There is Hope
With the unfortunate news that came this morning in the CFP ranking show, our Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s season has come to a controversial end. While certainly we all have some hard feelings, and rightfully [...]
Postseason Pain: It Was Always About Alabama, Not Miami
It wasn't expected but always lurking in the background in the lead up to the final College Football Playoff Committee Rankings this Sunday afternoon. Notre Dame could have the rug pulled out from underneath them [...]
2025 College Football Week 15 Picks: Fight, Raiders, Fight
Notre Dame will learn its fate for the playoffs in just a couple more days. But first, the cabal of television partners disguised as conference mates need to play their league championship games to provide [...]
Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Championship Week
Great going, Good List! If you’ll recall from last week, we identified five games where the Irish could jump the potential loser. None of those games came to fruition. Fortunately, Ohio State finally exorcised its [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Okay, They’re No. 1 Now
Just a few more games remain until Notre Dame finds out if their 10-2 record with 10 straight wins is enough to make the playoffs. The way things have shaken out lately it's going to [...]
Stanford Game Review: Ten Straight Wins
I held on until the early 2nd quarter last night with Notre Dame leading 14-0 but about to punt from deep inside their own territory. Tucked in bed, I gave up and prioritized some shut [...]
Nothing to Do but Wait: Stanford Instant Reaction
Today was far less about Notre Dame/Stanford than a bunch of other games with playoff implications for Notre Dame. Almost every single one went badly except for the Irish's game, an easy win that sent [...]
2025 College Football Week 14 Picks: Goodbye to the Regular Season
It leaves a bad taste in your mouth when it's the regular season finale and a weekend full of great rivalry games only for Notre Dame to face a 4-7 Stanford team with an interim [...]
Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Rivalry Week
At long last, the best college football week of the regular season has arrived! If I had told you on September 14th that Notre Dame would be on the right side of the CFP bubble [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Ducks Move into Position
An expected quiet weekend unfolded exactly like that, very little chaos happened over the past few days which isn't great news for Notre Dame but also not the end of the world, either. So this [...]
Syracuse Game Review: Thanks for Coming Out
With the score sitting at 21-0, in the gameday Discord channel I joked Notre Dame should cover the spread in the first quarter. Wishes do come true this Holiday season, I guess. On an overcast [...]
One More Guaranteed: Syracuse Instant Reaction
I thought about writing up a draft of this post earlier this morning, assuming it would just be a matter of filling in some details. But then my kid wanted to watch the Knuckles series, [...]
Syracuse Game Preview: The Peanut Butter-Free Scouting Report
A Syracuse team coming off a 10-win season with Notre Dame transfer Steve Angeli at quarterback returning to South Bend on Senior Day looked like it was going to be a spicy matchup back in [...]
Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Week 13
Hello 18S! Quick intro: I’m Mike, and as my handle suggests, I graduated from Notre Dame undergrad in 2011, and stayed on for three more years at Notre Dame Law School. As a tax attorney, [...]
2025 College Football Week 13 Picks: The Quiet Before the Storm
We have a couple certified bangers coming up but week 13 is largely the "play a FCS or super easy opponent before the rivalry regular season finale" portion of the season. Notre Dame is also [...]
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