Week 14 Picks: Rivalry Week, Ready to Deliver

We've reached the final regular season week of the season. Congratulations to everyone for sticking around this long and reading 18 Stripes this season. This season is far from over! 2024 Betting Record ATS: 48-52-1 SU: 63-32-0 I am clawing myself back to .500 against the spread in 2024. This past weekend I picked up wins [...]

By |2024-11-27T10:13:46-05:00November 28th, 2024|Football|1 Comment

Advanced Stats Review: Army (+ Bonus SC Lookahead!)

When Miami (Florida edition) dropped Notre Dame from the 2024 schedule late in the process (as scheduling goes), the Irish pivoted to hosting Army. Everything after that point turned into the ideal outcomes Marcus Freeman's team, with the Black Knights entering the game undefeated and incredibly ranked #19 in the CFP rankings and Notre Dame [...]

By |2024-11-26T23:40:10-05:00November 26th, 2024|Football|5 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Alabama on the Outside Looking In

This past weekend was a tough one for several programs. Penn State was awfully close to a bad loss at Minnesota but they escaped. Elsewhere, seven teams from our 18S rankings came away with a defeat after week 13. Ouch! I'm glad it wasn't Notre Dame. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 [...]

By |2024-11-25T07:18:44-05:00November 25th, 2024|Football|0 Comments

Army Game Review: Shamrock Series Wins, It’s What We Do

Undefeated Army faced its most talented opponent of 2024 on Saturday night in Yankee Stadium and the result was a bloodbath. In all aspects (well maybe not kicking field goals) Notre Dame dominated the action from the opening whistle to secure Marcus Freeman's second straight 10-win season with the Irish. Let's recap the blowout win [...]

By |2024-11-24T12:37:07-05:00November 24th, 2024|Football|20 Comments

The Four Horsemen Are Back: Army Instant Reaction

It was yet another day where the biggest issue Notre Dame fans faced was annoyance at a garbage time touchdown by the other team, and the Irish walloped previously unbeaten Army 49-14 to move one win away from hosting a playoff game. Pretty much everything was hitting on all cylinders for the Irish, except for [...]

By |2024-11-24T00:21:20-05:00November 24th, 2024|18S Reads, Football|10 Comments

Advanced Stats Review: Virginia

Notre Dame dominated Virginia down-to-down, but officiating and startling momentum shifts on Senior Day gave this game a strange flow. Once again Al Golden's defense was dominant, forcing 5 turnovers and Cavs QB Anthony Colandrea to the bench after he accumulated -17 expected points added (total EPA) for the game. For a second straight week [...]

By |2024-11-19T14:26:18-05:00November 19th, 2024|Football|5 Comments

Virginia Game Review: It Could’ve Been Much Worse (for UVA)

Notre Dame hosted Virginia on Saturday afternoon for the final home game of the 2024 regular season and after a sleepy start put away the Cavaliers in another blowout win for the Irish. This is now 8 straight wins since the unfathomable NIU loss with Notre Dame outscoring opponents 343-85 over that timespan. Not bad! [...]

By |2024-11-17T09:18:08-05:00November 17th, 2024|Football|11 Comments

Your Flag Means Death: Virginia Instant Reaction

I don't know if I've ever seen a team ignited by a flag before, but that's what happened Saturday as an arcane rules interpretation screwed up the coolest fake punt of all time and pissed Notre Dame off enough to finish delivering a 3-touchdown second-quarter rage bomb in a 35-14 win over Virginia. First up, [...]

By |2024-11-16T19:45:29-05:00November 16th, 2024|18S Reads, Football|20 Comments

Florida State Game Review: Easy Saturday Night Work

Sometimes a spread from Vegas can't be large enough. If you watched the first half only between Notre Dame and Florida State you might have left believing it was a bit of a lackluster performance from the Irish nursing a 21-3 lead. Yet, doubling up that score would've been right near my game prediction and [...]

By |2024-11-10T10:45:42-05:00November 10th, 2024|Football|22 Comments

Florida State Game Preview: No Night Game Hype

Notre Dame's 2024 schedule didn't look overly difficult on paper during the pre-season but we discussed if Florida State could remain one of the stronger teams nationally it would help out a lot. As such, it made the most sense to have this weekend's matchup with the Seminoles as the 7:30 PM home game kickoff [...]

By |2024-11-07T11:16:39-05:00November 8th, 2024|Football|5 Comments
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