Notre Dame selling “Undefeated” DVD set

Notre Dame had one of the more magical seasons in 2012, this cannot be disputed. From opening the season against historic rival Navy in Ireland to defensive stands and overtime victories against programs like Pac 12 champion Stanford, Oklahoma, USC, BYU, Michigan and more along the way the Fighting Irish restored a certain level of pride among the Fighting Irish faithful. That journey led them in to a brick wall against Alabama in the BCS Championship Game of course, but that should not take anything away from what was a season of some redemption for Notre Dame.

Now, you can own all 12 games of Notre Dame’s “Undefeated” season on DVD. Yes, it appears that Notre Dame has a different take on what it means to go undefeated than you may have. Notre Dame 2012: The Undefeated Season should probably include an asterisk of some sort if we are just going to pretend the BCS title never happened.

From the item description:

From the dramatic confrontations against rivals Michigan and USC, to the unforgettable overtime victories against Pittsburgh and Stanford…each game from 2012 is presented as seen on the network broadcasts, without commercial interruption. The navigation menu allows you to jump from quarter to quarter, allowing you to replay your favorite plays and touchdowns that led the Fighting Irish to victory.

The total cost for the 12-DVD set is $79.99, which is not all that bad for the die-hard Notre Dame fans out there. What would it have cost if the 125th season of Fighting Irish football did indeed end with an undefeated season? Will you be buying a set?

Helmet sticker to Reddit.

Don Draper missed out on a great Cotton Bowl

Don Draper missed one heck of a moment in college football history.

I’m a big fan of the show Mad Men, which aired the latest season premiere Sunday night. In the episode we see our favorite ad man Don Draper share an elevator ride with someone who works in his office that he barely recognizes. It turns out this employee of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Bob Benson in accounts, is able to get tickets to the 1968 Cotton Bowl between Alabama and Texas A&M. Benson appears to admire Don’s work and wants to try and emulate his success. This will surely be a story that develops throughout the season now that Peggy Olsen has moved on to bigger and better things after years as Don’s upcoming apprentice of sorts.

Don appears to have little time to waste on sports throughout the series. It just doesn’t seem like his thing. Don would rather be smoking a cigarette, sipping on an Old Fashion (neat) and either coming up with new ad campaigns on a napkin or scoping out his latest woman to fancy, when his eye somehow wanders away from his lovely wife and aspiring actress Megan.

So, what game did Don miss out on? One of the greats.

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Arizona State adding some new helmets in 2013?

Photo evidence might suggest that Arizona State is going to be adding at least one new helmet to the uniform mix this season. The new additions appear to include a white helmet and a maroon one with the previously updated pitchfork design on the side.

HT: UniWatch

Podcast – Tim Tolley from FanSided150.com

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I had planned on posting a nice interview I recorded with Tim Tolley, from FanSided150.com. Unfortunately, after needing to reschedule a couple of times with Tim and finally getting a chance to record the podcast with him yesterday there was some sort of technical error that wiped out the final 20 minutes of what was about a 25 minute conversation.

I had noticed a glitch for a couple of seconds during the recording process but believed I had caught it quickly enough to still keep the recording going largely without a problem. However, when it came time to mixing the audio down I somehow lost the majority of the conversation. Unfortunately, this was one of the times I decided not to record our Skype chat through a second audio recording program, as I often do. Please, let this be a lesson to any podcasters out there, new and veteran, don’t risk cutting corners when recording a conversation. Scout’s motto: Always be prepared.

The audio attached to this podcast cuts off rather abruptly.  I am aware of that and unfortunately at this time there is no way to fix it. Tim was kind enough to offer his time though and in fairness to him I wanted to share the little bit of audio I did have anyway.

I will return with a new podcast sometime next week and will take some extra measures to ensure there are no hiccups. In the meantime, I encourage you all to check out the FanSided 150 for free recruiting analysis all year round. Follow FanSided 150 on Twitter. Follow Tim on Twitter as well.

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Virginia Tech’s new digital camouflage helmet for 2013

Virginia Tech is once again going to be wearing a digital camouflage design on their helmets for a game this season, which has become a nice trend around college football for some schools in honor of the nation’s military. The Hokies were a military appreciation helmet last season, but this year’s edition is heavy on the orange.

Photo via UniWatch

These helmets will be worn for a September 21 game against Marshall. This is interesting because the Hokies have that September 21 game marked on their calendar as a “White Effect” game. It would have seemed like an appropriate opportunity to roll out a white Hokies helmet as the fans will likely be decked out in all white.

I sort of like last year’s military appreciation helmet better than this version, but when it comes to honoring the troops and those who have served it is difficult to find too much fault in any design. Don’t worry though, because I am sure Virginia Tech will serve up something we can poke some fun at for the 2013 season.