So Irish Elvis had this great idea to have an awards show and roundtable discussion on Google+ using the Hangouts on Air feature. Fantastic idea, I thought, I've done hangouts before, I just have to link it up to the HLS G+ page and we are good. All that was left was for me to send out the invites and then this happened: [youtube id="1qcXXZGVH-Q"] Apparently, Google likes to hide everyone's invites on profile pages instead of, you know, actually trying to notify them. So it took a while ...
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8pm Tuesday: Year-End Awards Show & Live Google Hangout
Mark your calendars for this Tuesday, January 14, at 8pm Eastern. We're hosting a Google Hangout live video chat with various HLS staff members and Loyal Readers. What will go down? We don't know exactly, but there's not exactly a shortage of things to discuss: Potential Topics HLS offseason site upgrades & upcoming content from our contributors #HLSrecap 2013 Awards (log your suggestion here and if you tune in live, you'll probably receive an award) Adidas/UA uniform contract ...
#HLSrecap Top 25: Bowl Game Recap
Mondays are the worst, aren't they? And by "Monday" I mean "the first day back from vacation". Here are your @andrewwinn stats for this week's #HLSrecap -- 319 tweets from 120+ contributors, with 14 first-timers making the cut this week. We now have over 450 unique contributors to at least one #HLSrecap this year. As you know, each week we present the following highly-coveted (and yet totally arbitrary) accolades: Brick Helmet Stickers #HLSrecap ...
Notre Dame Football vs. Rutgers: A Twitter Summary
Notre Dame wrapped up the 2013 season by facing Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl. The Irish won 29-16 in New York City and finished with a 9-4 record. Here's a small collection of the real-time Twitter reaction & commentary. ...
Bob Diaco Departs: A Twitter Summary
Late Wednesday night, news broke that Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco's hair had agreed to a head (get it?) coaching position with the Connecticut Huskies. Here's a small collection of the real-time Twitter reaction and commentary. ...
Steve Sarkisian Hired as USC Head Coach: Your #HLSrecap
On Monday, it was announced that Pat Haden, USC's Athletic Director, would hire Steve Sarkisian as the next Trojan head coach. Ed Orgeron then turned in his resignation. Here's a small collection of the real-time reaction and Twitter commentary ...
Notre Dame Football vs. Stanford: A Twitter Summary
The 2013 season ended in Palo Alto on Saturday with a 27-20 defeat. Here's a collection of the real-time Twitter reaction and commentary. ...
#HLSrecap Top 25: Week 11 Recap
If you're still at work, this is your holiday shut-down notice. Here are your @andrewwinn stats for this week's #HLSrecap -- 120 tweets from 60+ contributors, with 6 first-timers making the cut this week. We now have over 415 unique contributors to at least one #HLSrecap this year. As you know, each week we present the following highly-coveted (and yet totally arbitrary) accolades: Brick Helmet Stickers #HLSrecap MVP #HLSrecap Top 25 Here now ...
Notre Dame Football vs. BYU: A Twitter Summary
The final home game of the 2013 campaign ended in a 23-13 victory amid snow flurries. The Irish never trailed, but tensions ran high (of course they did). Here's a collection of the real-time Twitter reaction and commentary. ...
#HLSrecap Top 25: 2012 Edition
Bye Week? More like: bye, productivity. I'm not lying when I say we all owe @andrewwinn a round -- you guys liked the 2013 #HLSrecap Top 25 stats he put together so he volunteered to do the same for the ENTIRE 2012 SEASON. He is a legend in his own time; now you can get angry at me (12 months after the fact) for not quoting you more often -- just keep in mind that your inclusion/exclusion is why we went undefeated last year. You'll recall I composed a highly-unscientific Preseason ...