2026 College Football Week 3 Picks: Embracing the Hate
Week 2 is behind us and with the losses by Oregon and Ohio State the top of the rankings has opened up a little bit. Coming into this weekend the out of conference games take [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking: Winning is Still Hard Sometimes
The state of Oklahoma giveth and the the state of Oklahoma taketh away. The downtrodden boys from Stillwater gave us the biggest upset of the season so far and yet the Sooners vomited away a [...]
Violence: Rice Instant Reaction
It's one of Notre Dame nation's favorite words when delivered by Marcus Freeman: Violence. And the second I heard it come out of his mouth in the pregame interview today, all concerns about Rice being [...]
2026 College Football Week 2 Picks: ABC Ratings Bonanza
It feels good. It feels real nice to be back in the swing of college football picks and setting up a weekend for television viewing. As I mentioned in this week's Top 20 rankings, I [...]
Film Room: Impound it – Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay
Film Room: Impound it - Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay Mike Denbrock and Notre Dame sought to establish the run versus Wisconsin in their opening game in the 2026 season. Wisconsin, early in [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking: We Know Western Won
The first full weekend of college football wasn't supposed to bring us a whole lot in terms of compelling matchups, but damn it this sports keeps delivering us enough juice and we got our money's [...]
Turning Green Bay Blue: Wisconsin Instant Reaction
Notre Dame opened up the 2026 season with a neutral site home game in Green Bay accompanied by the motto "Leave No Doubt" carried around the program. During an uninspired and seemingly conservative first half, [...]
Wisconsin Game Preview: Sunday Night Neutral Site Shamrock Series
We've finally made it. After an excruciatingly long break of 282 days, the Fighting Irish step onto the football field this weekend to kick start the 2026 season. It's going to feel weird for sure. [...]
2026 College Football Week 0/1 Picks: A Slow Burn
Let's get this bread! While the end of August doesn't come until next Monday we have Week 0 creeping up on us as the 2026 college football season begins THIS Saturday. However, don't get too [...]
The Notre Dame 2026 Season Preview: Leave No Doubt Loading…
The momentum from the run to the National Championship to conclude the 2024 season felt like it could continue for 2025 if Notre Dame football could get over a few early hurdles. Instead, the Irish [...]
The 2026 Notre Dame Depth Chart Breakdown
I posted this article in the third week of August last year but unlike 2025, we still have 20 days until Notre Dame kicks off the new season against Wisconsin inside Lambeau Field. That's also [...]
College Football Playoff 2026 Predictions
I recently unleashed my pre-season Top 20 rankings for 2026 so you can imagine how today's playoff prediction is going to play out. There may be a fun surprise at the end, see below for [...]
Film Room: Y-Cross the Honey Badger of Pass Routes
Hey 18 Stripes readers it’s been a while! Hope everyone is doing well. Things are good up here in Canada, I am currently enjoying the 10 days of summer we get annually in the Great [...]
Notre Dame Fall Camp Begins: Fresh Info on the 2026 Irish
Notre Dame opened up fall camp on Thursday, August 6th in South Bend with expectations plenty high and perhaps rising even further as the country learns more about this edition of the Fighting Irish. Although [...]
ND’s One True Rivalry is (Eventually) Back: Notre Dame, Southern Cal to Play from 2030-33
After much hemming and hawing through the media, Notre Dame and USC announced a 4-year agreement Monday to play their historic rivalry game starting in 2030. The series will start at SC in 2030 and [...]
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