Yes folks, as unlikely as it has seemed at various points this year, we're now just four days away from honest-to-god Notre Dame football. We're once again asking you, our beloved readers, for your opinions, projections, joy, saltiness, etc. for the upcoming season. We know the timeline is a bit tight this year, but hey [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes Hall of Fame Series. A reminder that you can easily see every entry of the series here. Today we finish our first half of the decade (and final entry until next offseason) and the Charlie Weis era. Our potential entrant to the HOF, who could easily be praised as one [...]
Welcome back to the Hall of Fame Series here on 18Stripes. If you want to read the prior posts to get a better understand you can go here. Apologies for the delay between posts, moving and pandemics are no easy task. Today, we pivot away from the Ty Willingham era (slightly) and dive into the [...]
On Wednesday, March 22, 1989 I experienced one of the coolest moments of my childhood. As a 7-year old I was lined up on rubber mats in the bowels of Buffalo Memorial Auditorium dressed in full hockey gear with a group of other teammates and players in our Northern Chautauqua County Youth Hockey Association league. [...]
The new 2020 schedule is out. The ACC announced this morning the dates for its truncated slate, Notre Dame included. Time to Rally! ☘️ First up? #BeatDuke #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/WKefvHUy0u — Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) August 6, 2020 The three big takeaways from a schedule we mostly already knew: No Navy We already knew Notre Dame's [...]
Premier Lacrosse League's Redwoods LC are set to open the 2020 PLL Championship Series this Saturday with a rematch of the 2019 season finale against the Whipsnakes (4:00 pm, NBC). We're getting a year's worth of lacrosse compressed into two weeks, so we won't even pretend to be unbiased. #RollWoods. The 2020 PLL Championship Series [...]
The final tier is here. There are a ton of great memories left on this list, but which game will be #1? The previous tiers are below. A Win is a Win (Tier Five) Oh, I remember that One (Tier Four) I’m glad I made Time for That (Tier Three) Fond Memories (Tier Two) Remember [...]
Retiring jerseys in sports is an extremely funny thing. Some teams are quite stingy while other teams love handing out the honor like cheap candy. Some sports like football have to remain calm so they have enough numerals for a full roster while other sports like baseball tend to go all out. For that reason [...]
This list is now well inside the top-25. The previous tiers are below if you'd like a refresher. A Win is a Win (Tier Five) Oh, I remember that One (Tier Four) I'm glad I made Time for That (Tier Three) Remember that the formula for this is [(Excitement at the time + Quality of [...]
One of the things about being obsessed with uniforms is this attention to detail extends to a million different aspects to watching a sport on television or in person. A lot has changed since I was a kid, but it seems even more has changed in sports over the past 10 to 15 years. I [...]
Now we're finally getting somewhere! Some of these games had serious legacy ramifications for the Brian Kelly era and Notre Dame football as a whole. Part One and the bottom tier can be found here, while Part Two is here. Remember that the formula for this is [(Excitement at the time + Quality of Opponent) [...]
It's candy time. It's time to indulge our sweet tooth and discuss the best, worst, and most underrated sugar sweets this country has to offer. It's a daunting task with seemingly endless options for praise and ridicule. To keep things relatively tight I limited myself mostly to candy bars and hard or soft candy that [...]
This is the next tier of wins for Brian Kelly at Notre Dame, where the competition is a little stiffer and the product on the field a little better. Remember that the formula for this is [(Excitement at the time + Quality of Opponent) * Legacy]. All of these factors are graded on a scale [...]
I'm positive someone at Notre Dame pitched an idea for paNDemic and made up a really snazzy graphic for it. Show it to the world. Should Jeopardy! come on before Wheel of Fortune? I think I prefer Jeopardy! to have the 7:30 time slot but I can never decide. The COVID-19 outbreak and its lasting [...]
With the end of the 2019 football season, Notre Dame football wrapped up its tenth season under Brian Kelly's stewardship. Since 2010, Kelly has amassed a 92-37 record and a unique legacy with the Irish, being among the most successful coaches in ND football history yet still looking for the elusive national championship. This series [...]
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