The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Prairie Skeletor is Laughing Now

Now that Notre Dame suffered its 2nd loss of the season they are no longer featured in this top 20 poll. It's pretty sad times around here. Will the Irish be able to get back into this ranking in 2023? The biggest news of this past weekend happened in Dallas where Oklahoma put itself back [...]

By |2023-10-10T09:36:35-04:00October 10th, 2023|18S Reads|7 Comments

18S Mid Major Top Ten: Weird Sh*t Happens in Laramie

While the weekend was not great for the Irish, we did see some shakeup in the Mid Major conferences worth taking a look into. Let's dive into it. Also Considered: Marshall, Ohio, Georgia Southern, Georgia St, Jacksonville St Three And Out Takeaways First Down: Laramie Strikes Again As the title and this header note, Wyoming [...]

By |2023-10-09T00:46:46-04:00October 9th, 2023|18S Reads, Football|4 Comments

Louisville Game Review: That’s One Big ‘L’ for the Notre Dame Program

Notre Dame had a chance on Saturday to keep hope alive for a strong season, perhaps even an outside shot at the playoffs with USC coming to town next weekend, but had those plans blown to smithereens by a much more hungrier and well prepared Louisville team inside Papa John's Stadium. What a terrible and [...]

By |2023-10-08T00:10:46-04:00October 8th, 2023|Football|102 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Sphere Changed the World

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Howard Cross was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against Duke. Duke quarterback Riley Leonard has a high ankle sprain but will not be out for the rest of the season. Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara [...]

By |2023-10-04T22:11:45-04:00October 4th, 2023|18S Reads|30 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: That’s a Tough Way to Lose, UCF

We are through Week 5 of the college football season and there still aren't enough upsets at the top of the sport. Perhaps we need more patience. We are happy to write that Duke didn't get to be a part of the few upsets that did happen this past weekend. Beyond a small shuffling at [...]

By |2023-10-03T08:12:33-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Football|34 Comments

18S Mid Major Top Ten: The Conference Starting Gun

While this weekend was momentous in the world of Notre Dame Football, the Mid Major world decided to keep things a little low key in our last week without “weekday” football. That’s right starting this Wednesday, we will have college football on Wednesdays and Tuesdays for the month of October. Before we look ahead, let’s [...]

By |2023-10-02T02:25:43-04:00October 2nd, 2023|18S Reads, Football|14 Comments

Duke Game Preview: Slightly Less of a Basketball School

Well, it's time to see how well this 2023 Notre Dame team responds to adversity. A week after a soul-crushing loss to Ohio State at the last second, the program packs up for North Carolina and heads to Duke for a primetime night game with ESPN College GameDay on campus. This isn't just any old [...]

By |2023-09-28T12:55:57-04:00September 29th, 2023|Football|25 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Catch of the Year is Here

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Wide receiver Deion Colzie will be out a couple weeks after having his knee scoped. Fellow wideout Jayden Thomas is questionable this weekend with a hamstring injury suffered against Ohio State. The Notre Dame-Ohio State game was NBC's highest rated game since [...]

By |2023-09-28T08:07:19-04:00September 28th, 2023|18S Reads|38 Comments

2025 DE Joseph Reiff commits to Notre Dame

The final of three weekend commitments in the 2025 class occurred for Notre Dame on Sunday when defensive end Joseph Reiff gave his pledge to the Fighting Irish. The 6'5"/235-pounder out of Illinois is the sixth player to join Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2025, which currently ranks third in the nation per the 247 [...]

By |2023-09-27T22:14:13-04:00September 27th, 2023|Recruiting|5 Comments

I Can’t Do College Football (on Television) Much Longer

I wasn't going to publish this for another week or two but after Saturday night, well, let's get it out there now.  Every year late August rolls around and that childlike excitement of college football returning puts me in a great mood. Then the games begin and I'm reminded, "Oh yeah, watching college football on [...]

By |2023-09-25T07:53:23-04:00September 27th, 2023|Football|50 Comments

2025 DE CJ May Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame received the second of three weekend verbals from the 2025 class immediately after the game ended on Saturday night when defensive end CJ May committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'4"/225-pounder out of Alabama was the fifth player to join Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2025, which currently ranks third in the nation [...]

By |2023-09-26T13:10:30-04:00September 26th, 2023|Recruiting|2 Comments
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