all you ever see is notre dame ranked higher than they should be and playing (getting blown out) in bowl games that dont belong in by teams that they dont deserve to be on the field with. why do they get the advantages that they do?
2007-05-22 07:05:48 · 14 answers · asked by juan 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
There are quite a few reasons, which a lot of the other answers touched on. First, they are one of the most storied programs of any sport... from the Four Horsemen to Knute Rockne to Joe Montana, the list of great players and teams is far too numerous to list here. That plays a huge role.
The tradition also helps with their recruiting. Notre Dame annually pulls in Top 10 recruiting classes and are oftentimes awarded for the potential of those players coming out of high school, not for their contributions at the D-1 level. This leads us to another reason, which could be the biggest: they are the only college football program in the country that has their own TV deal.
Notre Dame is on TV almost every Saturday and, because of that, sportswriters from around the world get to see just how many former high school All-Americans are on the team. They also get to see them blow out teams like Navy by 40 points, which makes the writers think they must have talent. More importantly though, those same writers don't always get to see lower-profile schools out of the West or MidWest (Boise State anyone?) playing games and can only read about them.
There are other pieces of the media that influence this... I can't think of another football program that was the centerpiece of a classic sports movie (Rudy) or that is as ingrained into American pop culture (who hasn't at least heard of the "Win One for the Gipper" speech?). Sportswriters today were taught by their parents that Notre Dame was the be all, end all of college football and it is hard to shake those habits, especially when those other factors are there.
2007-05-22 07:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by Toby M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are hardly overrated, I don't know why everyone is always against them, when they try to represent the good in sports. They have students with high GPA'a that are good atheletes, and are hardly ever in trouble. Notre Dame has an amazing history. I'm a Buckeye fan as well as a ND fan.
as for that Marc up there saying the Big ten has an easy schedule that is dumb, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa are all tuff and considering you play what 6 or 8 conference games a year , I can't remember you may have 3 easy ones, and they like most teams are going to play tuff, when they are at home. the rest are tuff teams most of the time. I do agree however that ND does play some tuff teams, Michigan, & USC being two of the main games.
2007-05-22 08:06:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Notre Dame is a significant college with alumni everywhere in the country. they are going to sell tickets the place ever they finally end up enjoying in a bowl game as a results of fact there is an probability extremely some alumni stay there. That being reported, Notre Dame performs an hassle-free time table, yet consistently seems to get blown out by potential of the ranked communities that they play, such as a results of fact the Michigan game they lost badly at homestead, and while they went to SC and have been given destroyed, to no longer point out what LSU did in the Sugar bowl. something of their time table is crammed with much less perplexing video games against unranked communities. I heard a stat the different day that reported Notre Dame is 0-18 against ranked fighters considering that Lou Holtz replaced into on the city.
2016-12-11 17:14:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As much as I dislike Notre Dame I can vouche for the scheluding.
As an Independant, they take on all comers and don't just play sissy teams and still remain ranked all season. Like most SEC teams they ride the co-tails of 1 or 2 teams and get call a great conference.
2007-05-22 08:03:29 · answer #4 · answered by BionicNahlege 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are still overrated from the old days when they were good. It is really their history. Also they have had a TV contract from the start and when other teams had to fight to be the other games Notre Dame was still shown basically every week.
2007-05-22 07:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you referring to rankings or fan base. ND has fans coast to coast, does Miami or Oklahoma or even Texas. ND also plays an independent schedule, meaning they don't get 6 easy games a year like in the Big 12 or Big 10. True the Irish do get a lot of press, but that's because they are a good draw at games. And sometimes that does effect the rankings.
2007-05-22 07:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it's Notre Dame, the most famous college football program there is.
2007-05-22 07:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by immisterkevin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Overrated? No. Inconsistent? Yes. Notre Dame, because of its legacy, continues to pull in blue chip players, but players tend to go hot and cold sometimes week to week, i.e. Brady Quinn. They, normally, have a pretty tough schedule every year. But, don't worry because Charlie Weis will never be anything more than an offensive coordinator. He isn't the type of coach to get his players to play at full potential week to week and will never really be effective.
2007-05-22 07:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The age ol' question. I don't have a clue. It befuddles me every season. I am a Colorado Buffalo and at least I don't have delusions of grandeur like ND alums and ND fans. I think they are so caught up in the euphoric fog and the media frenzy that these retards don't realize that ND does not matter in the grand scheme of things.
2007-05-22 07:18:50 · answer #9 · answered by Joshua B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i couldn't agree with you more. notre dame gets there high rankings based on legacy alone. they do not deserve all the praise that they receive. there are better teams with better records that do not get nearly the coverage they do.
2007-05-22 07:12:43 · answer #10 · answered by brittevans13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