Seriously.  I just heard an announcer on SportsCenter say this. What the F*&K? I am damn sick of this ridiculous bias ESPN has against the Irish. Literally, the man just said 'when'. And all day, watching both the OSU-MI "battle" and the USC win over Cal, I heard time and again how there's NO WAY Notre Dame should be in the BCS Championship, even if we beat USC next week, the #3 team (soon to be #2). Why is that? Well, their logic is that MI beat us bad, so Michigan should ...
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Spurrier Leaving for Miami. HLS Slobbering All Over Self.
The entire staff of Her Loyal Sons simultaneously wet itself at the news that Steve Spurrier may well become the next head coach of Football at the University of Miami. The perfect-storm of karma (and blogging fodder) that could potentially result stretches the imagination to the point of pain. Pure, luxuriant pain. UPDATE: Apparently we get no perfect storm. Spurrier says he's not going to Miami, cancels Christmas. I'm gonna go kick some cans around. ...
MSU Names New Head Coach. Nobody in Michigan Notices.
Looks like MSU has finally picked a replacement for John The Smith. I suspect they're holding off announcing until this whole UM/OSU/Bo Knows Death thing washes over. This looks like an excellent hire for MSU, as Grantham is sure to bring along some of that winning tradition from Cleveland. ...
Bo Schembechler Dies. tOSU Fans Prepare Gameday Signs, Look To Raise Bar on “Shock and Awe.”
Bo Schembechler, legendary coach of the Michigan football team and hater of Big 10 Schedules that include Notre Dame, has died. We wont pick on the guy right now. May he rest in peace. And may the FTC/Standards and Practices people at ESPN and ABC limber up for a busy day in Columbus tomorrow. ...
HLS Christmas Contest: And The Pics Are Rolling In!
Just a few days into our HLS Christmas Contest, and we've already gotten some great submissions. You can view them here. I thought this one was particularly funny. Anyway, if you'd like to win a copy of A&E Home Video's "The University of Notre Dame: Fighting Irish Collector's DVD Set," follow the instructions here and join our little contest. Or, if you'd just like to go and buy the boxed set for yourself or as a great Christmas gift, follow this link to A&E's store. ...
Friday Roundup: Bond. James Bond.
In case you haven't heard, the OSU, that's the University of Ohio [the] State, and the University of Michigan are playing a football game this weekend to determine who will be crowned "The Only Team In The BCS Championship Game About Whom Nobody's Bitching." This is a valued position, dude. But the real event this weekend is that the newest James Bond movie, "Casino Royale" is being released. And not only does it promise to live up to my personal level of blood-lust, but I gotta believe a ...
Apocalypse Now?
In the build up to the 2005 USC/Notre Dame football game, we heard a lot of hype: "Game for the Ages," "One for the History Books," and "Game of the Century" were thrown around in reference to the game before and after (at least until the National Championship Game). It was clear that this game was expected to be looked upon by history. So it makes me chuckle every time I see the way the media has chosen to hype this weekend's game between #1 Ohio State and #2 Michigan: "Football ...
The Lights Go Out At Mansfield
Mansfield University is shutting off the lights after an 0-10 season in D2 Football. This is newsworthy because they were actually the first college team to ever turn the lights on. Budget Constraints are being blamed. It must have cost a lot of money to keep the lights on since 1892. ...
Remember When Congress Asked The NCAA To Justify Itself?
Well, Myles Brand has responded (PDF). And his response is genius. Not for content, but for mechanics. See, Myles has written a response so boring that now living being could ever get thru it in one sitting. I've tried twice today. I just can't do it. I'm gonna need to break it up into pages and take careful notes before I can figure out if Myles has actually said anything. If you choose to read it, good luck. ...
Learn Something
This is pretty cool if you like cool stuff. And history. [youtube]sPcgjv7_9Ac[/youtube] Edit: Just to be clear. This isn't our work. Sure, we're really awesome at creating content and all, but we believe this is produced by The University of Notre Dame. If someone knows exactly who produced this, please send us a note and we'll give credit where it is due. ...