Here's the thing. I get it. You're frustrated. It's been a long time since ND has been really great and you're sick of it. We all are. So something happens, whatever it is, and you decide to boo. This is where I stop getting it and I know right away that you're a dick. Dick. STOP EFFING BOOING YOU TOOLS. Do you WANT to lose the game? Are you HOPING you get in the head of the kid with the GAME IN HIS HANDS SO HE SCREWS UP? Because then HE will lose, and you will...what? WHAT? ...
Things That Suck
Stop Censorship
I've censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet--a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/10346/uncensor ██████ ████ ████ ████████████ and the ████ ████████ of ████████ out in the ████ - █████ not run by ...
Fight For The Internet
Hi. If you're reading this, chances are really good you're part of the overwhelmingly large majority of internet users who frequent websites that involve "user created content." Basically any website that allows "user created content," be it comments, or forum posts, or the uploading of funny pictures or cute videos of your puppy and/or child, along with pithy quips on pop cutlture or the sharing of links to some good music fall under the umbrella of "user created content sites." Facebook, ...
Michigan From The Inside
Long-time, regular readers know of DeepTeaKupp, our resident Michigan fan. He pops up now and then to troll the other regulars and remind me of the unfortunate months we spent working together in Detroit. He's actually just a good guy with horrible taste in college football programs, and he's once again agreed to provide us with a Michigan scouting report. Enjoy? ... HLS nation, thanks once again to Matt, biscuit and the rest of the HLS crew for allowing me the opportunity to provide my ...
Michigan Football Banquet Interactive Experience
You could click here to get a fine textual representation of last night's Michigan Football Banquet. You could. Or, or you could just click this link, and meditate on the picture below, and get a much more immersive and representative experience of the entire affair. Your choice. ...
I Don’t…
(HT: Bad Kermit, who used to write here, but he's been busy.) ...
How Teddy Greenstein Determines TV Revenue Numbers, and Why It Doesn’t Matter
On Saturday, Teddy Greenstein published this in the ChicagoBreakingSports.com website of the Chicago Tribune. By joining the Big Ten, the Irish could increase their annual TV revenue from roughly $12 million to $22 million per year, get a national TV platform (the Big Ten Network) for its top-notch Olympic sports and decrease travel costs for its teams. And pretty much ever since, various ND forums have gathered in discussion trying to figure out what source or math helped produce the ...
The Real Tragedy of a Free Press Columnist’s Life
You can practically smell the Hai Karate Mitch Albom was conceived by parents who should have known better. He was born. He's 52, two years over the age to get AARP benefits. The public thinks he's a pathetic windbag. This would be a tragic story if it were an isolated story. It's more tragic because it's not. Albom was not the first unfortunate spawn born during the heady post-Atomic era. He wasn't the first born in New Jersey, nor was he the first in Passaic. Just 7 years earlier, ...
Because at Florida, That’s What You Have To Explain to 18-22 Year Old Men
If you've ever taken a knee after a football practice as you and your teammates encircle the head coach, you know there's a pretty typical pattern to the speech the head coach gives post-practice. Usually it sums up what the head coach thinks of the effort given by the team on that day, some thoughts on preparation for the next game or the upcoming season, and then some words of wisdom about "winning every day" or whatever. At Florida, however, there's a little extra thrown in, ...
Why I Hate College Football
It's the people that make me hate college football. And by "people," I mean everyone. They ruin an otherwise entertaining exercise of tactics, strategy, and athletic competition. Between the college "kids" who are freaking 18-22 years old and should know better than to do some of the stupid things they do, and the coaches who get paid in ways that would make Goldman Sachs employees blush to do things that would make members of the Russian Mafia shake their heads, the people involved in this ...