The Blue Board

I agree that they suck at football right now but they are getting that preferential treatment because of their history, prestige, and mainly the money they pull in as an independent.

Conferences drool over getting ND because of the amount of money and attention they can bring them

Tops in the SEC.

I think 10 years ago this argument was very valid. I just don't think it is anymore. The fact that the ND AD has more power in college football than the AD at Alabama or Texas or USC still doesn't add up to me.

Their tv ratings are horrible. In the past you had a lot of Irish Catholics living in Chicago, NYC, and Boston that were die hards and lived ND football. That seems to be dimishing. The NYT story that was posted ITT shows that Rutgers is a more popular brand in NYC now than ND. That actually surprised me.

It's called POWER people - they had it before anyone else - on their own...step away from the hate, that tiny little private religious school in the middle of nowhere did what no one else will ever be capable of doing again.

Solid point.

I grew up outside of Cleveland, very high number of Catholic's ( like myself ) and while the majority of fans were mainly Ohio State fans, there were a lot of of ND fans too. I think that has changed in the past 20 years.

I will say this and be honest. Put ND on your schedule this year and I don't care who you are or who else you play, ND will be your biggest non conference game. Despite if they are good or not.

It also looks unbiased.

Texas is huge, with state money behind it! Notre Dame has a total enrollment of about 11,000 while Texas has 51,000. One is state run, the other totally on their own. Please.

Not sure what student enrollment has to do with anything in this argument.

I really don't understand the hate for ND

our schedule is pretty tough every year so if were up there then we probably deserve it

I find it's similar to the hate for the Yankees. ND used to win all the time. First to get their own tv deal. The reason I think most people don't like ND now is because ND still has a say in what happens, and people don't like that. People thinking now that playoffs are coming, ND will start making cupcake schedules to make 11-1 or 12-0 seasons easier.

This year, yes. In past years, not so much. I know you guys get dap for not playing mid-majors, but games vs. Wake/Maryland/BC aren't much better than playing Northern IL, and I know you've played Utah, Western Michigan, etc., in addition to all the Service Academies, which aren't the most talented groups around.