The win probability matrices are back! I'm sure you were all devastated at the thought that we might not have them this year... I didn't have time this year to do a preseason post or a Week 1 post, but I do now and I'll try to keep these coming every week. SP+ can be [...]
In the modern world of sports it has become a lot more common place for an athlete to develop his or her own personal logo. Things in this area of sports-business started to explode in the 1990's and they have gone to an entirely new level over the past 20 years. Today, nearly all of [...]
The Irish labored to put away Duke in the season opener, struggling to find a consistent offensive rhythm and letting up some uncharacteristic explosive plays on defense early. It was reminiscent of last season's unsatisfying opener, with similar advanced stats - a decent win that felt closer than it needed to be and raising questions [...]
Welcome to the Duke Gameday Chat! A few years back we switched to Slack, a very popular chat and collaboration tool, for our gameday chat. Slack boasts much better functionality and ease of use, and it also works waaaay better on mobile devices. Reminder (or intro, if you’re new to it) on the ground rules: Real [...]
As we've continued to rack up markers on the chaotic demon bingo board that has been 2020, college football sometimes felt like an impossible dream. Yet here we stand, on the eve of a season destined to be odd but also an honest-to-God season. Stadiums will operate at 20% capacity. Tailgating is verboten at most [...]
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 [...]
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