A Complete Game: Stanford Instant Reaction
For a little while Saturday, it looked like Stanford was hitting all the checkpoints for an annoyingly stupid Notre Dame game against a lesser opponent that went down to the wire. Not this time, though. Notre Dame exploded for 49 [...]
Stanford Game Preview: Still a Sick Tree
With the first bye week behind us, it's time to preview this Saturday's clash between Notre Dame and the Cardinal of Stanford. Traditionally a spunky program capable of tremendous peaks and valleys, it has now been over half a decade [...]
Scholarship Update: Moving On Without You
Every time I write one of these scholarship update articles I'm struck by how recruiting continues to evolve and change. Remember when the actual football season was full of more visits and intrigue? No more! Another new change for 2024 [...]
Week 7 Picks: Pacific Northwest B1G Game
The recent Blood Week for several college football teams left an impression and it started out looking like the week 6 picks were going to be dead and buried too. I ended up recovering and doing okay. This week, we've [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Clark Lea Making History
Bye week carnage is unique to college football and one of the best experiences for fans enjoying a relaxing Saturday away from the emotional attachment of their team. This past Saturday we got a banger of a weekend. USC? Lost. [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Bye Week Assessment
Five Wide Fullbacks marks its return as the football team enters a much-needed period of rest over the bye week. In this edition, we will discuss coaching grades for the Irish staff, the best and worst surprises from the current [...]
Deuce Knight’s Decommitment is the Latest Thing Making This Fan Base Crazy
Top QB recruit Deuce Knight publicly flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Auburn Wednesday night. Apparently, he was impressed with Auburn making him a priority for 2 months after publicly failing to flip 2 other quarterbacks, versus the two [...]
Week 6 Picks: Friday Night in Vegas, Baby
It's the first bye week for Notre Dame so no game preview this week. Taking a peek at this week's games before my picks below I think this is a great week to settle into some afternoon football and then [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Highly Entertaining in Tuscaloosa
A quarter of the teams in our poll lost this past weekend. Chaos is slowly creeping into the college football season and we know it cannot be stopped. However, there wasn't a major shakeup of teams within our top 20, [...]
Louisville Game Review: Winning is Indeed Preferred
It was far from pretty. In fact, in the 1st half the ranked vs. ranked matchup looked downright bizarre with turnovers and mental mistakes occurring all over the field. At the end of the game, the Irish were able to [...]
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