It's Senior Day! The ur-generic ACC villain invades Notre Dame Stadium. Let's unpack the basics of this 3:30 p.m. (EDT) NBC tilt: The Hoos come in a game above .500 thanks to a 24-19 win over fast-sinking Pitt. They played Louisville tough, backdoor-charged Clemson (down 38-10, ended up losing 48-31), and got smoked by [...]
Against a woeful Florida State team (down to 96th in F+!), the only way for Notre Dame to impress both the computers and the CFP committee was to dominate. And while the Irish were slow to get started, they quickly suffocated the Seminoles offense and eventually found enough rhythm of their own to end up [...]
Week 12 is upon us and probably won't be a memorable one as several boring conference matchups await and a handful of teams gear down with creampuffs before readying for the end of the regular season. Maybe a big upset out of nowhere is lurking, though? I wouldn't bet against it! 2024 Betting Record ATS: [...]
Miami finally meets its fate, Georgia suffers its 2nd loss, BYU hangs on in controversial fashion, Indiana stays perfect, and LSU loses big. These were the highlights from this past weekend in college football. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Oregon 10-0 [...]
Sometimes a spread from Vegas can't be large enough. If you watched the first half only between Notre Dame and Florida State you might have left believing it was a bit of a lackluster performance from the Irish nursing a 21-3 lead. Yet, doubling up that score would've been right near my game prediction and [...]
When you're playing a team as utterly hapless as Florida State, you just want to make sure they have no reason to care. Notre Dame did not Saturday night, dispatching the Seminoles 52-3 and moving a step closer to a College Football Playoff spot. The defense threw a sack party in the Florida State backfield, [...]
Notre Dame's 2024 schedule didn't look overly difficult on paper during the pre-season but we discussed if Florida State could remain one of the stronger teams nationally it would help out a lot. As such, it made the most sense to have this weekend's matchup with the Seminoles as the 7:30 PM home game kickoff [...]
Notre Dame Women's Basketball enters the 2024/25 season with sky-high expectations. Coming off an ACC Tournament title and a close loss in the Sweet 16, the Irish are preseason ACC favorites and ranked 5th/6th in the Preseason Coaches and AP Polls. The roster is easily the most talented of the Ivey-era. At full strength, their [...]
The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released this past Tuesday night and place Notre Dame 10th nationally--the same spot the Irish fall in the current AP Poll, by the way. With the assumption that Oregon, Georgia, Miami, and BYU win their respective conferences we would see Notre Dame traveling to Happy Valley in late [...]
With advanced stats recaps on vacation the last few weeks, we have some catching up to do! With the calendar turning toward November and the playoff picture beginning to take shape, let's check on in Notre Dame's season-long advanced stats and what strengths and weaknesses could fuel or doom a 12-team playoff run. Offensive Profile [...]
With Notre Dame coming off a bye week and no game review for our readers I've decided to dive into some hard-hitting journalism instead. Who wants to talk about college football score bugs!? I'm a student of graphic design (I'm really not) and decided to rank all of the current network score bugs that are [...]
It was another fun weekend for Notre Dame to sit back and watch some carnage. Three teams fell from the ranks of the unbeaten re-shaping the 12-team playoff picture as the first rankings from the committee are set to come out this Tuesday evening. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 Stripes Top [...]
We don't have a whole lot going on in the Big 12 this weekend but some important games are taking place in the other 3 power conferences. We'll also see Boise State put to the test on Friday in a game that could be a bit tricky. First, a quick look at last week's bets: [...]
After two straight 20-loss seasons that saw the Mike Brey era come to a close and the Micah Shrewsberry era get off to a predictably difficult start, it feels like a long time since there was a sustained Era of Good Feelings that Irish men’s hoops fans could enjoy. With a new season about to [...]
We are 52 days away from the first game of the new 12-team College Football Playoff kicking off on ABC on a primetime Friday 8:00 PM ET time slot. We are only a week away from the first College Football Playoff top 25 rankings being released next week on Tuesday, November 5th at 7 PM [...]
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