You had your chance NDSMC78. I teed it up nice and high for both you and ClassicIrish. And both of you passed on your opportunity to explain why anybody would be envious of ND football. So here's 5 objective reasons why you and ClassicIrish are nutcases with this envy thing. All from the past 20 years of an elite brand ,with unlimited resources, failing in every conceiveable way.
1. A revolvingd door of 5th and 6th choice coaches that includes Ty and Charlie. ND ... the elite football program elite coaches want no part of.
2. A putrid .375 winning percentage against BIG teams not named Purdue. At ND, if you can't beat them you sure as hell don't want to join them.
3. A beyond putrid .226 winning perecentage in mostly 2nd and 3rd tier Bowl games. Thank God for Hawaii and Rutgers or you would be batting below .200 and sent back to the minors.
4. One academic fraud scandal or academic suspension after another. That's what happens when you recruit and admit key football prospects who have no business being at ND other than on a rent-a-player basis.
5. One player or program related sex, suicide, criminal or catastrophic safety scandal after another. Is there ever a time when one or more of these is not pending?
That, in a nutshell, is what ND football has been for the past 20 years. Hardly something to be envious of ... especially from the view of Northwestern or Stanford or Navy fans who are passionate in their support of uncompromising "do it right" programs with true student athletes competing at the highest level both on the field and in the classroom.
Just the facts boys.
GOUNUII