Lane Kiffin

Friday Roundup: The “Winter Break” Episode

January 15, 2016 by Ryan Ritter

We have finally arrived at the saddest part of the season: the end. This episode of the Friday Roundup takes a look at the final football game of the year and how Alabama, with a little help from their special teams, topped Clemson for yet another national title. Of course, I can't bury the season until I say a few words on Notre Dame. I think this offseason has the potential to be one of the more interesting and exciting ones in some time (for the right reasons this time) and I rattle off a ...

Notre Dame 2014 Opponent Preview: Southern Cal

August 27, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

We have finally come to the end of our Notre Dame opponent previews with a familiar foe and our biggest rival: USC Southern Cal. The sanctions are over as is the Lane Kiffin era. The Trojans are climbing their way back to full strength with former Washington head coach, Steve Sarkisian at the helm. Let's find out what's in store for the end of the 2014 Irish campaign. Previous Opponent Previews: Rice Michigan Purdue Syracuse Stanford North Carolina Florida ...

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Everyone Hates Michigan Including Michigan

August 7, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Some of the folks at Reddit, specifically those of the subreddit /r/cfb, had a little bit of offseason fun. They did a very unscientific poll asking their fellow redditors where they were from and which college football team they hated the most. The poll had some issues with people vote spamming and the whole thing really being another case of the internet being the internet. But because of internet reasons that didn't take another redditor from making the following map from the ...

Thanks for the memories, Lane! Photo Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times

Southern Cal’s Sanctions Are Over, but Lane Kiffin Memories Are Forever

June 10, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

I suppose that Southern Cal fans are rejoicing today: https://twitter.com/USC_Athletics/status/476431129554079744 Sure, be happy that you are out of the NCAA doghouse; however, you can never erase the memories that this guy gave us: Earlier this week, Spencer Hall detailed the best memories that Lane gave all of college football. However, simply stating that Lane lost to Tommy Rees just doesn't sum up the joy that Kiffin gave Irish fans. Allow me to fill in the blanks as we walk ...

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Friday Roundup: The “Stealing, Disney Style” Edition

May 2, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

Jameis Winston decided to break up a boring week in the long offseason by stealing crab legs from a local Publix. Winston admitted that he forgot to pay, yet didn't care to go back and correct his error. I'm sure the police asked why he decided just sitting around with pilfered seafood was a good idea. Well, Molly and I put our heads together and figured that it went something like this... The crab legs is always sweeter When it's something you just take. You dream about paying up ...

Stocking the Larder: Comparing Recruiting Rankings

February 10, 2014 by Bayou Irish

With National Signing Day behind us, and the Irish larder "full," I thought it might be a fun way to start the week by looking at how our opponents fared and have fared over the last four years. Before I begin, though, I want to explain my methodology, such as it is. First, I decided to use Rivals. I used one ranking site for clarity. Why did I feel that important? Well, for example, Rivals has ND ranked eleventh overall for 2014, whereas Scout has the Irish in at an eyebrow-raising sixth. ...

In five years at Washington, Steve Sarkisian went 34-29, and led the team to four straight bowls. (Tom Hauck/AP)

Sark the Shark Makes His Return

December 3, 2013 by Lisa

Guest post by Oscar McBride Usually, I could give a rip or waste the time and energy on anything that happens at USC, but given the recent developments of Coach Sarkisian’s return to the Southland I couldn’t resist jotting down a couple of thoughts as things progress throughout the week. I predicted Sark’s return to USC back in 2009… not soon after he left for U-Dub. Having the common sense understanding that Lane Kiffin was nothing more than a program band-aid and unfortunately for SC the ...

Friday Roundup: The “2013 Needs to End” Edition

November 22, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

You know, there are "ow, my balls" moments associated with Notre Dame football and then there is what is happening this year. Ever since the calendar turned to 2013, it's been one disaster after another. I really don't have adequate words to describe it, so I'll let the Big Lebowski do it for me: http://youtu.be/P7lGGhHZSZs After each disaster, we try to be The Dude, but when everything keeps snowballing we end up being the other Lebowski. And who can blame us? Let's just recap the mess ...

Friday Roundup: The “Manchurian AD” Edition

October 11, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Lack of institutional control...Lane Kiffin...You can't fire him no matter how bad it gets... Mike Garrett shot out of bed in a cold sweat from the same recurring nightmare. It started ever since he lost his job as athletic director at USC, but it turned into a nightly visitor for the past two months. Actually, nightmare isn't the right word -- it's a memory, a memory that he wasn't supposed to retain. Somehow it managed to flood back in pieces, but there will some were still ...

We're really going to drive this angels & demons things in the ground, huh?

Friday Roundup: The “Running with the Devils” Edition

October 4, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Let's face it, when Notre Dame faces off against the Arizona State Sun Devils in their full hellfire attire, the Irish will be facing off against one of the best offenses that they will see in all of 2013. As Bayou discussed yesterday, they have put on quite a show throughout most of their season. And I'm going to give the Sun Devils a load of credit here, they've looked pretty damn good doing it too for the most part. And with Arizona State favored by 6 at the time of this writing, it's ...