A Notre Dame Football Blog
All this rain that has swamped our green and pleasant land over the past two days has put me in the mind of plagues. A plague is a test sent by God to determine how committed we are in our faith – like parietals. Unlike parietals, which only bring good and prevent evil, many plagues can cause much suffering – like Michigan State. Since 1897, we have endured 75 plagues of Michigan State. We even initiated a trophy, like the Ancient Greeks, to dedicate our victories to divine assistance. This ...
The world is a very different place up in Ann Abhor Arbor. The stadium is bigger, the fans are meaner, and the shade of yellow is urine-ier. They even have an entirely different perspective on the world and all that’s in it, as seen through their beady little giant-North-American-weasel eyes. What follows, then, is the Irish-Wolverine rivalry, according to the Book of Michigan. 1879 – A devastating fire rages through Notre Dame’s Main Building. Young men from the University of Michigan ...
“When criticizing a Catholic institution, be sure to troop out quaint stereotypes so that your comments contain vague accusations of sacrilege or apostasy, and the humorous implication that its leaders are, in fact, just bad Catholics.” At least that’s what I presume is written in the general press conference guidelines down at Arizona State. Or maybe the athletic director has one of those desk calendars that gives a new piece of advice for every day of the year. But if that’s the case, he ...
For obvious reasons, I will not be publishing a column called “Good Fridays” this week. If you think The Lord was angry when he took a whip of cords to the temple moneychangers, try blaspheming on the His least favorite day of the year. Hence I have moved to today, Spy Wednesday. We call it that because this was the day Judas Iscariot, the spy among the Apostles, sold Jesus to the Sanhedrin for 30 pieces of silver. He then famously betrayed The Lord with a kiss – were that to happen today, ...
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least. Here are a few ways my eyes have been opened, a few points I have pondered, a few insights I’ve gained: - The head football coach should be a CSC. He doesn’t have to be a priest. The key is that he take a vow of obedience. ...
I'm convinced that being a Notre Dame football fan might just be one of the strangest existences in sports today. Despite the fact that the Irish are 6-0, it is as if we as fans still have something to prove. ...
So Stanford, bet you feel all confident right about now. Sure, you've knocked off USC already this season (and then fell on your face to Washington, but we will forget that for now). And yes, you have won the last three years against the Irish. But your Luck has run out and is now an Indianapolis Colt. Now you face a buzzsaw that is the Irish defense. Spoiler alert: Trees lose to saws. Every. Damn. Time. ...
You know what I haven't done in a Roundup yet? An actual opponent preview. It's time I change that -- especially since this week I've heard far too much about how the Miami offense could potentially give the Irish troubles. All of this analysis glosses over the fact that Miami isn't that great and I'm here to fix that. ...
A rain-soaked Brian Kelly walks off the field of the Colosseum a victor in 2010, becoming the first Irish coach to beat USC since Bob Davie. (Photo Credit: Neon Tommy via Flickr)
As HLS makes its transition into its third iteration, I feel that it is only appropriate that the first post in the HLS 3.0 era should be a look into the expectations that Brian Kelly carries with him into his third version of Irish football. The third year has transformed into that "line in the sand" in regards to a college coach's future at their current school. But just how accurate is that mark? And where should we place our expectations in 2012 considering that the Irish will be facing ...
As I recounted some of Weis' moments from my manager days in the Brandon Newman piece, I mentioned one of my personal favorite speeches/ass-chewings that he would give out. Weis, in what he would call his "eloquent New Jersey vernacular", had two particular weapons of choice, dubbed by the managers as (now is a good time to warn everyone this post is going to have some salty language...) "getting motherfucked" or giving the "you have one fucking job to do" speech. "Getting motherfucked" ...