A Notre Dame Football Blog
Many apologies for not being able to fire off a show last night. I was caught in home renovation/repair hell and could not escape from the mess my dad and I started. Much like when you grab your ticket from the counter, once you wet mortar for a shower pan, you're committed. Still the pick 'em must go on. You will now find a full landing page that has both the current standings through week 1 and the remaining entries for the rest of bowl season. After all, the holiday/bowl travel is coming ...
It's hard to believe, but the Cotton Bowl is nearly upon us. That means I should probably kick this tailgate planning into full gear and letting everyone know the details. ...
So my favorite part of the "Clemson is Going to Beat the Mess out of Notre Dame" is that I don't buy it. I wouldn't buy it if it were listed at $0.00 and I were playing the Bargain Game on The Price is Right. Here's why: Clemson is getting way too much credit for running the table on a schedule that makes the inter-hall football small dorm schedule look like a damn murderers' row. After a week in which we here at HerLoyalSonsdotcom rolled out the old timers for your listening enjoyment, let's ...
Who has time for posting every day when they have to find a new elf stunt every night?
Back when I ran this site, I'd try to do a Friday Roundup post every week. It was probably the most read, most clicked thing I did on a consistent basis, and actually probably my favorite thing to do because it gave me an excuse to buy new beers. When Biscuit and I set out to come back this week, I think we both meant to do a post a day, and I think we've both been reminded that it's damned hard to do that. Kudos to Ryan, Bayou, and Co in keepin' on keepin' on. It's a labor of love, and I ...
ND is the Rodney Dangerfield of the CFP, no doubt. First there’s the arguments that ND shouldn’t be in at all (See my WAH WAH BABY WAH post), which thankfully the committee outright ignored. But now the pundits, and Vegas, have ND losing almost to a man, and our beloved Irish are -11 to -12. Seriously? That’s absurd. Let’s evaluate the ND vs Clemson matchup in a few different ways to see how this makes any sense (spoiler: it does not). Record this Season Both undefeated. Clemson 13-0 but ...
The HLS Bowl Pick 'Em has returned! Apologies for the delay, but Yahoo decided to can their pick 'em game so I had to create one from scratch. That, plus being in home repair/renovation hell caused this to be delayed. But no matter, Eddie and I are here for the first week of glorious bowl picks and you can join in on the fun at herloyalsons.com/pickem as always (or use the form embedded below). This time, it's winner-take-all in the bowl season for a piece of merch from the HLS ...
Oh how the whining began, and continued, as ND was clearly Playoff Bound after the USC victory. wah wah wah "But your schedule was weak" wah wah Boo hoo hoo "But you barely beat Pitt" boo hoo wah wah waaaaah "you're going to lose" wah wah Boo hoo hoo "join a conference already it's not fair" wah boo-effing-hoo. I feel like I'm Scott Farkus from A Christmas Story. Sheesh. Listen, you little whiny babies, there are counterarguments to all of those silly 'reasons' why ...
Poor Burt. He passed up the role of Solo, and then opened up against Harrison. It's ok. He was still an all-time great.
I completely missed the Heisman Trophy ceremony this past weekend. I knew it was coming, and entirely forgot to tune in. Maybe that's why the committee decided to rig the votes and award the trophy to Kyler Murray rather than Tua Tagovailoa - so that perhaps a few of us will remember there was controversy this year and bother to tune in in 2019. Anyway, I forgot to tune in because 1) I was actually attending a social gathering, and 2) nobody from Notre Dame was even remotely involved. And if ...
Actually, no, never mind, ignore that line, Urban. Go, go go. Gently. Quietly. Silently. Now. It's time. Seriously, dude, go. Go already. WHAT'S HAPPENING GO!!!!! Urban has let down his players, the sport, his duty, and his own humanity. Move along, you will not be missed. Let's focus on a few of the biggest ways Urban tainted a sport that gave him everything: First, there's the arrests. Just a few highlights from his Top arrests at Florida. From 2009... Example 1: Jamar ...
Oh. Hi. I, frankly, have no idea what the readership of HLS is like these days. I’d guess by the way the folks here have run it so much better than I ever did, that the numbers are quite strong. And I’d also guess that a whole lot of the current readership has no idea I even exist(ed). I started this blog in 2006 on a bit of a lark, thinking I had smart things to say about Notre Dame football. I didn't even start out by trying to explain what we were trying to do here. Then I spent 6 ...