ADs are getting fired, coaches are getting suspended, and SEC teams are having issues with FCS and MAC teams. It's just another week of college football. This week, I cover the respective dumpster fires at the University of Texas and Rutgers, give my reactions to week 2, give some thoughts on ND/Georgia Tech, have some picks with my good buddy @NDEddieMac, and previous Roundup guest, Laura Thomas, the ND Sports Blogger, makes a special appearance in the moment of Nix covering hat enthusiast, ...
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Friday Roundup: The “On the Road Again” Episode
Once again, I recorded the Friday Roundup from a hotel room as I am on the road again to watch Notre Dame take on Virginia in person. After flight delays, technical issues, and forgoing sleep, another episode is coming at ya. After covering a couple quick pieces of news, including the internet completely missing the point on comments Fr. Jenkins made this week, I recap week one of college football, do a quick preview of Notre Dame/Virginia, and make some picks with @NDEddieMac. Enjoy ...
Friday Roundup: The “#SmokeBevo” Episode
We finally made it, y'all, the college football season is here! To celebrate, I only briefly cover some headlines in the final offseason episode of CFB Law & Order so I can get to actual college football. There is a brief rundown of the games from last night, including taking some joy in Michigan pain. To help preview ND/Texas, I brought on Mike Roach from HornSports.com. Hear his thoughts on Texas and just what they are bringing into South Bend and how he sees them matching up against ...
Friday Roundup: The “From the Road” Episode
I knew, at some point, my work travels were going to hose me up and make recording the Roundup rather difficult. Thankfully, I planned ahead for this scenario and made sure that all my equipment would be easily portable. So, in this episode, I am coming at ya from a hotel room because I love each and everyone one of my loyal listeners and loyal readers of HLS. In this episode, I talk ND's new jumbotron, Sark getting stupidly drunk, a strange walk-on situation at Texas Tech, Auburn getting ...
Friday Roundup: The “SummerSlam” Episode
Yes, the Roundup was slightly delayed today, but I promise you, this is worth the wait. With college football season just two months away and WWE's biggest PPV of the summer, SummerSlam, happening this Sunday, I couldn't help but combine the two. I've always maintained that there is a huge overlap in the Venn diagram of college football fans and WWE fans because their popularity isn't just fed by what happens on the field or in the ring, but by the emotions the games and matches bring about. ...
Friday Roundup: The “BGI & Biceps” Episode
As promised in my review of Blue & Gold Illustrated's season preview magazine, Andrew Owens joins me on the show to talk about the magazine and the upcoming 2015 season. Of course, after we did this interview, Greg Bryant decided to hop over to a JUCO so I had great timing. So to make up for it, I give a few more thoughts on the Bryant situation, including some updates from Brain Kelly (spoiler alert: he gone). I also talk about the Shamrock Series uniforms and give my take on Molly's ...
Friday Roundup: The “Let’s Create a New Playoff” Episode
This week, I have been stuck in training for the new job, severely limiting my time and access to the wide world of college football. Thankfully, it appeared to be quite a dead week for the most part. However, talk of playoff expansion caught my attention. I was reminded that, while on KVCE, I had promised that I would outline my solution to the college football playoffs as well as conference alignment. This episode, I deliver. Spoiler: ALL THE CONFERENCES ARE GONE! The Roundup In ...
Friday Roundup: The “Declaration of iNDependence” Episode
Yes, I used "ND" in the middle of a word. I don't care. Eye-roll away. Anyways, after yet another week full of hot takes on why Notre Dame's independence is the worst thing ever and should bar them from the college football playoffs, I felt it was time to devote a whole episode of the Friday Roundup to the topic. If you want a singular thing to pass on to someone that wonders why ND thinks it's so special and is independent, share this episode. If you want to show someone that a strong ...
Friday Roundup: The “Chat with Tyler” Episode
Every now and then, the Friday Roundup will go Notre Dame football-heavy and this was one of those episodes. In this episode, I have a good chat with Tyler James of the South Bend Tribune and NDInsider.com. We talk about the NDInsider.com preview magazine, thoughts on the upcoming Notre Dame season, and I turn the tables on him and ask some of the questions that they asked the incoming freshman. Also appearing in this episode: the latest on the Ohio State QB situation, a nice little rant on ...
Friday Roundup: The “SEC Media Days” Episode
The end to the offseason is nearly in sight. At least, that's what I like to tell myself when SEC Media Days roll around. In all honesty though, before we know it, quotes and sound bites from these mid-July pressers will give way to camps in August. At that point, the season is practically right around the corner. This episode of the Friday Roundup digs in to a couple of the highlights from this week's round of coach speak including Nick Saban finding yet another thing to bitch about while ...