I am hailed as the Founder of Notre Dame; also the first Postmaster (go figure). These are great honorifics of which I am proud. But the title closest to my heart has always been Father. I consider all of you to be my loyal sons – and thanks to Ted’s innovations, loyal daughters. Indeed, you are all my children. I’m told there was a beautiful opera by that title, though I don’t recall it in Verdi’s or Wagner’s repertoire. However, though I am called Father, I have never had children of ...
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Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy: Wide Receiver
This is one of those posts where past is prologue. Or something. It's also demonstrative of the frustrations that come from following recruiting. I say this because this episode of Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy features a player, USC's Nelson Agholor, who once set ND-fan's heart aflutter. And, looking back on it, it would be phenomenal to have him alongside DaVaris Daniels. Think of this column, then, as an exercise in "What Could Have Been." IRISH PLAYER TO WATCH: DaVaris Daniels, Senior, WR, ...
Friday Roundup: The “I Hope This Is a Sacrifice for ND Football” Edition
Those that follow me on Twitter during the offseason quickly become aware of two other major interests in my life outside of football: the WWE and the Texas Rangers. The former is a guilty pleasure that I probably care way too much about (as evidence by the fact I like writing many, many words about it) and the other has always been a part of my life. Think of all those stories you hear about Notre Dame fans growing up and knowing nothing but the love of Our Lady's University and a closet ...
Southern Cal’s Sanctions Are Over, but Lane Kiffin Memories Are Forever
I suppose that Southern Cal fans are rejoicing today: https://twitter.com/USC_Athletics/status/476431129554079744 Sure, be happy that you are out of the NCAA doghouse; however, you can never erase the memories that this guy gave us: Earlier this week, Spencer Hall detailed the best memories that Lane gave all of college football. However, simply stating that Lane lost to Tommy Rees just doesn't sum up the joy that Kiffin gave Irish fans. Allow me to fill in the blanks as we walk ...
Friday Roundup: The “Southern Cal Sugar Babies” Edition
So our good friend and former guy in charge around here, DMQ, sent me a great little tidbit about our rival, Southern Cal. They are one of the top universities for "sugar babies", aka the girls going after "sugar daddies" for money. Now, the fun doesn't end there. Not only can we laugh at Southern Cal for appearing on a list of shame, but take a gander at some of the other schools on that list. The Pac 12 is rather well represented as well as some other BCS schools: I'm sure everyone ...
Friday Roundup: The “85” Edition
After a successful signing day, Brain Kelly still had one more scholarship available for the 2014 season. That spot has now been filled by Cody Riggs, a Flordia graduate transfer. The defensive back brings some much needed depth and experience to a secondary that can certainly use it; however, I'm more impressed with the outlook of the program overall. And it isn't just hitting the 85 scholarship cap either. The class of 2015 has a minimum of 11 scholarships available and that's ...
Sark the Shark Makes His Return
Guest post by Oscar McBride Usually, I could give a rip or waste the time and energy on anything that happens at USC, but given the recent developments of Coach Sarkisian’s return to the Southland I couldn’t resist jotting down a couple of thoughts as things progress throughout the week. I predicted Sark’s return to USC back in 2009… not soon after he left for U-Dub. Having the common sense understanding that Lane Kiffin was nothing more than a program band-aid and unfortunately for SC the ...
Steve Sarkisian Hired as USC Head Coach: Your #HLSrecap
On Monday, it was announced that Pat Haden, USC's Athletic Director, would hire Steve Sarkisian as the next Trojan head coach. Ed Orgeron then turned in his resignation. Here's a small collection of the real-time reaction and Twitter commentary ...
IBG in the Trees
The Notre Dame Football season is finally winding down to its conclusion, meaning that Irish Blogger Gatherings are also coming to an end quite soon this year. Let's finish this sucker strong. As a reminder, all members of the IBG will send a single question and we will all answer of them on our sites, with the exception of our own query. So be sure to visit all the other IBG members to see their answers throughout the day. My Question: BYU and Stanford are somewhat similar ...
Friday Roundup: The “2013 Needs to End” Edition
You know, there are "ow, my balls" moments associated with Notre Dame football and then there is what is happening this year. Ever since the calendar turned to 2013, it's been one disaster after another. I really don't have adequate words to describe it, so I'll let the Big Lebowski do it for me: http://youtu.be/P7lGGhHZSZs After each disaster, we try to be The Dude, but when everything keeps snowballing we end up being the other Lebowski. And who can blame us? Let's just recap the mess ...