Going to play on the road is always a challenge, particularly the "getting there" part. The lads have struggled with the arcana of TSA rules (who says you can't bring plutonium on a plane?) and technical hijinks before, but they've really met their match this week in a cross-country (and then some) trek to Boston.
A special shout-out to friend of The House samari, who seems to be in the same predicament as our beloved fuzzy protagonists. You're not alone, young man. May this rousing allegory bring you comfort in this trying time.
Stuffing the Passer - A Fireside Chat With Coach Kelly
We've detected a bit of a malaise in the Notre Dame fanbase following a few tough losses and a volatile coaching change. We consider it our responsibility, nay, our sacred duty to rouse the Notre Dame faithful back into optimism and to shake off this crisis of confidence. It's time to start crying and start sweating, and I suppose, if it helps, continue drinking.
See, sometimes when the breaks are beating the boys, what we really need is for the man in charge to pull on his snuggliest cardigan and sit us down for a nice fireside chat. We hope it made you feel as warm and fuzzy as it did for us.
Back by inexplicably popular demand, Stuffing the Passer is charging back for its hopefully breakout sophomore year! Tucked, taped, waxed, and freshly married (I know, I know... I'm as confused as anyone on how playing with football-themed puppets and forming an enduring monogomous heterosexual bond can jive together. We're going to have to chalk it up alongside M-theory, electromagnetism, and the "socks disappearing in the dryer" conundrum in the "great mysteries of the universe" category. The less we stop to think about it, the better...), Season Two looks to be full of laughs, tears, and the occasional traumatic brain injury (hey, life's a contact sport. Get a helmet.)
This year, we bid farewell to last year's cast of characters, who all decided to skip out of town, get fired, or give up muppet life for a career in pastry larceny. No worries, though, after a brief bout of muppet plastic surgery and vocal reconstruction, a new band of miscreants have assembled to brighten your days. This week, the gang faces the faces the trauma of a close loss, the burdens of central nervous system injuries, and the dawning of what might just be a beautiful friendship. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll elect to give a very charitable definition to the "fair use" aspect of copyright law. Here's to a great year and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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ND Pages
Notre Dame Videos Torrents to download full games as well as Oldie Olderson's fantastic highlight videos. A must-see.
NDLNA The Notre Dame Latest News Aggregator. A really cool site that sweeps the web for articles on Notre Dame and puts them together in a community to discuss and dig.
Touchdown Jesus Absolutely required reading. Everything you need to know about faith, fandom, and what it means to be a ND fan.
ND Blogs
The Blue-Gray Sky Defunct, but still worthy of the top spot as blog emeritus.
Five Bucks to Friday A comic strip with a hankerin' for Notre Dame football. If being mildly attracted to female cartoon characters is wrong, I suppose I'm just not right.
Every Day Should Be Saturday The House Rock Built's "aspirational peer". Funny as hell dudes who should probably be locked up with their lifetime supply of jean shorts.
Every Day Should Be Lemsday Dapersonnahblog fordacoachOrgeron! Yallbettareaditcuz COACHOPROUDAHEEBLAWG! Rebahfootbahforevah!!
Georgia Sports Blog A Dawg blog about Dawg sports written by (you guessed it) a man named Dawg.
Dawg Sports T. Kyle King serves up an extra large helping of Dawg sports. We are obligated to inform you that he may be a lawyer. Proceed with caution.
Big 10
MGoBlog Ann Arbor's grumpy nextdoor neighbor who won't let you jump his fence to retrieve your baseball.
The M Zone Sure, they're Michigan fans, but this site cracks my shit up. Besides, what divides us is less significant than what unites us: we're brothers-in-arms in the war against the dastardly, plagarizing ESPN network.
Maize & Brew The hardest-drinking college football blog on the internet not named House Rock Built.
Those Other Conferences and Independents
Burnt Orange Nation Comprehensive coverage on our beloved Longhorns and free tutoring for the Wonderlic test.
Bruins Nation Yet another college football team in Los Angeles? Insanity. Excellent blog for those of you who bleed powder blue.
Football Generalia, Snark, and Miscellaneous
Deadspin The shimmering, all-knowing hearbeat of sports blogs. Edgy, punchy, and most likely half-drunk.
Fire Mark May A bizarre insight into the behind-the-scenes world in Bristol, CT.
College Football Resource The big daddy of them all, the nerve center of this twisted college football blogsphere.