SOUTH BEND Friday evening, in front of thousands of spectators, Notre Dame golden boy Paul Hornung made a true statement about his love of the game. The "Where's My Pants?" game, that is. Hornung celebrated the 50th anniversary of his Heisman award by giving a heartfelt speech at the Notre Dame-UCLA pep rally. His pants celebrated by dropping down to his ankles. All records at the Where's My Pants Hall of Fame were previously dominated by game pioneers Bad Kermit, ChisND and Peej. With ...
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Point Made on Relative Reporting: Evidence Ivan Maisel ESPN
DTK, a UM Fan (may God have mercy on him), had some things to say about my post below on how the media and the Pollsters view ND's performances. In particular, I have taken offense at how they always point back to our whupping by the Wolverines (and yes, I admit it was a whupping) as to why we should be lower in the polls. And my argument isn't that it was not a whupping, but that we get penalized for such a whupping more than other teams have. Ivan Maisel, in his ESPN.com column today, ...
Finally, Someone Gets It: Thanks to the Dash
Forde doesn't always get it right, but he got it right this week in his column about the 1-Loss Wonders on ESPN.com. What I like most about it is that he finally puts the Irish loss to Michigan in perspective. He doesn't forgive ND for crapping the bed in their own house, but unlike the rest of the sports nation he doesn't crucify the team either. Which is refreshing. His two main points are 1) Michigan is the #2 team in the country 2) The score looked a lot worse than it ...
Weis Uses Logic to Question Poll Results, joins Biscuit in Disgust
Charlie took his shot at examining the most recent polls, and questioned why the 11th-ranked Irish dropped below a few teams after this week's action.  "One of the teams [Tennessee] that jumped us had the same game that we had. They're down, they're playing at home and they win by a field goal," Weis said Tuesday. "Another team [Florida] that jumped us wasn't even playing. They were home, eating cheeseburgers, and they end up jumping us. That befuddles me."  Chuck, I am with you my man. ...
If I Had Just One Wish…
I'd wish for a million more wishes. And then I'd make one of those wishes be that this week's starting QB for Navy be.. Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada He Makes Play-by-Play Announcers Cry In Their Sleep It just rolls of the tongue, don't it? ...
Pass Interference?
Um... Thanks, FF. ...
For Those About To Rock…ND vs UCLA highlight vid.
Oldie has picked a particularly good song for this weeks highlights: [youtube]Z1k8mHNBjpw[/youtube] UCLA's front five? ...
Guilty!
The charge: Being an embarassingly quiet home fan-base. The verdict: Guilty! The Notre Dame Fan Base If They Were Super Evil Dudes. Super Evil Mute Dudes. The evidence used to convict? EDSBS's first-hand account of how unbelievably lame the Notre Dame fanbase can be. ...the downside is a quiet stadium that, at times, was so quiet we actually heard the coaches yelling on the sidelines. (We were sitting in the south endzone, for some perspective on this.) ... Ushers at Notre ...
Readers Ask, HLS Answers: What’s Wrong With ND’s Rushing?
Dear HLS, What's wrong with our rushing offense? Would getting highly-touted freshmen like Aldridge and Prince in on more plays help? Surely you'd agree we need more gamebreaking speed at running back, right? Right!? Thanks, Feeling The Need For Speed Dover Air Force Base, Delaware Dear Needy, We'd all like to know what the problem is with the rushing attack. The simplest answer is to tell you that our offensive line is actually spending this fall in Tampa, as the golfing is much ...
Half of Notre Dame Fan Universe Goes R-Tard. HLS Looks For Help From The Outside.
Well, after writing up my brain dump/rant/review of the game, I started to peruse the various Notre Dame message boards. Sure enough, Quinn is WAY TOO SLOW in throwing the ball. Darius Walker is an average back. Charlie Weis, by the way, is, despite having never been figured out by the best defensive minds in the NFL, horribly predictable with the play calling. Hey, did you know that when we have a 4th and 1, and we have a TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUND QUARTERBACK WITH A POWER INDEX OF 8 ...