Last week in this series, the famous Tate leap into the Michigan State band was documented as the Irish downed the Spartans. This week, Notre Dame traveled to West Lafayette to take on a team preparing for their Super Bowl. Hope Springs Eternal? 2008 was a horrid season for Purdue, as the team went 4-8 [...]
This one felt a little different. Not a lot different, but a little. I suppose that's an easy sentiment to dismiss. The ramblings of a biased Notre Dame fan. That's alright. I'm just telling you what I felt. Notre Dame lost another close call against a presumed elite team, basically a yearly ritual for this [...]
A quick break from our 18 Stripes football content to let you know our Notre Dame alumni pro lacrosse team, Redwoods LC, is in the Premier Lacrosse League finals! The game will be broadcast live on NBC this Saturday at 2:30 pm while we are all getting ready for the Georgia game. The boys are [...]
One of the biggest question marks heading into the season was how the linebacker position would shake out. I wasn't overly concerned because 1) there's plenty of raw material to work with, and 2) I'm pretty sure Clark Lea is good at his job. But Lea still had his work cut out for him. However, [...]
Last week, the Irish were ambushed by an inferior rival in the Big House and lost their first game of 2009. Ten years ago this week, the Michigan State Spartans came to South Bend to try and extend their recent ascendance over the Irish. Nine of the Last Twelve That was the state of the [...]
In week one, Notre Dame destroyed a decent Nevada squad 35-0 in South Bend. Ten years ago this week, the Irish traveled to Ann Arbor to take on RichRod's second Michigan team. A Forcier to be reckoned with? The 2008 Michigan Wolverines were a complete disaster, finishing 3-9 and losing five games by 18 or [...]
Last week, we set the stage for the 2009 football season and the wild ride ahead for Notre Dame. This week is game week, as the Irish took on the Nevada Wolf Pack on September 5th in South Bend. Here Comes the Pistol The teaser for this game mentioned Colin Kaepernick, who might be the [...]
The 2009 Notre Dame football season marked the end of an era in South Bend. The Irish finished 6-6 on the field after a wild season which saw 10 one-possession games and their third consecutive year of 7-wins or less. Charlie Weis was fired by second-year AD Jack Swarbrick after Weis started his career by [...]
In my house, I have a box that is filled with Notre Dame memorabilia that is sentimental to me. Among those items are a College Gameday helmet from 2012, various free shirts from basketball games, and now a 33 Trucking hat. The hat reminded me about the turnaround the Irish had in 2017 and how [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse announced Ryan Wellner as the team's new defensive coordinator and director of recruiting. Wellner had been the defensive coordinator at Navy since 2011 and the assistant head coach since 2017. Prior to his term in Annapolis, he served in similar roles at Stony Brook, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the [...]
We figure most Notre Dame fans are like us. We intensely follow our Irish student-athletes while they are in college, only to see them scattered across the pro leagues when they graduate. We support them as pros as best as we can, but it's hard to keep up when are on so many different teams. [...]
The Minister of Defense, Notre Dame Lacrosse Defensive Coordinator Gerry Byrne, will be taking the head coach position at Harvard. While this is a huge loss to the Notre Dame team, there is no assistant coach in lacrosse who has more earned a head coaching opportunity, and we wish him the best of success in [...]
By the laws of nature some sports uniforms have to be overrated. In order to qualify, a set of uniforms needs to be at least well regarded and respected in each of its sport. If we have sartorial disagreements today it might be on whether these uniforms are well liked by most of the public. [...]
The playoff run of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse team ended last weekend in an overtime loss to Duke, 13-14. It was a tough way for the boys to go out. The Scoring and the Data Ryder Garnsey led Irish scorers with 4 goals and 2 assists. Brian Willets had a hat trick to [...]
#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse won with authority over Johns Hopkins, 16-9, on a rainy evening at Arlotta. The Irish move on to play #2 Duke in the NCAA quarterfinal on Saturday at 2:30, at Shuart Stadium on Long Island, ESPNU. The Scoring and the Data Mo Mirer led the boys with 4 outstanding [...]
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