Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. We hit the final weekend of the regular season. While some teams seemed to feast on the opportunity to end their seasons strong, some got their tryptophan later than usual, suffering some bad losses. Let's dive into it. Also Considered: Utah State, Air Force, Western Kentucky, Northern [...]
As expected, Notre Dame cruised to its 11th win of the season in the finale at Stanford in a game that was never seriously challenged. Into the late hours of Saturday night on the East Coast, the Irish played out the string to conclude a tough season from a personnel standpoint overcoming many obstacles and [...]
The game was almost beside the point Saturday as Notre Dame dominated Stanford 45-14 to move into the clubhouse at 11-1 in a season that against all odds will end as very much part of the College Football Playoff story. Coach Brian Kelly abandoned any pretense of being gentlemanly at the end of the game, [...]
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Of course, David Shaw has always been a villain to Notre Dame fans but as he's wrapping up his 11th season at Stanford the tide has inevitably turned on the coach as the struggles of the program have become more [...]
Notre Dame was nearly perfect in the 2021 home finale against Georgia Tech, scoring on every possession in the first half (with just one field goal) and shutting out the Yellow Jackets. The Irish continued to dominate inexperienced quarterbacks, and Jack Coan's recent run of passing efficiency hit levels Ian Book rarely matched against P5 [...]
Oh boy, is this gonna be a fun one... You may recall that we touched on some imperfections in the 28-3 suffocation of Virginia in last week's matrix update, and suggested that one shouldn't try too hard to find things to be upset about. Well, the Irish handled this week a little differently than last, [...]
Oregon and Michigan State get their doors blown off, Wake Forest is toppled by a resurgent Clemson, but that didn't stop your boy from having his best week of picks all season. I'm just gathering more information and getting better at this whole thing, right? There's no way this week's picks will flop! Before we [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. The week may have been slower than weeks past, it doesn't mean we don't have stuff to talk about. Let's dive into the action from the week that was. Also Considered: Army, Air Force, SMU, Utah St, UCF Week 12 Recap The Show Goes On We [...]
In some corners this summer Georgia Tech was thought to be a surprise team in the ACC. They tried like heck to beat Clemson earlier this year and blew out North Carolina the week after. Hey, alright now! However, most of those good vibes had been extinguished prior to this weekend's visit to Notre Dame [...]
Let's step into the Wayback Machine to revisit the waning minutes of September 25th of this year. It's a short jaunt, no need to pack a lunch... Georgia Tech had just embarrassed then-#21 North Carolina 45-22 in a prime time matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a week after very nearly knocking off then-#6 Clemson. The season-opening [...]
It was a quiet week in college football featuring a lot of teams moving up just one spot in our poll thanks to the Oklahoma loss in Waco. It was a good week for favorites overall which is always less fun for the rankings. But, fear not we should see some more chaos this weekend. [...]
A second consecutive drama-free win, despite numerous impactful personnel losses, moved the Irish to 9-1 and put them firmly on course for an 11-1 regular season record and a New Year's Six bowl bid. Our controversial position here at 18 Stripes is that this is a Good Thing, and that given that at the end [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. I have something today to dive into before we talk about the games, so let's go into the rankings for the week. Also Considered: Nevada, Liberty, UAB, Army Week 11 Recap So About The Ten Spot... So, you can probably notice that there are two teams named [...]
It turns out, Brennan Armstrong was not healthy enough to play quarterback for Virginia and right from the outset the Cavaliers faced an immense uphill battle to stay competitive with their talisman signal-caller injured. The Irish strung together a few nice touchdown drives from an otherwise unmemorable offensive performance and kept the pressure on Virginia's [...]
Notre Dame did what you're supposed to do to a team missing its best player Saturday, pounding Virginia 28-3 on the road. Much of the game was perfunctory due to how hopeless the Cavaliers looked offensively, which was certainly because of the absence of Brennan Armstrong, out with a rib injury. However, it's worth crediting [...]
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