We here at 18 Stripes got a lovely little gift in our mailbox the other day from our friends at the South Bend Tribune, as they sent an advance copy of the 2016 NDInsider football preseason magazine for us to review. If you want to order your own copy, you can click here to do [...]
We close out our brief (right?) look at Notre Dame football's all-time roster with a trifle, an exercise in pure entertainment, a lighter course to finish off our rich history meal. It's time to have some fun sorting through the names on the Irish roster; with nearly 3,000 players to choose from, you just know [...]
Notre Dame sophomore tight end Aliz'e Jones will miss the entire season due to academic issues, coach Brian Kelly confirmed this afternoon. Jones will be allowed to practice with the team, but not play. Jones, a huge recruit in ND's 2015 class, started five games last year and caught 13 passes for 190 yards. However, [...]
If you consider yourself a hardcore Irish fan chances are you've watched this video in the past. The year is 2000 and it's the first week of October. Notre Dame is in year 4 of the Bob Davie era and is a mere 15 months away from hiring, then firing, George O'Leary before settling on [...]
Welcome to part two of my preview of the Texas Longhorns offense. You can check out part one here. After taking a high-level view of new Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert’s offense at Tulsa, today we’ll dig into the actual x’s and o’s. First, let’s get one thing out the way. If you are as [...]
We talked about most of the Midwest, the Northeast, and the South already, starting in Indianapolis and working our way around clockwise to Memphis. As we continue with our review of the most notable Notre Dame players from big cities, we'll polish off the South, move to the Great Plains, and continue through the Southwest and West [...]
It was a plan that was hatched after a few drinks at a get together of family and friends shortly after Christmas 2014. You know the type of plan I’m talking about. Everyone is feeling pretty good and together they come up with an idea that seems brilliant. Of course in the light of the [...]
The fall of Demetrius Jackson on draft night to the middle of the second round was simply a nightmare to watch unfold. He is the most purely talented player the Irish have had since Troy Murphy and was projected to easily be a first-rounder BEFORE a terrific combine circuit that saw him impress in interviews [...]
The NBA Summer League features a combination of exciting young talent with fringe players trying to work their way onto the end of an NBA bench. While the quality of play tends to leave something to be desired, it can be an intriguing spectacle for college hoops fans to catch up on some of their favorite [...]
For the stretch run of this stroll through Notre Dame’s historical roster, we have a name theme – we’ll look at the biggest names to come out of the biggest cities in the next couple of posts, and then in the final installment we’ll look at Notre Dame’s all-time all-name team. Both lists are as [...]
In part 1 of our first 18Stripes basketball roundtable, we looked at the rising seniors and juniors. In this part, we try to break out our crystal ball and project performance for the younger end of Mike Brey's roster. The sophomore class of Rex Pflueger, Matt Ryan, and Elijah Burns had very different freshmen experiences. [...]
While the program has always pulled athletes from all around the country, the proportions by state have shifted over the years; they have never shifted as much, though, as they have since 1993. From the dawn of the program to the end of the first World War, the roster had a heavily Midwest flavor - [...]
We move on in our advanced stats look-ahead to the 2016 season. Next up, the second most important factor that leads to wins - efficiency. Background: For those unfamiliar, most numbers included come from Bill Connelly's S&P+ and Brian Fremeau's FEI statistics - glossary of S&P+ terms here, and more efficiency stats at bcftoys.com. As [...]
Welcome to 18 Stripes, the independent voice for Notre Dame sports. Some of you may know me while others may not. My name is Eric Murtaugh and I was the manager for the Notre Dame site on the SB Nation network before creating this new website. This is the official launch day for this new [...]
Welcome to an upload from the magical year of 1999. We're all scared of Y2K and on the campus of Notre Dame folks are 3 years into a post-Lou Holtz era with healthy worries about varsity football overflowing dinner conversations. None of those worries can penetrate the long tradition of Notre Dame interhall football where [...]
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