Winning Is Hard: North Carolina Instant Reaction
Late in Notre Dame's 44-34 win over North Carolina, the NBC broadcast team discussed that the Irish aren't winning pretty or in dominating fashion - they're just winning. It's something of an 18 Stripes motto [...]
North Carolina Preview: Turn the Lights On Again
Back-to-back night games inside Notre Dame Stadium is on the menu as the pre-season No. 10 North Carolina Tar Heels come to South Bend licking their wounds with 3 losses inside ACC play while they've [...]
Advanced Stats Review: USC
Notre Dame dictated the game from start to finish, but USC was on par or better in efficiency and explosiveness. A massive early turnover (worth nearly 10 points in EPA, expected points added) set the [...]
2021 Win Probability Matrix: Week 9
Earlier in the year, someone asked SP+ creator Bill Connelly about Notre Dame's upward move in his model after their uninspiring win over Toledo. Connelly replied as such: 91% postgame win expectancy for ND, equivalent [...]
18S Top Poll: Great Escapes But Not Everywhere
Several programs suffered varying degrees of scares this week including Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Oregon from our current top 5 rankings. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Penn State who crashes out of our [...]
The Top 30 Must-Schedule Road Games for Notre Dame Football
Everyone likes a good road trip. In college football terms it's even better when there's a fun opponent included, nice stadium, welcoming fans, and either a charming campus or lively surrounding neighborhood/town/city. As the OG [...]
18S G5 Top 10: Chant Be Bothered
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. Had a little bit of shakeup this week so let's dive right into the Top Ten. Also Considered: Liberty, Nevada, Northern Illinois, UTEP, Utah State Week 8 [...]
USC Review: Another Sad Flight Back to LAX
That's 4 wins in a row over USC, as well as the 4th straight home win over the Trojans. Life is good this week. A whole bunch of recruits were in attendance to watch a [...]
Southern Cal Preview: The Sack(ed Coach) of Troy
September 13th, 2021. That's the day that Troy finally returned the Homeric favor and sacked the protagonist of the Greek tragedy that had unfolded in Los Angeles over the last several seasons. It is with [...]
Notre Dame Stats: Bye Week Edition
With no game last weekend to recap, let's check in on Notre Dame's statistical profile at the midway point of the regular season. In this wild year, what are the Irish doing well to keep [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Last week we went into the action with 13 total undefeated teams and 8 unbeatens among the Power 5 conferences. Heading into week 8 those ranks have been chopped down to 11 undefeated programs as [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: The Quinn Redemption Arc
Five Wide Fullbacks returns coming off the bye week and ready for some more Fighting Irish football. But first, we tackle a preview of the NFL Draft, assistant coaching grades, the quarterback controversy, impressive true [...]
Making the Turn: 2021 Season Predictions at the Halfway Point
The first half of this season has been... something. Lots of surprises both good and bad, some recent trend upwards, and very little clarity about the back half. Usually when we do this look-back we [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: I’d Like to Apologize to Absolutely Nobody for Jinxing Alabama
We are down to 13 undefeated teams in college football and only 8 from the Power 5 conferences. The biggest news from week 6 was the toppling of Alabama at the hands of Texas A&M. [...]
2021 Win Probability Matrix Update: Week 7
What a wild week, man. And that's without even getting into what happened in our own game... Texas A&M, a week after a comeback that fell short against Mississippi State knocked them out of the [...]
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