Well, Notre Dame ended up covering last week. By many times over. The rest of the week's picks from 18 Stripes, let's just say it wasn't one to look back on fondly. Hopefully we can get back on track in week 4. 2024 Betting Record ATS: 13-13-0 SU: 20-6-0 I did say last week was [...]

Only one team dropped out of our poll this week, although the nation's number one team found itself in a dog (dawg) fight on the road in Lexington which nearly sent a shockwave through the SEC. We've got some bangers coming up on the schedule this weekend and it'll have to wait another week for [...]

Purdue fans piled into Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday afternoon feeling confident in an upset over a reeling Notre Dame program. It didn't take long for their disappointment to be immeasurable as the Fighting Irish didn't just bounce back they turbo-jumped into the largest win by scoring margin in rivalry history. Let's review Notre Dame's 2nd [...]

Back to Purdue we go. The Fighting Irish pack up the equipment trucks, load up the team buses, and head down south to West Lafayette for game 3 of the 2024 season. This was supposed to be a focused road trip but not a game with much interest, unless you're really into the Shillelagh Trophy, [...]

Does your appetite for watching the rest of the country plummet when Notre Dame suffers a catastrophic loss, especially early in the season? You may not be alone! The good thing for anyone experiencing such issues is that week 3 is a great opportunity to take break and find something else to do on Saturday. [...]

We got craziness in week 2 of college football, unfortunately the chaos planted itself in South Bend and infected everything about Notre Dame's program. Goodbye playoff talk. Goodbye to the top 20 poll. What do the bowl options look like even if the Irish could somehow rebound to 11-1? I shudder to think! Here's the [...]

Not even the most pessimistic fan had this week 2 matchup against Northern Illinois as the game to blow up Notre Dame's season. An obvious let down game and sleepy home opener after the hyped matchup at Texas A&M? That made all the sense in the world. But to lose a game like this in [...]

One (full) week down on the season. The biggest upset so far came back in Week 0 in Ireland (although that's since been a little watered down LOL FSU) while Week 1 was a pretty quiet affair across the nation. Technically, the Fighting Irish sprung an upset but that wasn't very shocking to many folks. [...]

For most of the country it was a quiet beginning to the 2024 college football season. Folks in Gainesville, College Station, Clemson, Tallahassee, and Baton Rouge are the exception. For the bulk of the teams in the rankings there wasn't a whole lot going on as they opened their accounts for another year. So, this [...]

Notre Dame traveled to SEC-land in College Station to open up the 2024 season as 3-point underdogs and came away with what has continually been described nationally as a 'rugged' victory over Texas A&M. As predicted, it was a low-scoring affair that was being dragged out through the first 3 quarters until Notre Dame made [...]

Well, howdy there folks! Welcome back to another season of college football and the first 18 Stripes game preview of 2024. This is my 17th season covering the Fighting Irish and for the first time in a while, I'm ready to change things up. Today, I'll start a different layout for the game preview articles [...]

This season I'll be separating the weekly games to watch and winner picks from the 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll. Just like old times. Taking stock of the opening week(s) of college football we have a solid lineup but not a very deep one. As the mega conference continue to get larger I'm not sure [...]

By the time Notre Dame kicks off their season in College Station later this month it'll be 154 years and nearly 10 months since the first college football game was played in the United States. Some might argue otherwise, but college football is still alive and thriving heading into 2024. This season comes with plenty [...]

The official University of Notre Dame football depth chart for the 2024 season is soon to be released into the wild as the program travels down to College Station to open another year of fun. This is fun, right? In advance, 18 Stripes will give one more thorough look through the Irish roster and present [...]