It turns out, Brennan Armstrong was not healthy enough to play quarterback for Virginia and right from the outset the Cavaliers faced an immense uphill battle to stay competitive with their talisman signal-caller injured. The Irish strung together a few nice touchdown drives from an otherwise unmemorable offensive performance and kept the pressure on Virginia's [...]
Alabama looks shaky, Michigan State and Wake Forest can't keep their perfect seasons, Nebraska loses close again, and Cincinnati survives by the skin of their teeth in a wild Week 10 for college football. Down the home stretch we come! Let's take a look at the latest Top 20 poll from 18 Stripes. 18 Stripes [...]
The year is 2026 and you've just been hired as the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame after the 18-year reign of Jack Swarbrick came to an end. You're nervous. The athletics scene on campus is setting a high bar with a National Championship under head coach Tommy Rees and the No. [...]
Notre Dame beat Navy again. For the 80th time in history the Fighting Irish ended up victorious over the Midshipmen. It's not a measuring stick game, just something to endure, suffer, and get over with as healthy as possible. For the most part, it was a pleasant enough afternoon although a non-contact knee injury to [...]
Notre Dame's 2023 recruiting class added its 6th member and second 5-star of the cycle on Wednesday night as linebacker Drayk Bowen out of Andrean High School (2015 recruit Josh Barajas' school) in Merrillville, Indiana gave his verbal pledge to the Fighting Irish. He was offered by Notre Dame on February 12th of this year [...]
What a great weekend to watch Notre Dame topple North Carolina once again but as an appetizer witness Michigan coughing up a very winnable game to Michigan State. These are the moments on earth when you feel truly alive. We're getting closer to the end of the season and right now it's looking like about [...]
Welcome back to the latest edition of America's favorite question and answer segment from 18 Stripes. Today, we'll tackle the sudden coaching vacancy at TCU, the Heisman race, how the initial playoff rankings will be handled, plus a look at a pair of forlorn head coaches at major programs. 1) The Heisman race is heating [...]
It was a very quick first half and a bit of a slow start for both Notre Dame and North Carolina on Saturday evening in South Bend before the offenses finally started piling up the points later in the game. That, and both defenses struggled mightily to contain their opponents. The over/under was 62.5 and [...]
Back-to-back night games inside Notre Dame Stadium is on the menu as the pre-season No. 10 North Carolina Tar Heels come to South Bend licking their wounds with 3 losses inside ACC play while they've fallen off the national radar already by early October. It's been an extremely up and down rebuilding project for the [...]
Several programs suffered varying degrees of scares this week including Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Oregon from our current top 5 rankings. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Penn State who crashes out of our rankings following a humiliating 9 overtime defeat, at home, to Illinois. Let's take a look at the latest Top 20 [...]
Everyone likes a good road trip. In college football terms it's even better when there's a fun opponent included, nice stadium, welcoming fans, and either a charming campus or lively surrounding neighborhood/town/city. As the OG road warriors, Notre Dame football has been to a lot of places. Some good ones coming up in future schedules [...]
That's 4 wins in a row over USC, as well as the 4th straight home win over the Trojans. Life is good this week. A whole bunch of recruits were in attendance to watch a festive atmosphere in a night game against Notre Dame's main rival. There were some ups and downs, including a late [...]
Last week we went into the action with 13 total undefeated teams and 8 unbeatens among the Power 5 conferences. Heading into week 8 those ranks have been chopped down to 11 undefeated programs as Iowa and Kentucky both fell. That leaves the following unblemished teams from the Power 5: Georgia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan, [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks returns coming off the bye week and ready for some more Fighting Irish football. But first, we tackle a preview of the NFL Draft, assistant coaching grades, the quarterback controversy, impressive true freshmen, and the desire to coach in Los Angeles or LA the state. 1) The NFL Draft is just over [...]
We are down to 13 undefeated teams in college football and only 8 from the Power 5 conferences. The biggest news from week 6 was the toppling of Alabama at the hands of Texas A&M. On the bright side, this prevents an unwanted scenario where the Tide and Georgia face off in the SEC Championship [...]
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