Fighting Irish football won't be back on the field for nearly 2 weeks. Before they went into this godforsaken long break the media was able to witness one practice only in shells. In such situations very little can be learned from one isolated practice but here at 18 Stripes we make it our goal to [...]
A quick reminder that spring practice begins tomorrow (briefly!) before taking a long break. You can see the full spring practice schedule at the bottom of this post. If you missed our preview for spring practice on the offense you can check that out HERE. Today, we take a look at Clark Lea's 3rd edition [...]
Spring practice begins this Thursday and plenty of questions remain for an offense bringing back a ton of experience at quarterback and offensive line but dealing with injuries with the latter position. Will Notre Dame be able to use these 15 workouts to establish an identity and pecking order for the rest of the roster, [...]
So far in this series we've detailed the pro prospects for Notre Dame's slot receiver, Buck linebacker, and starting tight end. Up next, a blazing fast cornerback coming off a slightly disappointing senior season but going into workout season with a quickly improving stock. SPECS Name: Troy Pride Position: CB Height: 5-11 1/2 Weight: 194 [...]
Cole Kmet is looking to become the seventh Notre Dame tight end selected in the NFL Draft during the Brian Kelly era. Barring something absolutely shocking he is expected to go extremely high in this spring's process. But, exactly how high can he go? SPECS Name: Cole Kmet Position: TE Height: 6-5 6/8 (from the [...]
Once upon a time, professional linebackers coming out of South Bend yielded zero results in a dry spell that lasted far too long at Notre Dame. Beginning with the high-profile recruitment of Manti Te'o things started to turn around for the Irish at this position and now another veteran exiting campus is looking for some [...]
Buckle up because we have a lot of players to get through today. While the Irish saw instant impact freshman All-American play from safety Kyle Hamilton and a steady, solid presence from defensive tackle Jacob Lacey, the rest of the large defensive class took a redshirt. Let's not waste time with any further introductions. 247 [...]
Notre Dame has a wide selection of NFL prospects this year from veteran 5th year players, a surprise or two who developed tremendously in their final season, plus an early entry at the traditional strong tight end position for the Irish. Up first in our NFL scouting reports is a darting slot receiver from Ohio. [...]
The Super Bowl halftime show is often highly praised or panned, we rarely seem to get mediocre results in America's most famous musical show of the year. I was recently looking back through the past performers and realized I'm uniquely positioned to comment on the history of these events due to my age. For the [...]
2019 was an amazing year for Notre Dame true freshmen in one respect, not a single player on offense lost a year of eligibility. True, it was a very small class on that side of the ball to begin with but it's an interesting footnote to the early part of these players' careers. The best [...]
The dust has finally settled and FBS college football has welcomed 22 new head coaches to their respective programs, a turnover rate of 16.9% nationally. Every conference except the MAC welcomes at least one new coach, while the FBS Independents also hold steady with their 7 current leaders. There are 13 head coaches who have [...]
Friday night news broke that is never good news. Incoming freshman 2020 corner prospect Landen Bartleson was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief, and receiving stolen property valued at $10,000 or more after breaking into a store to steal guns. After an initial comment about waiting to gather facts, less than 24 [...]
Are you ready for some football? Well, you'll have to wait a little while longer for the college football variety. That doesn't mean we can't look ahead to the 2020 national schedule and some of the top non-league games lurking in the distance. Full disclosure, there might be a couple games listed that are reaches [...]
YouTube was created a few months after Charlie Weis was hired at Notre Dame and the first video uploaded to the site came in late April 2005. So, it's been around a while but in the grand scheme really not that long. Every once and a while I'll take a look at Notre Dame football [...]
Six years after a college career that saw him throw for over 7,000 yards in a golden helmet former Irish quarterback Tommy Rees has been named Notre Dame's new offensive coordinator at the fresh age of 27 years old. Rees will continue to be the quarterbacks coach--a position he has held since 2017--while running backs [...]
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