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Notre Dame Remains #10; What We Learned from the College Football Playoff Committee

November 5, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

I mentioned on Monday that I would write a rebuttal to Bayou's hypothesis that playing Navy close would cost us playoff positioning. Thankfully, the College Football Playoff Committee saved me from loads of writing by making the argument for me by keeping the Fighting Irish ranked at #10. As I said during the ND Fan Radio Navy post game show, I felt that the narrow win against Navy would mean about as much to the committee as the blowout win against Rice did: nothing. Last week, I put ...

Notre Dame Still Squarely in Playoff Picture

October 24, 2014 by WhiskyPoet

I know. Being the second-ranked football team this week would make us all feel a lot more comfortable about our chances of making the inaugural edition of the College Football Playoffs. We are one silly offensive pass interference away from "hosting" a first round playoff matchup. Now that we're all done throwing our remotes, replacing our flat screens, and replenishing our liquor cabinets, it's time to look at the playoff picture. The whole picture. We don't know what exactly the 12-person ...

Friday Roundup: The “Crazy World of College Football” Edition

September 19, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Bye weeks are a time for reflection and perspective on a season. For me, this usually means that I have time to look back on Notre Dame football, see how far the Irish have come, and see how far they still have to go. This year has been a bit different. Just go take a look at this week's IBG, the questions and answers are full of more "wait and see" themes than usual. Perhaps some of that is due to the bye being so early. Perhaps that is because there's been only one opponent and game we've ...

Friday Roundup: The “One Miiiiiiiiiiillion…” Edition

November 30, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

2012 has been a hell of a year for Notre Dame Football (and at this rate, possibly basketball as well) and it's also been a banner year for HLS. Thanks to you, Loyal Readers, for the first time in our history, HLS has broken the one million pageview threshold in a single year. ...

Friday Roundup: The “One Hell of a Week” Edition

November 16, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

From the last Roundup to now quite a lot has gone down. The #1 team in the nation fell, the QB Flavor of the Week Award Heisman Trophy race got another contender, Kansas State has a QB on the cover of SI, the usual sampling of news that can be found in the Roundup below, we got a new sponsor, our server had some major issues (I'll sleep one of these days), and the Notre Dame campaign is starting to get into full swing. ...

Declaratory Judgment

November 13, 2012 by Bayou Irish

NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned blogger, comes The University of Notre Dame (hereinafter "ND," "The Irish," "The Fighting Irish" or "Notre Dame") to move this Honorable Court for Judgment declaring that it be ranked Number One in the Bowl Championship Series (hereinafter "BCS"). Petitioner does not seek for Judgment declaring that it is "the best" team in college football but, rather, that the objective data supports only one premise: the Irish are Number One. In the alternative, and only in ...

Friday Roundup: The “Just Win, Baby” Edition

November 2, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

Much of the talk this past week in college football has centered around one central topic. If Alabama, Kansas State, Oregon, and, yes, Notre Dame remain undefeated, who goes to Miami to compete for the national title? Schedules have been compared. Style points tallied. Tea leaves read. Throughout all of the these activities though, one thing must not be forgotten: win. Every. Damn. Game. ...