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The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Miami Looks Back (For Now)

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 [...]

By |2024-09-03T14:51:15-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Football|8 Comments

Texas A&M Game Review: Irish Handle Their Business

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 [...]

By |2024-09-01T11:16:13-04:00September 1st, 2024|Football|42 Comments

Texas A&M Game Preview: Sticky Situation in College Station

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 [...]

By |2024-08-27T13:30:35-04:00August 27th, 2024|Football|28 Comments

The 18 Stripes 2024 Pre-Season Top 20 Poll: There’s No Going Back Now

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 [...]

By |2024-08-18T12:30:34-04:00August 19th, 2024|Football|36 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: All Eyez on L.A.

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame debuts at no. 7 in the pre-season AP Poll. Notre Dame's "Irish Wear Green" game will be against Louisville. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah signed a 3-year contract extension worth $39 million with the Cleveland Browns. Jack Kiser was added to the pre-season [...]

By |2024-08-15T19:49:10-04:00August 15th, 2024|18S Reads|11 Comments

The 2024 Notre Dame Football Depth Chart Breakdown

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 [...]

By |2024-08-13T15:21:08-04:00August 14th, 2024|Football|21 Comments

Scholarship Update: Pump Those Numbers Up

It has been a busy, frustrating, and fruitful spring and summer for Notre Dame football recruiting. With each of these scholarship posts that we try to publish quarterly, new rules are emerging throughout college athletics. Last time around, it was news of the first signing period (affectionately referred to as the Early Early Signing Period [...]

By |2024-08-10T19:53:46-04:00August 11th, 2024|Recruiting|11 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: A New Day in Stadium Naming Rights

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame left tackle Charles Jagusah is out for 2024 after tearing his pectoral muscle. Georgia is atop the pre-season Coaches Poll with Notre Dame coming in at no. 7 nationally. The Division I Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to introduce [...]

By |2024-08-08T09:51:39-04:00August 8th, 2024|18S Reads|8 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Lock In For Fall Camp

Welcome back to the first Five Wide Fullbacks of the hot summer time. In today's edition we are talking about the injury to Gabriel Rubio, the development of Notre Dame's offensive line, a tricky 2024 opponent to watch, the brewing saga of 2025 quarterback recruit Deuce Knight, and insights from the recent Olympics version of [...]

By |2024-08-06T12:39:40-04:00August 6th, 2024|Football|23 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Effeciency of Getting Dressed

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame linebacker Kahanu Kia is out for the season with a torn ACL. Defensive lineman Gabriel Rubio fractured his foot at the opening practice of fall camp and is expected back sometime in the fall. TCU has added Dana Holgorsen and [...]

By |2024-08-01T13:44:56-04:00August 1st, 2024|18S Reads|29 Comments

The Top 10 Best Decisions in Notre Dame Football History: #1

Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #1 [...]

By |2024-07-31T07:49:34-04:00July 31st, 2024|Football|12 Comments
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