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 weeks ago, this was viewed as somewhat of a formality by many following the Fighting Irish. But it didn't quite [...]

By |2025-08-19T18:55:23-04:00August 19th, 2025|Football|11 Comments

Habemus Quarterback: C.J. Carr is the Guy in Week 1

The 48 hours between Notre Dame capping its fall camp with its annual jersey scrimmage - won by the defense - and the announcement of the Week 1 starting quarterback were filled with speculation, concern and arguments. Irish fans got their answer this afternoon when the social media team released a simple post: Our starting [...]

By |2025-08-19T14:41:36-04:00August 19th, 2025|18S Reads|17 Comments

Underrated Sports Uniforms: Purple People Eaters

Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. Today's submission may be the most controversial among the 20 uniforms. When Minnesota entered pro football in 1961 they nailed their uniforms with a great purple helmet featuring a white Viking horn on each side. The [...]

By |2025-08-16T23:19:14-04:00August 19th, 2025|18S Reads|0 Comments

The 2025 Notre Dame Depth Chart Breakdown

We have a good idea of the situation at most positions for Notre Dame football as kickoff in Miami moves closer. However, another August of mostly closed practices leaves mystery and intrigue surrounding a handful of spots on the roster. The most overwhelmingly public of those being the quarterback position and the massive decision which [...]

By |2025-08-17T10:27:13-04:00August 17th, 2025|Football|20 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: The Next New Winner

Stock up the fridge with your favorite beverages, get your tailgate food list prepared, and iron the lucky jersey for the 2025 campaign. Next weekend in Dublin, Ireland the new college football season begins. After months of hibernation, Five Wide Fullbacks returns! Today we'll discuss North Carolina's hopes in 2025, the new AP Poll, the [...]

By |2025-08-14T17:56:31-04:00August 15th, 2025|18S Reads|3 Comments

Lacrosse: Redwoods’ Irish Magnificent In Boston

This past weekend was week eleven of the Premier Lacrosse League! This was the final week of the regular season! Lots of former Irish made the playoffs and we can’t wait to see how they perform! But the story is the incredible play of California's Brian Tevlin, Chris Kavanagh and Ryder Garnsey. Sneaky Dangerous For [...]

By |2025-08-14T23:06:05-04:00August 14th, 2025|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

Underrated Sports Uniforms: Stars & Stripes

Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The original Baltimore Bullets took the court in navy blue and orange uniforms. The franchise kept the Bullets nickname when they moved to Washington, D.C. for the 1973-74 season but adopted a red, white, and blue [...]

By |2025-08-12T20:52:21-04:00August 14th, 2025|18S Reads|3 Comments

Underrated Sports Uniforms: Red Hot Orange

Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The uniform history of the Vancouver Canucks is as wild as any team in the NHL. When the team debuted in 1970 they had simple blue, green, and white uniforms featuring an understated hockey stick inside [...]

By |2025-08-11T13:02:57-04:00August 13th, 2025|18S Reads|0 Comments

Underrated Sport Uniforms: The Wild West

Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. Looking through the archives, Wyoming football has dabbled with a Vegas gold color and like most modern teams mixed up their helmets from time to time. Although, the Cowboys have been fairly consistent with their home [...]

By |2025-08-08T18:09:19-04:00August 11th, 2025|18S Reads|2 Comments

2026 DL Elijah Golden Commits to Notre Dame

With a name like that, was there really ever any other option? Notre Dame (probably) put a lovely bow on its 2026 recruiting class today when blue-chip defensive lineman Elijah Golden announced for the Irish. The 6'4", 275-pound Floridian is the 27th and, barring an in-season surprise, very likely the final commitment of the cycle. [...]

By |2025-08-09T15:50:41-04:00August 9th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|5 Comments

The 18 Stripes 2025 Pre-Season Top 20 Poll: Chasing the Gold (Trophy)

I'm going to be real. By mid-season these top 20 posts can become a drag when we're piecing together our own list while the AP, Coach's Poll, and eventually the playoff committee are all converging on their favored teams. But for the pre-season, with the whole season ahead of us and National Championship dreams in [...]

By |2025-08-07T18:45:38-04:00August 8th, 2025|Football|9 Comments

Underrated Sports Uniforms: Ode to Rip City

Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. Portland is really going through it right now in basketball. Since being swept in the Western Conference Finals to conclude the 2018-19 season it's been the stuff of horrors for the Trail Blazers. They've been under [...]

By |2025-08-06T08:28:56-04:00August 7th, 2025|18S Reads|0 Comments
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