To celebrate my 30 years on planet Earth and my Lady Friend’s 31, we headed to South Bend to see our Fighting Irish take on the Michigan Wolverines. Happy Birthday to us! Catch up with me in my latest post over at SubwayDomer.com where I reflect on the trip, share some fun photos, and then preview Miami-Notre Dame 2012. Man Cave QB: Notre Dame, Miami, Catholics, Convicts & The Rolling Stones Don’t miss our most recent podcast on TNNDN Network … READ MORE
Here are all the great links for me to prep you on Notre Dame v. Michigan State. I had the honor of speaking about the big game with not one, but two ESPN.com writers about the match-up on Thursday’s Down the Line. If you want the full story ripped from this headline about Michigan State being classless - tune in below to the 14 minute mark and let our boy, former ND Captain Gerome Sapp, explain a few experiences of his during match-ups with the Spartans. … READ MORE
I’ll admit this is probably my most in-depth podcast to date. Matt Mulvey had to step up his game as my expert analyst on Notre Dame quarterbacks following all that transpired at The Stadium on Saturday afternoon. John Walters checked into the Man Cave and offered a similar hypothesis to the Tommy Rees decision – it was right at the time but not indicative of a controversy at quarterback. Then I welcomed in SpartanNation.com’s Hondo Carpenter who claimed to have seen … READ MORE
This is officially my 3rd Notre Dame post of the night. Not even when I was blogging consistently about two topics (Saturday Night Live & Notre Dame) did I accomplish this feat. Between the writing and my Thursday radio show it’s been a festive day in the Man Cave. I consider myself fully prepped for the Purdue Boilermakers. I guess not being from Indiana I don’t get the aggressive bashing of Purdue and calling them “Purdon’t”. Seems like a nice fan-base with smart … READ MORE
Apologies to the Herring Bone faithful as I’m a little late in just getting the links up to the stuff I’ve posted at SubwayDomer.com – My in-season schedule remains intact with a “Rapid Reaction” a few hours after the game has ended, “Man Cave Quarterback Review” on Monday that now accompanies my podcast and a “Game Preview” that posts Thursday night or Friday morning. Thanks for your continue support & here’s the links: MCQB Podcast (above or available on iTunes … READ MORE
Notre Dame v. NAVY: Your Herring Bone Updates Friendly reminder and/or update to all my loyal Herring Bone Sports fans out there. I’ve taken my Notre Dame Football writing talents to SubwayDomer.com, a proud member of the élite Bloguin Sports Network, for the 2012 season. I’ve eased back into the writing this week to accompany my growing Irish Football podcast empire. Below you’ll find the links to all my recent (see:fantastic) work. My format for previewing games has remained similar, if not a … READ MORE
Episode 2 of Notre Dame’s Man Cave Quarterback hit the airwaves early Monday morning with guests John Walters (ND 88′), Jordan Schultz of the Huffington Post & Matt Mulvey – the only man talking to the media who’s been in a QB meeting with Brian Kelly and Everett Golson. All provided amazing insight on Irish football, the decision to start Golson, and some previews of Week 1 against the Navy Midshipmen. You’ll also find the most interesting audio clips from … READ MORE
The 2012 Notre Dame Football season is now rapidly approaching and the past week in Fighting Irish coverage has been extensive. I launched my own ND podcast and participated in riveting interviews with former Irish players, a top Irish blogger, an expert on NY/NJ/CT High School Football, and a two time U.S. Olympian who just competed in London. The crazy week has been capped off with Brian Kelly finally naming his starting quarterback for the coming Fall. Brian Kelly took the podium Thursday and anointed Sophomore Everett … READ MORE
After months of intricate planning and self introspection, I finally dropped Episode 1 of The Man Cave Quarterback. I had many fantastic ideas for the new show and plenty of them hit the bottom of the trash barrel. Once I started recording these segments and laying the seperate tracks down I tried to mold the show I’d formed in my head to what sounded half-way decent in the headphones. You’ll find a mix of interviews, muscial interludes, Fighting Irish Football takes from … READ MORE
I had the pleasure of participating in a few great interviews with Notre Dame alums in the past 2 weeks at TNNDN. On Down the Line we hosted John Walters who graduated in 1988 with past guests and stars Tim Brown & Nicholas Sparks. Walters, a sportswriter who was an ND pre-med, has written for Sports Illustrated, The Daily, The Huffington Post and others since leaving South Bend and more recently has created a rabid Twitter following with his astute observations … READ MORE
