When I was a kid, Notre Dame pretty much sucked. I turned 11 during Bob Davie's first season, also the first season for me back in Indiana after over six years in South Carolina. So I was well into adulthood before I witnessed a truly very good Notre Dame football team, and well into my [...]
We are back inside Notre Dame Stadium this weekend for a night game against Michigan State. Wait, a night game? Unbelievably yes, we are being subjected to a week 3 night game against a Big Ten team that hasn't had a winning record over the past 4 seasons. Well then, surely it's expected to be [...]
Week 2 is behind us and with the losses by Oregon and Ohio State the top of the rankings has opened up a little bit. Coming into this weekend the out of conference games take a back seat and league games are in the spotlight. We are very quickly moving into the thick of the [...]
The state of Oklahoma giveth and the the state of Oklahoma taketh away. The downtrodden boys from Stillwater gave us the biggest upset of the season so far and yet the Sooners vomited away a win at Michigan to fall out of our rankings. Elsewhere, Ohio State coughs up an opportunity to win at Texas [...]
It's one of Notre Dame nation's favorite words when delivered by Marcus Freeman: Violence. And the second I heard it come out of his mouth in the pregame interview today, all concerns about Rice being the next horror story chapter in the "second game of a Marcus Freeman season" book basically went out the window. [...]
It feels good. It feels real nice to be back in the swing of college football picks and setting up a weekend for television viewing. As I mentioned in this week's Top 20 rankings, I feel like Week 1 overdelivered after a slow start to the proceedings. Now, we have some good games in Week [...]
Film Room: Impound it - Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay Mike Denbrock and Notre Dame sought to establish the run versus Wisconsin in their opening game in the 2026 season. Wisconsin, early in the game, consistently gave the Irish favorable box numbers (even number of blockers versus defenders), yet the Irish were unable [...]
The first full weekend of college football wasn't supposed to bring us a whole lot in terms of compelling matchups, but damn it this sports keeps delivering us enough juice and we got our money's worth after week one. I mean, I come out of every weekend hating Michigan more than any other team and [...]
Notre Dame opened up the 2026 season with a neutral site home game in Green Bay accompanied by the motto "Leave No Doubt" carried around the program. During an uninspired and seemingly conservative first half, doubt looked very much on the table. Nursing a small halftime lead, the Irish came out with a commanding 3rd [...]
We've finally made it. After an excruciatingly long break of 282 days, the Fighting Irish step onto the football field this weekend to kick start the 2026 season. It's going to feel weird for sure. It's a home game, played on Sunday night, inside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and it's a Shamrock Series event. [...]
Let's get this bread! While the end of August doesn't come until next Monday we have Week 0 creeping up on us as the 2026 college football season begins THIS Saturday. However, don't get too excited just yet. The opening weekend is pretty light and we won't get a ton of compelling matchups until later [...]
The momentum from the run to the National Championship to conclude the 2024 season felt like it could continue for 2025 if Notre Dame football could get over a few early hurdles. Instead, the Irish paid dearly for those early stumbles and were blocked out of last year's playoffs. Now, the team picks itself up [...]
I posted this article in the third week of August last year but unlike 2025, we still have 20 days until Notre Dame kicks off the new season against Wisconsin inside Lambeau Field. That's also a Sunday night kickoff once again for the Irish, don't forget to plan your week 1 festivities accordingly. Anyway, we've [...]
I recently unleashed my pre-season Top 20 rankings for 2026 so you can imagine how today's playoff prediction is going to play out. There may be a fun surprise at the end, see below for more good vibes. #LeaveNoDoubt This is year 13 of college football using a playoff to determine a champion, and the [...]
Hey 18 Stripes readers it’s been a while! Hope everyone is doing well. Things are good up here in Canada, I am currently enjoying the 10 days of summer we get annually in the Great White North, so really can’t complain. As we all know, there is a lot of excitement heading into the 2026 [...]
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