The Tide enter the national conversation for the first time, Miami takes command in the ACC, Ohio State passes their road test, Florida drops a turd, Michigan loses again, Kentucky with an overtime winner, plus more action from week 5 in college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Texas [...]
Notre Dame has an elite defense. North Carolina's best unit is its defense. So naturally, Saturday's game went into the shootout realm for a bit before the Irish calmed things down and finished off a 37-26 win that narrowly kept their daunting double-digit win streak alive at 15 games It was a game that looked [...]
Another week, another lopsided win for Notre Dame as it pounded Purdue 49-10 for its 14th straight double-digit win. Opponent aside, this felt like the first game of the season that was pretty close to a complete performance as the Irish continue to travel the path that leads to their two top-10 opponents later in [...]
When I was a kid, Notre Dame pretty much sucked. I turned 11 during Bob Davie's first season, also the first season for me back in Indiana after over six years in South Carolina. So I was well into adulthood before I witnessed a truly very good Notre Dame football team, and well into my [...]
It's one of Notre Dame nation's favorite words when delivered by Marcus Freeman: Violence. And the second I heard it come out of his mouth in the pregame interview today, all concerns about Rice being the next horror story chapter in the "second game of a Marcus Freeman season" book basically went out the window. [...]
This time four years ago, I penned a preview of the 2022 home opener against Marshall. […]
Maybe I'm easily impressed - other than the 2006 Sugar Bowl, every other Notre Dame game I've attended was in South Bend - but Lambeau Field was a 1-of-1 to me. What a place and what a scene. My blessed wife, aiming to cushion the blow of my upcoming 40th birthday, gifted me a trip [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 ND & USC Return It's now confirmed there will be a 4-year gap in the Notre Dame-USC series after the school's announced the rivalry will return in 2030. That's far enough way that Kenny Dillingham might be coaching the Trojans [...]
After much hemming and hawing through the media, Notre Dame and USC announced a 4-year agreement Monday to play their historic rivalry game starting in 2030. The series will start at SC in 2030 and will be played in week 1 of the first two seasons of the deal before being played at some undetermined [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 SoFighting Irish As detailed HERE by Andy, Notre Dame has joined the jersey patch market and signed a deal with online banking giant SoFi for some real estate on the left chest of Fighting Irish athletic uniforms. The response has [...]
For those of you plugged-in types (and my sympathies if you are), you might have seen a Notre Dame-themed Twitter account brag after Ohio State's massive uniform-advertisement deal with Chase Bank was announced this morning that the Irish would never, repeat NEVER, stoop so low as to infect their uniforms with corporate sponsors. What happened [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Warde Off a Firing Well, a dark era in Michigan athletics history is about to close. But not quite yet. Warde Manuel, who has been athletic director at Michigan since 2016, will be stepping down at the end of the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Eligibility Lawsuit Last week, a judge in Ohio granted a preliminary injection for 24 players in men's and women's college basketball within the state to continue their careers after the "5 for 5" ruling came down from the NCAA. Now, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Eichorst is Back Notre Dame's opening opponent to the 2026 football season will be breaking in a new athletic director. Scratch that, he's not really new and will be returning to the Badgers for a second time. Shawn Eichorst is [...]
Ten years ago today we launched www.18stripes.com and I can't believe it's been that long. A decade, already? Some may know our background from the past. We had been plugging along at One Foot Down with SB Nation during the 2015 season when things turned sour. We'd been with Vox media for 6 years and [...]
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