HLS Sim 2020

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (8-1, 8-0) @ North Carolina (7-2, 6-2)

November 20, 2020 by Ryan Ritter Leave a Comment

Friendly reminder: The HLS Sim exists in an alternate, COVID-free reality in which Notre Dame is somehow still playing football in the ACC. The results, injuries, and everything in between exist solely within this parallel universe. Since next sim week would fall on a Thursday and ND has a bye this week, Shane and I decided to fire off the sim a week early. Along with that, I ran sims for the rest of the ACC to catch up properly as well. Quite frankly, that's probably the only thing that ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (7-1, 7-0) at Boston College (6-2, 5-2)

November 13, 2020 by Ryan Ritter Leave a Comment

Friendly reminder: The Sim exists in an alternate, COVID-free reality in which Notre Dame is still somehow playing in the ACC. All the wins, losses, injuries, and even depth charts, exist in the Sim's parallel universe. After we were all shocked with Notre Dame comfortably taking down #1 Clemson, has The Sim lulled us into a false sense of security? Does it know about 1993? Does it live in our minds and display our worst nightmares? There's only one way to find out. It's a Holy War and the ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (6-1, 6-0) vs Clemson (7-0, 6-0)

November 6, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Friendly reminder: The HLS Sim exists in an alternate, COVID-free reality, complete with it's own victories, losses, and injuries. Somehow, Notre Dame still plays in the ACC in this parallel world. Folks, this is the sim I've been dreading. With Sim Notre Dame constantly sputtering throughout the virtual season, including a mind-boggling blowout loss to USF, I've dreaded facing a mostly full-strength Clemson squad that includes a very healthy and very COVID-free Trevor Lawrence. Yet, this ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (5-1, 5-0) @ Georgia Tech (2-4, 2-4)

October 30, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Friendly reminder: The HLS Sim exists in its own COVID-free reality, in which Notre Dame is still somehow oddly playing in the ACC. At this point, Shane and I feel like that we've seen everything that the sim can possibly throw at us. Every week, we're proven wrong. This might just be the most bonkers sim we've ever run. If you check out the episode length, you can probably guess what happened. Oh, and a quarterback that Notre Dame will play soon in the real world had some rather major ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (4-1, 4-0) @ Pitt (4-2, 3-2)

October 23, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Friendly reminder: The HLS Sim exists in an alternate, COVID-free reality in which Notre Dame is still somehow playing in the ACC. What happens when you mix the usual insanity of the sim with the usual pain and suffering of Notre Dame/Pitt? THIS. We apologize in advance. Please do not watch or listen with fragile or valuable objects as well as small children. Strong beverages recommended. Podcast Twitch VoD ...

What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (3-1, 3-0) vs Louisville (2-2, 1-2)

October 16, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Friendly reminder: the HLS Sim exists outside of reality. The records and results reflect an alternate, COVID-free reality in which Notre Dame is still strangely in the ACC. Unfortunately this week's sim did a get bit of a dose of reality as Shane had real life take him away from sim booth duties. However, the sim cannot be stopped. Enjoy (?) me flying solo as virtual Notre Dame has a game that…surprisingly isn't completely rage inducing?! Podcast Twitch VoD ...

HLS Sim: Notre Dame (2-1) vs. Florida State (1-2)

October 9, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Florida State, who has been just as bad in the sim world as the real world, is forced to start Jordan Travis due to injuries. What could possibly go wrong for Sim Notre Dame? If you've watched any HLS Sim, you know the answer to this. Everything. Podcast Twitch VoD ...

Virtual Braden Lenzy streaks downfield during Notre Dame's sim visit to Wake Forest.

HLS Sim: Notre Dame @ Wake Forest

September 25, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

While we may not have actual Notre Dame football this weekend, the HLS Sim, safe in its COVID-free virtual reality, is here to provide. The 1-1 virtual Irish hits the road to take on 0-2 Wake Forest in an attempt to bounce back after an embarrassing home non-conference loss to USF. Can ND get back on track? Or will the Sim troll us all and kill all virtual ACC Championship dreams in week 3? ...

Courtesy of @ndmspaint who whipped this up during our recording.

HLS Recap: This Conference Thing Is Easy

September 14, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Notre Dame fans have been constantly told that the Irish should just join the conference and play real football. Well, ND did and we've yet to lose a conference game. Wear it. Seriously, what's so hard about this? No, Big XII, you can sit down after getting trounced by the Sun Belt and the powerhouse that is *checks notes* Houston Baptist. FSU can take a seat as well after blessing us with a hilarious ACC opening loss to Georgia Tech. Oh, we talk a bunch of ND football against Duke ...

HLS Sim 2020: Notre Dame vs Duke

September 11, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

As we mentioned earlier in the week, the 2020 HLS Sim season will be in its own universe. Fans are in the stands, Notre Dame Stadium still has grass, and Kevin Austin magically has no injuries to speak off. Virtual Notre Dame begins their road to the virtual ACC title against Duke in an opening tilt in the rain. Y'all know the drill by now and if you don't...well, prepare for an experience unlike anything else. (Also, if you hear occasional pops/clipping on my audio, that isn't your ...