A Notre Dame Football Blog
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 ...
Folks, we simply can't close out the Irish season without one final cat pick! Gulliver has been solid this season. He's matched Notre Dame straight up at 9-3 and is 7-5 against the spread. With the Citrus Bowl against LSU set to kick off today, let's see who Gulliver picks to close out the 2017 season: ...
Well, it appears that Gulliver was the damn harbinger of doom last week as he called Miami's victory over Notre Dame. Currently, Gulliver is 7-3 straight up and 6-4 against the spread. That's one hell of a record thus far and easily his best season since we've done this bit. Anyways, with senior day and a major need for a bounce-back win, who does Gulliver have in this one? ...
Apologies for the delay in this one. It's been one hell of a week, BUT I can't leave y'all without a cat pick! With my office now no longer a disaster, we can get back to filming in here...which apparently through Gulliver for a loop. Anyways, check out the pick and Go Irish! Beat Wolfpack! ...
Fun fact: it's difficult to come up with a witty cat headline when the opposing mascot is a 'roided up ancient warrior. Anyways, first thing's first, a pick 'em update. I finally had some time to figure out some issues around the site this week which has allowed me to create a much easier to remember pick 'em invite link. The link in the menu is still very much valid, but you can also tell your friends to come play along by visiting herloyalsons.com/pickem. Remind those same friends that, ...
Folks, it's that time of the week again. Putting in predictions for how this weekend will go. However, for this season, instead of a prediction form going to you, the loyal readers, or even the birds, it's going straight to Gulliver, my cat. Unfortunately, doing the whole prediction fun and games is just something I do not have time for. Thus, the ND-exclusive picks will be going directly to Gulliver this time around, but, if you want to toss in your ND game prediction, toss it in the ...
What an unexpected year! No one should have been surprised that 2016 followed 2015; but the manner in which it followed was surprising: Not so much as night follows day, but more as a troop of rabid baboons follows the tourist who went to relieve himself behind the bushes and missed the bus back to the safari lodge, all while having his pockets stuffed full of beef jerky and hard candies. The Fighting Irish 4-8: We began the 2016 season ranked tenth and widely expected to vie for a place in ...
As we mentioned, and linked, in the last Friday Roundup, our Bowl Pick 'Em is live. Seeing as bowl games start this Saturday, this thing needs its own post with additional details of how to enter and what you can win (spoiler alert: it's an Amazon Gift Card). ...
Happy Thanksgiving, Loyal Readers! In the spirit of the holiday, and in spirit of wanting this season to end as quickly as possible, we are going to get right to it. Yes, I forgot to post the quotes last week, but we will skip this week as well. I mean, it is the holidays and I really don't want to work more than I have to. All bonus points have been tallied and reflected in the standings despite this. So keep an eye out for the final results next week as we lay this season to ...
Love Thee Notre Dame.
I'm out of YouTube jokes. I think quite a lot of us are beyond caring about predictions as well; however, quite a few of us are still marching onward. Thus, we leave no man, woman, or cat behind in our predictions. We will go on until the bitter end. We love pain and I apparently I really love it because I'm bringing my family, #BabyTex included, along for this ride. ...