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Who throws a shoe, honestly? (Screen capture from ESPN broadcast)

HLS Recap (Text Edition): Soled Out

December 14, 2020 by Ryan Ritter

Loyal Listeners, you are (hopefully) wondering why your podcast feed is empty this morning. Because 2020 is still 2020'ing, Shane is still handling his situation that kept him out last week. I considered another solo episode, but I honestly didn't think I had a full episode worth of worthwhile content. Don't get me wrong, as you'll see below, there is a lot worth talking about, including some really hilarious peak college football. Without Shane though, if I'm going to riff by myself, the ...

HLS Podcast: Week 5, Notre Dame/Virginia Recap

September 30, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

After a noon slate that was just full of weird and ugly, we were treated to a tease of an upset of #1 (and they aren't #1 anymore so kinda happened?), and then transitioned to straight murder in the prime-time slate. I'd like to think that the Notre Dame defense really kick started the massive destruction in the second half against Virginia. The argument would probably be a little bit stronger with some better offensive execution, but I guess Irish fans can't have everything that they ...

They are here. Every college football Saturday. Repeatedly. Whether we like it or not.

Friday Roundup: The Fake Boy Band Edition

September 27, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

If you've watched any amount of college football this season, you've seen them. AT&T's "OK Boy Band" lip syncing a hook to a fake song that you probably don't want to admit becoming an ear-worm. It turns out the fake band has a name, 300 Likes, which I discovered because their fake song, "Summertime Lover" released as a full-blown song last Friday. I've been wanting to write about the most hated/loved commercial of this football season for some time now. However, I don't want to talk ...

HLS Podcast: Notre Dame vs Virginia NCAA Sim

September 27, 2019 by Ryan Ritter

It's that time of the week once again. Time for the most accurate of all prediction and preview methods in sports today, the NCAA '14 Sim. For the second week in a row, Notre Dame finds themselves in the game that features the two highest ranked teams. After a rough road trip against Georgia (both real and Sim-wise), the Irish return home to face the #18 Virginia Cavaliers. Virginia may be for lovers, but the Sim has no love for anyone...especially when it goes on full drugs like it did ...

HLS TV (Episode 17): Virginia Terror

September 16, 2015 by Molly Villari and Ryan Ritter

Molly and I are back with another episode of HLS TV, diving into the absolute scare that was Notre Dame at Virginia. We discuss Malik Zaire's injury and what it means for the Irish, just what happened with the defense, some other assorted thoughts about the Irish performance, and how the Irish will be able to take on Georgia Tech next week. As always, the video is below and the podcast version is just below that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvKTGk7B8NE ...

The end result of watching all your hope crushed. (Screen capture via EPSN)

The Tragedy of Hope: A Tale from the Virginia Hillside

September 14, 2015 by Ryan Ritter

On a few occasions, I have made the journey into enemy territory to watch Notre Dame football. Typically, the locations are either incredibly hostile or full of fans that are certain that they would defeat the Irish. For reference, here is my away game history: 2004 @ Michigan State (ND win 31-24) 2005 @ Michigan (ND win 17-10) 2005 @ Stanford (ND win 38-31) 2006 @ Southern Cal (ND loss 24-44) 2012 @ Oklahoma (ND win 30-13) Virginia fell into a whole other category. If there was ...

Kizer You Say? Notre Dame Tops Virginia 34-27

September 13, 2015 by Bayou Irish

Thomas Jefferson desired the University of Virginia to be an "academical village" to educate the common man. Whether DeShone Kizer, the latest addition to the Fighting Irish pantheon, learned enough against the Cavaliers to navigate Notre Dame (2-0) to a BCS playoff berth will be revealed over the next few weeks, and most immediately when the Ramblin' Wreck comes to town. There is no denying, though, that Kizer's saving stroke was the brightest of few bright spots in an otherwise befuddling ...

A Preview of Cavalier Disregard

September 11, 2015 by Moons

It's with a bit of sadness and melancholy that attention must turn towards Charlottesville, Virginia for Notre Dame's next contest. Don't get me wrong, a Saturday with college football is always great, but I'm not quite ready to move on. The months and final weeks leading up to a new season are always exciting. Everyone walks around like a middle school boy who has just perfumed himself with the finest bottle of Axe Body Spray. He knows he's hot sh...stuff. He smells amazing. The ladies? Yeah, ...