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Wonder, Think & Know: I Got Nothing

Well, not nothing. I still know Mike Royko never said, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”. And at least for this week, I know one other thing: Notre Dame football failed. In every facet, in every dimension, from every perspective. Absolute, total, abject and complete failure across…

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IBG: Dry Heat Edition

The desert heat is the perfect thing to help fight a cold, so I’m regretting even more the fact I can’t go. But I soldier on with the Irish Blogger Gathering, muscling through the Nyquil fog and sharing my opinions with the masses. My fellow participants asked their usual questions of me, and their answers…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Double Bubble Edition

Driving home from South Bend today after watching the men’s basketball team open their season with a win, hoping to watch the gridiron Irish dismantle the Navy Midshipmen, I said to myself, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know.” My voice sounded nothing like Mike Royko’s, which is…

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The Anatomy of a Blown Call

The game is over and the heartbreak has set in as has the anger in NDNation.  And while a loss won’t be reversed, perception will play a large role in the selection of the committee in the first final four of college football.  That committee should be aware that the interference call that cost Notre…

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IBG: Busman’s Bye Week

The football team may take a week off, but the juggernaut that is the Irish Blogger Gathering never lowers its guard for a moment, lest beings of a lesser quality attempt to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. But a bye week is like the boss being on vacation — you’re working, but you’re…

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