A Notre Dame Football Blog
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. ...
Wait...a Notre Dame/Pitt game can be...fun?! What madness is this?! After witnessing a game that WE WILL NEVER MENTION AGAIN, this was quite a nice bounce-back for the Irish. The offense got right and Clark Lea put together another defensive masterpiece. Meanwhile, the Big Ten officially started their season, meaning Shane and I give some initial thoughts to the madness that included an improbable Indiana upset and a Rutgers win. Also featured this week: another ref bailout for Auburn, ...
I hope everyone gets a chuckle from the cold open. There's definitely not a whole lot of room for any other laughs in this episode after Notre Dame finds themselves absolutely embarrassed in Ann Arbor. Right off the bat, Shane and I deem this loss the worst of the Brian Kelly era. There's no sugar-coating it. This episode is probably less than a pod, but more of an hour-long therapy session on trying to deal with this. So come join us and try to start the healing--or come listen and get ...
What, your copy of NCAA '14 looks different?
Remember every nightmare that you had as a Notre Dame fan about the 2011 Under the Lights game. Well, do we have a sim for you! (I'm sorry.) (But the chat went hard in the paint with the new ability to play drops and that makes it all worth it!) ...
Photo Credit: James Coller/Maize and Blue Nation CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
If you were having trouble getting your Michigan hate going, Jim Harbaugh's got you covered. Rumors have surfaced that Harbaugh is eyeing an exit strategy off the Michigan Titanic he's captaining, but, honestly, the rumors didn't even hit my radar. Even if they did, I wouldn't have bothered making a post about it to be honest. Harbaugh, however, couldn't leave well enough alone and this happened: ...
They are here. Every college football Saturday. Repeatedly. Whether we like it or not.
If you've watched any amount of college football this season, you've seen them. AT&T's "OK Boy Band" lip syncing a hook to a fake song that you probably don't want to admit becoming an ear-worm. It turns out the fake band has a name, 300 Likes, which I discovered because their fake song, "Summertime Lover" released as a full-blown song last Friday. I've been wanting to write about the most hated/loved commercial of this football season for some time now. However, I don't want to talk ...
One of our Loyal Readers makes sure Michigan enjoys their bye weekend during the B1G Championship game with a bag of cheeseburgers via @fathersorinramblers
One of the things that I've enjoyed the most in the past couple of years here at HLS has been our focus on our crazy little community. Case in point: @frsorinramblers whom you will find on Twitter, our Discord, and our Twitch Channel. During our Hot Dog Bye Week podcast, this Loyal Reader revealed that he would spend his bye week Ubering around Ann Arbor during Army/Michigan weekend. Here's his playlist: For those keeping score at home, that's Army's Fight Song, The Irish Tenors, "Here ...
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 ...
Ball State. It’s an unfortunate name. Then again, our University is technically named for ‘Our Lady of the Lake’, even though there are, in fact, two lakes. Don’t get me started. Who put the Ball in Ball State? The very generous Ball brothers, who became very wealthy by building a better, smarter fruit jar. It’s not a sexy way to make money; but all things considered, glass pickling jars are a lot more popular today than what our first benefactor sold – fur. Since we’re playing host to ...
To be honest, there's very little talk of the rest of the world of college football in this one. The combination of a rather calm week one slate and BEATING MICHIGAN, means we get through the big headlines quick and get to the pure joy of Notre Dame's victory. It's a lot of fun to podcast like this. I move that this happens every week. Enjoy the show! ...
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