Welcome back to the 18S G5 Top 10. Last week I realized in the excitement of releasing the first edition I forgot to mention what the criteria is for the list. After a week of games, I take a look into a combination of a few things; on the field play, opponent quality, ability to [...]
We are approaching a decade since the major conference realignment recast college football and helped to usher in the playoff era of today. The topic of further expansion or contraction of conference ebbs and flows over the years but has mostly remained a dormant discussion outside of a rare treatise on the future of Texas [...]
Not once, not twice, but three times this week Notre Dame football has flipped a prospect from another school. This time it's offensive tackle Caleb Johnson, whose recruitment was well under way when the Irish finally offered back in March. The 6'7", 295-pound Florida resident and Fort Wayne native had some natural interest in Notre [...]
Notre Dame laid another length in its Polynesian pipeline today when linebacker Kahanu Kia announced his commitment. The 6'2", 220-pound Hawaiian hails from Punahou, which is also the alma mater of current Irish linebacker Marist Liufau and former Irish players Manti Te'o and Robby Toma. Perhaps not coincidentally, Toma is currently an assistant at Punahou [...]
Notre Dame worked its second flip of the week on the recruiting trail when former Colorado pledge Josh Bryan announced his commitment to the Irish. Rumors have been floating for a while that the Notre Dame staff had some interest in the 6'0", 190-pound Californian, but in what was originally expected to be a tight [...]
Notre Dame caught a rather important boomerang in its 2021 class when blue-chip cornerback Philip Riley announced his re-commitment on Tuesday. His recruitment was a bit of a roller coaster that might normally raise some red flags, but when you add context to it it's much less worrisome. A brief timeline: Riley, a Florida resident [...]
Florida makes its case as the 2nd best team in the SEC, Miami escapes again, Indiana keeps on winning, Cincinnati isn't slowing down, while Michigan may be folding their program soon. This and more from this past week of college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Alabama 6-0 BYE [...]
With this topsy turvy season finally underway and the emergence of non-powers in the AP Top 25, we decided at 18S to have a top 10 G5 Poll in parallel with the usual top 20 on a weekly basis. This season has been a fun one for the non-power schools, with many of the teams [...]
There were moments and exchanges in the first half against Boston College that had Irish fans worried we'd have to buckle our seat belts for a tight game and possible upset. However, a flurry of plays and an excellent offensive performance that put the ball in the end zone allowed Notre Dame to pull away [...]
"Let the past die...Kill it, if you have to." Today, Notre Dame followed Kylo Ren's advice and put away the whole "lose to BC a week after beating #1" storyline with a fairly easy 45-31 win over the Eagles. The game had no real business being that close, but whatever. The Irish moved to 8-0 [...]
Notre Dame logged its best win of the Brian Kelly era, its best win of the last 27 years, and arguably one of its best wins ever - it was only the program's ninth win overall versus an AP #1 team and fourth such win in nine tries at Notre Dame Stadium. (Since I know [...]
Boston College wasn't supposed to be good this season. Okay, maybe they aren't good in the strictest sense but they certainly have surprised a little bit while currently sitting in the middle of the pack within the ACC and 8th best team in the league according to the latest SP+ rankings (the Eagles sit 52nd [...]
The advanced stats match the eye-test in that there was nothing cheap about this victory. The Irish went toe-to-toe with Clemson, outgaining the Tigers in yards per play overall, in the 3rd & 4th quarters, and overtime. Both teams were decently explosive, not reeling off a ton of chunk plays but each hitting two of [...]
Michigan loses again (Stanford too!) while Notre Dame did a thing this weekend. Florida grabs hold of the SEC East, Cincinnati and BYU continue to look damn good, while we welcome Indiana into the playoff conversation for the time being. That and more from this past weekend. Note: We are only including teams who have [...]
"We're extremely excited about the victory and beating Clemson. Look, all the narratives that are out there and whatever is said, you know, talked about, that doesn't help you win this game. What we're excited about and what we're celebrating is that we played with an incredible focus and resolve. Those are things that we [...]
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