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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

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
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