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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fresh off a rousing snow-kissed win over Navy, Notre Dame heads to Pittsburgh for a game that has playoff implications for both teams. The eternally salty Pat Narduzzi has a chance to lead his Panthers into the ACC championship game, and if they can get in they have every reason to believe they can win [...]
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 [...]
I was mindlessly surfing social media recently when I came across a cut up video of how the New York Jets prepare their footballs for games. Full disclosure, I never really thought that deeply about the process although in the NFL the game balls have always been noticeable for being really dark. If you buy [...]
Last week I only included 5 games in my picks (we'll get to that in a minute) and this upcoming week is going to be the exact opposite with a whole bevy of juicy games to consider. With just a few weeks to go in the regular season we are getting close to the post-season. [...]
This past week four teams from our 18 Stripes ranking fell, although there weren't any big upsets near the top of the country. Still, things continue to break nicely for Notre Dame as they chase another playoff appearance with a 7-2 record. Here's the latest poll from 18 Stripes: 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll [...]
It was the annual Navy game this Saturday night in a rainy/sleety/snowy South Bend so there was no escaping a certain level of annoyingness that is as familiar for Notre Dame fans as dozens of traditions surrounding the program. Thankfully, the worry didn't last very long as the Irish took firm command of the game [...]
The Notre Dame fan base has treated the Navy game largely the same each year under Marcus Freeman (including his year as defensive coordinator): Brief moments of panic early in the game that this is going to be, as some of us put it, the annual trip to the dentist's office, followed by a fairly [...]
Anchors Aweigh! It’s Navy Week That 12-minute 3rd Quarter Boston College Drive last week sure was fun, huh? […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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