Welcome back to the Hall of Fame Series here on 18Stripes. If you want to read the prior posts to get a better understand you can go here. Today, we go to the backbone of the 2002 “Return to Glory” season, the defense. This player would become one of the leaders of the defense and [...]
In this time of uncertainty, we college football fans are probably spending more time than usual looking at the past. Part of this is opportunity - there's nothing but time on our hands, and for sports fans used to filling that time with games, there aren't any of those. Another is that plenty of folks [...]
Welcome back to the Hall of Fame Series here on 18Stripes. After the last couple of posts talking about the best players in modern Notre Dame history that can never make the College Football Hall of Fame due to external circumstances. Today, we begin our journey through the 21st Century of Irish greats who have [...]
The 2020 virtual NFL Draft was completed on Saturday evening to historic television ratings as the league moved forward with the most important part of its off-season schedule. Now, we wait and see if the country's most popular sports will be able to start its season time amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Notre Dame had a [...]
Welcome back to the summer series on Notre Dame players in the College Football Hall of Fame. For the introduction of the purpose of the series, go here. Last time we went over the truly great seasons that were not recognized by All-American teams, and therefore making them ineligible for the College Hall of Fame. [...]
There was some sports media news that hit late last week, as New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees signed a future deal with NBC Sports to do color commentary for them once he retires at some undetermined point (he is signed for 2020). The deal was viewed as a downer for ESPN, which coveted Brees [...]
I have descended the mountain after many hours of quarantine study of uniforms and I'm here to give the people what they want. Pure unadulterated alternate uniform judgement. There are several I wanted to give respect to before breaking into the top 12. Honorable Mention: Virginia 2018 Orange Jerseys The Cavaliers recent update is a [...]
Do you realize how many opponents Notre Dame football has faced since 1887? Well, if not you're going to find out today! Is it even possible to actually rank all of them according to rivalry and what kind of methodology would someone use to achieve such an absurd task? I have good news, I'm not [...]
Today we wrap up our NFL Scouting reports for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looking to be picked in this month's Draft. We've discussed some likely top picks, some long shots, and now we will conclude the series with perhaps the most intriguing prospect coming out of South Bend this year. SPECS Name: Khalid Kareem [...]
We all have our favorite versions of our favorite video games. Like many who are reading this right now if I had to take one video game to a deserted island it would definitely be NCAA Football. But, which version was the best? Bill Walsh College Football kicked the series off in June 1993, who [...]
We are close to wrapping up our scouting reports for Notre Dame's 2020 NFL hopefuls and today we look at the second Irish safety wishing for his name to be called during the Draft. SPECS Name: Jalen Elliott Position: S Height: 6-0 (per the Combine) Weight: 205 (per the Combine) Hometown: Richmond, VA STATS [...]
These are the top eight teams to make the playoff using the criteria I invented. If you missed the first two installment of this series, you can find 24-17 here and 16-9 here. Here is a quick reminder of the criteria set out for ranking these teams: Overall ranking is an average of SP+, FEI, [...]
There was a time where Julian Okwara was a backup heading into his junior year and then there were reports he was making a move during fall camp. Since that moment, Okwara has grown into one of the top pro prospects on the Irish roster, and despite a senior year injury, might be the first [...]
Today's scouting report looks at a prospect that was so far off Notre Dame's and the NFL's radar 4 years ago that it's a testament to hard work and perseverance that this safety is in a position to possibly earn a paycheck playing professionally. Following a very solid college career but a disappointing training season [...]
This is the second installment of the CFB Playoff Team rankings, you can find the first one right here. Here's a reminder of the criteria I'm using for these rankings: Overall ranking is an average of SP+, FEI, and ESPN FPI from that respective season. Same goes for the offense and defense ranking. Margin of [...]
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