Today, I'm taking over the IBG from Tex, who is nursing a nasty hamster bite on his typing hand. As I understand the rules, four questions will magically appear here, each one posed by a different blog. They are, in no particular order, Strong & True, NDNation, UHND.com, and Inside the Irish. I have sent my question to them, and their answers will be linked as they go live. My question: Does this 8-4 feel any different to you than Brian Kelly's previous 8-4's under the Dome? What I mean ...
Irish Blogger Gathering
IBG in the Trees
The Notre Dame Football season is finally winding down to its conclusion, meaning that Irish Blogger Gatherings are also coming to an end quite soon this year. Let's finish this sucker strong. As a reminder, all members of the IBG will send a single question and we will all answer of them on our sites, with the exception of our own query. So be sure to visit all the other IBG members to see their answers throughout the day. My Question: BYU and Stanford are somewhat similar ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: The Pitts
Well, I decide to mix up the IBG and the Pitt disaster happens. THESE TWO THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT RELATED! Right? ....right...? Anyways, there's a lot to digest in this post-mortem, so let's get to it. As a reminder, every IBG member submits a single question and we all answer it on our own sites. Instead of answering my own question, I'll link to the other IBG members to you can check out their answers. Links will go up as soon as they are live on the their respective ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Let’s Shake This Thing Up
When Subway rode off into the sunset and placed the IBG into my care, he probably didn't anticipate that I'd start tinkering with the thing before the season was even done. However, soon after I took hold, I couldn't help it and the wheels started spinning in my head for how to shake things up again. When another member of the IBG came to me asking for change as well, I took it as a sign to go for it. I threw out an idea. It wasn't hated. So here we go. I took inspiration from the roots of ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Requesting a Fly-By
So, I had the joy of being at work until 1am last night and I'm just now playing catch-up to get everything out. So instead of a well, thought out intro, you're getting a bulleted list of highlights. Tower, this is Tex, requesting an IBG fly-by: Mike Coffey of NDNation answers my questions below I answer Frank Vitovitch's questions over at UHND.com Visit the other IBG members: NDN will query Keith Arnold of Inside the Irish who will serve as inquisitor to UND.com's Aaron Horvath of the ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Blue Skies Ahead
Notre Dame beat Southern Cal at home. The Irish head into this weekend facing arguably their easiest opponent all season. Nothing but blue skies and no worries ahead, right? HAHA, oh man, that was funny. This is ND Football, there is always something worry about. This week, Keith Arnold of Inside the Irish takes aim at my three burning questions. I faced Mike Coffey's (aka El Kabong) inquisition this week over at NDNation. Be sure to check out posts from UHND and Strong and True as ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Gauging Troy
It's that time of the week once again and the Irish Blogger Gathering is ready to start previewing Notre Dame's tilt under the lights against Southern Cal. This week, Keith Arnold of Inside the Irish answered my questions three. You will find my answers later today on UND.com's Strong and True blog. The rest of the IBG is as follows this week: Inside the Irish asks NDN NDN asks UHND UHND asks UND Southern Cal has definitely had quite a crazy season. From failing under Kiffin, ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Under New Management
So with the sad departure of The Subway Domer, someone had to take the reigns of the IBG as letting his creation die would be a travesty. Subway was apparently a few PBRs into his retirement when he thought I was the logical choice to take over so here we are...and everyone's a full day late. Go me. On a more serious note, the IBG hit another snag as Mike Coffey (aka El Kabong) who does IBG duty for ND Nation recently had his mother pass away and thus is not participating in this week's ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Shamrock Series – Episode 5
This week I was given a shot at the weekly discussion amongst Irish internet aficionados. I sent my questions to Frank from UHND, who shared his thoughts on our current state of affairs. You can see my answers over with Subway Domer. Also be sure to check out other IBG entries at NDN, Inside the Irish, and Strong and True. Arizona State’s offense has been putting up some big numbers. The defense has made some strides, but the ASU squad is coming off hanging 6 TD in the second half alone ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: It’s Not Easy Being Green
This week, Tex gave me the keys to this blog, told me to feed the HLS Hamsters, and left me to make mischief with the weekly Irish Blogger Gathering. I humbly obeyed his request by sending 3 questions to Mike Coffey AKA El Kabong at NDNation. Given my comfort-level on Twitter, I limited my questions to 140 characters in length. El Kabong's responses need no such constraints, and we appreciate his wisdom around these parts. ...