Notre Dame Football

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Questionable Morality

May 27, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Yesterday, Father John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, penned an article through the New York Times opinion page. You might have recognized it under its original title "Science Alone Could Not Tell Us Whether to Reopen Notre Dame" (which didn't even survive twelve hours). The article houses not just Notre Dame's plan for trying to safely reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the logic, or more specifically, the cited philosophical musings around the morality of education during said ...

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Podcast & Video: Notre Dame Virtual Blue-Gold Game 2020

April 19, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Just because the actual 2020 Notre Dame Blue-Gold game was cancelled doesn't mean we still can't enjoy spring football virtually. Yes, that means Shane and I did what we do best: dusted off the XBox, fired up NCAA '14 and simmed ourselves a glorified practice for all to enjoy. However, knowing that this would be the only thing even close to a live football telecast and Notre Dame football experience this spring, we decided to go the extra mile. We had a Zoom chat up in the brackground to ...

The Reesus Doubleheader Created by Brendan (@verypiratey) of One Foot Down

Saturday Now a Tommy Rees Doubleheader Presented by HLS and One Foot Down

April 17, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Loyal Readers, I'm happy to announce that our Blue-Gold Sim won't be the only Notre Dame football that you can take in this Saturday to chase away your quarantine blues. One Foot Down has been doing some Notre Dame re-watches the past few weeks and it will continue with Tommy Rees heading into my backyard in 2013 in the all-white Shamrock Series uniform glory at 2 PM ET over at YouTube. So once we wrap up, be sure to head over there to keep your Notre Dame football buzz (and potentially your ...

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Join Us for the Virtual Blue-Gold Game @ 12:30 PM EDT Saturday, April 18

April 15, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

As most of us are now in some form of COVID-19 quarantine, I must say the days are absolutely blending together. To make matters worse, the past three weeks I've had added focus on additional charity work, including #HLSMadness for Feeding America and Extra Life United (both of which raised over $2,000). With that, I totally forgot the original date of the now cancelled Blue-Gold game was supposed to take place this Saturday at 12:30 PM EDT. Loyal Readers and Viewers, have no fear, I did ...

HLS Sim Madness: Selection Sunday

March 22, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

As we mentioned the other day, we here at HLS are looking to try to do what we can to fill the void arising from the cancellations of both March Madness and spring football. It's time for us to reveal the field of 68 virtual teams that will battle it out for pretend gridiron glory. Before we do that, let's make sure to explain the (limited) logic used to fill the bracket. ...

HLS Podcast: St. Patrick’s Pandemic Emergency Pod

March 18, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Shane and I weren't planning on doing any podcasts until the Blue/Gold game came near in April. That decision seems like decades ago rather than a couple of months. COVID-19, aka the Cornoavirus, wasn't even a blip on the radar. When it was clear spring football would be cancelled last week, we made plans to find a time to get back on the podcasting devices. Not even a full week has passed and it already seems like that was a year ago. And now, on night of St. Patrick's Day, we hit the ...

HLS Podcast: Welcome to the Offseason, Everything’s Crazy

January 15, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Shane and I thought we'd have a nice, short relaxing show about the national title game to cap off our 2019 season podcasts. Then all hell broke loose before the offseason aged 24 hours. Notre Dame promoted Tommy Rees to offensive coordinator. Penn State found their way into a brand new scandal. Southern Cal fired everyone in the athletic department besides their football coaches. Joe Brady bolted to the NFL after extinguishing his victory cigar with LSU. Phil Jurkovec saved me from having to ...

HLS Podcast: First New Year’s Six and Camping World Bowl Recaps

December 29, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

The last real college football Saturday went out with one hell of a bang, kicking off with a convincing Notre Dame victory in the Camping World Bowl, and follow up with a great run of three New Year's Six games. The evening was capped with what was, easily, one of the better semifinal matchups that we've had the pleasure of witnessing in the young history of the college football playoff. Shane and I hopped on the mics shortly after the final whistle of Clemson's defeat of Ohio State to recap ...

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HLS Podcast: The Camping World Bowl NCAA Sim – Notre Dame vs Iowa State

December 27, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Shane and I often say that our NCAA Sim is constantly on drugs, but I feel like a special delivery was made over the holiday. I'm not even sure how to describe this one beyond the fact that, as seems to be tradition, all your worst "Hold Me, I'm Irish" fears come through in this virtual mayhem. It's the last Notre Dame Sim of 2019, so buckle up and join us one last time as Notre Dame takes on Iowa State in the Russel Ath--err, Camping World Bowl. ...

HLS Podcast: ‘Tis the Season for Bowl Picks

December 24, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Post-Christmas and pre-New Year's would, generally sound like a time in which non-major bowl games would take place. College football, however, is a weird place. Half of the New Years Six, including both semifinal games, will take place in this period, plus Notre Dame's foray into the Camping World Bowl. There are some awesome matchups to dive into, so, after you are done with your holiday cheer, come join Eddie and I at the altar of GAMBLOR once again. #HAILGAMBLOR ...