Welcome back to the 18S Big Board for Fighting Irish football. Today we are taking a look at Notre Dame's targets at linebacker -- a position where the staff hit it big a few months ago. Score Name State Ht./Wt. Temperature .998 Dylan Moses FL 6-2/220 Cold .993 Baron Browning TX 6-3/230 Cool .969 Drew [...]
Notre Dame football recruiting continued its hot streak with the Class of 2018 tonight, as linebacker Matthew "Bo" Bauer has verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. Bo was in South Bend for Irish Invasion a couple of months ago. Afterwards, he named Notre Dame his leader despite the fact that he had not yet received [...]
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Big Board for Fighting Irish football. Today we are taking along at Notre Dame's targets at defensive end. Score Name State Ht./Wt. Temperature .986 Josh Kaindoh MD 6-6/255 Mild .973 Jarez Parks FL 6-5/255 Cold .952 LaBryan Ray AL 6-4/270 Cold .951 Malik Herring GA 6-4/260 Cold .950 [...]
Notre Dame opens up fall camp on August 6th and the day prior we will hear from Brian Kelly as he speaks to the media to officially open preparations for the 2016 football season. Before then, let's take a meander through the Fighting Irish depth chart and brush up on the situations facing the players [...]
Welcome back to the 18S Big Board for Fighting Irish football. Today we're taking a look at Notre Dame's targets along the offensive line -- a position where it just might be time to find new prospects. Score Name State Ht./Wt. Temperature .994 Foster Sarell WA 6-6/320 Mild .985 Austin Jackson AZ 6-5/260 Cold .978 [...]
If you're a Notre Dame fan the red zone woes for the Irish offense have been talked about endlessly for years. Get ready for another dose on the topic today. One of my big issues with red zone criticism is that there is a massive lack of context surrounding a fairly complex issue. Think about [...]
The Irish have offered a lot of players at the wide receiver position this class and now have commitments from Jordan Pouncey and Michael Young. With two spots likely still open, which remaining targets do the Irish have a shot at? Let's check it out. Score Name State Ht./Wt. Temperature .994 Donovan People-Jones MI 6-2/195 Mild .993 Joseph [...]
Welcome to the first edition of the Notre Dame football scholarship update on 18 Stripes. I'm excited to take another deep dive into the Fighting Irish roster. We have a new and updated scholarship form that anyone can view on the internet. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SCHOLARSHIP CHART. Please note, we have walk-ons who [...]
While the program has always pulled athletes from all around the country, the proportions by state have shifted over the years; they have never shifted as much, though, as they have since 1993. From the dawn of the program to the end of the first World War, the roster had a heavily Midwest flavor - [...]
Notre Dame played incredibly explosive football in 2015 - both in reeling off multiple "chunk" plays per game on offense and giving up a ton of long touchdowns on defense. In the first of a series of breakdowns on Notre Dame's "Five Factors" stats, can we expect those numbers to get better or worse in 2016? Background: [...]
What if I told you not to worry so much about the Brian VanGorder defense and its impact on the upcoming season, or even the future of Notre Dame football? You'd think I was crazy, right? Well, I'm going to use Yards Per Play (YPP) metrics to explain why there might be more pressure on [...]
As we draw closer to the start of the 2016 season, we began to reflect on the 129-year history of Notre Dame football and all the faces that have come and gone in the program. The historical roster is full of fascinating nuggets that sometimes offer the joy of discovery of random trivia, and sometimes [...]
Recent Comments