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HLS Proudly Presents: The 13th Data Point

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Loyal Readers, today kicks off an all-important and totally-not-absolutely-overrated weekend of football: conference championships. It's the all important 13th data point. National pundits have blasted Notre Dame for failing to have one. With that in mind, I thought it was important that we highlight, not just this weekend's data point, but the other important data point that got these teams to this all important moment. After all, these teams have the chance to lose another game that Notre ...

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HLS Recap (Text Edition): Dabo’s the Worst

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Initially, Shane and I planned to do our usual recap show, but, like the rest of 2020, shit happens. It made more sense to cancel a few hours before the our usual Sunday recording and for me to dust of my writing skills instead. So strap yourselves in for an extremely long post to get all the thoughts in my head that would've been shared on the podcast, out and available for internet consumption. ...

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HLS Recap: When the Sim Became Reality

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We should've known that the Sim resembling something of a normal result via reasonable means would through the Notre Dame universe upside down. We can't take credit for what happened around the nation. After all, top 10 teams losing in 2020 seems rather normal at this point. We do, however, apologize for making your Saturday a bit more stressful than needed. That being said, we do not apologize for being happy about a win and embracing the Irish's new #3 ranking. Winning is the damn point ...

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HLS Recap: Sticking to Sports?

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So how do you recap an unplanned bye week? Well, you can read some podcast reviews, laugh at the ones demanding you stick to sports. Next, you immediately pivot to Fr. Jenkins showing up at Washington D.C. without a mask. An act of "leadership" that I'm sure went over real well for every Notre Dame football player sitting at home this weekend as well as students that aren't allowed to go see their friends in any type of situation that resembles normal. Finally, you top it off with the most ...

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Friday Roundup: The Collecting Receipts Edition

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Typically, the Friday Roundup collects news, stories, and hilarity from all around the college football universe. Although we all love Notre Dame, it's not the center of that universe and this space helps us enjoy everything that this beautifully stupid sport offers. Sometimes though, Notre Dame is the center of that universe. Notre Dame at Georgia is the lone CBS prime-time game this season. ESPN's College Gameday is in town. It's a top-ten battle with more playoff implications than anything ...

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HLS Podcast: Notre Dame at Georgia NCAA Sim

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The most accurate of all sports preview methods takes on one of the most anticipated games of the season! It's time for Notre Dame at Georgia. With such a highly anticipated matchup, Shane and I jump straight into the action. No long previews or big news recaps needed. It's time to get straight into the action...right after a cold open in which Shane is the unfortunate victim of technical difficulties and not me for once! ...

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Notre Dame As a Double-Digit Dog in the Brain Kelly Era

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The other day, after the Irish opened as double-digit underdogs to Georgia, Pete Sampson of the Athletic brought up an interesting piece of gambling trivia regarding Notre Dame as double-digit underdogs in the last 20 years. I'll leave y'all to answer that question as the research that I wanted to dig into was specifically the Brain Kelly Era. Here's the site that helped on this quest because I believe in showing my work and my resources (and let's be honest, I'm far too fond of degeneracy). ...

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HLS Podcast – SEC: Swiping Elko and Championships

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Podcasting is a fun medium; however, when using it to cover a sport that can go zero to stupid at the drop of the hat, things get weird. With no plans to talk about Notre Dame at all in this episode, Shane and I recorded early, blissfully unaware that Mike Elko would hold a job in College Station the following day. So, as sweet summer children, we do nothing but preview the National Championship between Georgia and Alabama (while attempting to crown UCF as CFB's true champion). Through the ...

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Sunday School w/Padre: Victory & Defeat

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“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.” So said Edwin Markham, the poet. And as the Irish defeat yet another ranked opponent by more than 20 points, climbing yet higher in the rankings themselves, perhaps it’s appropriate to ask whether a one-point loss to Georgia was better than a two-point victory that night. For truly, it served to shake the team, and their triumphs since then have indeed been glorious; but would they be in the same place today had they ...

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The Numbers That Matter Weren’t in Red

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Was it 30,000 or 40,000 Georgia fans? At the end of the day, who cares. For starters, people have a right to sell their tickets. Period. Notre Dame even has an officially sanctioned secondary market now. We live in a different time. This is a phenomenon that is in all sports now. I think it is heavy-handed to judge people who sold tickets. Do we know their financial situation? Season tickets (with the building fund) cost people thousands of dollars. An individual could have made up a huge ...

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