After a long layoff a lot of rust was expected for a Notre Dame program coming off a serious Covid breakout in the days after the win over South Florida. Somewhat unexpectedly, it was the Irish offense that came out completely under control as the defense scrambled, tackled poorly, and put together a surprisingly poor [...]
I titled this article in a purposeful way. This past off-season former highly touted quarterback Phil Jurkovec transferred out of Notre Dame and joined Boston College where he was granted immediate eligibility for 2020. If you've read any articles about the situation in recent weeks it's usually couched in terms of Notre Dame "losing" Jurkovec [...]
In this early and weird season, the usual suspects from the South have jumped out to an early lead as the teams to beat nationally. During week 5 we witnessed favorites generally hold serve at home. However, not every team was so lucky! In the back end of the rankings we have a pretty big [...]
Notre Dame's 2021 recruiting class added its third four-star receiver today when Jayden Thomas announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'1", 205-pound Georgian has long been rumored to be a Notre Dame lean, with several ties to the program. He trains with fellow 2021 Irish commits Deion Colzie and Cane Berrong and attends the [...]
This series is looking at past Notre Dame football National Championship seasons and imagining how things would have finished if a college football playoff system was in place at the time. We already looked at the 1973 title and today we look at Dan Devine's lone championship from 1977 following an early season stumble. Buckle [...]
Quenton Nelson is one of the rarest players in the National Football League. Through 2 seasons, he's been named 1st-team All-Pro for both years and is widely considered the best guard in the league barely through his 3rd season at the age of 24 years old. He has 2 years remaining on his rookie deal [...]
In a very welcome development, blue-chip WR Deion Colzie recommitted to Notre Dame today. He committed almost a year ago (which made us very happy) and decommitted about six months ago (which made us sad, no link but trust me), throwing his recruitment completely back open when he did. After his decommitment he picked up [...]
Coming in a little early this week since we are on a double bye week and this is our first poll since the action began in 2020. Everyone wants to play football now. After a couple of weeks of college football action, big conferences like the Big Ten and Pac-12 decided to reverse course and [...]
With Saturday unexpectedly opening up the viewing schedule, let's take a look at some of the best games this weekend for Notre Dame fans to tune into. It's not the world's most exciting slate, but there are a few matchups of future ACC opponents that will be telling for what type of challenge the Irish [...]
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Film Room! In his press conference on September 14 following the opening win against Duke, Brian Kelly dropped this tidbit about the offense: "We had a running back who was seeing things for the first time. We went to a different offensive blocking scheme. We weren’t a pin and [...]
The dominant win over USF featured an efficiency massacre, defensive disruption from unlikely sources, and a nearly 30-yard per possession field position advantage for Notre Dame. This game reached garbage time at the half, and the Bulls failed to convert a single successful play through the air or on a passing down. Confused? Check out [...]
This series will look at past Notre Dame football National Championship seasons and imagine how things would have finished if a college football playoff system was in place at the time. Remember when we used to live in a time when people believed there as no way a playoff would ever happen? Let's jump back [...]
Fast start, check. Improved play across the board, check. Dominate a much weaker opponent, check. Under a cloud-less South Bend sky in the beaming sun, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame quickly dispatched a ragged and rebuilding South Florida Bulls team unable to cope with the home team's skill, size, and depth. With their 20th [...]
The 2011 demons were exorcised Saturday as Notre Dame didn't let South Florida become a meme again this time around, blasting the Bulls 52-0. There's essentially nothing to dislike from today's performance, so let's talk about some of the best stuff we saw. A stable of running backs Standard "this opponent is bad" caveat applies; [...]
It's been 9 years since South Florida's insane first-ever game against Notre Dame. A lot has changed since that 5 hour and 59-minute debacle brought us perhaps the weirdest game in school history. Brian Kelly has remained in South Bend but USF has since fired Skip Holtz, Willie Taggart, and Charlie Strong. They return to [...]
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