Lacrosse: Irish enter final playoff push with win over UNC

Over 1000 fans were in attendance to watch our Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (6-4, 3-1 ACC) suffocate the North Carolina Tar Heels (8-5, 1-4 ACC), 12-5. The Irish put together an all-around great performance led by ACC Defensive Player of the Week Arden Cohen.  The Irish travel to Syracuse for their second to [...]

By |2022-04-28T00:38:47-04:00April 28th, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|3 Comments

2024 Recruiting: DL Brandon Davis-Swain Commits to Notre Dame

We're up and running for the 2024 class. Coming off a visit for the Blue-Gold Game and an offer just over a month ago, Michigan defensive lineman Brandon Davis-Swain has committed to Notre Dame and becomes the first verbal of the 2024 cycle. After long long thinking I would like TO SAY THAT IM COMMITTED [...]

By |2022-04-23T22:50:25-04:00April 23rd, 2022|18S Reads|3 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Outkast Did Not Get Cancer and Die

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The Blue-Gold Game (no longer featuring quarterback Tyler Buchner who sprained his ankle on a stair) will be played this Saturday. Preview HERE.  The 33rd version of The Shirt will be unveiled this Friday on campus. The No. 72 overall player in [...]

By |2022-04-21T21:51:02-04:00April 21st, 2022|18S Reads|27 Comments

Lacrosse: Two road wins fuel Irish for home stretch

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (5-4, 2-1 ACC) completed a great week on the road, beating #10 Duke, 16-15, and smashing Marquette, 18-8. The Irish are heating up just in time for their final push for an NCAA bid. The Scoring Lots of great data to report from these games! Against Duke A huge [...]

By |2022-04-16T15:28:02-04:00April 16th, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|2 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Finding a Really Old & Cold Ship

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Coach Orgeron stopped by Notre Dame practice this week. He said this team would win a National Championship and who are we to dispute this knowledge? Tragic news struck recently as former Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed while crossing the [...]

By |2022-04-14T22:28:18-04:00April 15th, 2022|18S Reads|31 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Totally Understanding the 2008 Financial Crisis

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The hits keep on coming for the Irish wideouts as Joe Wilkins had foot surgery recently and is out indefinitely. The hope is that he'll return for the regular season. On Wednesday afternoon, defensive tackle Chris Smith was added as grad transfer [...]

By |2022-04-08T07:43:23-04:00April 8th, 2022|18S Reads|54 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Freaking Out About Space Again

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame held its Pro Day on campus last Friday. The school had a lot of content about the workouts that you can watch HERE. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R., Tennessee) and Corey Booker (D., New Jersey) are introducing the NCAA Accountability Act [...]

By |2022-04-01T07:53:56-04:00April 1st, 2022|18S Reads|32 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish and Orange join forces for cause

#16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (2-4) will host the #18 Syracuse Orangemen (4-4) this Saturday at 2:00 pm (ESPNU).  The teams will use this occasion to raise funds and awareness for mental health matters in honor of Notre Dame's Tommy O'Brien and Syracuse's Rob Kavovit. The Cause The game is the culminating event of [...]

By |2022-04-01T12:31:06-04:00April 1st, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Running PS2 into the Ground

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Not long after Notre Dame's first couple spring workouts news came that nose guard Aidan Keanaaina tore his ACL and is likely out for the season. Al Michaels is set to join Kirk Herbstreit for the Thursday Night Football games on Amazon. [...]

By |2022-03-25T07:54:56-04:00March 25th, 2022|18S Reads|38 Comments

What If…? DeShone Kizer Returned to Notre Dame in 2017

Follow me and ponder the question… What if? Those of you who are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will instantly recognize this question. After 12 years of slowly building up a media empire with familiar names, Marvel has unleashed the multiverse on the world. A realm filled with alternate realities has been explored by [...]

By |2022-03-24T12:43:57-04:00March 24th, 2022|18S Reads|16 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish back on track with win over Michigan

The #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-3) beat the Michigan Wolverines (7-2), 12-7, this weekend at Arlotta Stadium.  The Irish performed well to get the season back on track. The Scoring Chris Kavanagh led the goal scorers with 3 goals and an assist, while his brother Pat matched him in points with 4 assists. Eric [...]

By |2022-03-23T10:38:03-04:00March 23rd, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

What Did This Week’s NCAA Run Mean for Mike Brey and Notre Dame?

We haven't done a ton of basketball coverage here at 18 Stripes this season. For most of the year, the Irish just weren't really worth writing about; they were a decent-to-good team in what appeared to be a terrible conference, and as those teams do they ended up on the bubble for this year's NCAA [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:39:47-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads, Basketball|27 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Waiting for the Next Big Recruiting Scandal

Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks where we are answering the interesting questions of the day. In this space today we'll tackle defining the eras of college football, who is next in the playoffs, recruiting scandals, 5-star quarterbacks, and viewing practices from the sideline. 1) With the new NIL "rules" blurring the [...]

By |2022-03-20T22:22:00-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads|23 Comments
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