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HLS Podcast: 2019 Blue/Gold Sim

April 13, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

With the annual Blue/Gold game on Saturday, Shane and I felt it was a perfect excuse to pull out the 'ol NCAA '14 sim once again. Let me tell ya, it did not disappoint. The most accurate prediction method in college football returns to entertain and terrify you into a world of possibilities best described as Pandora's Box. Also in the show, The Shirt returns to a Blue-Grey Sky, but mostly grey and a preview of the #BKHomeboyMadness Championship. Podcast Twitch ...

#BKhomeboy Madness Heavyweight Title Matchup

April 12, 2019 by IrishElvis

Who will claim permanent Internet victory? We Never Expected This ....is what the Hessians in Trenton said on Christmas Morning 1776. This was my 8-seed, but @ND_Phil has demonstrated his prowess repeatedly with this entry. This first made the cut into the Notre Dame Magazine, and now he's poised to take home the title hardware* with one more victory. Like the Continental Army, he was an underdog going up against superior competition, but like Brian Kelly on 2nd and short, defies ...

Elite Eight Madness Voting

March 29, 2019 by IrishElvis

Elite 8 #BKhomeboy Bracket Welcome to the Big Show Out of my 64 initial selected images, we're now down to eight. Fortunately or unfortunately, The Internet At Large agrees with my top-tier selections, because FIVE of the remaining 8 submissions had a 1-seed or 2-seed designation. Not too shabby. Neck Pillow Region: "Sideline Quartet" vs. "South Dining Hall" Your overall #1 seed, submitted into the Twittersphere by Chris Finke during the Navy game, received the most number of votes ...

Sweet 16 Madness Voting

March 27, 2019 by IrishElvis

Sweet 16 #BKhomeboy Bracket Mostly Chalk After so much early chaos (that's half the fun, right?) in the early rounds, we have a remarkable Sweet Sixteen: Three 1-seedsAll four 2-seedsThree 4-seeds But outside of this, we have some fun: two 12-seeds, a 13-seed, and a 14-seed. Dark Socks Region: Pop Culture and College Football We have a 1 vs. a 4 here, with a lovely shirtless man reading a book instead of watching Florida State get blown out. We also have supergroup Brockhampton ...

Round of 32 Madness Voting

March 21, 2019 by IrishElvis

Second Round #BKhomeboy Bracket Round 1: Upset City We saw eleven underdogs advance to the second round, including one 16-seed - Bridget's timely St. Patrick's Day image carried the day, and perhaps appropriately so since a meme that began in October is still getting airplay in March. 5-Seeds Beware Three of the 12-seeds advanced to the second round, so kudos to "Where's Waldo" for playing hard-to-get and making it through. That means the dangerous 12-seeds (the preview image was ...

Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Poetry

February 14, 2019 by IrishElvis

It’s February, that time of year that we live through Polar Vortex attacks and ice storms. Days begin to get slowly longer, though they generally remain dark and dreary, a continuous reminder that there is still at least six weeks of winter remaining, and that the football season is nothing but a distant memory. It is in this hour that we turn to happy and enjoyable times, like Valentine’s Day. And what would a day devoted to love be without poems and rhymes? This community of ours is nothing ...

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HLS Podcast: Crootin’ with Kevin Sinclair of Irish Illustrated

February 8, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

With another signing period officially in the books, Shane and I enlist an actual recruiting analyst, Kevin Sinclair of Irish Illustrated, to join us on the podcast. Kevin helped break down the class as well as some of the major storylines in this cycle--including something about vultures and Huskies. Or maybe that was Asa Turner just trying to figure out his future as he said in his own words. I donno, crootin' is weird and people get mad. So come join us on a fun episode looking into the ...

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HLS Podcast: National Title Recap

January 9, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

In this podcast, we get back to our roots: a complete technological mess. Thankfully the podcast audio went off without an issue because the Twitch live stream and the backup recording somehow failed. Honestly, the season can now truly end in appropriate fashion. We laugh at Michigan. We laugh at Southern Cal. We laugh at AP voters. We laugh at Bama. Come join us for some last moments of college football before it fades away. ...

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HLS Podcast: The National Title Sim

January 6, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

By popular demand, we bring to you virtual Dabo and virtual Saban locking horns in NCAA '14 for our national title preview. There is a bit of Notre Dame in this show as well as we recap recent departures (up to the time of recording on Friday) and I have a little bit of a rant in response to some of the initial fallout of the Cotton Bowl Loss. ...

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly looks back at an official during the Notre Dame-Texas NCAA college football game on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Darrell K. RoyalÐTexas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. South Bend Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN

Brian Kelly Is Going to the NFL Because I Want You to Click

January 2, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Happy new year, everyone, we didn't even make it 48 hours into 2019 without someone throwing out a click bait headline that's making the rounds nationally. Your leader in the clubhouse for worst click bait of 2019 is David Haugh, an old favorite punching bag of HLS. I guess it's been too long since he's done a drive-by hit-piece on Notre Dame, so here we are. Anyways, we should start with the thing everyone, including national media is quote tweeting: ...