Rand, West Virginia sits on a tiny strip of land on the eastern banks of the Kanawha River about a 10-minute drive south of the state capital in Charleston. If you've watched the 2015 documentary Rand University you know how much of a profound affect Randy Moss' hometown has on his life. It would be [...]

It takes a lot of devotion to sit through a boring football game. Sometimes, the power of doing something else takes over or you end up asleep on your couch. Today, let's see how many of you remember details from these games. This was written before Golden began his "Wins of the Kelly Era" series [...]

We here at 18 Stripes haven't officially spoken on the COVID-19 pandemic over the last several months and how it could affect the upcoming college football season. It has been such uncharted territory for all of us that any speculation back in March or April would've been foolish at best. Mostly, we didn't see the [...]

Notre Dame football is rich in many regards, including a deep reservoir of photographs from the early days of the program and into the middle of the 20th century that provide us with an amazing look back at this beloved program. I recently took some time to pick through some of my favorite pictures from [...]

If there's football this fall one thing seems clear, there will be a giant asterisk for the season when it comes to attendance. Butts in seats has always been a contentious issue exacerbated by Notre Dame "officially" giving up on its decades-long sellout streak in 2019. It's guaranteed there will be no sellouts in 2020 [...]

Good offense beats good defense, so they say. Since 1913 when Jesse Harper took over as head coach, Notre Dame has totaled 26 seasons in which the offense placed in the top 10 nationally in scoring. From that group, 12 teams didn't quite make top 5 including: 1914 (8th), 1923 (9th), 1924 (6th), 1930 (10th), [...]

If there is college football this fall Notre Dame football will be entering its 30th season having its home games broadcast on NBC with the current deal set to expire following the 2025 campaign. It's been a wild ride through the years with as many as 30 personalities a part of the broadcast, sideline, and [...]

A lot of things have changed in football through the years. The ball used to be a different shape. More than 11 players were on the field for each team in the early years. You couldn't throw the ball forward for a long time. Substitutions were illegal then then legal then back to illegal. Touchdowns [...]

The football updates are few and far between these days. Although things are trending in a much more positive direction for a college football season to take place in the fall (the Navy game has moved to Annapolis for the first time ever!) we're left waiting mostly on updates from recruiting and the transfer portal. [...]