Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the final regular season game of the famous 2001 Miami team. They survived Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, clinching their spot into the Rose Bowl for a chance [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. We’re now adding players who have left Notre Dame since the conclusion of [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the Oklahoma State upset over the defending National Champions Oklahoma. The Cowboys win clinched Texas' spot in the Big 12 Championship. Today, we take a look at [...]
Notre Dame's 2022 recruiting class gained its fourth defensive back today when four-star corner Benjamin Morrison announced for the Irish. The 6'0", 172-pound Arizonan caught our attention several months ago when describing his high school, Brophy College Prep, in this interview with 247's Kevin Sinclair (free): “It's hard to explain how one feels about Brophy [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. We're now adding players who have left Notre Dame since the conclusion of [...]
Notre Dame added arguably the jewel of its 2022 class today when elite linebacker Jaylen Sneed announced for the Irish. The 6'2", 210 pound South Carolinian had a late flirtation with Oregon, reportedly a favorite program of his younger years, but the Irish and particularly defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Marcus Freeman were determined to keep the [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the first of our game breakdowns at the end of the season, using a new (easier to read) format. The first game we talked about was Colorado [...]
To wrap up our celebration of the 18 Stripes 5-year anniversary I wanted to look back at my favorite moments on the field since the 2016 season began. You could also call these the best moments, as well. Whatever you call it we're having a good time. Instead of ranking the moments from worst to [...]
As we mentioned yesterday, we just passed our 5-year anniversary since the creation of 18 Stripes and I've been covering Irish football in one degree or another for about 14 years now. When I started on this journey I was 25 and next January I'll be 40 with 3 kids aged 4.5, 2.5, and 3 [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. In the months since I've discussed players who would likely make [...]
Movement! As we noted was likely in the last couple of updates, there has been movement all over the board with prospects finally able to take real recruiting visits to schools. We had four players go on the board and eight players come off it, with two of those arrivals also on the departure list. [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the 2001 Big 12 season. Today, we're going into our first game in the journey of the end of this season; Nebraska going to Boulder to take [...]
Ever since last year's schedule got jumbled up and rearranged I purposely stayed away from thinking too much about the 2021 Notre Dame opponents. Well, except for that time in early January when I looked at the likely quarterbacks the Irish would face (Part 1 & Part 2) as a bit of a warning of [...]
Notre Dame football got one step closer to filling out its elite linebacker haul of 2022 today when linebacker Niuafe "Junior" Tuihalamaka verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'2"/235-pounder out of Mission Hills, CA is the 15th player to join Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2022 -- a class which currently ranks #2 in [...]
It's the return of the world famous Five Wide Fullbacks. The layout is simple. Five questions and five honest answers. Today, we're focusing on the hog mollies. Is the recent transfer in from Marshall good enough, will the transfer market burn players in the end, updates on Jarrett Patterson, and more! Plus, are allowed to [...]
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