2021 Week 2 Win Probability Matrix Update
Well folks, it's time to bring back the advanced stats win probability matrices. I know you missed perusing these rainbow-colored Excel graphics and agonizing (?) over decimal point changes, didn't want you to miss out [...]
9/9/2021: The Day Notre Dame Football Got Weird(er)
We generally only do impromptu posts here for breaking news - usually a quick blurb about whatever development it was, so we both respond in short order and give you all somewhere to chat about [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: Georgia’s Defense Barks Loudly
Four teams go tumbling out of the rankings with 5 others taking a drop after a busy full opening weekend as the SEC once again takes command of the polls. Alabama and Georgia laid down [...]
Advanced Stats Review: FSU
Notre Dame was dominating the efficiency game through 40 minutes, with Florida State surviving on a few massive plays. Then the strategy shifted, the Noles started putting long drives together, and suddenly the Irish were [...]
18S G5 Top 10: Meep Meep
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. This weekend's games showed how fun and chaotic this great and dumb sport can be. However, even with G5 shakeups, the Top Ten doesn't see many changes [...]
Florida State Review: Not This Time, Mickey
Things were a little nervy early on, then they stabilized in favor of Notre Dame, then things simply fell apart especially on defense. Somehow, the Fighting Irish overcame a brewing Disney movie to survive pesky [...]
No More Sundays, Please: Florida State Instant Reaction
Well, I've seen enough of the Sunday night opening games to last my entire life. Five years ago was the Texas disaster, and this one came darn close to being just as soul-crushing. Notre Dame [...]
Florida State Preview: It’s Sunday Night Football
We're back in the football mindset opening up the 2021 campaign and heading back to Tallahassee for the first time since *that flag* denied Notre Dame a justified win over then No. 2 Florida State. [...]
2021 Preseason Prediction Survey Review
The last time we got together we witnessed a familiar end to a strange season, as the vaunted Crimson Tide beat up on an overmatched Irish quad in the postseason en route to another national [...]
PRESEASON POWER RATINGS (BK-Today)
This is not a rating of the power of different teams issued in the preseason. Rather, this is a Power Rating of Preseasons. Notre Dame preseasons, in fact. The ground rules: “Preseason” does not mean “Offseason.” It refers, specifically, [...]
The 18 Stripes Pre-Season Top 20 Poll: When Does This Get Cyclical?
Most of the time polls are either super fun to put together or they are a complete slog, there's rarely an in between. I started putting this poll together in mid-July full of verve and [...]
18 Stripes G5 Top 10: The Starkel Difference Between Week 0 and Week 1
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. After a fun little set of games on Saturday we know have games from Wednesday to Monday in the college football world. The Top 10 from last [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-Our Final Destination
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at how the final BCS Standings shook out, [...]
Predicting Yards Per Play Differential for 2021
This is my 4th year attempting to predict Notre Dame football's yards-per-play differential for the season. In an era where we are flooded with advanced stats and metrics this is the one traditional number that [...]
The 2021 College Football Top Games Calendar
This is a humble post serving only one purpose to provide our readers with a look at the upcoming college football season and the top games to bookmark on your calendar and inside your mind. [...]
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