Texas A&M Game Review: A Season Slipping Away
The chips were on the table for Notre Dame to finish off a close and frustrating comeback win to reset their season. It wouldn't have been pretty but a victory would've been big in keeping [...]
The Hangover: Texas A&M Instant Reaction
The thought crossed my mind at some point tonight - maybe it was around the 6th time Marcel Reed threw to a wide open receiver 20 yards downfield - that in the new college football [...]
2025 College Football Week 3 Picks: A Challenge in Knoxville
After a slow week 2 at the top of the rankings the season is moving along with what should be some better matchups this weekend. Showcased by a big ranked vs. ranked matchup in the [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Early Bye Week Regroup & Recovery
A season opening loss directly into a bye week--is it torture for Notre Dame fans or an opportunity to regroup and reset the season for the next 11+games? We'll try our best to keep a [...]
Rating the Potential Trap Games for Notre Dame in 2025
Every year I remember to do so, I like to examine the Notre Dame football schedule for signs of those always-dangerous spots on the schedule known as the Trap Games, in honor of the great [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Those Gainesville Blues
In the end, Week 2 was a little more fun than expected with chaos outside of the top of the rankings. The top teams nary had a struggle with our top 8 teams in action [...]
2025 College Football Week 2 Picks: Driving the Sooner Schooner
I haven't done the research but it feels like in recent years Week 3 and especially Week 2 are really dreadful for college football entertainment as some programs continue to pull back from out of [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Florida State Looks Pretty Good Again
My pre-season poll was so bad that the top 3 teams, and 4 out of the top 5, all lost in week 1. Phew! And, it could've been worse but the no. 4 team played [...]
Miami Game Review: Back to Basics
The nightmares continue playing Miami on the road. Notre Dame opened up the 2025 season with high hopes as the road favorite but now fly back to South Bend after suffering a close but very [...]
Kerplunk: Miami Instant Reaction
It was one thing to lose. Beating good teams on the road is hard, and Miami is a good team. What was frustrating was seeing almost every position unit that was supposed to be awesome [...]
Miami Game Preview: Sunday Night in the 305
The month of August ends on Sunday with the Fighting Irish closing out the first weekend* of the college football season in primetime on ABC against the Miami Hurricanes. Only 192 days ago, Notre Dame [...]
Reminder: Game Day Chats are on 18 Stripes Discord
Last October during the college football season we made the decision to open up our own 18 Stripes server on Discord. If you'd like to read the reasoning why check it out HERE. It's been [...]
The Notre Dame 2025 Season Preview: Title Hunt Loading…
Look, no one expected what happened last year, not even the most Kool-Aid chugging optimist. While it didn't end well, it sure was a fun ride. For the first time in many years, the Irish [...]
2025 College Football Week 0/1 Picks: Lights, Camera, Action
The weekly picks articles are back with college football opening up this weekend. Well, since there's a week 0 the next picks article won't come for a couple more weeks after Week 1 is fully [...]
Carr Gets the Keys & the Process of Selecting a New Quarterback
Notre Dame's competitive, contentious, and controversial quarterback battle finally came to an end on Tuesday afternoon with the announcement that redshirt freshman CJ Carr won the job. A couple months ago, maybe even a few [...]
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