It was an extremely busy month of June for the Notre Dame staff. With multiple commits since our last update, the Irish have been reaping the benefits from those three weeks of official visits -- and they're not done yet. The Irish are still expecting a couple of more commits in the near future, and [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the first of our game breakdowns at the end of the season, using a new (easier to read) format. The first game we talked about was Colorado [...]
To wrap up our celebration of the 18 Stripes 5-year anniversary I wanted to look back at my favorite moments on the field since the 2016 season began. You could also call these the best moments, as well. Whatever you call it we're having a good time. Instead of ranking the moments from worst to [...]
In honor of our 5-year celebration since beginning 18 Stripes we have assembled some of our writers to complete a roundtable discussion. If you missed Part 1 from yesterday you can read it HERE. We'll finish up this roundtable with a handful more questions focusing on the Notre Dame program. Did you think Brian Kelly [...]
As part of our 18 Stripes 5-year anniversary weekly special we wanted to give our readers a nice long roundtable discussion about Notre Dame football. It got so long we had to break it into 2 parts. But they are still 2 very long parts. Enjoy! Which player surprised you the most based on your [...]
As we mentioned yesterday, we just passed our 5-year anniversary since the creation of 18 Stripes and I've been covering Irish football in one degree or another for about 14 years now. When I started on this journey I was 25 and next January I'll be 40 with 3 kids aged 4.5, 2.5, and 3 [...]
This website launched 5 years ago tomorrow back on July 6, 2016. We've now been in this home we built for just about as long as our old website existed back at SB Nation. It's been a long, strange trip for me personally to still be here today doing something, that frankly, still brings me [...]
Notre Dame football got one step closer to completing its 2022 defensive back haul this Independence Day when cornerback/safety prospect Devin Moore verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'3"/190-pounder out of Naples, FL is the 18th player to join Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2022 -- the 10th on the defensive side of the [...]
What was already a strong week of defensive recruiting for Notre Dame became even stronger on Friday evening when defensive back Jayden Bellamy verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 5'11"/170-pounder out of Oradell, NJ is the 17th player to join the Irish recruiting class of 2022 -- a class which currently ranks 2nd in [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News The NCAA has passed Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rules that went into effect yesterday. Buckle up. Players are already starting to debut their own brands with the new NIL rules. BYU says their NIL must adhere to their honor code [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. In the months since I've discussed players who would likely make [...]
Just one day after Notre Dame landed its first commit of the 2023 recruiting class in defensive end Keon Keeley, the Irish have landed another big fish along the defensive line. Brenan Vernon -- a 5-star prospect via the 247Sports Composite -- has verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. @Coach_MattGray @CoachBerwald @MentorRedline @GPicheco @Nolan1vernon @megggss_22 [...]
Notre Dame football started off its 2023 recruiting class with a bang Monday afternoon when defensive end Keon Keeley verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'6"/230-pounder out of Tampa, FL is the first player to join Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2023. COMMITTED!!!☘️☘️☘️ Excited to Join Irish Nation!!!☘️☘️☘️ Thank You to My Mother and [...]
Movement! As we noted was likely in the last couple of updates, there has been movement all over the board with prospects finally able to take real recruiting visits to schools. We had four players go on the board and eight players come off it, with two of those arrivals also on the departure list. [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the 2001 Big 12 season. Today, we're going into our first game in the journey of the end of this season; Nebraska going to Boulder to take [...]
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