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One more time for the HLS family. Her Last Season

September 2, 2021 by Ryan Ritter

We announced this on the podcast a couple weeks ago, but we know that not everyone that swings by this site uses the podcast medium. So, if you were surprised by Irish Elvis mentioning it in his post yesterday, yes, this indeed the last season for Her Loyal Sons. Before I detail reasons and such, I want to make one thing clear. The "last season" just means no new content for the foreseeable future. I will happily keep paying the bills to keep the server and domain alive. Our Discord community ...

HLS Podcast Schedule, How We’ll Try to Cover 2020

September 4, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

While I definitely would've preferred Notre Dame do something a bit different this season, we find ourselves a week away from the season. While we will brace for the worst, we'll hope for the best and cover this season in the best HLS fashion that we can muster. With that said, the HLS Podcast will return, hitting your feeds on Monday, September 7, and the live Twitch recording stream on Sunday, September 6 at around 9 PM CDT / 10 PM EDT. The weekly schedule will look like this: Recap Pod ...

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HLS Bowl Pick ‘Em 2019

December 17, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Yes, I probably should have gotten the bowl pick 'em up earlier; however, I blame two things: For whatever reason, Yahoo!, who we did the regular season picks with, took forever to announce they weren't doing a pick 'em this season.That whole Extra Life thing. But never fear, we have found a bowl pick 'em that features spreads and holds the confidence points (but, sadly everything has a hook). This year's pick 'em will be hosted over at CBS Sports and herloyalsons.com/pickem will forward ...

Support HLS on Cyber Monday

December 2, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Loyal readers, listeners, and fellow internet degenerates, today marks Cyber Monday, aka the day you actually shop because you are smart enough to avoid crowds and people in general. On this wonderful internet shopping discount day, you can support Her Loyal Sons as you get your Christmas shopping done for loved ones (or yourself). As you are likely aware, we have a few different outlets that we are affiliated with. With that in mind, we've highlighted some deals below for your convenience. ...

#RememberTheSix Merch Now Available!

September 13, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Yes, New Mexico is tomorrow and Georgia is imminent, but it's never too early to due your duty as a Notre Dame football fan and prepare to troll Michigan in their own back yard. With that in mind, I'm happy to announce that I've whipped up one of our favorite moments in our series of mutual hatred and put it in our store: #RememberTheSix. Gone, but never forgotten are those six points that Elijah Shumate had to close out the 2014 tilt in wish the Irish won 37-0. Also never forgotten, ...

Under a blue-gray sky, the flags of the HLS Cotton Bowl Tailgate flew.

(Re)Introducing the Ramblings of an Irish Texan

August 28, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

I think it's safe to say that I've traveled a rather unique path. Growing up in the Dallas area, the Cowboys were, and still are king. Doubly so in my family. Exhibit A, this is my grandpa: My grandpa loved the Cowboys. He picked out his casket solely based on which one looked closest to Cowboys blue (and, in perfect irony, the casket had eagles on it). Complete strangers would become his best friend if they mentioned they were Cowboys fans. He was proud to have both his sons, and even his ...

(Re)introducing Irish Elvis

August 15, 2019 by IrishElvis

via GIPHY Did I ever introduce myself the first time? I'm a placeholder persona for the zany intersection of the general college football landscape and the very particular ethos residing under the Golden Dome. My first act on this glorious site stemmed from the belief that Twitter was the World's Best Sports Bar and sent #HLSrecap careening down the tracks to a land of lost productivity. To paraphrase the sage football pundit Ron Burgundy, "Sixty percent of the time, I'm serious every ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

Sim for Charity

August 14, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Last year, I decided that the HLS Podcast needed to do something different to differentiate Shane & I from the crowd. The first phase of this was establishing a Twitch channel. I saw the live-streaming platform branching out into non-gaming endeavors like the NBA G-League and even Pro Wrestling. So why not college football? I'm definitely not the only one that felt this way as a certain society of banners recently did the same thing. While I'm not sure if we were the first college ...

(Re)Introducing Moons (Ugh) Moons

August 13, 2019 by Moons

Some people were born Notre Dame fans. They were bathed in the light of the golden years. Tanned and bronzed from the championships, the Heismans, and the fact that they are somewhere around 178 years old. I am not one of those children of the summer. Indeed, if I reflect back, I have a difficult time pinpointing the moment I became an Irish fan. There’s no obvious reason for it. I am a born and raised southerner. My parents are from the northeast. Sure, they’re Catholic, but my Dad’s a BC ...

(Re)Introducing Her Loyal Sons

August 12, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

Back in 2011, when I was pinged to write for HLS, I never imagined running the whole thing. Nor could I have envisioned still doing it seven years, a marriage, and two kids later (trust me, I've tried to quit twice). Yet here I still am and here we still stand since 2006. This latest iteration of HLS has by far been my favorite. Granted, we post less now. Our desire is to keep this at an obsessive hobby level so we don't lose our day jobs, family life, and sanity. However, that doesn't mean ...