2025 College Football Week 11 Picks: Don’t Throw Tortillas

As we head towards week 11 I think this will be a bit of a let down from pre-season expectations. Indiana visiting Penn State could've been a big one, but the Nittany Lions are reeling after 5 straight losses and a blowout defeat to Ohio State last week. How about Florida State visiting Clemson in [...]

By |2025-11-05T10:42:20-05:00November 5th, 2025|Football|6 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: The Bees (Brought to Their) Knees

This past weekend may have not been the most pleasant viewing experience for Notre Dame football. To all of those Irish fans who made the trip to Chestnut Hill to watch that it must've been an experience. The good news from week 10 is that things started to shake in Notre Dame's favor with a [...]

By |2025-11-03T07:51:04-05:00November 3rd, 2025|Football|8 Comments

Boston College Game Review: Maybe YouTube TV Knew Something

On a breezy afternoon in Chestnut Hill it was supposed to be an easy victory over a slumping Boston College program with little to play for in November. Notre Dame got a heavy dose of crazy college football in a sleepy, weird, and disappointing effort that was fortunately enough to hold off the Eagles 25-10. [...]

By |2025-11-01T23:22:55-04:00November 2nd, 2025|Football|24 Comments

Never Again: Boston College Instant Reaction

There were so many terrible things about Notre Dame's 25-10 victory over Boston College Saturday that I'm not sure which one I hated the most. Let's take them in chronological order: Kicking This is an absolute traveshamockery. A presumably fed-up Marcus Freeman benched Noah Burnette after he doinked another PAT and went for 2 after [...]

By |2025-11-01T20:03:44-04:00November 1st, 2025|18S Reads|12 Comments

Boston College Game Preview: No Need for Spooky Thoughts

The Fighting Irish are shipping up to Boston this weekend, coming off a bye week of rest and recovery. Five more games remain during the regular season and this is the first of 3 true road venues Notre Dame will be visiting. Not that Alumni Stadium has been a real challenging and scary place to [...]

By |2025-10-30T10:28:38-04:00October 30th, 2025|Football|15 Comments

2025 College Football Week 10 Picks: Eyes on the AAC

I hope everyone had a happy and restful bye week. We're heading into double digit weeks of college football with the home stretch coming and bringing us to the 2nd edition of the 12-team playoffs. A reminder that the first college football playoff rankings will be released after this upcoming week 10. The made-for-TV program [...]

By |2025-10-28T20:10:59-04:00October 28th, 2025|Football|2 Comments

Recruiting Roster Update: Transfer Portal Needs & 5 Year Eligibility

It's been almost 4 months since our last roster update, and while we're in the thick of an improving football season on the field, the acquisition of talent and program management never stops. In fact, the Early Signing Period is going to be here faster than you think. In just 37 days from today that [...]

By |2025-10-27T14:43:41-04:00October 27th, 2025|Recruiting|11 Comments

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: You Have to Win Big Games

Notre Dame could've used a bit more chaos in week 9 of the college football calendar. While resting during the bye, a few opportunities for key upsets arose but many of them didn't come through. Besides a shuffle at the top not a ton has changed in our rankings as the Irish prepare for their [...]

By |2025-10-26T12:42:33-04:00October 26th, 2025|18S Reads|13 Comments

2025 College Football Week 9 Picks: Cougars & Cyclones Do Battle

Notre Dame is off this week but not the weekly picks. We roll on with 8 games on the slate for week 9. Can Indiana stop UCLA's winning ways and vice versa? Can the Sooners survive a barrage of top opponents? How bad could things get for Brian Kelly? And, will BYU continue to lead [...]

By |2025-10-21T19:48:30-04:00October 22nd, 2025|Football|18 Comments
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