Purdue once again. After a break in the series from 2015 through 2020 this will be the 3rd straight year facing the Boilermakers and the 4th meeting since 2021. It continues to be dark days for the Boilers as they enter the weekend 1-2 and are coming back off a little bit of a short [...]

I don't want to get ahead of myself or jinx it. I think week 4 by some margin will be the best and most entertaining week of the season so far. And it might not be topped for a while. We have tons of intriguing games, so many that I had to cut a handful [...]

A bunch of thoughts about Notre Dame football after the first 3 games of the season... It's hard not to be focused almost exclusively with some of the issues with the offense. I'll start with the play-calling where the offense seems to be needlessly trying to ManBall their way out of running game problems--both in [...]

A thriller in Oxford, a road win by Kentucky, Alabama's slow start, a USC pillow fight, weather delays everywhere, West Virginia securing Duke's Mayo, and one of the worst ways to lose a football game you'll ever see were highlights of week 3 in college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking RANK TEAM RECORD [...]

We are back inside Notre Dame Stadium this weekend for a night game against Michigan State. Wait, a night game? Unbelievably yes, we are being subjected to a week 3 night game against a Big Ten team that hasn't had a winning record over the past 4 seasons. Well then, surely it's expected to be [...]

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 a back seat and league games are in the spotlight. We are very quickly moving into the thick of the [...]

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 win at Michigan to fall out of our rankings. Elsewhere, Ohio State coughs up an opportunity to win at Texas [...]

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 feel like Week 1 overdelivered after a slow start to the proceedings. Now, we have some good games in Week [...]

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 worth after week one. I mean, I come out of every weekend hating Michigan more than any other team and [...]

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, doubt looked very much on the table. Nursing a small halftime lead, the Irish came out with a commanding 3rd [...]

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. It's a home game, played on Sunday night, inside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and it's a Shamrock Series event. [...]

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 excited just yet. The opening weekend is pretty light and we won't get a ton of compelling matchups until later [...]

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 paid dearly for those early stumbles and were blocked out of last year's playoffs. Now, the team picks itself up [...]

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 a Sunday night kickoff once again for the Irish, don't forget to plan your week 1 festivities accordingly. Anyway, we've [...]

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 more good vibes. #LeaveNoDoubt This is year 13 of college football using a playoff to determine a champion, and the [...]