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The Best High School Football Uniforms: #18-16

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our fourth installment. Last week, we looked at a California school with a rich history, a fiery school from Arizona, and one of the strongest schools from Dallas. Our Countdown So Far: #27 Vanden HS, California #26 McKay HS, Oregon [...]

By |2022-06-14T19:24:48-04:00June 15th, 2022|18S Reads|6 Comments

College Football Recruiting Down Cycles: QB, RB, & WR

We have no choice but to put a lot of stock into the recruiting rankings from various sites. Well, maybe not ESPN these days. However, the 247 Composite is something, at least on a national level, you have to more or less trust is going to correctly identify the best players in the country, especially [...]

By |2022-06-13T08:17:51-04:00June 13th, 2022|Recruiting|2 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: They Did Jerry West So Dirty

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame recently changed the lyrics to the Victory March to include and recognize it's female students. The song now officially says, "While her loyal sons and daughters march on to victory." Tough news in the NFL as Kyren Williams broke his [...]

By |2022-06-09T22:09:39-04:00June 10th, 2022|18S Reads|25 Comments

The Best High School Football Uniforms: #21-19

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our third installment. Last week, we looked at an orange school without a lot of orange, a modern high school in the plains of Idaho, and the former school of this basketball guy named LeBron James. Our Countdown So Far: [...]

By |2022-06-07T21:44:14-04:00June 8th, 2022|18S Reads|19 Comments

Ranking the Highest Approval Ratings of the Brian Kelly Era at Notre Dame

Let's remember some of the good times. Around half of a year has passed since Brian Kelly left a recruiting visit on the west coast and was soon hired by Louisiana State University. He leaves behind a legacy in South Bend that is complicated, let's agree on that. However, in the grand scheme there were [...]

By |2022-06-05T22:01:44-04:00June 6th, 2022|Football|56 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Was Chess Cool This Whole Time?

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame lost Sedrick Irvin and then quickly added a new running back for the 2023 class as Washington state speedster Jayden Limar (0.9062) committed late last week. After just turning 29 years old, former Notre Dame star defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt [...]

By |2022-06-02T09:38:49-04:00June 2nd, 2022|18S Reads|24 Comments

The Best High School Football Uniforms: #24-22

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our second installment. Last week, we witnessed some cool Vikings, tartan pattern from an Oregon school, and a posh suburban Las Vegas school make the list. What will be in store this week? Our Countdown So Far: #27 Vanden HS, [...]

By |2022-05-31T10:07:29-04:00May 31st, 2022|18S Reads|4 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 13: When a 5-Star Shouldn’t Be a 5-Star

I'm a big believer in athletes not being subjected to too much criticism over hype because most of the time that hype is generated by others who have different skin in the game and are mostly looking for a buck at some point along the way. However, sometimes things get so ridiculous that we have [...]

By |2022-05-29T22:40:59-04:00May 30th, 2022|Football|2 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Tower is Too Damn Big

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News There's a global helium shortage which means Nebraska has cancelled their tradition of releasing balloons after scoring their first home touchdown of the season this fall. Or, should we say if they score? Got 'em. A report shows that Dwayne Haskins' blood-alcohol [...]

By |2022-05-26T14:30:52-04:00May 26th, 2022|18S Reads|26 Comments

The 2022 Notre Dame Football Pro Scouting Annual: Defense

We are debuting a scouting report for Notre Dame's NFL prospects with a few twists. In case you missed it, the annual for the offense was published recently and you can read it HERE. We'll keep the notes that explain our process for this defensive report: *Some players, especially upperclassmen, won't be featured in the [...]

By |2022-05-23T12:01:45-04:00May 23rd, 2022|Football|1 Comment

Five Wide Fullbacks: Roster Talk for the Long Summer

The return of Five Wide Fullbacks is looking forward to the summer. With spring football behind us we're discussing some of the hotter topics on the Notre Dame football roster. Today we'll wonder which position needs developmental depth now, a position not out of the weeds yet, talk of Patterson to guard again, where the [...]

By |2022-05-17T13:41:02-04:00May 17th, 2022|18S Reads|4 Comments

The 2022 Notre Dame Football Pro Scouting Annual: Offense

As soon as the NFL Draft is complete it's common to look forward and think about who could be selected the following year and in which round. Instead of an article looking at only the handful of Fighting Irish hoping to be picked in 2023 I thought why not create an annual that we'll update [...]

By |2022-05-16T08:41:39-04:00May 16th, 2022|Football|14 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: So Much Time and So Little to Do

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The D-I Board of Directors has issues new guidance on NIL. Now, the country awaits investigation and enforcement. According to reports, Tom Brady will be joining the Fox Sports broadcast team for 10 years at $375 million once he retires from football. [...]

By |2022-05-12T22:14:21-04:00May 12th, 2022|18S Reads|18 Comments
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