Usually we spend our Thursday's doing what we can to break down our next opponent. This week though, we are doing something a little bit different. Justin Potts over at Maize and Go Blue reached out to us earlier in the week and asked if we could detail how Notre Dame could beat Michigan. There was no way I was going to pass up a chance to blueprint Skunkbear demise on their on turf, so I graciously obliged. Now, we may hate Michigan with a passion here at HLS, but we are all about fair ...
Brendan Gibbons
Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy: Punter & Kicker
In this installment of Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy, I get to look at the punters and kickers. Boring? Hardly. Remember Purdue or Pitt or Stanford? Those W's don't happen without the physics of foot meeting ball meeting air meeting wind meeting rain. You get the point. We take touchdowns for granted until our placekicker gets the yips and we think Offensive Coordinator Chuck Martin has everything in hand until we can't count on a solid punt to pin the other team back against their goal line. ...