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Friday Roundup: The “Changes” Edition

July 25, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

This past week, Notre Dame football and its fans witnessed one of the most visible changes that the program has seen. But the new artificial surface is only the tip of the iceberg of the changes that Notre Dame has seen recently. Earlier this month, Notre Dame officially became an Under Armour school. The Bookstore channeled Black Friday with a midnight event as soon as the calendar flipped to July and demand hit a level that forced the cancellation of many online orders as inventory flew off ...

Friday Roundup: The “What is Michigan?” Edition

March 28, 2014 by Ryan Ritter

You know, we give Michigan a lot of hell via internet print, and rightly so. However, there are days in which things happen that allow us to sit back and laugh at Michigan without really having to do anything. Today is one of those days. Oh, and we get to take a shot at Urban Meyer and Texas too! So this happened last night on Jeopardy!: http://youtu.be/mZDHh2z_My4 Let's break down this 1:20 of glory that was the "College Football Coaches" category. Let's take the category for $200, ...

Friday Roundup: The “What’s in a Logo?” Edition

December 20, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

So what can make Notre Dame football fans freak out more than rumors of field turf or a jumbotron? A tweet like this: https://twitter.com/UniWatch/statuses/412716193955340289 CLICK CLACK! START PANICKING! I'm not even sure what causes such hair pulling or, quite frankly, why there is even a preference among fans as to whether Adidas, Nike, or Under Armor is the one to put their logo on Notre Dame's uniform. After all, Notre Dame has been pretty consistent with their uniform practices ...

Friday Roundup: The “Unchecked Aggression” Edition

November 29, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Scene: Bowling alley. NDtex, Bayou Irish, and Irish Elvis are all on the same lane shooting a practice round. Elvis is at the line while Tex has recounted a story of how a large tree branch from an elm tree feel on a fence in his backyard, pissed that the damage isn't severe enough to even cover his deductible. Elvis, unaware of the story at hand, rolls a strike... Elvis: WHOOO! I'm throwin' rocks tonight! Mark it, Tex. Completely unaware, Bayou continues the conversation with ...

APR and GSR: What Do They Mean, Really?

July 3, 2013 by Bayou Irish

One of the drums we beat incessantly here at HLS is our unabashed adoration of Brian Kelly and our unwavering commitment to him is our commitment to extolling the performance of Notre Dame athletes off the field. In today's post, I want to do two things: 1.) explain the difference between Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Academic Performance Rate (APR); and 2.) compare Notre Dame's GSR and APR to that of Alabama, Oregon, and tOSU. I found the results interesting. The NCAA uses three metrics ...

Friday Roundup: The “Learning When To Speak” Edition

May 31, 2013 by Ryan Ritter

Ohio State president, Gordon Gee, has firmly inserted his foot in this mouth yet again. I may not be one of those "damn Catholics" that he referred to and I don't particularly put much stock into his opinions about Notre Dame either. I'm not offended by his comments -- my actual reaction is probably the furthest from. What does boggle my mind though is how a university president can't seem to figure out when to keep his mouth shut. ...

Friday Roundup: The “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Edition

November 23, 2012 by Ryan Ritter

Notre Dame Football, we need to talk. Let's be honest, the past decade hasn't been kind to me or any Irish fan for that matter. Hell, we could probably go back even further than that, but I'm not going to pretend to have any major Irish memories when my age wasn't even in double digits. The point though, is that you've teased us before. We've seen the undefeated runs and the multiple "return[s] to glory" only to play Charlie Brown while you are Lucy, yanking the football away from us. ...