A Notre Dame Football Blog
As I teased last week, I wanted to discuss the hard seltzer renaissance that we're witnessing. I'm honestly if there's a better word to explain it because the concept itself isn't new, but the maneuver to capitalize on it sure has been something to witness. My first non-Zima-re-release dip into this sparkling booze pool came back when Mrs. Tex and I attempted the keto diet. While, yes, you can certainly have liquor, we craved a beer substitute--something that you could just pull out of the ...
Peeps! This year I only have 1 game to auction, but it's a good one! So, warm up your check books and get ready to GIVE GIVE GIVE and GET GET GET 2 sweet tickets to ND-USC! The Setup: As a reminder, each year I auction off tickets to benefit the ND General Scholarship fund. I was a 'need based Notre Dame Scholar' and the financial assistance made it possible for me to attend and graduate from Our Lady's University. So this is a tiny way that I can help pass that on! The ...
About a month ago, the fine folks at Rent Like a Champion handed me a very well-done and concise Notre Dame Football preview for us to share. God bless each and every one of them for their patience for me just getting around to it. You can download that season preview over at their site for free--all you have to provide is your email address. As we've been doing a lot of (re)introductions here at HLS, it's probably a good time to let y'all know about the longest running sponsor that we've ...
So while everyone is busy (re)introducing themselves and what the'yre gonna write 'n' such, ya boi Shane (@SupermanTDJesus) is coming back the only way I know how: WITH A HYPE VIDEO YALL!!Its been veeeeery hit or miss for me in recent seasons with life, and time being at a premium, but this year we're hitting the full slate of 12 games with a nice highlight package that you can catch each week usually the Monday after a Saturday game (probably Wednesday after this first Monday nighter, just as ...
I can think of no better way to properly kick off our regular podcasting schedule than an episode with loads of technical issues. Thankfully, the majority of these were limited to the live stream as the amount of control I had over our Twitch stream degraded to zero midway through. Thankfully, we pulled the episode off and, despite Audition also throwing errors at me, the podcast audio will be devoid of (most of) the headaches we saw on the stream. It's a good thing too because I attended the ...
Image from the @FightingIrish Official Announcement
The following is a guest post from HLS Alumna, Molly Vallari, whose fashion sense is better than the entire HLS staff combined. As a self-proclaimed fashionista the already exciting start of football season is, in my opinion, made even better by alternate uniform reveals. It’s also made more exciting by the usually passionate disapproval of Irish fans who tend to be very comfortable with the traditional and status quo. Watching the meltdowns is Twitter GOLD. It’s important to ...
Photo Credit: Maize & Blue Nation [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
It's an annual tradition that puts my name in between Pete Sampson and Tim O'Malley: Inside the Irish's countdown of the top 25 players on the Irish Roster. HLS was once again asked to be a part of thirteen Notre Dame reporting outlets to vote and I was happy to once again represent our little corner of the internet. Now that Douglas Farmer has unveiled the consensus top 25, much like last year, I was ready to defend my picks and hot ranking takes...except I don't think I really need ...
via @NDTheLeprechaun
Today, Brian Kelly held a press conference to kick off fall camp. So, naturally, we are going to talk about the Leprechauns. No, not the dancing ones you typically see here, but the three that will grace various Notre Dame events this season. Yesterday, we received something in our inbox prompted by a post from our friends at One Foot Down who had a call to ditch the Leprechaun for good 'ol Clashmore Mike. This citizen of the internet, whom wished to remain anonymous, fancied not the cuddles ...
College football preview magazine season is the first sign that the wonderfully stupid sport that we all know and love is right around the corner. As has now become tradition for the past couple of years, Tyler James from the South Bend Tribune joins the pod to discuss Notre Dame football and the ND Insider preview magazine (which you can and should purchase here). Come get your fall camp hype on as we talk about magazine cover-boy Julian Okwara, Ian Book, how we feel about the 2019 season, ...
Courtesy of @ndmspaint who whipped this up during our recording.
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 ...
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