This season I'll be separating the weekly games to watch and winner picks from the 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll. Just like old times. Taking stock of the opening week(s) of college football we have a solid lineup but not a very deep one. As the mega conference continue to get larger I'm not sure [...]
By the time Notre Dame kicks off their season in College Station later this month it'll be 154 years and nearly 10 months since the first college football game was played in the United States. Some might argue otherwise, but college football is still alive and thriving heading into 2024. This season comes with plenty [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame debuts at no. 7 in the pre-season AP Poll. Notre Dame's "Irish Wear Green" game will be against Louisville. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah signed a 3-year contract extension worth $39 million with the Cleveland Browns. Jack Kiser was added to the pre-season [...]
The official University of Notre Dame football depth chart for the 2024 season is soon to be released into the wild as the program travels down to College Station to open another year of fun. This is fun, right? In advance, 18 Stripes will give one more thorough look through the Irish roster and present [...]
It has been a busy, frustrating, and fruitful spring and summer for Notre Dame football recruiting. With each of these scholarship posts that we try to publish quarterly, new rules are emerging throughout college athletics. Last time around, it was news of the first signing period (affectionately referred to as the Early Early Signing Period [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame left tackle Charles Jagusah is out for 2024 after tearing his pectoral muscle. Georgia is atop the pre-season Coaches Poll with Notre Dame coming in at no. 7 nationally. The Division I Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to introduce [...]
Welcome back to the first Five Wide Fullbacks of the hot summer time. In today's edition we are talking about the injury to Gabriel Rubio, the development of Notre Dame's offensive line, a tricky 2024 opponent to watch, the brewing saga of 2025 quarterback recruit Deuce Knight, and insights from the recent Olympics version of [...]
Football is coming. Just a few more weeks until the Aer Lingus Classic kicks off the 2024 college football season. Let's take a look at the top games to watch this fall, shall we? Of course, we have a lot of change this year. The 12-team playoff has been pushed forward and will make its [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame linebacker Kahanu Kia is out for the season with a torn ACL. Defensive lineman Gabriel Rubio fractured his foot at the opening practice of fall camp and is expected back sometime in the fall. TCU has added Dana Holgorsen and [...]
Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #1 [...]
Football is nearly upon us. In case you missed it, we previewed the Notre Dame offense as fall camp begins soon. You can read that HERE. Today, we take a look at the Irish defense. Coordinator: Al Golden, 3rd Season I never would've thought Golden would last this long at Notre Dame either through struggles, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Tops News Former Irish defensive back Julian Love signed a 3-year $36 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks. The NCAA is expected to approve scholarship increases in multiple sports, including raising the limit for college football from 85 to 105. The Rose Bowl has [...]
With the updated home uniforms recently announced, we were just talking about the attempt to wear shiny gold player numbers on the Notre Dame blue jerseys. For the 2024 Shamrock Series uniforms, the school simply says, "hold my beer." On Wednesday, Notre Dame released their 2024 Shamrock Series uniforms to be worn at Yankee Stadium [...]
Fall camp is coming. The Irish will open up their preparations for the 2024 opener on Wednesday, July 31st as year 3 of the Marcus Freeman era officially begins. It's time to preview the offensive side of the ball! Coordinator: Mike Denbrock, 1st Season Well it's not Denbrock's first season, really. More like it's his [...]
Welcome to this website’s off-season sports sartorial content. We are counting down the world’s top 50 most iconic sports uniforms. Only current uniforms apply, we are not including one-off or alternate uniforms. Let’s stick to the basics. #1 Brazil Soccer In a small upset, this blog goes the way of futbol and places Brazil soccer [...]
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