I hope you're all enjoying the new site as much as I am, because the despite the narrower main body, everything is much cleaner and shinier I can't help but love it.  Trei and the guys who are upgrading the entire SBN network to this are doing a great job, and I think you're all really going to appreciate it once we get out of the cold, dark period of the offseason.

One of the best features is that the entire network is now connected, meaning that when I write a story up on Brady Quinn or anyone drops a Fan Post about him (Diaries have been renamed; think of this as "action figure" to "doll," or "Coke Zero" to "Diet," it's just manlier) and tag it as so, you'll see posts on Number 10 from all over SBN, whether that's from a Cleveland fan or a Pittsburgh hater.  Once I get done with finals week, I'm going to go through and retroactively tag a bunch of stuff in an attempt to fully get things connected.

Posting is also so much easier for all of us, as we're on a Blogger interface where bolding, inserting hyperlinks and italicizing is as easy as it would be on Word.  This might not be a big deal for those of you who "understand HTML," but after writing online for over six years, I still struggle with the simplest stuff.

Before I leave you for the afternoon, just an update on a few Notre Dame sports heading into their final stretches.  Both the men's and women's lacrosse teams have made the NCAA tournament, although in slightly different positions.  The ladies will be on the road to take on juggernaut Northwestern (just seems odd to say), while the men will be hosting their first game in the history of the tournament against Colgate on Sunday.  I know what everyone is thinking, and no, I don't know why they aren't playing one-and-done games against arbitrarily assigned opponents in random cities across the south with funny names.  I always like to settle my champions that way, but sometimes you just have to play it out on the field.

So take the time to claim your old accounts (it's really, really easy) and explore all the fun stuff you can do here.  Like this: