The Weekly Rambler: Reminiscing About the Cig Machines

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Joe Alt (1st-team) and Benjamin Morrison (2nd-team) have been named to the AP Pre-season All-American team. Michigan is self-imposing a 3-game suspension for head coach Jim Harbaugh. USC is set to hire Washington's Jennifer Cohen as the school's next athletic director. Carson [...]

By |2023-08-23T10:59:52-04:00August 23rd, 2023|18S Reads|13 Comments

The 18 Stripes 2023 Pre-Season Top 20 Poll: There’s Still a Chance

Yes, we are back in the saddle again. For me, this officially kicks off the college football season as we approach the first week of games. In a way, this is like a mini-college football season preview. This usually comes up at some point in this pre-season article or in the early weeks of the [...]

By |2023-08-20T15:50:44-04:00August 21st, 2023|18S Reads|9 Comments

The 2023 Notre Dame Football Depth Chart Breakdown

The official depth chart should be coming out soon as the 2023 Notre Dame football season begins soon and the Irish make preparations for an overseas battle against Navy. Today, we will take a look at the expected depth chart as well as other areas of focus and intrigue throughout the roster. As usual, it's [...]

By |2023-08-14T21:49:02-04:00August 15th, 2023|Football|36 Comments

A Study of Modern College Football Network Themes

In less than two weeks, we will be watching real-life college football again. A while ago, I asked our writer's room about their favorite college football theme songs which immediately set off a wave of nostalgia. Since we are fast approaching the season, I thought it would be a fun exercise to look back on [...]

By |2023-08-14T11:19:25-04:00August 14th, 2023|18S Reads, Football|15 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: We Don’t Need a Bigger Boat

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The 2023 pre-season Coaches Poll has been released led by Georgia, Michigan, and Alabama. The Fighting Irish start at no. 13 nationally. The Notre Dame and Miami football game scheduled for 2024 has been moved to 2026. The Irish now have 1 [...]

By |2023-08-11T08:14:36-04:00August 10th, 2023|18S Reads|45 Comments

18S Film Room: Protection & The Dual Inside Runs: Duo & Inside Zone

Have you ever looked at a snap and wondered why it was such a success or failure? In this series I hope to try to explain and give names to the common plays that a Notre Dame Tv (or Peacock I suppose) broadcast can easily decode. Let's first start with the most common runs that [...]

By |2023-08-08T12:01:51-04:00August 8th, 2023|Film Room, Football|6 Comments

The Top 5 Worst Power 5 Conference College Football Programs

Well, recent events certainly changed the dynamic of this article which began several weeks ago. For the sake of this thorough study I won't be including any new Power 5 programs, and I'm not sure anyone would even include the likes of Cincinnati, BYU, or Houston in this discussion anyway. You could simply list the [...]

By |2023-08-07T13:14:42-04:00August 7th, 2023|Football|26 Comments

Notre Dame & Navy Announce Under Armour ‘Ireland Collection’ Uniforms and Apparel

A 'rivalry forged in history' says the press release from Under Armour. On Sunday morning, the Ireland Collection was released for Notre Dame and Navy's game later this month in the Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin. The release features alternate uniforms for both programs in addition to several t-shirts, hoodies, and polos commemorating the event. [...]

By |2023-08-06T12:03:02-04:00August 6th, 2023|Football|6 Comments

EMERGENCY Five Wide Fullbacks: College Sports Reduced to Realignment Talk

Are you excited about the upcoming college football season and what unfolds on the field? Well too damn bad, sit down and read about more conference realignment talk. Today on the latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks it's all conference moving speculation. 1) If there is a breaking point for college sports--and college football fans [...]

By |2023-08-04T22:26:14-04:00August 4th, 2023|18S Reads|75 Comments
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