Rock on, Killers. Okay, so this may be a little unexpected, but I'm not all that upset about the result yesterday.  Last night? I was depressed. Sick even. But, I've come around. I'm seeing the sunny side of things now.  Let's look at the good stuff here for a moment... 1) ND played a solid first half, and it actually felt like the game would be a good, close battle. CW figured out the LSU D midway through the first quarter and started swinging Darius outside. ...
Notre Dame Football
After LSU’s Sugar Bowl Win, Rules of College Football Explained to Miles
NEW ORLEANS--As his LSU Tigers celebrated their 41-14 dismantling of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, head coach Les Miles took the opportunity in his post-game press conference to ask some important questions about the game of college football. HLS was lucky enough to get an early copy of the transcript of that press conference. LM: Now, I know when you get the ball into the area where the team logo is, that counts for six points. Does one of your players need to be holding the ball in that ...
That Sucks
I'm still working on my Opus of Mashochism, a.k.a. "The Post Mortem." It'll take a while. I'm stewing slowly in a bath of pain juice, ESPN drivel, message board excrement, and a piquant of self-loathing so I know I'll get it right the first time. Slow and low, boys. that way the meat will just fall off the bone. For now, remember this: Any time The Shark lets a pass hit him in the head, we're in for a long day. That ain't gumbo you're smellin' Charlie. ...
And Knowing Is Half The Battle
After a nice chunk of "serious" bowl game action, we now know the following: I hate Dodge Trucks with the fury of a gigantic robot boxer. I feel an undeniable urge to purchase a Chevy truck. I also feel an irresistible urge to run John Mellencamp over with said truck. The Big 12 sucks to no end and should lose "BCS Conference" status as a result. Colorado may have gotten the wrong guy. ND avoided a big problem by not doing what Colorado did. In about 5 weeks, the afterglow will ...
Multiple Points of View
AndTheValleyShook.com has posted our answers to their questions. It will be of little surprise to our regular readers that we had many different perspectives on each topic while still managing to agree on one key thing: Notre Dame is the greatest football team ever. If you head over there to read our answers, we'd love to hear your perspectives too. And in case you missed it earlier today (why don't you just scroll down?), AndTheValleyShook.com answered our own little questions three ...
Info! Info! Infoooooooo!
Johnny 5 is satiated. For now. We here at HLS wanted to know a little more about LSU, their football team, and the psyche of their fans, so we went straight to the place we knew we could get the most accurate, infallible information: the internet. And on the internet we found an LSU blog called AndTheValleyShook.com. Coincidentally, AndTheValleyShook.com happens to be a blog dedicated to LSU sports. So we contacted them for a little Q&A, and here's what we got back: 1) Are the LSU ...
NYP’s Steve Serby Has One Dream, Bad Hair
We all have dreams. When I was 16, I figured that while I was in my 20s I was gonna date an entire slew of European fashion models who liked hamburgers, college football, skimpy clothing, and reading. Of course, my dreams got a little fantastical when I expected all of these models to also enjoy Star Wars and not ever get bitchy. I later discovered that Star Wars doesn't really translate well into "Model." And I don't even need to explain the "bitchy" part if you've ever met Tyra Banks, who, ...
A Christmas (Four) Star
Coach Weis slid down your chimney and left you a gift a little early this year, nabbing four-star safety Harrison Smith out of Knoxville Catholic. Welcome aboard, Harrison! Also, please tell me they're inflating SAT scores, because the 1850 he scored gives me grade envy. ...
Arrested Development?
Tennessee. T-tennessee. Tennessee. T-tennessee-Lord I really been real stressed. Down and out, losin' ground... Yep, those are lyrics from Arrested Development's classic 90's rap hit "Tennessee".  I remember back when legendary ND band Sexual Chocolate used to bust out A.D. tunes at Acoustic Cafe on Thursday nights.  That ruled. Anyway, why the brief jump into 90's rap culture? ND recruiting in TN is picking up, and looking like it's a hot bed for future Irish talent, much ...
Bogies On The Radar: 12 Teams A’pposin’ , 7 Teams A’bowlin’, 1… Final… Game…
Ba Dum Dum Dum.. The Bowl Season is upon us. Let us rejoice and take a look at what our 2006 opponents are up to this Christmas season. Georgia Tech (9-4, lost to ND, Bowl Game: Gator Bowl vs. WVU): The Law of Chan Gailey Equilibrium took one in the gnads yesterday when it was announced that Reggie Ball, a.k.a. "The Great Equalizer", is academically ineligible to play in the upcoming bowl game. Instead, they'll be starting their sophomore backup, leading to the questions: How much ...