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  1. Old Man Mike

    Notre Dame Lacrosse Open thread

    The ball still moves too fast for these old eyes, but I've finally watched enough LAX to understand the rules, and can enjoy the game. My conclusion: WE DAMM GOOD. (This game invites momentum swings. NDs coach and maturity and depth makes us guilty of less boneheads. Really impressed with the...
  2. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 DE OL Layton von Brandt (Auburn Verbal)

    I'm on the wrong side of some knowledge here. I saw Matt Campbell as a very good coach at ISU. Hated to see him leave Ames.
  3. Old Man Mike

    General team info

    To Boognish: as an old prof I agree with all of those sentiments. To add some on-the-ground reality context, though --- I taught at Western Michigan University for decades. As a state school, and as a lower choice than UofM and MSU, we more or less needed to accept whoever applied. (We were BIG...
  4. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    Just a comment about one of our ex-players: The Washington Mystics (with our favorite girl of two seasons ago, Soni) played Caitlin Clark and her bombers tonight. Washington won in overtime. Soni was great and scored around 30. But what I want to mention is my favorite unsung player of last...
  5. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 CA OL Jackson Hill (Notre Dame Verbal)

    My friendly mods ... the thread is being ruined. Whether by ego, alcohol, or manic-depression, it doesn't make difference to the readership. Could you "make suggestion" about taking the larger community into account? Thank you for whatever you can do.
  6. Old Man Mike

    General team info

  7. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 CA OL Jackson Hill (Notre Dame Verbal)

    It seems like this guy might be still growing. If so, NOT TOO MUCH, big fella. Don't want you at 6'9". Gotta keep your ability to bend and stay low.
  8. Old Man Mike

    UFOs, Paranormal, Pseudoscience Thread

    Post #1376 in this thread. I'm a friend of Hal Puthoff. I believe some of what he talks about (the remote viewing stuff; he was directly involved). I am less sure of other things (ufos & reverse engineering). He's a friend. I'm not going to go on about his other ideas. Dan Farah? Not an...
  9. Old Man Mike

    General team info

    Not sure that this needs rehashing (since I believe that the long post-Holtz drought has moderated some of it), but since I lived through a lot of years of this: 1. We used to kick everybody's ass, and were not shy about showing it; 2. We are Catholic. People shouldn't just shrug that away...
  10. Old Man Mike

    '27 LA OL Albert Simien (Offer)

    uhhh ... easy folks. Opposing coaches said that when they film prepped for ND they were hampered because they couldn't stop watching MountMcG and Q bullying everyone. Let the kids have some air.
  11. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 DE OL Layton von Brandt (Auburn Verbal)

    What the "kids" probably realize about Notre Dame OLine is: whether you play OT like Zach and shift, or play OT and stay like Ronnie, or play OG and stay like Quentin, you go to the NFL and the HOF either way. .... Just come to ND and play, fellas.
  12. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 NJ OT Oluwasemilore Olubobola (Notre Dame Verbal)

    Don't know if it has been mentioned: "Olu" is a Yoruban name prefix meaning "Lord" or "King" or high-ranking person (even God).
  13. Old Man Mike

    ‘27 DE OL Layton von Brandt (Auburn Verbal)

    High hopes, and nice too-early-yet vibes for that list, so I'll be patient and see how good it really becomes. The safety net for our expectations is that we have other guys as well who can play tackle if we must.
  14. Old Man Mike

    UFOs, Paranormal, Pseudoscience Thread

    .... to everyone's relief, I'll end communications with a certain poster. Maybe then I can relax and still share information. Apologies for the wasted thread space.
  15. Old Man Mike

    UFOs, Paranormal, Pseudoscience Thread

    Damm man. I'm NOT a "believer." I'm a scientific data collector and analyzer. Nobody's "100%" so quit talking in strawman absolutes. You seem mentally incapable of understanding this. Since it was I that was accused of being close-minded, your post was OBVIOUSLY directed to me --- get off the...
  16. Old Man Mike

    Religion and Politics

    hmmm ... serious charge. Worth looking into. My research is shallow so maybe no good, but it found: all these main people (inc Rosen) are Democrats so the lumping of some perceived flaw in this instance as a broad Liberal smear seems off, but I need further info. The complaint came from some...
  17. Old Man Mike

    UFOs, Paranormal, Pseudoscience Thread

    Just a short follow-up on the files release: it is still looking to the UFO researcher veterans that there was nothing new released that we didn't already have. So in a real way, the release of files was "show business", thus far anyway -- we are hoping that they actually release something...
  18. Old Man Mike

    General team info

    This is a low-level curiosity -- maybe some of you know off the top of your heads. This lower pro league (UFL) seems pretty poor quality to me, but while watching I wondered if any ND guys were playing in it. I gave a quick scan and the names Alize Mack and R J Oben showed up. Does anyone know...
  19. Old Man Mike

    UFOs, Paranormal, Pseudoscience Thread

    ... Area 51 releases? can't comment. It would be "close-minded." (To be serious: Some folks on here think that nothing is serious. Others think that even though they have done no work to support strongly worded opinions, they should not only shout them out {without any humility} but then find...
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