I haven't written for this site in quite a while, but none of the other writers wanted to preview this game - can you blame them? - so I volunteered to step in. This is a silly game between an awful Stanford team without a real coach and a Notre Dame team coming off a [...]
In our 18S preseason prediction survey, receiver depth was voted as the biggest concern heading into the season. Between Kevin Austin’s decision to turn pro, Avery Davis’s preseason injury, and some spotty recruiting at the position the last few years, the top receiving threats are Michael Mayer (a tight end), Lorenzo Styles (a true sophomore), [...]
If you’re a long-time reader of this blog - especially if you go back to when we were on the old site – you probably know I’m a fan of the triple option. I know this is anathema to most Notre Dame fans, but it’s always been my little quirk. It’s a simple offense so [...]
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Film Room! In his press conference on September 14 following the opening win against Duke, Brian Kelly dropped this tidbit about the offense: "We had a running back who was seeing things for the first time. We went to a different offensive blocking scheme. We weren’t a pin and [...]
One of the biggest question marks heading into the season was how the linebacker position would shake out. I wasn't overly concerned because 1) there's plenty of raw material to work with, and 2) I'm pretty sure Clark Lea is good at his job. But Lea still had his work cut out for him. However, [...]
Another week, another film post extolling the genius of Chip Long. This week, we'll look at Dexter Williams's long touchdown run against USC. Once again, this play features GT Counter, but with a new twist. The Play It's 1st and 10 around midfield in the third quarter. Notre Dame lines up in a tight formation [...]
One thing I like about Chip Long is his ability to creatively use formations and motion to out-scheme the defense. I feel that past Notre Dame offenses where too reliant on one player making big plays to be successful, whether it's Will Fuller getting open deep or CJ Prosise breaking off a big run. Having [...]
The Navy game is over, which means we can all stop thinking about the triple option. That is, we can stop thinking about it after this trip into the Film Room. Larz discussed Notre Dame's option offense earlier this week, and today we'll look at how the Irish defended Navy's option offense. The First Half [...]
Notre Dame escaped with a victory on Saturday and can now enjoy some delicious cheeseburgers, but that doesn't mean the film room is closed for the week. The final score was too close for comfort on Saturday as Notre Dame's hyper-efficient offense stalled out most of the afternoon before finally delivering the winning touchdown in [...]
Saturday's game against Virginia Tech presented the Irish with a chance to exorcise the demons of last year's loss in South Beach by going into a hostile road environment and coming out with a victory. But to football nerds like me, it also gave us a chance to see Chip Long - Notre Dame's promising [...]
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Film Room. Dexter Williams returned to the field on Saturday and responded by slicing through the Stanford defense for a touchdown on his first carry behind a plethora of tight ends and pulling linemen. So pull out your lunch pail because we're talking some smash mouth football today. The [...]
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Film Room. I've been off the past few weeks recruiting grizzly bears for Larz's secret training program. It's hard work but someone has to do it. Today we're going to take a look at Ian Book's touchdown pass to Chase Claypool. It's a good look at how Chip Long [...]
Just like Larz, I've been away from the Film Room for quite some time. But the 18 Stripes crew is already in mid-season form which means we have two film posts this week. Larz already looked at the defense so today we'll move to the offensive side of the ball. We'll take a look at Notre [...]
Game one of the service academy doubleheader is in the books and it wasn’t pretty. The Irish will look for redemption on Saturday in the Shamrock Series game against Army. Last week we went through the basics of Navy’s triple option offense. At a high level, both Navy and Army run very similar offenses. Navy [...]
I’ll cut right to the chase – the defense was bad on Saturday. Really bad. The substitution penalty and the decision to kick the field goal probably cost Notre Dame the game against Navy, but the defense was absolutely brutal. This is a strange thing to write because the defense played so well against Georgia [...]
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