This article has been in the works for a long time but keeping track of football cleats accurately in today's era where uniformity is thrown to the wind can be a fool's errand. Also, the majority of photographs either omit players' feet or are too far away get a good look at the cleats so [...]
We are mere hours away from the start of the 2019 college football season as week 0 kicks off on Saturday with a matchup between a pair of Florida programs. Therefore, it's time to unveil the pre-season 18 Stripes Top 20 poll. But first, let's take a look back at my pre-season rankings from a [...]
This will be our last practice report for the year as Wednesday was the final full practice viewing by the media before the season begins at Louisville. Accordingly, the Irish have transitioned from fall camp to preparations for the Cardinals which usually indicates the roster and depth chart are pretty solidified for the upcoming September [...]
Eleven measly little days until the Irish take the field for the first time since... uh... well, we won't talk about that. We're once again asking you, our beloved readers, for your opinions, projections, joy, saltiness, etc. for the upcoming season. We'll have this up for about a week and then write a summary of [...]
Notre Dame has finished up 12 sets of fall camp practices following a full media viewing workout inside the stadium on Saturday. As we head towards the home stretch of camp before the opener at Louisville here's the top story lines surrounding the Irish football team. The Receiving Corps is Thinned Out Bad injury news [...]
In my house, I have a box that is filled with Notre Dame memorabilia that is sentimental to me. Among those items are a College Gameday helmet from 2012, various free shirts from basketball games, and now a 33 Trucking hat. The hat reminded me about the turnaround the Irish had in 2017 and how [...]
As we touched on the other day in the "Windows of Opportunity" post, Notre Dame's success over the last couple of seasons has positioned the program to reach some milestones in 2019. There are additional rivalry milestones available to the team, as well as individual milestones for a few key players. Winning The Irish could [...]
Changing up your uniforms, even for one game, need not be complicated if you follow one rule: If you're going an alternate route dive in with vigor and if you're doing a throwback get it right with the correct era specifications. On Tuesday, the Fighting Irish debuted a 1988 throwback uniform to be worn on [...]
Notre Dame has gone 22-4 over the last two seasons, a level of success that Irish fans haven't seen in a long time. That's very good, obviously, Clemson freight train status aside, and raises a couple of interesting questions: How long, exactly, is a long time? Where does this two-year stretch stand in the post-World [...]
Notre Dame held their first practice of fall camp on campus Saturday afternoon while allowing the media its 3rd viewing in less than a week. There will be a small glimpse of practice on Monday morning but the next full viewing will take place on Saturday, August 17th inside Notre Dame Stadium. We'll get to [...]
Unless you've been living under an internet-less rock, a terrific preseason tradition is the annual preseason ranking of Notre Dame's top 25 players at Inside the Irish. Once again our 18 Stripes crew was invited to participate, and as in past years we submitted a group ballot, using some "wisdom of the crowd" or whatever [...]
Notre Dame football finished up their 5-day camp at Culver Academy on Thursday and will take Friday off before returning to practice on Saturday in what should be the debut of the new indoor practice field. The media will be present for that session and was witness to Thursday's practice, as well. This time, the [...]
Reviewing this post from last year was pretty enlightening. If you recall, Vegas was all hot and bothered by a bunch of running backs ahead of the 2018 season and listed several with obscenely high odds. Here's what happened with a few of those players: Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin He finished 6th in the 2017 [...]
The traditional stats such as passing yards and rushing attempts don't mean what they used to in the game of football. God forbid someone starts telling you how important time of possession is to winning. Never sleep on yards per play, though. It's one of my favorite old-school indicators of quality football, even without adjusting [...]
Notre Dame football opened fall camp once again to the south of campus at Culver Academy as they begin preparations for the 2019 season. This was the first of 5 straight practices before the Irish return to South Bend to finish up camp and set their sights on Lousville. The media was assembled for the [...]
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