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2025 QB Deuce Knight Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame was looking for some in-season recruiting momentum and found exactly that as 6'4" quarterback Deuce Knight committed to the Irish on Monday afternoon. It came as a bit of a surprise as the program had been zeroing in on Bear Bachmeier who visited campus this weekend. However, Knight, who is set to return [...]

By |2023-09-18T16:25:50-04:00September 18th, 2023|Recruiting|25 Comments

Central Michigan Game Review: Not Always Fired Up

Notre Dame came 12 points short of covering the spread on Saturday against Central Michigan in a game that was frustratingly close but ultimately powered down into a comfortable win. The plucky Chippewas, playing with their backup quarterback, showed a lot of fight and resilience on offense and did just enough to prevent an ugly [...]

By |2023-09-17T08:51:36-04:00September 17th, 2023|Football|68 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Monitoring the Texas is Back Hype

Another week of college football is complete and it was a relatively quiet one in terms of upsets. Well, except for Alabama losing at home as 7-point favorites to the Texas Longhorns. Can we say that Texas is now officially back? Are we seeing an end of an era at Alabama with Tommy Rees along [...]

By |2023-09-11T21:35:41-04:00September 12th, 2023|Football|40 Comments

NC State Game Review: Irish Run Away from the Pack

It took nearly 5.5 hours but we finally got there. On Saturday, Notre Dame moved to 3-0 with a somewhat sluggish and messy yet convincing win over NC State in Raleigh. After the 1st quarter thunderstorms rolled in causing a 90-minute delay, Notre Dame returned to action with a long touchdown run and would go [...]

By |2023-09-10T08:55:08-04:00September 10th, 2023|Football|35 Comments

NC State Game Preview: Checking the Weather Report

With all due respect to Navy and Tennessee State, the Notre Dame season begins in earnest on Saturday afternoon as the Irish travel to Raleigh, North Carolina to face the NC State Wolfpack. Seven years ago, Notre Dame played at Noon eastern in Carter-Finley Stadium in a game to be forgotten and never re-visited. We'll [...]

By |2023-09-07T19:59:28-04:00September 8th, 2023|Football|19 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Stay Away from the Vikings

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame moved up to No. 10 in the AP Poll this week. Former Notre Dame tight end Kyle Rudolph has officially retired from the NFL. He caught 482 passes and 50 touchdowns with the Vikings, Giants, and Buccaneers. Baylor quarterback Blake [...]

By |2023-09-07T10:01:35-04:00September 7th, 2023|18S Reads|11 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Colorado is Must-Watch Television

A long Labor Day weekend stretched the first full week of games out and gave us plenty to talk about now that college football is officially back. Crazy how we are just days away from Notre Dame's third game and we are now finally getting a new-look to the 18S Top 20 Poll. And, we [...]

By |2023-09-05T19:59:12-04:00September 5th, 2023|Football|21 Comments

Tennessee State Game Review: A Three Quarterback Kind of Day

Notre Dame lined up against a FCS team on Saturday in South Bend and the results were predictable. After an initial tussle of back and forth play, the Irish exploded for a copious amount of points and spent most of the 2nd half emptying the bench against Tennessee State. I have a Sunday trip to [...]

By |2023-09-03T07:29:57-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Football|19 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Week Zero in the Rearview Mirror

Five Wide Fullbacks returns following the opening weekend of college football which saw our beloved Fighting Irish swat away the United States Naval Academy in Ireland. This week we are tackling injury reports in college football, how USC looked in their opener, new locations for an international Notre Dame game, the hypocrisy of football and [...]

By |2023-08-29T22:30:23-04:00August 30th, 2023|18S Reads|6 Comments

Navy Game Review: The Shillelagh Will Now Guide Us

The good vibes continue when Notre Dame plays Navy in Ireland. On Saturday evening in Dublin, the Fighting Irish cruised to an easy 42-3 victory over the Midshipmen in a game that was never in doubt. Notre Dame scored touchdowns on their first 5 offensive drives, never punted or turned the ball over, and immediately [...]

By |2023-08-26T22:57:55-04:00August 27th, 2023|Football|36 Comments

Navy Preview: Across the Ocean Against the New Middies

Why settle into a new football season at home against a tricky but familiar opponent when you can fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, earn less money, and make it more difficult on all the student-athletes? For the 96th time it's Notre Dame vs. Navy. Debt status = not repaid and we lace [...]

By |2023-08-24T22:02:21-04:00August 25th, 2023|Football|13 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Reminiscing About the Cig Machines

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Joe Alt (1st-team) and Benjamin Morrison (2nd-team) have been named to the AP Pre-season All-American team. Michigan is self-imposing a 3-game suspension for head coach Jim Harbaugh. USC is set to hire Washington's Jennifer Cohen as the school's next athletic director. Carson [...]

By |2023-08-23T10:59:52-04:00August 23rd, 2023|18S Reads|13 Comments

The 18 Stripes 2023 Pre-Season Top 20 Poll: There’s Still a Chance

Yes, we are back in the saddle again. For me, this officially kicks off the college football season as we approach the first week of games. In a way, this is like a mini-college football season preview. This usually comes up at some point in this pre-season article or in the early weeks of the [...]

By |2023-08-20T15:50:44-04:00August 21st, 2023|18S Reads|9 Comments
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