's lone Dec 30 matchup), at a slightly later hour: 10 PM CST / 11 PM EST. The podcast will drop on Wednesday morning, but that still leaves all games from today (Tuesday), December 29 through Thursday, December 31. I'm actually not doing half-bad this bowl season, so here's hoping the good vibes and good picks continue for your ...
Christmas Saturday Bowl Picks
Loyal Readers, I hope you have been enjoying your holidays and are enjoying a restful Saturday after whatever your pandemic Christmas looked like. We have three games to enjoy on the penultimate college football Saturday in this crazy 2020 season and GAMBLOR demands picks. As I've been playing Santa and helping my hellspawn children set up all their toys, I haven't been able to tabulate the previous bowl results. Based on how it started (and past bowl success rates), I'm assuming they range ...