Spring Practice 2022: Notes from the Only Open Practice

By |2022-03-27T10:47:28-04:00March 27th, 2022|Football|

Notre Dame held its 5th practice of spring indoors on Saturday with snow showers falling down in late March outside in South Bend. It will be the only workout fully open to the media this off-season and offers the only significant glimpse into the team this spring as they prepare for the 2022 season. Here [...]

What If…? DeShone Kizer Returned to Notre Dame in 2017

By |2022-03-24T12:43:57-04:00March 24th, 2022|18S Reads|

Follow me and ponder the question… What if? Those of you who are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will instantly recognize this question. After 12 years of slowly building up a media empire with familiar names, Marvel has unleashed the multiverse on the world. A realm filled with alternate realities has been explored by [...]

Lacrosse: Irish back on track with win over Michigan

By |2022-03-23T10:38:03-04:00March 23rd, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|

The #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-3) beat the Michigan Wolverines (7-2), 12-7, this weekend at Arlotta Stadium.  The Irish performed well to get the season back on track. The Scoring Chris Kavanagh led the goal scorers with 3 goals and an assist, while his brother Pat matched him in points with 4 assists. Eric [...]

What Did This Week’s NCAA Run Mean for Mike Brey and Notre Dame?

By |2022-03-21T12:39:47-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads, Basketball|

We haven't done a ton of basketball coverage here at 18 Stripes this season. For most of the year, the Irish just weren't really worth writing about; they were a decent-to-good team in what appeared to be a terrible conference, and as those teams do they ended up on the bubble for this year's NCAA [...]

Five Wide Fullbacks: Waiting for the Next Big Recruiting Scandal

By |2022-03-20T22:22:00-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads|

Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks where we are answering the interesting questions of the day. In this space today we'll tackle defining the eras of college football, who is next in the playoffs, recruiting scandals, 5-star quarterbacks, and viewing practices from the sideline. 1) With the new NIL "rules" blurring the [...]

Lacrosse: Irish look to get back on track versus Michigan

By |2022-03-18T20:08:29-04:00March 18th, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|

#15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (1-3) host the #17 Michigan Wolverines (7-1) this Saturday at noon (ACCN).  The Irish look to refocus the season after three difficult losses to top-7 teams. A quick peak back at last week We didn't have a chance to recap the 11-14 loss to Ohio State. The plot was [...]

The Weekly Rambler: The Disappearance of AOL Instant Messenger

By |2022-03-18T07:52:06-04:00March 18th, 2022|18S Reads|

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame opened up spring practice yesterday with the media present for a few minutes. As expected, former Notre Dame tight end George Takacs has followed John McNulty to Boston College. Penn State's AD Sandy Barbour is retiring after 8 years in [...]

An Early Look at the 2022 Notre Dame Opponent Quarterbacks: Games 7-12

By |2022-03-16T22:28:39-04:00March 17th, 2022|Football|

Notre Dame opens next season against a Heisman candidate in Columbus and faces some other interesting opponent quarterbacks during the first half of the season. Today, we look at the last half of the gauntlet which starts off easy but ends with what could be an extremely difficult finale in Los Angeles. Game #7 UNLV [...]

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Quarterback

By |2022-03-15T21:21:53-04:00March 16th, 2022|Football|

Notre Dame opens up the first spring practice of the Marcus Freeman era tomorrow on St. Patrick's Day. Will it be full of good luck then? Today we preview the most talked about position in American sports, the quarterback. After a one-year stop for Jack Coan the starting position opens back up again with rising [...]

A Way-Too-Early Guess at Notre Dame Football’s Recruiting Class of 2023

By |2022-03-14T23:17:31-04:00March 15th, 2022|Recruiting|

In case you missed it, I recently reviewed my way-too-early guess at Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2022. As is tradition, next year’s way-too-early guess is next, and I think it’s one that most of you would be very pleased with. The Fighting Irish have gotten off to their best recruiting start since, well... Ever? [...]

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