The Hall of Fame Series: Close But No Cigar

Welcome back to the summer series on Notre Dame players in the College Football Hall of Fame. For the introduction of the purpose of the series, go here. Last time we went over the truly great seasons that were not recognized by All-American teams, and therefore making them ineligible for the College Hall of Fame. [...]

By |2020-05-12T15:24:04-04:00April 24th, 2020|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments

Video Game Talk, Part 3: Some Day FIFA Will Improve Career Mode

Some day it'll happen and it will be glorious. In Part 1 of this series we discussed the now defunct NCAA Football franchise and if you've played that in the past, or it's professional counterpart Madden, you'll know game-maker EA Sports isn't in the business of knocking your socks off every year. When you look [...]

By |2020-04-13T21:28:13-04:00April 13th, 2020|18S Reads|6 Comments

Video Game Talk, Part 2: Your Favorite Weird Childhood Games

I'm what they are now calling a Late Xennial, a micro generation from Generation X. Born in 1982, I can remember playing an Atari in 1986 and a Nintendo at friend's homes around the same time before my brother got his own NES for Christmas in 1988. Our family bought an Apple IIGS in 1987 [...]

By |2020-04-05T16:19:55-04:00April 5th, 2020|18S Reads|29 Comments

Video Game Talk, Part I: NCAA Football 2002 Set the Tone for College Football Fanatics

We all have our favorite versions of our favorite video games. Like many who are reading this right now if I had to take one video game to a deserted island it would definitely be NCAA Football. But, which version was the best? Bill Walsh College Football kicked the series off in June 1993, who [...]

By |2020-03-31T09:44:09-04:00March 31st, 2020|18S Reads, Football|14 Comments

Six Years of the CFB Playoff: Ranking the Teams (8-1)

These are the top eight teams to make the playoff using the criteria I invented. If you missed the first two installment of this series, you can find 24-17 here and 16-9 here. Here is a quick reminder of the criteria set out for ranking these teams: Overall ranking is an average of SP+, FEI, [...]

By |2020-03-23T14:00:47-04:00March 23rd, 2020|18S Reads, Football|4 Comments

Six Years of the CFB Playoff: Ranking the Teams (16-9)

This is the second installment of the CFB Playoff Team rankings, you can find the first one right here. Here's a reminder of the criteria I'm using for these rankings: Overall ranking is an average of SP+, FEI, and ESPN FPI from that respective season. Same goes for the offense and defense ranking. Margin of [...]

By |2020-03-16T09:51:24-04:00March 16th, 2020|18S Reads, Football|4 Comments

Six Years of the CFB Playoff: Ranking the Teams (24-17)

The 2020-2021 season (assuming that it still happens) will mark the seventh year of the College Football Playoff. With six years of data under our belts and a national quarantine underway, now is as good a time as ever to draw some sweeping conclusions in an 18S series about what it takes to be a [...]

By |2020-03-14T16:53:37-04:00March 13th, 2020|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments
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