Holy Carp. The season's almost here. That was fast! And with the new season comes a new series of Subway Domer's creation: The Irish Blogger Gathering. This week, Frank over at UHND hosts and submits the 7 questions below. He's also posting links to all the responses to his questions, so after this, head over to Frank's and check out his answers and the replies of all the other Gatherees... 1. Name one offensive players and one defensive player you are most excited to see in ...
Irish Blogger Gathering
Irish Blogger Gathering: We’re Prepared for the Preparation
Subway Domer lit the fires of the gathering and we came runnin' to see what all the fuss was about and see if there was a pig in the smoker. Mmmm... pig pickin'... At the end of Spring Ball, we'll be hosting the Spring Ball Post Mortem IBG, tentatively sub-titled, "Can You Believe [Player's Name] Is Out For 2010 With An Injury!?" Notre Dame is looking at vast changes on both sides of the ball. Kelly will implement his version of the "Spread," which is run at an excruciating pace, ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Cheez-its, People!
This week, Frank, over at the excellently designed, prolific UHND, asks the questions. We provide our answers below... The obvious question for the week, how does Notre Dame deal with the loss of Michael Floyd? What wide receiver steps up? How, if at all, does the offense change?With a pants-load of 4 and 5 receiver sets. One of the keys (I'm guessing) to the success of the ND rushing game of late has probably been the tendancy of all opposing defensive coordinators to look at ND's base ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: THIS IS NOT THE SPARTA WITH WHICH YOU ARE FAMILIAR!
This week's Gathering is hosted by Sarah over at Bad Trade, where she's waiting to see everyone else's answers before giving her own. Clever girl. Still trying to get the taste of last weekend's game out of my mouth, so let's start with something fun. With Sparty on its way into South Bend, give me your favorite memory of the ND-MSU series. I don't care what it is: John L. Smith losing it, the image of MSU guarding against nothing, an actual game memory, whatever.It's short, it's sweet, ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: Wherein I Force People Do Things They Don’t Want To Do, Like The Michigan (sucks!) Coaching Staff
Subway gave us the opportunity to pose the questions for this week's Irish Blogger Gathering. And we'd just like to let the other participants know that it hurts us more to ask these questions than it hurts you to answer them. Being that you're a ND blogger, and thus follow a Catholic university's football team religiously and/or are Catholic yourself, you're probably very familiar with the notion that bad things happen to good people. For a concrete example of that, look to every Irish ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: The Kickoff Week Kickoff
Subway Domer once again wrangled the cats together so that we'll all do this roundtable-type-sorta discussion once a week. Sort of like the weekly meetings with which so many of you may be familiar, minus the stale donuts and coffee. And we don't bother to introduce ourselves because, after what happened last year, none of us can stand to look at one another. Ahem. Anyway, this week, Domer Law Blog cross-examines us with the following questions... My season preview included music ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: The “Saying A Lot By Asking Obtuse Questions” Edition
It's our turn at HLS to host the Gathering this week. We've got snacks in the cupboard and beers in the fridge, but remember: The Lord helps those who help themselves... What photo of some member of the 2008 Irish squad doing something, anything at all, really, says all 1,000 words that need to be said about this team? OR, which photo of some member of the 2008 Irish squad doing something would tell 1,000 lies about this team if you only saw the photo and didn't know better? ...
Irish Blogger Gathering: The Tailgate Edition
This week's Gathering is brought to you by Bad Trade. Let's jump right in: You're having some beers and brats outside Notre Dame Stadium, just chilling with friends. If you could have one Notre Dame player or coach drop by to share a drink, a brat and some stories with you, who would it be? I'd have to go with Knute. It would be awesome. We could all stand around and listen intently to his stories of how things once were at Notre Dame and witness him marvel at modern miracles like the ...