ND Football kicked off the 2014 season at home against Rice. Returning quarterback Everett Golson accounted for 5 touchdowns in the 48-17 victory. Here is a sample of the real-time Twitter reaction and commentary. ...
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Your 2014 #HLSrecap Preseason Primer
Greetings, football degenerates. The dawn of a new season is upon us, and that also means we're ready for #HLSrecap 3: #HLSrecap With A Vengeance. You probably know the drill by now -- we watch ND Football together, we tweet our thoughts & reactions in real-time, and the best tweets from each game make it into #HLSrecap. Then we award points and helmet stickers based on whims concrete evidence and ability, and then in the spring, we melt down the internet with a ...
Notre Dame Announces Academic Investigation: A Twitter Summary
On August 15, the University of Notre Dame announced it was investigating academic dishonesty. Unfounded rumors swirled all day, and a press conference was scheduled with the University President & Athletic Director. Below is a sample of the real-time Twitter reaction & commentary. ...
Jameis Winston Takes Crab Legs from Publix: A Twitter Summary
2013 Heisman Trophy winner & Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has sidestepped legal issues before, but today his spotted (speckled?) past may have caught up with him. He was cited for stealing crab legs from a supermarket. Here's a collection of the real-time Twitter reaction and commentary. ...
Notre Dame Football Switches from Grass to Turf: A Twitter Summary
On Saturday, Notre Dame Football completed its spring football practice sessions with the 85th Blue-Gold Game, but the off-field (on-field?) story was Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick's announcement. Here's a small collection of the real-time fan reaction & commentary. ...
Notre Dame Basketball vs. Connecticut: A Twitter Summary
On Tuesday, an undefeated Notre Dame women's basketball team faced off against the undefeated Connecticut Huskies in the championship game. Here's a collection of some of the real-time fan reaction and commentary. ...
HLS Gives You Whiskey
Loyal Readers, you're the best. You cheer for the Irish, put up with our April Fools jokes, you endure #HLSrecapMadness voting shenanigans, you threaten me when I exclude you from Twitter summaries... You deserve a reward. #wHLSkey Last football season, I joked that #HLSrecap needed to find a corporate partner so I could reward you people with nimble thumbs and quick wit. But we didn't want anything too "corporate" or stuffy, and I hatched upon the idea of finding a whiskey partner. About ...
#HLSrecapMadness 2014: Championship Round
Alright, people. Here we go: for all the (metaphorical and hypothetical) marbles, I present the final tweets as voted by you, The Internet. You may be upset at me (and rightly so) about suspicious seeding and shenanigans that cast a dark cloud over the first half of the tournament that brings us a final matchup of an 8-seed vs. a 12-seed. I'll counter by asking why you people eliminated so many worthy tweets in the early rounds. While the aptly named #HLSrecapMadness is an online ...
#HLSrecapMadness 2014: Final Four
So it has come down to this. Sixty-four tweets, innumerable shenanigans, and we're left with four brave souls (I don't think we have any gingers left in this competition, do we?). Because voting on The Internet is serious business, I wanted to give you some more background on each of your finalists. You'll find their answers to my hard-hitting questions below. ...
#HLSrecapMadness 2014: Elite Eight
We're coming down to the wire, ladies and gentlemen. It was a good year to be seeded in the 6-13 range, as all but one of our remaining 8 contestants used this lower-profile status to their advantage. I've made a couple adjustments on how poll votes are collected, so we should see some lower totals. The" Get Out The Vote" campaigns are still encouraged, however. ...