Brigham Young Preview: Keeping the Dad Quarterback in Check
Bronco Mendenhall left BYU for Virginia after the 2015 season in a bit of a weird career move, has since left UVA under weirder circumstances, all while current Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake has flourished [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: The Dawg Days Were Almost Over
The bottom 6 teams in our top 20 poll from last week all lost opening the door to several new programs entering this week's poll. At the other end of the rankings we had a [...]
18S: G5 Top Ten: Horton Slays a Coug!
Welcome back to the 18S G5 Top Ten! After a mental bye week, the first top ten of the season is here! After a little more of a months worth of games we have a [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Finding a Bowl Game for Notre Dame
Five Wide Fullbacks returns with Notre Dame having the week off resting up for their trip to Las Vegas. In this week's edition we'll discuss re-ranking our top 25 Notre Dame players, the Heisman race, [...]
Advanced Stats Review: UNC
The Notre Dame offense came to life against a terrible North Carolina defense in Chapel Hill, and the defense shut down the 15th ranked offense in F+ for a large middle stretch of the game, [...]
A Guide to Las Vegas Hotels for Notre Dame Fans
The Notre Dame faithful are about to descend upon Sin City (or the Holy Land, depending on how one looks at the world). Irish fans of all ages, shapes and sizes are eagerly awaiting this [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Taken Out by the Top Doink
Four teams tumble out of our latest top 20 rankings as a fun week 4 mixes up the back half of our poll. The top 3 show no signs of letting up but the Beavers [...]
North Carolina Game Review: A Fun Game for Freeman & Co.
A few big pass plays for North Carolina masked what was otherwise a very dominant performance as Notre Dame went into Chapel Hill and picked up their first road win of 2022 and the Marcus [...]
That’s More Like It: North Carolina Instant Reaction
If the 2022 season starts taking off in a good direction following next week's open date, we might look back at the second quarter of Saturday's 45-32 win over North Carolina as a turning point. [...]
North Carolina Preview: Irish On Their (Tar) Heels?
Marcus Freeman takes his charges to Tobacco Road to face the Tar Heels tomorrow in what has emerged as a surprisingly pivotal matchup for the first-year head coach. Come-from-ahead losses in his first two games [...]
Advanced Stats Review: Cal
It was ugly early and often for Notre Dame against Cal. But with both lines finally controlling the game for solid stretches, the Irish carved out enough advantages against the Bears to pull away late. [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Looking at the Lefty Husky Heisman Candidate
The Pac-12 led week 3 with some of the bigger wins this past Saturday but also suffered some really bad losses with one coach already handed his papers following an embarrassing defeat. Elsewhere, the top [...]
18S Group of 5 Rankings: CHAOS!
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for the Group of Five the past couple of weeks. First off, I wanna say that I was on the road and sick last week, so that was [...]
California Game Review: Irish Grab a Win in Green
It was ugly early on during the Notre Dame-Cal game on Saturday afternoon. And I mean very, very ugly. Nearly a full hour elapsed before a first down from either team was made. The Irish [...]
California Game Preview: Never Fight a Bear Head-On
When I think about the University of California, Berkeley I picture their stadium in the hills, earthquakes, hippies, Marshawn Lynch, Aaron Rodgers, 1950's era cheerleader uniforms, and their mascot Oski the Bear. Truth is this [...]
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