The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Ducks Move into Position

An expected quiet weekend unfolded exactly like that, very little chaos happened over the past few days which isn't great news for Notre Dame but also not the end of the world, either. So this won't be a very interesting set of rankings, and I don't expect the College Football Playoff committee to have a [...]

By |2025-11-24T08:00:46-05:00November 24th, 2025|Football|4 Comments

One More Guaranteed: Syracuse Instant Reaction

I thought about writing up a draft of this post earlier this morning, assuming it would just be a matter of filling in some details. But then my kid wanted to watch the Knuckles series, so that went by the wayside. The Knuckles series had far more drama than Saturday's game, as Notre Dame utterly [...]

By |2025-11-22T19:36:26-05:00November 22nd, 2025|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments

Syracuse Game Preview: The Peanut Butter-Free Scouting Report

A Syracuse team coming off a 10-win season with Notre Dame transfer Steve Angeli at quarterback returning to South Bend on Senior Day looked like it was going to be a spicy matchup back in August. Fast forward a few months and things have changed to the point where Notre Dame is simply trying to [...]

By |2025-11-20T14:52:48-05:00November 21st, 2025|Football|11 Comments

Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Week 13

Hello 18S!  Quick intro: I’m Mike, and as my handle suggests, I graduated from Notre Dame undergrad in 2011, and stayed on for three more years at Notre Dame Law School.  As a tax attorney, I enjoy scenario planning and risk-adjusted thinking, and that’s what brings us to the topic of this article: what’s best [...]

By |2025-11-19T09:30:58-05:00November 19th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|4 Comments

2025 College Football Week 13 Picks: The Quiet Before the Storm

We have a couple certified bangers coming up but week 13 is largely the "play a FCS or super easy opponent before the rivalry regular season finale" portion of the season. Notre Dame is also on an active bye week, yes let's call it that, as massive favorites over a depressed Syracuse team. It's not [...]

By |2025-11-19T08:26:11-05:00November 19th, 2025|Football|2 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Alabama Falters at Home

Notre Dame took care of business this past weekend with a smackdown inside Acrisure Stadium (among the top 5 worst named stadiums in North American sports no doubt) against Pittsburgh. That was the most important part of week 12. Across the rest of the country, things didn't quite break in Notre Dame's favor. Even with [...]

By |2025-11-17T09:33:21-05:00November 17th, 2025|Football|9 Comments

Pittsburgh Game Review: They’re Still Trying to Convert on 3rd Down

In a battle of freshmen quarterbacks Notre Dame's defense provided a loud statement to the rest of the country that they're ready to keep this momentum past the regular season and into the playoffs. Even with an uneven performance for the Irish offense the game at Pittsburgh was never close. Eight straight wins for Notre [...]

By |2025-11-16T10:52:30-05:00November 16th, 2025|Football|22 Comments

Silenced the Nard Dog: Pittsburgh Instant Reaction

Find yourself a partner who cares as much about you as Pat Narduzzi cares about tweaking Notre Dame. A few days after inexplicably saying his team's matchup against the Irish didn't matter if they won the conference title (which they're not presently in position to do, worth noting), Narduzzi rode two of several ridiculous penalty [...]

By |2025-11-15T16:43:11-05:00November 15th, 2025|18S Reads|3 Comments

2027 S Khalil Terry Commits to Notre Dame

Blue chip safety Khalil Terry became the sixth member of Notre Dame's 2027 recruiting class yesterday when he announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'0", 185-pound Californian and erstwhile Michigan State commit had been trending towards USC in the not-too-distant past, picking up some predictions to land with them as recently as a month [...]

By |2025-11-13T09:40:22-05:00November 13th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|6 Comments
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