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Predictions: Let’s Have a Devil of a Time

November 8, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Apologies for running behind this week, y'all! Let's get your Notre Dame predictions rolling so get your entries in before kickoff through the Google form. As far as last week went...goodness, blood everywhere. Pretty much everyone had an upset and only one person hit the spread correctly! Now that the dust has settled, we have a new leader at the top of the standings. Before we get there though, here are my favorite quotes from the week: Two weeks to prepare for triple option pays off and ...

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Notre Dame’s Strength of Schedule Visualized

August 6, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Strength of schedule is by far one of our favorite topics to discuss here at HLS. With conference's becoming more insular in their scheduling, the need to trumpet the gauntlet of a schedule that Notre Dame plays in becomes incredibly important to break the conference narrative. Enter Brian Freamau, member of the advanced statistics site, Football Outsiders, who came up with the efficiency rating, FEI, that is an essential competent of the F/+ rating, which is another favorite of ours to use ...

Friday Roundup: The “See Y’all Later” Edition

June 14, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

No, I'm not quitting HLS. I've had a planned vacation for a while that starts next week and work has decided to get incredibly crazy so I will be out of the country as soon as I get back. Basically, I won't be back until July. Seriously. ...