The Weekly Rambler: Where’d Your Hair Go?

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Defensive Assistant Shuffle Continues First, linebackers coach Max Bullough went back to his alma mater Michigan State to coach their linebackers and also pick up the co-defensive coordinator tag. Next, the Irish lost defensive backs coach Mike Mickens to the [...]

By |2026-02-05T07:56:24-05:00February 5th, 2026|18S Reads|7 Comments

Lacrosse: Introducing Ryan Sforzo, Notre Dame Lacrosse Bagpiper

The wait is over, we have white smoke over Arlotta Stadium! Habemus bagpiper! After the sudden end to the 2025 season in the NCAA quarterfinals, there was considerable emotion and reflection on the conclusion of a difficult and hard-fought Notre Dame lacrosse campaign. But it also necessitated the special selection of a player right then [...]

By |2026-01-31T09:35:07-05:00January 31st, 2026|18S Reads, Lacrosse|1 Comment

Lacrosse: The Gauntlet of Doom

With the Spring 2026 lacrosse season just a month away, our Notre Dame Fighting Irish (preseason #7) are set to face arguably the hardest schedule in lacrosse (again).  Warming up the engine After late-January exhibitions against Utah and Air Force, the schedule starts with the only truly manageable part of the season. The Irish start [...]

By |2026-01-20T22:30:11-05:00January 21st, 2026|18S Reads, Lacrosse|1 Comment

The Weekly Rambler: As the Quarterback Portal Turns

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Assistant Shuffle With the loss of linebackers coach Max Bullough to Michigan State, Marcus Freeman was left with a decision to make on the coaching staff. He didn't wait long to move Al Washington from the defensive line to linebackers. [...]

By |2026-01-07T19:00:17-05:00January 7th, 2026|18S Reads|15 Comments

There is Hope

With the unfortunate news that came this morning in the CFP ranking show, our Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s season has come to a controversial end. While certainly we all have some hard feelings, and rightfully so, all is not lost. This is not an unknown feeling to the Irish community, with an almost identical situation [...]

By |2025-12-08T01:25:26-05:00December 8th, 2025|18S Reads, Football, Lacrosse|7 Comments

Nothing to Do but Wait: Stanford Instant Reaction

Today was far less about Notre Dame/Stanford than a bunch of other games with playoff implications for Notre Dame. Almost every single one went badly except for the Irish's game, an easy win that sent ND into whatever postseason it ends up in on a 10-game win streak, each of which with a 99.4% or [...]

By |2025-11-30T02:30:52-05:00November 30th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|3 Comments

One More Guaranteed: Syracuse Instant Reaction

I thought about writing up a draft of this post earlier this morning, assuming it would just be a matter of filling in some details. But then my kid wanted to watch the Knuckles series, so that went by the wayside. The Knuckles series had far more drama than Saturday's game, as Notre Dame utterly [...]

By |2025-11-22T19:36:26-05:00November 22nd, 2025|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments

Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Week 13

Hello 18S!  Quick intro: I’m Mike, and as my handle suggests, I graduated from Notre Dame undergrad in 2011, and stayed on for three more years at Notre Dame Law School.  As a tax attorney, I enjoy scenario planning and risk-adjusted thinking, and that’s what brings us to the topic of this article: what’s best [...]

By |2025-11-19T09:30:58-05:00November 19th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|4 Comments
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