A Notre Dame Football Blog
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 ...
Week one games are often sloppy and Notre Dame, unfortunately, was not an exception. While the Irish came away with a 35-17 victory at Louisville, sloppy play, especially from the offense and Ian Book, gave many a ND fan some Monday night heartburn. As we will attempt to do after all night games this season, Shane and I hit record shortly after the final whistle. Come for the level-headed, we got to sleep on it recap of the national scene in week 1. Stay for the knee-jerk reactions about ...
College football has returned and that means the most accurate of all preview methods, the NCAA Sim, is back! While we can't ever promise much here at HLS, we can promise that this prediction will be completely unique from anything else that you read or hear up until Monday's kickoff. Plus, Shane regales us with tales of a Chicago trip done to perfection. We debut a brand new segment for the season. We revel in college football's opening kickoffs. We have an unbelievable technical meltdown ...
As I teased last week, I wanted to discuss the hard seltzer renaissance that we're witnessing. I'm honestly if there's a better word to explain it because the concept itself isn't new, but the maneuver to capitalize on it sure has been something to witness. My first non-Zima-re-release dip into this sparkling booze pool came back when Mrs. Tex and I attempted the keto diet. While, yes, you can certainly have liquor, we craved a beer substitute--something that you could just pull out of the ...
That's right y'all, the Friday Roundup is back! For those unfamiliar with this little feature, it's a time in which we move our focus from Notre Dame and look outward to the rest of college football. While Shane and I do this in the HLS Podcast, we can only cover so many stories before we lose everyone with a two-plus hour episode. The Roundup will house those stories, plus those that really don't need more than a quick link and mention. As is tradition, the Roundup will also have a cold ...
Each week in this space, we examine two things: Notre Dame's strength of schedule (from USA Today's Sagarin rankings), and who Irish opponents are facing. For those of who want to scout future opponents, I'll give you my recommendation for who to watch when you're not watching Notre Dame Football. ...
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With the advent of the College Football Playoff, we -- the Elvii of college football -- have joined together to present our weekly playoff nominations to keep the selection committee honest. We call it the TCB Poll. ...
With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, we -- the Elvii of college football -- have joined together to present our weekly playoff nominations to keep the selection committee honest. We call it the TCB Poll. ...
Molly and I are back again using a day off to talk about another Notre Dame loss in the latest episode of HLS TV. Eventually, we will get back to happier times, but today is not that day, sadly. But hey, there were a few good things and we highlight those along with the bad as well. Here's to hoping the next episode is a happy celebration of the fall of Troy. Beat SC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww2gCFL8xbg Download this episode (right click and save) ...
Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly leads the team onto the filed before the against the Northwestern at Notre Dame Stadium. (Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)
So, yeah, this past week was a complete disaster by all of us. Then again, I don't think anyone really saw (save for Steve in Iowa) the disaster that Notre Dame had this past Saturday. However, this show must go on and we must trudge through yet another week of this. As always, you can enter via this handy Google form and I will award points and bonus points accordingly next week. Before we get to the standings in which there was very little movement, here's my favorite quotes from the ...