The Weekly Rambler: Thinking About the Very Best Cereals

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman and Oklahoma State safety Thomas Harper both committed to Notre Dame as grad transfers recently. Other transfer targets WR Ardel Anthony (Oklahoma), DE Anthony Lucas (USC), DE Rondell Bothroyd (Oklahoma), and DB Jalen Catalon (Texas) have chosen [...]

By |2023-01-12T08:52:41-05:00January 12th, 2023|18S Reads|72 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: We Praise Thee, Oh Hypnotoad

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Former Pitt Panther (heavily recruited by Notre Dame) and current Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night against the Bengals. I'm sure everyone has seen the story and is watching his recovery. Here at 18S we pray he [...]

By |2023-01-04T11:22:46-05:00January 4th, 2023|18S Reads|23 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Build Me the Biggest Sports Stadium

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Western Michigan grad transfer defensive tackle Braden Fiske has chosen Florida State over Notre Dame and USC. Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman has entered the transfer portal. Now, we await his decision :) Former Texas quarterback Hudson Card has transferred to Purdue. [...]

By |2022-12-28T22:15:23-05:00December 29th, 2022|18S Reads|7 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Messi on Top of the World

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame's 2023 recruiting class came to a close on Wednesday with a 24-man haul, including decommitments from Peyton Bowen and Jayden Limar. Still we rise. The Irish have added grad transfer wide receiver Kaleb Smith from Virginia Tech. Since his namesake [...]

By |2022-12-22T21:57:32-05:00December 22nd, 2022|18S Reads|71 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Off to the Great Pirate Ship in the Sky

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Terrible news out of Starkville where Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away on Monday from complications following a heart attack. Certainly one of the most colorful characters in college football history, Leach's coaching of the Air Raid at Kentucky and [...]

By |2022-12-15T11:12:40-05:00December 15th, 2022|18S Reads|27 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Who Wants to Live in The Line?

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Irish quarterback Drew Pyne has entered the transfer portal and will not play in the Gator Bowl. Also not returning for 2023 include 2019 recruit Osita Ekwonu who bounced around from linebacker to pass rusher without playing time and 2022 corner recruit [...]

By |2022-12-08T10:57:29-05:00December 8th, 2022|18S Reads|38 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Finding Meaning in the Postseason

This was a difficult championship weekend to process. Certainly, it lacked drama and thanks to USC's loss on Friday night in Las Vegas there was basically nothing at stake for the Power 5 matchups on Saturday. The top 2 seeds took care of business anyway, even if they didn't need to, and the no. 3 [...]

By |2022-12-06T09:02:34-05:00December 6th, 2022|18S Reads|7 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: A Delayed Release

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Benjamin Morrison was named the Jim Thorpe Award Player of the Week for his 3-interception performance against Boston College. Brian Mason was not among the semifinalists named for the Broyles Award given to the top assistant in the country. The Virginia-Virginia Tech [...]

By |2022-11-24T08:48:56-05:00November 24th, 2022|18S Reads|5 Comments

18S G5 Top Ten: Crunching The Numbers This Feast Week!

Welcome back to the G5 Top Ten Poll. We had a very fun week across the leagues, setting up for some truly fun finishes in these conferences. Let’s take a look at the Top Ten before we dive into the final week of the regular season. Also Considered: James Madison, Fresno State, Toledo, Air Force, [...]

By |2022-11-20T23:43:43-05:00November 21st, 2022|18S Reads|2 Comments

A Blizzard: Boston College Instant Reaction

At one point during Saturday's 44-0 obliteration of Boston College, the NBC broadcast crew mentioned that Marcus Freeman grew almost angry when discussing ND's tendency to play down to its worst opponents. It seemed pretty clear with this performance, combined with the first half of Navy before everything went to hell, that the Irish are [...]

By |2022-11-19T18:42:50-05:00November 19th, 2022|18S Reads, Football|7 Comments

18 Stripes 2022 World Cup Preview: The Arabian Winter

The 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup kicks off this weekend after an estimated 3.57 billion people watched the 2018 tournament, including 1.12 billion people watching France winning over Croatia in the championship final. The sport comes into this weekend looking to shake off the rust from the Covid-19 pandemic but facing heavy international [...]

By |2022-11-15T12:13:26-05:00November 15th, 2022|18S Reads|2 Comments
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