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2026 College Football Week 9 Picks: Halloween Hot Picks

One more weekend and we're into the final month of the regular season. While the future 24-team playoff is on the horizon, this might be the last (somewhat) normal regular season we'll see in these final weeks of 2026. Cherish them, if you can. This Saturday we have a bunch of periphery matchups on Halloween. [...]

By |2026-10-28T13:19:19-04:00October 28th, 2026|Football|7 Comments

2026 College Football Week 8 Picks: Backed into a Corner

It's cheeseburger time for Notre Dame as we reflect upon our sins and costly mistakes leading to the loss at BYU last Saturday night. With lots if introspection going on in South Bend the rest of the country marches on for the another week of football. It's not a great week, though. Winter is coming [...]

By |2026-10-22T10:11:29-04:00October 22nd, 2026|Football|2 Comments

Notre Dame Football Scholarship & Roster Update: Fall Judgement

It's been a few months since our last update back in the middle of the summer. Since then, the 2027 class has been wrapped up (unofficially, but it appears to be sewn up) and we're slowly turning our attention to the 2028 cycle. Entering Notre Dame's bye week we have a full assessment of the [...]

By |2026-10-20T13:53:59-04:00October 20th, 2026|Football, Recruiting|4 Comments

2026 College Football Week 7 Picks: Big Ten Bragging Rights

I've been ragging on the regular season a lot on this website. We're still getting ourselves a nice treat for week 7 with a loaded lineup of great games across the country. We have a massive battle in the Big Ten to kick Saturday off while Notre Dame will get plenty of the spotlight for [...]

By |2026-10-13T18:50:16-04:00October 14th, 2026|Football|3 Comments

Stanford Game Preview: Fulfilling Our Contractual Obligations

No one wanted to pick up this game preview during the off-season, and with good reason! Fine, I'll do it. There are still whispers of aspirational peers. West Coast return games to Palo Alto to finish the regular season for "recruiting purposes" and definitely not hobnobbing with the academia of Leland Stanford Junior University. One [...]

By |2026-10-07T13:05:07-04:00October 8th, 2026|Football|11 Comments

2026 College Football Week 6 Picks: A Hopeful for the Crown

We have quality games on tap this weekend, but not a whole lot of them. A bunch are on the periphery of could-be-decent matchups for week 6 but didn't make the cut for my weekly picks. I'm looking at Iowa State (+10.5) at BYU, USC (+1.5) at Penn State, and Boise State (-6.5) at Fresno [...]

By |2026-10-06T14:16:07-04:00October 7th, 2026|Football|2 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking: Another SEC Reshuffle

The Tide enter the national conversation for the first time, Miami takes command in the ACC, Ohio State passes their road test, Florida drops a turd, Michigan loses again, Kentucky with an overtime winner, plus more action from week 5 in college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Texas [...]

By |2026-10-05T08:02:36-04:00October 5th, 2026|18S Reads|9 Comments

2026 College Football Week 5 Picks: Get to Starkville!

Last week was pretty awesome for college football. Loads of fun games and interesting results. Plus, we got the special treat of Michigan and USC both losing embarrassingly which should fill the hearts of Notre Dame fans across the globe. What's in store for week 5? 2026 Betting Record Against the Spread: 14-20 Straight Up: [...]

By |2026-09-30T10:58:42-04:00September 30th, 2026|Football|8 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking: Can They Get Out of Scheduling Oregon?

Indiana survives a scare, Texas remains #1 despite looking blah, Oklahoma and A&M hit the eject button, Florida has announced itself, a furious Badgers comeback, USC loses another big game, Michigan loses at the final whistle, and Louisville is foiled at home within the ACC. All this and more coming out of week 4 in [...]

By |2026-09-27T16:14:05-04:00September 28th, 2026|Football|8 Comments
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