The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Colorado is Must-Watch Television

A long Labor Day weekend stretched the first full week of games out and gave us plenty to talk about now that college football is officially back. Crazy how we are just days away from Notre Dame's third game and we are now finally getting a new-look to the 18S Top 20 Poll. And, we [...]

By |2023-09-05T19:59:12-04:00September 5th, 2023|Football|21 Comments

Tennessee State Game Review: A Three Quarterback Kind of Day

Notre Dame lined up against a FCS team on Saturday in South Bend and the results were predictable. After an initial tussle of back and forth play, the Irish exploded for a copious amount of points and spent most of the 2nd half emptying the bench against Tennessee State. I have a Sunday trip to [...]

By |2023-09-03T07:29:57-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Football|19 Comments

The Little Things: Tennessee State Instant Reaction

You obviously learn nothing of significance out of games like Saturday's 56-3 win over Tennessee State. The opponent is simply not good enough to make major qualitative judgments about your own team in such contests. Knowing that, I was looking for little things. Here are a few that stood out. Sam Hartman again We don't [...]

By |2023-09-02T19:17:22-04:00September 2nd, 2023|18S Reads, Football|6 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Navy

Professional. Efficient. Clean. The opening test of the season wasn't an especially tough one, but Notre Dame still studied and passed with flying colors in a dominant win over Navy in Dublin. Sam Hartman led an near-perfect offensive attack that operated with extreme efficiency and distributed touches fairly evenly among the veteran and new faces [...]

By |2023-08-28T19:53:31-04:00August 29th, 2023|Football|12 Comments

18S Film Room: Irish’s Misdirection Play: Counter

The most prominent running play against the Midshipmen was, in my opinion, the Counter play. Counter is a gap blocking scheme play that utilizes misdirection and masses of humanity to create often devastating holes in the defensive structure. Many of Gerad Parker’s other runs  seek to create cutback lanes for the running back by maintaining [...]

By |2023-08-28T20:44:34-04:00August 29th, 2023|18S Reads, Film Room, Football|4 Comments

18S Mid Major Top Ten: Now I Become Realignment, Destroyer of Group of 5

So, that was an interesting offseason huh?  Even before the seeming dissolution of the Pac-Whatever as a power conference, I was thinking during this spring and summer about how to approach this column going into 2023. Based on seeing the title, you can see I decided to change the title from Group of 5 to [...]

By |2023-08-28T09:46:14-04:00August 28th, 2023|18S Reads, Football|1 Comment

Navy Game Review: The Shillelagh Will Now Guide Us

The good vibes continue when Notre Dame plays Navy in Ireland. On Saturday evening in Dublin, the Fighting Irish cruised to an easy 42-3 victory over the Midshipmen in a game that was never in doubt. Notre Dame scored touchdowns on their first 5 offensive drives, never punted or turned the ball over, and immediately [...]

By |2023-08-26T22:57:55-04:00August 27th, 2023|Football|36 Comments

Navy Preview: Across the Ocean Against the New Middies

Why settle into a new football season at home against a tricky but familiar opponent when you can fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, earn less money, and make it more difficult on all the student-athletes? For the 96th time it's Notre Dame vs. Navy. Debt status = not repaid and we lace [...]

By |2023-08-24T22:02:21-04:00August 25th, 2023|Football|13 Comments

The 2023 Notre Dame Football Depth Chart Breakdown

The official depth chart should be coming out soon as the 2023 Notre Dame football season begins soon and the Irish make preparations for an overseas battle against Navy. Today, we will take a look at the expected depth chart as well as other areas of focus and intrigue throughout the roster. As usual, it's [...]

By |2023-08-14T21:49:02-04:00August 15th, 2023|Football|36 Comments

A Study of Modern College Football Network Themes

In less than two weeks, we will be watching real-life college football again. A while ago, I asked our writer's room about their favorite college football theme songs which immediately set off a wave of nostalgia. Since we are fast approaching the season, I thought it would be a fun exercise to look back on [...]

By |2023-08-14T11:19:25-04:00August 14th, 2023|18S Reads, Football|15 Comments
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