Friday.

John Daly Golfs Better When He’s Drunk…

…just like I’m more fun when I’m drunk.  Or at least that’s what my friends tell me.  Here’s a recent story about John Daly.  The guy is great.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Halfway Report Card (3-3)

Well, Notre Dame checks in at the halfway point at 3-3.  Meh.  Not horrific, but certainly not good.  Let’s take a quick look at the Notre Dame Report Card:

Coaching:  C -

Haven’t really seen a ton out of Brian Kelly in terms of GameDay coaching.  Not being prepared in full for the fake field goal against Michigan State resulted in a Loss.  His constant yelling at players is fine with tgiab.com.  If the players screw up, they should be held accountable.  Take, for example, what Brian Kelly had to say about Cierre Wood:

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Monday: Dare You Not To…

Starting a new tradition here at tgiab:  The all-new, “Monday: Dare You Not To…”

Each Monday, we will post something, with a “Dare You Not To” theme.

The 1st Dare You Not To… is:

Dare You Not To… Enjoy the Shit Out of this Song/Video:

Tough Ryder Cup Loss

But at least it gave us this picture of Tiger Woods hitting a shot straight at a cameraman, who had the wherewithall to actually snap this picture:

Now, is the best thing about this picture the ball going straight at the camera? Or is it what I circled in red (after the jump). Read more »

Awesome Video Friday

Alright, alright.  I know this video is a tad beat cheesey with the wording, but it is still awesome.

I mean I still toe-boom a ball if I am trying to kick it hard.  And all of us played on an interhall team that scored zero goals throughout the season (although I do think we had 4 Headers-In-A-Row once.  And yes, that is an official stat.  Headers-In-A-Row, HIAR).  But I can still appreciate the shit out of this video.

Joe-Pa said it best, “I was listening on the radio.  I couldn’t get espn3 to work on my computer, but I just watched the replay.  It’s so great to be an American.”

Perfect Game

Joe, Joe, Dave and the other dude who visits this site besides myself, lets conspiracy theorize for a moment.  In an attempt to steal the spotlight and further cement its role as America’s favorite pastime, MLB makes a call to the crew of Wednesday’s Indians vs. Tigers game.  “Hey Jim, we have a perfect game going here, two innings left.  If there’s a close play break up the perfect game.  Trust us, it’ll work out.  The NBA and NHL have nothing on us.”

Wish granted…

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NHL Does Something Right – Stanley Cup Speechless Video

LT Got Drafted? He thinks so, but he knows he had 41 Coors Lights though.

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More Brey

I’m sure at least a few of you have seen Kayo’s discussion of the ND basketball program.  It’s a pretty good analysis.  However, I think he misses the point.  He compares Brey only with Big East coaches, and discusses how many limits there are on ND compared to other Big East coaches.  But he failed to also compare the program to our so-called “aspirational peers” who have the same or similar academic restrictions.  He also failed to truly lay blame on Brey for not landing classes that could have kept momentum after we had gone to the tournament a few years in a row.  What Kayo does is justify a slightly better than mediocre program.   The team was clearly below mediocre in the 1990s and Brey has gotten it back to some respectability.  He has made sure the team is always going to be a postseason team.  However, he has not set up a program that will consistently go to the NCAA tournament, and he has failed to set up a program that can do anything once it makes it to the NCAA tournament. Read more »

Golden Tate wins the Biletnikoff

Continuing on the journalistic roll tgiab.com is on, we have learned that Golden Tate will be named the 2009 Biletnikoff Award winner.  What an accomplishment.  Notre Dame will miss the best play maker under the dome since arguably the Rocket.

Here’s a recap of his year and all of his touchdowns of 2009:

Notre Dame hires University of Cincinatti’s Brian Kelly

Per usual, tgiab.com breaks the news that every major media outlet is trying to break.  Notre Dame has agreed to terms with Brian Kelly.  Looks to be a 5 year deal, and a substantial pay raise from UC.

Stay tuned to us here at tgiab.com as we follow up this breaking story.

Ouch

So the first Blazer game I go to this year results in a season ending injury to Greg Oden (I’m calling it the macro-fracture as opposed to his previous microfracture surgery).  On an otherwise benign play, this was one of the most gruesome injuries I’ve ever seen.  When it first happened, I thought it looked like his knee was caved in, and this is how I described it to people.  It didn’t really make sense, but after seeing this picture taken from the same angle as I viewed it live, I can now tell that I wasn’t seeing things.  Here’s to a full recovery of Oden and his broken left patella (more on Portland fans’ feelings later).

Other interesting sights from the game:  Even the announcers were bored until the 4th quarter, opting instead Read more »

So it begins

As everyone in America almost certainly now knows (Charlie’s firing was even the NYTimes top story for a while this afternoon), Charlie is packing up the office today.  I feel bad for the big guy, as I think he was a hard worker and showed that ND could still recruit with the best programs in the country, but he was never more than a very good to great offensive coordinator.  Already, my #1 hope, Bob Stoops, appears to have pulled his name out.  I’m hoping that he is playing coy, but it did seem like a better denial than others he has stated previously.  Plus, he doesn’t seem like the Nick Saban type where you really can’t trust a denial, like Saban at Miami a few years back.

So, here are a few of my thoughts: Read more »

That’s it

Last time leaving the field for Charlie

Last night was a rough one for the Irish.  They fell to 6-6 for the second consecutive year, in what will most likely be Charlie Weis’s last game as head coach for Notre Dame.

Here’s a couple pictures I took from my seats right next to the tunnel at the end of the game.  Luckily for Weis, his new job returning to the NFL as an offensive coordinator will allow him to remain seated up in the box and take off some of the stress on his bad legs.

It was also a tough way for Jimmy Clausen to go out (as I’m assuming he’ll go pro now).  As a fan, his time in South Bend was something of a waste.  Read more »

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