Just as Notre Dame Football has got back into the groove on the practice fields, Herring Bone has been cranking into midseason form on the blogging & podcasting front. Here are some updates on what I’ve been up to: 1. My all-time favorite Notre Dame player for 19 years has been Kevin McDougal - Quarterback of the legendary 1993 Notre Dame team that should have played for the National Championship. We hosted McDougal on Ask Oscar’s most recent show and the former teammates delved … READ MORE
Football is officially in the air! Brian Kelly kicked off the 2012 season with an afternoon press conference Friday (transcript) where he revealed a few new details for 2012 and backed off his ”I’ll set the Internet on fire …” comments from a Thursday afternoon radio spot (HLS Re-cap). Long story short: BK claims “FieldTurf is coming” on Thursday, crusty Irish fans bitch & moan, younger fans regale in the older generations misery, BK updates his original statement to claim he should have … READ MORE
Things are officially starting to heat up around Notre Dame Football and the retreading of the quarterback battle will at least have some “fresh” perspective or news as the Irish will kick off camp later this week. You know it’s close to the season when a USC fan creates a commenting account just to go into a Notre Dame blog and bash the Irish and the writer. One did just that on my first Subway Domer post. Let’s do this thing Football Season. … READ MORE
You thought I quit while I was ahead didn’t you? We capped off a wild spring of interviewing Lou Holtz, Brady Quinn, Tim Brown and other Irish greats with the most successful week, clicks-wise, in my site’s history (June 26-July 3). Yours truly and this site were mentioned BY NAME on ESPN.com, while Notre Dame powerhouses One Foot Down & Her Loyal Sons both linked up my little recruiting rant to some pretty nice fanfare. The Tony Rice/Everett Golson quote from our TNNDN interview has nearly 5,000 … READ MORE
I guess if I was part of an entire site this wouldn’t register as something worth a post. But this is my site dammit and it’s important. I also haven’t posted anything new during my July vacation and you should know I’m not dead, but rather working out here and getting prepped up for what is going to be a crazy season … or a season that drives me crazy. Either way, here’s the news: I have a new Twitter handle and … READ MORE
TNNDN Network’s show Ask Oscar with Oscar McBride hosted Notre Dame Football legend, Heisman Trophy Winner, College Football Hall of Famer, Future NFL Hall of Famer, Raiders superstar and one of the greatest wide receivers of all-time - Tim Brown. Tim joined in discuss his time at Notre Dame and why the school is such a special place and not for every football recruit. He debated the rhetoric of certain ESPN personalities who repeatedly diss Notre Dame, the program, and why he enjoys … READ MORE
The podcast will be hosting Tony Rice this week (and Chris Zorich for those keeping track). I kicked off research by going to the videotape in trying to capture some of Rice’s greatest moments and highlights from the 1988 National Championship . While we’ve had his teammates Stonebreaker & Pritchett, Stams, and Brown on recently, we all know that this is the quarterback – a different, more special beast. Tony Rice may not have gone in the NFL’s 1st Round or found himself on many … READ MORE
We finally got Marc Edwards back on Down the Line after technical difficulties sacked the interview three weeks ago. Don’t ask me why the first topic of the day was Sex & the City, but it got better very quickly. Derek Brown is one of few players with this trifecta – National Champion (1988), 1st Team All-America (1991) & 1st Round NFL Draft Pick (1992 – New York Giants Pick #14). He also sounds like a veteran R&B deejay on the … READ MORE
On TNNDN’s Down the Line, it was an honor to welcome 1988 National Champion & All-American Frank Stams (85-88) as well as the University of Notre Dame Football’s All-Time leading rusher Autry Denson (95-98). We also had some fun with Oscar McBride during his weekly Red Zone Target segment, which included stories of his high school haircuts and Hammer-style pants for an early 1990′s tilt against the Miami Hurricanes. All good stuff. Frank Stams discussed his days under Lou Holtz and coordinator Barry Alvarez and … READ MORE
Michael Stonebreaker & Wesley Pritchett teamed up on the field in South Bend back in 1988, forming one of the greatest defenses in school history, and the came together again to interview with TNNDN’s Down the Line. The star linebackers were 2/3 of the famous “3 Amigos” that manned the front seven during the National Championship season and were well-known for their on and off the field shenanigans. The missing piece, Frank Stams, will join us next week but here are some of the highlights from our … READ MORE