Her Loyal Sons Podcast

This bye week teased all kinds of chaos. While we didn't have a full blood week, we had what I'd like to term as a flesh would, with Wisconsin playing the part of the Black Knight, finding his limbs quickly dismembered. I roll solo on this show to break down everything that happened while we were all eating cheeseburgers, including Notre Dame sliding into the top spot of a rather impressive statistical category. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

I'm not really sure how to describe this episode as it went even more off the rails than our typical bye week endeavors. Jack Crosby of CBS Sports joins Eddie, Shane, and I for an audio adventure of epic proportions. We talk football, how to cook a steak in a beer cooler, pro wrasslin', Baby Metal, anime, and seemingly everything under the sun for far too long. The only thing that we can guarantee is that I stayed up far too late editing the podcast because Jack's audio somehow time traveled repeatedly. Thankfully we have a coherent copy after far too much work. Well...as coherent as this insanity can be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

Notre Dame may be on a bye, but the picks pod takes no weeks off! Eddie and I look to continue riding our October hot streak by picking another 14 games. The slate may not be loaded, but you need to enjoy something while enjoying your cheeseburgers and, hopefully, watching all the chaos erupting all around the college football world. #HAILGAMBLOR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

As we have with any Notre Dame night game, Shane and I hopped on the channel for a true post-game show. This week, there was loads to talk about as the chaos has truly begun with Georgia falling, the SEC being involved in an actual entertaining shootout, and Notre Dame ending up in a dog-fight with their biggest rival. Start off your bye week with us, bask in the glow of beating SC for the third year in a row, and get that Michigan hate brewing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

Yes, there is three full minutes of a cold open in this episode. Clearly, we've had far too much success and smooth sailing, so everything came crashing back down in spades during our live recording. Those three minutes are a small sample of the sheer panic I had while trying to get everything working again. Thankfully, I managed to not just get the live stream audio fully functioning again, but somehow managed to edit a coherent (well, for HLS anyways) episode and sim. ...and now that the sim has ended, I wish I had just rage quit. Enjoy? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

The last week of college football was the calm before the storm. There are four top-25 games, one of which is a top ten affair, and another which is a heated rivalry. Oh, and to top it all off, Notre Dame takes on Southern Cal. It's going to be a big week. Get ready with us. #FUSC #HAILGAMBLOR Don't forget, this picks episode is sponsored by our friends over at DraftKings. Get a risk-free bet up to $200 and ALL USERS will also get a deposit bonus up to $500. Act quickly, this offer ends on 10/28. https://dkng.co/HLS 21+. IN Only. Deposit bonus: requires 25x play-thru. Eligibility restrictions apply. See website for details. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

With seven teams in the top 25 on a bye, a handful more involved in non-competitive blowouts (including Notre Dame!), and multiple top 25 teams falling out of the rankings due to upsets, it was a weird week. It wasn't a blood week nor was it boring, but more a calm before the storm for what looks like a loaded week 7. Shane and I navigate our way through the week, a cathartic blowout of BVG, and set our sites toward Southern Cal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

The most accurate prediction tool in all of sports had…well, let's just say it had some surprises. There's really no explaining or even teasing this. It has to be seen or heard. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

With a double bye week season we were bound to have a week or two with a bit of a lighter slate. This week is one of those weeks with only 10 games on our docket. But it doesn't matter if the weeks are jam-packed full of games of the week of the year of the century, a blood week waiting to happen, or just a scattering of interesting matchups. Picks must be made and the altar of GAMBLOR must be visited. #HAILGAMBLOR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

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 want. Come join Shane and I on this journey of blowouts, sacks, and Pat Fitzgerald struggling to figure out how math works. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

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 this week. I fear it's all too damn realistic this time around. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

After a less than optimal weekend in Athens, Eddie returns to the pod with some...um, thoughts. It's time to move forward once again as college football stops for no one. So come join us for our weekly picks, aka the things that you are going to fade all weekend. #HAILGAMBLOR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

As we plan to do for all Notre Dame football night games, Shane and I hit Twitch live a few minutes after the final whistle blew in Athens. Kirby Smart tried to let the Irish back into it, but ND ultimately fell short on their final drive, losing 23-17. What went wrong? What went right? Can Notre Dame ever win these kind of games? What does this mean for the rest of the 2019 season? We tackle that and much more off the cuff and raw from the heartbreaking loss, including many questions and comments from an incredibly active live chat. Have thoughts yourself? Be sure to leave us a message and sound off. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

The most accurate of all sports preview methods takes on one of the most anticipated games of the season! It's time for Notre Dame at Georgia. With such a highly anticipated matchup, Shane and I jump straight into the action. No long previews or big news recaps needed. It's time to get straight into the action...right after a cold open in which Shane is the unfortunate victim of technical issues and not me for once! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

The week that we've been waiting for has finally arrived: Notre Dame at Georgia. As we start looking forward in earnest to one of the biggest matchups of the season, Eddie and I also get our picks in for one hell of a slate of college football that also features two additional early season top-25 games before a certain marquee game in between the hedges. It's go time. I'm fired up (despite the absolute disaster that was a total false start of the show which I captured in the cold open). Let's do this. Go Irish. #HAILGAMBLOR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

While it wasn't a full blood week, week 3 definitely held its fair share of surprises. Stanford and Southern Cal took hilarious losses. The entire ACC sans Clemson face-planted, including something that may be worse than an FCS upset. Even Notre Dame had its fair share of things to dive into this week after yet another slow start on offense and a **checks notes** camera that drew the rage of many an Irish fan. Georgia is just around the corner, but take a bit of time to savor this week with us before you start getting your mind set for a showdown between the hedges. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

It feels like it's been ages since Notre Dame faced off against Louisville thanks to the rare second week bye. Now with actual Saturday football approaching (also a weird thing to say), it's time to get back into the swing of things. For us, that means only one thing: our own unique method of previewing Notre Dame Football, the most accurate predictive method in all of sports, the NCAA '14 Sim. With a slow news week we were able to jump right into the fun. Yes, Notre Dame was a heavy favorite even in the virtual world, but the Sim still had a few surprises in store for us, providing loads of entertainment as only the Sim can. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

In the cold open, you get an insight into how insane I've gone with the technical side of things recently. You name it, I've seen it, including the pure user error just being plain dumb with my mixer. Anyways, after laughing at my brain malfunction, enjoy another week of picks from Eddie and I. Week 3 may not have the so-called marquee matchups, but it's college football. You should cherish every week before the cold offseason returns. We're here to help make you care if for nothing else than to laugh at our over-confidence in our picks. Oh, and weeks like this are absolutely ripe for major upsets. So buckle in and let's get weird. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

I'm not sure we could've asked for much better during the first ever (and probably only) Hot Dog bye week. The marque game was incredible. We got a top-15 upset while everyone was asleep.  Some of our favorite punching bags managed to somehow steer their games into more hilarity. And that's not even taking the Michigan/Army game into account. We also discuss the fact that Southern Cal may have found themselves a QB and an offense as well as the return of the Knight's Watch. Just because it was a bye week doesn't mean it was a slow week. Come on board and get New Mexico week started right with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message

Notre Dame may be on a bye but the picks never take a week off.  After a week one in which *checks notes*, yeah let's not talk about week 1. Perhaps much like a certain Irish QB, we need a week to get our heads right and get back on track and we have eleven games of interest for this weekend. Also, don't forget to drop in on the pick 'em and sign up before the two week grace period ends. People not named Tex are absolutely bringing it this season and it's going to be fun to watch this competition continue. #HAILGAMBLOR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/herloyalsons/message