Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. After a fun little set of games on Saturday we know have games from Wednesday to Monday in the college football world. The Top 10 from last week has not changed but here is the list from last week. Also Considered: Ball State, San Jose State, Memphis, [...]
The Irish checked all the boxes for a perfect game against Navy - scoring every possession early, forcing turnovers and passing downs, and limiting first down yardage. Second-half garbage time stats obscure in the final box score what was an incredibly dominant performance by Notre Dame against a Navy team that's still competing for the [...]
It was the Navy game so as is custom and tradition there was a required period of angst and concern about a thorough victory. In the end, the Fighting Irish largely controlled the game after jumping out to a big lead and cruised to their 8th straight win on a perfect season so far. Let's [...]
Saturday marks another installment of the rivalry game between Notre Dame and Navy that has been running continuously since the first meeting in 1927. Besides a pair of games in Dublin--and another just announced to be coming again in 2020--the vast majority of the 'away' games in the series have been played in the Midwest [...]
Recapping Notre Dame's narrow escape over an always irritating Navy offense - many offensive numbers that were better than they looked on film, a solid defensive effort with a few missed opportunities, and a look at Bryce Love and Stanford. The Basics Possessions Plays Yards Scoring Opportunities Notre Dame 7 47 331 4 Navy 8 [...]
For a good long while it was shaping up to be a classic loss to Navy. The opponent was executing a time-sucking ball possession game perfectly. One good Notre Dame play was met with a momentum stopping positive play by Navy. Ball carriers were caught for little gain and wiggling free for positive yards. Previously [...]
Notre Dame had started putting together another winning streak against Navy (5 straight) before messing things up and losing in Jacksonville (man, Florida hasn't been kind to us) last year. By the way, how bad was 2016 that the loss to Navy was probably only the 3rd most outrageous defeat of the season? Perhaps I'm [...]
The team with the better offense played more aggressively and won the game. That should be Notre Dame, but instead Will Worth and Navy executed their gameplan to perfection, while the Irish defense floundered. Settling for field goals has fans feeling like Jack Swarbrick is settling with Brian Kelly as head coach. Confused? Check out [...]
It’s that time of the year – Notre Dame is gearing up for its annual game against Navy. This year it’s a service academy doubleheader with the Shamrock Series game against Army next week. And with service academies comes everyone’s favorite yearly annoyance – the triple option. So today we’re stepping into the 18 Stripes [...]
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