So, the football team is 12-0, which is awesome. But don’t forget that a new season has begun for the reigning national champions (writing that will never get old) – the women’s basketball team. They had a busy, celebratory offseason that included (among other things) a trip to the ESPYs, a European tour, appearances by [...]
I promised myself I wouldn't do it. One of the fun things about writing about sports is projecting and predicting. We try to extrapolate future successes and failures out of single data points. We look for the patterns and indicators of future triumphs and tragedies. I'm not actually sure why we do it. Perhaps it [...]
Despite starting their season two months later and facing a much easier schedule, the Irish basketball squad, unlike the football team, is no longer undefeated. With their loss last week to Radford and less than impressive wins over three other opponents, fans of the program are rightly concerned. One of the captains decided to transfer?!?! [...]
With the regular season starting tonight against Illinois-Chicago, here is part two of the 18 Stripes basketball season preview. In case you missed it, here's part one which focuses on individual players. Additionally, the Irish played an exhibition against Central State last week. Here's a quick recap of a somewhat sloppy affair, and a look [...]
The Irish defeated the Central State Marauders 76-54 at Purcell Pavilion on Thursday night in their only stateside exhibition. While the game was sloppy at times, especially in the first half, the contest provided a first look at a number of new faces for ND. Although the team will look different come conference play, we [...]
With the football team sitting at 8-0, you could be forgiven for not realizing that Fighting Irish Basketball is about to begin. The season kicks off with an exhibition between the Irish and Central State tonight (7:00 ET - ESPN3). Even though it's just a scrimmage against a D-II school, there's worse ways to use [...]
Let’s say you didn’t know the outcome of the 2018 Notre Dame - Navy game and I shared the following stats with you: Team A 28 first downs Team B 14 first downs Team A 56% conversion rate on 3rd and 4th down Team B 27% conversion rate on 3rd and 4th down Team A held [...]
The first half was nearly perfect, the second half decidedly not, but the result was a relatively easy 44-22 ND victory over Navy that sent the Irish to 8-0 and, at minimum, a #3 ranking on Tuesday when the committee unveils its first top 25. It looked very briefly like another annoying ND/Navy slugfest when [...]
So far, 2018 has been a bit of roller coaster ride for the Notre Dame offense. At times, they’ve looked very good and at other times, they’ve looked dreadful. Typically, when the offense isn’t producing, there is a lot of scrutiny placed on the quarterback. This has certainly been the case for Brandon Wimbush in [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve stepped into the 18 Stripes film room. I apologize for my absence over the last year; I’ve been sequestered in a top secret facility, deep in the Canadian backcountry, training grizzly and black bears to be defensive linemen. Although, I’m not at liberty to share much in the way [...]
Notre Dame lacrosse offensive coordinator Matt Karweck was announced today as the new head coach for the Colgate University Raiders. Coach Karweck had been with the Irish for six seasons, and was himself a 2006 Notre Dame alumnus. Prior to coaching for the Irish, he coached at Merrimack (Div. II) and Detroit-Mercy, and was the [...]
Major League Lacrosse is in its late season break while many of its players are representing their home countries in the FIL World Championships in Netanya, Israel. ND-Atl 2.0 gives his update on the Irish alumni in the league, who are all having a great season, and speaks with Notre Dame defensive great Eddy Glazener [...]
The latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks arrives discussing the new redshirt rules, Demetris Robertson, ESPN's take on the most underrated players, new digits for freshmen, and updates from the World Cup. 1 The NCAA continues its modern changes by creating a new redshirt rule whereby players are allowed action in any 4 games during [...]
Notre Dame landed the lucky 13th commitment in its 2019 class today when linebacker Osita Ekwonu announced for the Irish. Rumor has long held that the 6'2", 220-pound North Carolinian was a heavy Irish lean, and he finally made it official today. Ekwonu was one of Clark Lea's top targets in the class, and Lea [...]
Every 4 years the world convenes for its biggest sporting event, the FIFA World Cup. How big, you ask? An estimated 3.2 billion people watched the 2014 World Cup with 1.013 billion people tuning in for the July 13, 2014 final between Germany and Argentina. It's so big of an event we thought we'd provide [...]
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