So, I'm completely behind today. Let's get to this and get moving. I will fill in the bonus points and standings as I am able. Entry form is below: ...
Predictions
Predictions: Yeah, We’re Still Doing This
Oh man, won't lie this is starting to get highly depressing. Nothing is worse than checking these week after week to see so many hopes crushed and so many predictions turn increasingly (and justifiably) negative. So, I won't drag on too long about this. For your weekly laugh, I'm wondering how A-Rod is feeling about this game: Anyways, let's get to it. Your entry form: Loading... Bonus Points One lone bonus this week because there was nothing more dead on than this: This game ...
Predictions: To Be the Man, You Gotta Beat NC State on the Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qOnpXrJRY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Thank you so much, Greg Hudson, for giving me an excuse to pull out some classic Ric Flair). By now, y'all know the drill. The prediction form is below, bonus points, standings, staff picks, and cat picks after. Loading... Bonus Points A first half shootout, ND leads at half, until they pull away late. Cuse WR has another monster game. - @mjkonczal While the wording is slightly confusing (I'm ...
Predictions: Not Quite a Pillow Fight
Preview of tomorrow's game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSXb5QOwrBo Not a whole lot to say that I haven't already said about Notre Dame heading out to Syracuse. Lots of points in which we hope the defense can hold it together long enough for the offense to put some distance between us and them. Anyways, by now you know the drill. Form is below as are the standings, bonus points, staff picks, and cat picks. Loading... Bonus Points Not a whole lot this week because only one ...
Predictions: Devil May Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yZu2P52qA Never forget. Unless you are trying to forget last week or the defense attempting to tackle. Feel free to shove that way the hell out of your minds (I've found booze helps). It's for your own sanity. Anyways, the prediction form, the spread, total, and all the rules are below as usual. You can find all bonus points, positive or otherwise, from last week below that followed by standings, staff picks, and cat picks (bastard got it right last ...
Predictions: Let’s Take a Leap Against Sparty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD380XDs-NY This week, the predictions are a far happier place. Winning fixes everything. Except for CBS Detroit taking down the video that we were going to use this week. This is the 10th anniversary of Mike Valenti's MAKE PLAYS rant, so we thought it was going to be perfect. Poor IrishRoo hosted a video of this rant, complete with highlights and hilarious pictures spliced in, for over five years. CBS Detroit apparently just discovered the internet on ...
Predictions: Growing Our Wolf Pack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXbHcWTALg Hello, how 'bout that ride in from week one--THAT WE WILL TRY TO FORGET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. So, yeah, last week was UGLY. There's really no sugar-coating it, so we are just going to move the hell on. The form for this week is below and you can find all rules within. Bonus points, standings, staff picks, and cat picks will all follow. Loading... Bonus Points Legend has it the great Davy Crockett once said, "You can go to hell, I'm going to ...
Notre Dame at Texas: Predictions from Deep in the Heart of Texas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QltlctqfY4E Offseason: over. Website redesign: live. Notre Dame season kickoff: imminent. Predictions for the game: NOW. Y'all didn't think we'd leave this out did you? Yes, it's out a bit later than usual, but look, you get the entirety of today and most of tomorrow. You have plenty of time to mull this over. This is your weekly chance to go head to head with the HLS staff and prove your Notre Dame clairvoyance is better than ours and make a joke here ...
Notre Dame Has Talent To Win 10 Games in ’16
Winning on Signing Day is critical to winning on Saturdays, or so we’re told. Given that it’s the middle of February and we’re a long way away from actual football, I decided to investigate the veracity of this so called truism. I went back to the 2009 season and compared 247sports composite team recruiting rankings, final BCS or Playoff Committee rankings, year-end AP rankings, wins/loss, and s/p+ strength of schedule for more than a dozen teams. There is a lot of really interesting data ...
HLS 2016 Guarantees
As the first week of 2016 comes to a close, I'm sure plenty of those lofty, ambitious New Year's resolutions we set for ourselves have already found their way to the dumpster. A new year frequently brings renewed new hope and unabashed enthusiasm for the possible...if not likely. It's still a great time for bold takes on what to look forward to when the fall rolls around and football returns. I was curious to hear from the HLS Staff what they were most confident in happening in the 2016 season. ...