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The Weekly Rambler: Dr. Dre Can Buy His Family Groceries

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Sad news as former Notre Dame safety Sergio Brown was arrested re-entering the United States from Mexico in connection with the murder of his mother. Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter could return to the lineup this Friday against Stanford. Oklahoma's leading receiver [...]

By |2023-10-12T09:41:07-04:00October 12th, 2023|18S Reads|19 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Prairie Skeletor is Laughing Now

Now that Notre Dame suffered its 2nd loss of the season they are no longer featured in this top 20 poll. It's pretty sad times around here. Will the Irish be able to get back into this ranking in 2023? The biggest news of this past weekend happened in Dallas where Oklahoma put itself back [...]

By |2023-10-10T09:36:35-04:00October 10th, 2023|18S Reads|7 Comments

Louisville Game Review: That’s One Big ‘L’ for the Notre Dame Program

Notre Dame had a chance on Saturday to keep hope alive for a strong season, perhaps even an outside shot at the playoffs with USC coming to town next weekend, but had those plans blown to smithereens by a much more hungrier and well prepared Louisville team inside Papa John's Stadium. What a terrible and [...]

By |2023-10-08T00:10:46-04:00October 8th, 2023|Football|102 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Sphere Changed the World

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Howard Cross was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against Duke. Duke quarterback Riley Leonard has a high ankle sprain but will not be out for the rest of the season. Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara [...]

By |2023-10-04T22:11:45-04:00October 4th, 2023|18S Reads|30 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: That’s a Tough Way to Lose, UCF

We are through Week 5 of the college football season and there still aren't enough upsets at the top of the sport. Perhaps we need more patience. We are happy to write that Duke didn't get to be a part of the few upsets that did happen this past weekend. Beyond a small shuffling at [...]

By |2023-10-03T08:12:33-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Football|34 Comments

Duke Game Preview: Slightly Less of a Basketball School

Well, it's time to see how well this 2023 Notre Dame team responds to adversity. A week after a soul-crushing loss to Ohio State at the last second, the program packs up for North Carolina and heads to Duke for a primetime night game with ESPN College GameDay on campus. This isn't just any old [...]

By |2023-09-28T12:55:57-04:00September 29th, 2023|Football|25 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Catch of the Year is Here

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Wide receiver Deion Colzie will be out a couple weeks after having his knee scoped. Fellow wideout Jayden Thomas is questionable this weekend with a hamstring injury suffered against Ohio State. The Notre Dame-Ohio State game was NBC's highest rated game since [...]

By |2023-09-28T08:07:19-04:00September 28th, 2023|18S Reads|38 Comments

I Can’t Do College Football (on Television) Much Longer

I wasn't going to publish this for another week or two but after Saturday night, well, let's get it out there now.  Every year late August rolls around and that childlike excitement of college football returning puts me in a great mood. Then the games begin and I'm reminded, "Oh yeah, watching college football on [...]

By |2023-09-25T07:53:23-04:00September 27th, 2023|Football|50 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: The Ducks Out for Blood

We had 10 must-watch games featured in our article last week and from that group the favorites won 9 of the matchups. The only exception was the Pac-2 matchup out west that went in favor of the Cougars from Washington State. Add in our dear Irish crumbling and it was yet another favorite that won [...]

By |2023-09-26T09:40:38-04:00September 26th, 2023|Football|1 Comment

Ohio State Game Review: Insert Painful Title Here

I've always said losses are easier to write game reviews for because there's more to unpack. Not this time. I went to bed immediately after the booth review on Ohio State's game-winning touchdown wondering if I'd just skip article and move on with life. This one really hurt. I'll just be typing random thoughts and [...]

By |2023-09-24T10:49:21-04:00September 24th, 2023|18S Reads|121 Comments

Ohio State Game Preview: Bucks Eyeing the Irish in Green

For the first time since 1996--and only the 2nd time overall since 1936--Ohio State will be coming to Notre Dame for a football game. For long-time Midwestern powers separated by less than 280 miles it doesn't seem possible the Buckeyes have rarely visited South Bend but here we are. Back in 1996 the world was [...]

By |2023-09-21T18:49:51-04:00September 22nd, 2023|Football|38 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: United Against the Umpire

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Michigan State has informed head coach Mel Tucker that they intend to fire him for cause. Tucker has signaled he will be suing Michigan State University. ESPN College GameDay is headed to Notre Dame this weekend for the Ohio State night game. [...]

By |2023-09-21T08:34:59-04:00September 21st, 2023|18S Reads|12 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Paying Attention to Washington

Week 3 is in the books and Notre Dame's regular season is already a third of the way complete. That bye week for the Irish isn't coming until after the October 14th USC game, as well. There's still lots of football remaining but it's also going fast! This past weekend was mostly quiet although a [...]

By |2023-09-19T08:14:29-04:00September 19th, 2023|Football|12 Comments
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