Well central Utah newspaper the Dailey Herald is running out of ideas to help BYU return to glory, and has decided to just print a list cliche football quotes to FIRE the team up. They instruct the players to "stick newspaper clippings inside their helmets for easy reference." I mean COME-ON is this college football or youth football? Well keeping with the theme the Daily Herald has started here is some Her Loyal Sons advice for BYU: "Eat all your vegetables." "Don't talk to ...
Notre Dame Football
Calvin Johnson: The Biggest Threat You’ll Never See
Here's the end result with Calvin Johnson: He's a great athlete, and he'll make some amazing catches Saturday and throughout season, but overall he's not that much of a threat. Why? Because his QB sucks. All we hear from Tech fans all day every day is CJ, CJ, CJ. And the response has always been "CJ can't throw it to himself", and there's the rub. CJ is a great talent and certainly a first round NFL prospect, but in the end RB is a 50% passer, and you can't carry an offense on a WR's ...
Lou Holtz vs. Bob Davie
I don't even have to try to be funny for this. Just look at the question posed by AJC "writer," "Tony Barnhart," of Former Notre Dame Head Coach Lou Holtz, and former snot hockey champion, Bob Davie: "Can Notre Dame win the national championship this season?" Um, "can" they win the MNC? Um, yeah. So could Temple (They're still D1, right? No?). Any sensible person, like Notre Dame Legend Lou Holtz would say yes. In fact, read this response by Lou: "YES" See? Now, in contrast, see ...
RMN: Preseason prognosis calls for Irish sweepstakes
Randy Holtz of the Rocky Mountain News has nice writeup chronicling Notre Dame's long running love affair with the Heisman Trophey. Basically the Heisman goes with the Irish like burgers go with beer at CJs. If you don't know, the Rocky Mountain News Heisman poll is the longest-running weekly Heisman Trophy poll in the country, in its 20th year, and has correctly predicted the winner 16 of the previous 19 seasons. The poll started back in 1987...the last time a Notre Dame player won the ...
Do It Yourself Pep Rally
It's that time of year again folks. Time when the leaves start to change, the autumn breeze rolls in, the grills get fired up, and so do I... That's right, it's time for the annual pre-season opener homemade pep rally and here's your guide to doin' it yourself. This annual tradition was started by the K-Man, a legendary ND fan out of Cleveland, OH, who also happens to be my brother-in-law. I've picked it up, and the power of this pep rally is tangible. Assuming you can't make it to Tech ...
Unable to Find Positives on Field, Weis Looks to Tech Sideline
SOUTH BEND, Ind.--Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis looked over the Georgia Tech roster in preparation for the upcoming game between the Fighting Irish and the Yellow Jackets. Weis, with his "let's-not-get-ahead-of-ourselves" style, sought something positive to say about the Yellow Jackets' chances in Saturday's game. He came up empty. "Let's face it. No matter what the media is saying, and no matter how they're trying to spin this game to make it seem more exciting, we're just ...
Uh oh; Georgia Tech 29, Notre Dame 21
Maybe all the hype leading up to the hotly-anticipated game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish made my hands sweaty. Maybe I wasn't ready to bump the difficulty up from "Varsity" to "All-American." Maybe I ran one too many WR screens, trying desperately to beat a heavy Georgia Tech pass rush. All I know is that virtual Brady Quinn on my Xbox 360 got planted. A lot. Like six times. And he threw a late pick with Tech up 22-21 to seal the victory ...
2006 HLS Expert Picks: Week 1 Picks
Again, the rules of the game are here. First, an introduction to the 2006 HLS Experts (More may be added if they stop being chicken): Bad Kermit: An avid Cubs fan who expects Notre Dame in 2006 to pull him back in off the ledge after watching another disastrous Cubs season. He writes, he practices law sometimes, and he built a pirate bar, for God's sake. The man has earned some respect, right? ChisND: A northern expat who now resides in the southern comfort of Atlanta. He constantly ...
Dog Kicked, Dead. Wall Getting Nervous.
Well, if this doesn't get you going, [insert cliche here]: [youtube]tyrRCkG2s8k[/youtube] Thanks to Irish Round Table for the find. ...
THIS JUST IN: AJC calls Tech upset in Saturday’s game
Well someone better contact Weis & Co. before they jump on that plane to Atlanta cause Mark Bradley over at the Atlanta Journal Constitution has called an upset in Saturday's game before the game has even been played. And I thought we where the ones with the direct line to heaven. I'm ever so grateful for this notification as I might still have time to sell my tickets before the game. Gotta love lines like this: "One team that will play at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday has demonstrated ...