Here is a playlist of every Notre Dame football game available on YouTube, as of today. There's about 500 games here, dating all the way back to 1913. ...
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Friday Roundup: The “Crazy World of College Football” Edition
Bye weeks are a time for reflection and perspective on a season. For me, this usually means that I have time to look back on Notre Dame football, see how far the Irish have come, and see how far they still have to go. This year has been a bit different. Just go take a look at this week's IBG, the questions and answers are full of more "wait and see" themes than usual. Perhaps some of that is due to the bye being so early. Perhaps that is because there's been only one opponent and game we've ...
Friday Roundup: The “Brian Kelly Goes to the Moon” Edition
It's almost time. The thought raced through Brian Kelly's mind as he gazed into his mirror. Clad in a navy-blue suit and gold tie, he clutched his inspiration loosely in his hand. More notes, scribbles, and arrows littered the page than his five-wide goal line section of the playbook. How does one prepare for Rice with Michigan around the corner? The question plagued him even before fall camp had started. He could only serve so many rice-themed dishes at the training table. It was a ...
We're really going to drive this angels & demons things in the ground, huh?
Friday Roundup: The “Running with the Devils” Edition
Let's face it, when Notre Dame faces off against the Arizona State Sun Devils in their full hellfire attire, the Irish will be facing off against one of the best offenses that they will see in all of 2013. As Bayou discussed yesterday, they have put on quite a show throughout most of their season. And I'm going to give the Sun Devils a load of credit here, they've looked pretty damn good doing it too for the most part. And with Arizona State favored by 6 at the time of this writing, it's ...
Friday Roundup: The “‘Twas the Week Before Kickoff” Edition
'Twas the week before kickoff, and all through Rock's House Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The mums were planted along the sidelines with care, Even though most fans could care less if they're there. Irish fans were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of tailgates danced in their heads. My fiancée in bed, and I on HLS, With a beer in my hand and sports math to express. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my desk to see what was ...
The Myth of the SEC
The SEC is home to the last six BCS National Titles and they will have a shot to make it seven in January. They are home to some of the best teams that college football has to offer. Their style of play is the standard to which the rest of college football is measured in this era. Make no mistake, the SEC is good; however, like some good things, their actual excellence is oversold, over-hyped, and grown into a myth of epic proportions. ...
Friday Roundup: The “Luck Has Run Out” Edition
So Stanford, bet you feel all confident right about now. Sure, you've knocked off USC already this season (and then fell on your face to Washington, but we will forget that for now). And yes, you have won the last three years against the Irish. But your Luck has run out and is now an Indianapolis Colt. Now you face a buzzsaw that is the Irish defense. Spoiler alert: Trees lose to saws. Every. Damn. Time. ...
HLS Top 25 – The Reckoning
This is the time of college football season that I love the most. It's the time when we begin the cream of the college football crop rises to the top. No longer are teams able to shield themselves with weak out-of-conference opponents. Now they have to play teams on their own level. Thanks to that, we've had the most movement ever in the HLS Top 25. For the first time ever, we had a team dropped that was previously in the top 15. Three teams dropped more than ten spots. We have three new ...