NCAA fail

Yes, I always imagined I'd be looking for public stock photos of A/C units for a college football blog.

Friday Roundup: The HVAC Edition

September 13, 2019 by Ryan Ritter Leave a Comment

Teams are always looking for ways to up their home-field advantage. Iowa paints their visitors' locker room pink. Notre Dame installed a comical tunnel for visiting teams to use. So when Ed Orgeron said that Texas cut off the air conditioning to the visitors' locker room, it sounded plausible even if it bordered on the bush-league absurd (even moreso than Weis' tactic of letting the grass in ND Stadium grow to absurd lengths). Coach O didn't stop there though. He said Texas pulled the same ...

Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer (14) leaps near the end zone during the 2016 Fiesta Bowl on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. South Bend Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN

Targeting Rule Needs Rethinking

February 9, 2016 by andrewwinn

There's an uncalled targeting incident from the Fiesta Bowl that still irks me when I think about it. There's about 40 seconds left in the second quarter. It's 2nd-and-10 from Ohio State's 15 yard line. Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer is flushed from the pocket, makes a move on a defender and heads to the corner of the end zone. He extends the football to try and score and, as he does, Vonn Bell launches himself in Kizer's direction and lowers his head...right into the quarterback's ...

Friday Roundup: The “Failing to Understand the Internet” Edition

August 9, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Good grief, NCAA, where do I even begin with you this week? In case you missed it, on Wednesday Jay Bilas partook in one of his favorite pastimes: dropping bombs on the NCAA's head. He discovered that you could enter names of athletes the search feature of the NCAA's store and actually find the "generic" numbered jersey that just so happens to match said athlete like say, Johnny Manzel, who is currently under investigation for taking payment for signing ...

Friday Roundup: The “And Now the Offseason Really Begins” Edition

February 8, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

With National Signing Day now behind us, the offseason begins in earnest. It's definitely a mixed bag. On the one hand, it gives us all here at HLS time to breathe a little bit without having to worry about the next game or being ready to analyze a recruiting class at the drop of hat. On the other, we will all go a little stir crazy while waiting for the Blue/Gold game. Despite that, the Roundup will still go strong, grabbing on to every last piece of football news while we await for the ...