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 is that the Early Signing Period for college football has been moved up. Last year, [...]
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 got one heck of a lineup in the afternoon and into the night. Buckle up. [...]
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. Michigan? Lost. Tennessee? Lost. Plus, the number one team in the country went into Nashville [...]
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 roster, a look ahead to the 2025 schedule, plus you know there will be a [...]
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 years ND made him their #1. (I'm not bitter at all.) Personally, and I swear [...]
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 spend your time transitioning to something else at night. It's a really good lineup for [...]
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, although we do have a new #1 team in the land following the activities that [...]
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 come through with a hard fought victory against a growing rival in Louisville. Both the [...]
What a year, huh? First we had that delicious road victory against a favored SEC team, then the devastating loss to NIU, and oh, I see we're not even halfway through the schedule. The 2024 Notre Dame football team has hit some crazy highs and fallen lower than the Marianas Trench with 75% of the [...]
We're already into week 5 of the 2024 college football season with the last games in September coming up quickly. This weekend we have a massively important matchup in the SEC between modern powerhouses surrounded by a nice selection of games, but nothing too exciting. You can expect ABC to get a big fat TV [...]
The Irish avoided another home game with late drama against a MAC opponent despite a dreadful start. This was a game that looks far better on the spreadsheet than in real life, creating terrific conditions for a lot of debate. Is Riley Leonard tanking the offense, and it should be Steve Angeli time? But what [...]
We're back with the latest set of rankings after what I'm going to call a very frustrating weekend of college football, highlighted by USC's insistence on coughing up their first Big Ten matchup. It makes me want to throw my laptop through the window. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 Stripes Top [...]
A slow start on Saturday afternoon had Irish fans worried about another horrible upset from a MAC team. However, a stabilized defensive effort and some explosiveness from the running game led to a solid if not sleepy 28-3 win over the Miami (OH) RedHawks. Now 3-1, let's recap the first home win of the season. [...]
For the second straight home game, Notre Dame looked like a tire fire for much of the first half against a MAC opponent Saturday, but this time, at least, the Irish managed to pull itself together and post a workmanlike 28-3 victory over Miami (OH). That should at least calm the frustrated masses who, in [...]
Oxford of the West. Abercrombie University. Big Bentown. Cradle of Coaches. Mother of Fraternities. By all these names (and more) is Saturday’s opponent known. […]
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