The Weekly Rambler: Electronic Arts Answers Our Prayers

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News Notre Dame has announced their new safeties coach in Chris O'Leary. The former Indiana State receiver has been in coaching since 2015 and was in a graduate assistant role for the Irish over the past 3 seasons. In the best news [...]

By |2021-02-05T08:32:07-05:00February 5th, 2021|18S Reads|20 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Keeping Busy This Off-Season

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Today is the start of a new piece called The Weekly Rambler that was originally scheduled to debut many months ago when it looked like there may not be a Notre Dame football season. Luckily, we were able to experience a football season--and a [...]

By |2021-01-28T20:36:24-05:00January 28th, 2021|18S Reads|33 Comments

Notre Dame Hires Marcus Freeman as DC, and Brian Kelly Sends a Message

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly sent a shot across the bow of college football Friday evening when the school announced the hiring of former Cincinnati defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman as Clark Lea's replacement at the same position. Please welcome Bob Hinton Defensive Coordinator/LB coach, @Marcus_Freeman1. ☘️ 📰 https://t.co/ZMIEQvRhun#GoIrish x #Rally pic.twitter.com/Ovy89FyBBb — Notre Dame [...]

By |2021-01-08T23:24:54-05:00January 8th, 2021|18S Reads, Football|12 Comments

18S G5 Top 10: R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find Out What It Means to the CFP

"The Committee has great respect for Cincinnati." — RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 20, 2020 I think we can all agree that the “respect” shown towards Cincinnati is a transparent attempt to try and appease the college football fans (and certain media members) from thinking that Cincinnati had a chance to crack that top 4. He can [...]

By |2020-12-21T20:00:02-05:00December 21st, 2020|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments

Missed Opportunities: ACC Championship Game Instant Reaction

When it comes down to it, Saturday's 34-10 loss to Clemson will mark a missed opportunity for Notre Dame. A missed opportunity to shove it in the face of anyone who talked about conference affiliation like it actually matters. A missed opportunity to put to bed any talk of an asterisk from the Nov. 7 [...]

By |2020-12-19T19:27:45-05:00December 19th, 2020|18S Reads|15 Comments

2021 Recruiting: QB Ron Powlus III Commits to Notre Dame

The first big surprise of the early signing period (for Notre Dame anyway) occurred on Wednesday morning when it was announced that local legacy Ron Powlus III had signed his NLI with Notre Dame. The 6'3"/225-pounder out of Granger, Indiana joins a Notre Dame class that is currently ranked 9th in the country. The Penn [...]

By |2020-12-16T19:05:40-05:00December 16th, 2020|18S Reads, Recruiting|27 Comments

18S G5 Top 10: The Feed Is Out on the Field

Earlier this week, Disney owned the social media world with their Investor Day, which had some additions to ESPN+ (which is owned by Disney through ABC). I find it ironic then, that the most notable moment on the ESPN+ platform after this investors call was the iconic finish between Ball State and Western Michigan. ESPN+ [...]

By |2021-01-03T18:36:24-05:00December 14th, 2020|18S Reads|1 Comment

2022 Recruiting: OT Ty Chan Commits to Notre Dame

Jeff Quinn continued his strong start to Notre Dame's 2022 offensive line haul on Thursday when offensive tackle Ty Chan gave his verbal commitment to the Fighting Irish. The 6'6"/275-pounder out of Massachusetts is the 2nd 4-star offensive lineman to join Notre Dame's class of 2022, and the 4th commit overall in a class that [...]

By |2020-12-10T22:24:03-05:00December 10th, 2020|18S Reads|12 Comments

2021 Recruiting: DE Devin Aupiu Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame football received its 24th commit in the 2021 class on Wednesday when defensive end Devin Aupiu verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'5"/220-pounder out of California had previously been committed to Chip Kelly and the UCLA Bruins since April, but a Notre Dame offer from the superior Kelly in late November would [...]

By |2020-12-10T22:30:17-05:00December 10th, 2020|18S Reads, Recruiting|1 Comment

Notre Dame is Not Joining the ACC in Football

It's been a pretty standard drumbeat ever since the announcement came down in July that for one season, Notre Dame football would play a conference schedule, in the ACC. It might get a little louder over the next week-plus, as we lead up to the ACC title game between the Irish and Clemson. "Will they [...]

By |2020-12-08T11:40:12-05:00December 8th, 2020|18S Reads, Football|30 Comments
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