So I sent a message with a wild idea to Shane: let’s go on Twitch and stream a CPU vs CPU matchup of the week’s Notre Dame game using a decade-plus old video game as our “preview”. To my knowledge, no one was doing this (at best, they were playing NCAA ’14 themselves) so I figured it was worth a season to experiment.

The next thing I knew, the sim created a string of running inside jokes and we had people that legitimately made the sim appointment live viewing. Even though there were days I came to the stream completely exhausted and/or fighting a severe bout of depression, the sim always kicked me out of it. Something unbelievably stupid and hilarious would happen without fail–multiple times.

Whether you watched live, on demand, or listened to the podcast, I can’t thank you enough for making this a thing. The joy and laughter you heard was always geniune…as was my utter disgust when virtual Notre Dame lost.

The Fiesta Bowl sim was a perfect send off. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I hope you enjoy the final entry as well.

Five Wide. DRINK!

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In HLS tradition, yep, there was a technical issue. The music didn’t come through at all and the first drop didn’t as well. OOPS!

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Eddie and I are all tied up after I had a massive week. As usual, our $200 bet for Extra Life will go down to the wire.

This brings us both to 86-60-3 on the season. Talk about going out with a bang in the last year. In fact, I’m so proud of the record, that I did a bit a math at the beginning of the episode to let you know how much money we could’ve been making you this season.

Granted, we have now tempted fate with the brag, plus picking games on a Tuesday morning, but GAMBLOR stops for nothing, including Thanksgiving. Neither Eddie nor I have no plans of stopping our hot streak now and, by the end of the week, we should have a new leader in the clubhouse.

#HAILGAMBLOR

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As for the sim, it’s hard to believe this day has arrived, but this our final regular season sim in HLS history. Thankfully we have (at least) one more sim to go, but Shane and I put a bow on the 2021 Sim Notre Dame Season with a visit to Stanford.

All I will say is that the sim (hopefully) managed to be the most accurate thing ever–all the way down to David Shaw doing some bullshit.

Oh, and I hope you weren’t expecting serious play-by-play the whole way through in this one because you won’t get it. The second half contains many an exquisite detour and Irish Elvis provides multiple sim updates from around the nation from the HLS studios (via Twitch chat).

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Thankfully, I feel better, even though I’m sure you can hear some fatigue in my voice. However, I had to push through to get the last home sim in the books in HLS history.

It’s been a long, crazy ride, and, hilariously, this felt like a football game. Don’t worry, there are still wtf moments, but overall, the sim stayed sober for senior day.

We have two (maybe three?!) more sims to go. With next week being Thanksgiving, we are coming at you with a special sim Tuesday, November 23 9 PM CST / 10 PM EST for the final sim of the 2021 season.

Enjoy them while they last!

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There are more turnovers than third downs converted by both teams. This game might have set a record for combined sacks. Neither virtual coach seemed to care to manage the clock properly nor call anything resembling a coherent gameplan.

And, to top it all off, Shane’s audio dies right in the middle of the sim.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever laughed harder and had more despair than in any other sim. Enjoy the clusterfucks while they last.

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It was a sim. It was a Navy game. It felt dirty even though it was a good result.

Perhaps the sim found a way to capture Catholic guilt in video game form. We’ll never know the sim’s ways, but we will enjoy it while it lasts.

After all, we’ve hit the last month of the regular season and these little events will be coming to an end soon.

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If your feelings about Notre Dame games hinge on the sim, I can only say that your feelings will be completely up to individual interpretation. I’m not sure I can explain it in any other way without giving too much away.

Oh, and there’s a very important discussion about people and chairs thanks to the Inside the Garage podcast. Very important.

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Unless you watched this live, there is no possible way you would come up with how this game unfolded. I’m sure you could get some pieces correct; however, I feel comfortable saying that no one would ever guess how this thing ended.

I’m glad this happened in a rivalry game because it hits that much harder. Enjoy every bit of this stupid, bonkers sim of a stupid, bonkers sport.

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Thankfully(?), massive HLS screw ups turn into premium content. If you are a Twitch Subscriber, you can see the full, unedited VoD here and a highlight of just the screw ups here. If you are a Patreon subscriber, you’ll have access to the full unedited podcast version, as well as the VoD highlight as well.

We also ran a bit of an experiment this time around. Below you will see and hear our usual work, in which we commentate a Drew Pyne start. However, we also ran another sim, but with Jack Coan starting (without commentary and podcast accompaniment).

EDIT: Because LITERALLY MENTIONING IT ON THE PODCAST WASN’T ENOUGH, here you go, Douglas:

It’s the hardest we’ve ever simmed–in every way possible.

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It’s a top ten matchup at Notre Dame Stadium as Notre Dame and Cincinnati duke it out. The Irish are still battling loads of injuries and with Brian Kelly being less than forthcoming, it makes it hard to set these rosters for maximum accuracy.

However, Shane receives some breaking news from an inside source that changes everything…have we created a QB controversy?!

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I’m honestly in awe of both happenings. We could’ve pulled either off if we actually planned it.

This is the true magic of HLS: delivering the things you never asked for and never wanted.

Enjoy?

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Here’s how the cold open sounded live on stream. As you heard in the podcast, we actually had the audio for everything. The audience…well, not so much (and yes I skipped the musical intro because it did, indeed, not play live for the stream).

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