While a few ND fans embrace change many if not most resist changes vehemently. Meanwhile many changes have happened and the rate of change seems to be gaining momentum. Here are a few examples of change:
- There was once a time when ND did not play any bowl games. That was followed by a time when ND would play some bowl games (depending on the opponent). Then it became a matter of voting to see if ND would play bowl games. Now days though, ND looks forward to playing all bowl games because the coaches and fans have come to realize it helps with recruiting and it allows the team to have more practices. So now days it is unlikely to see ND pass up a bowl game.
- Not so very long ago posters on this very board insisted that ND did not need to recruit younger players (anything younger than HS seniors). Those posters said things like "We do not have to recruit younger kids because the best players come to us..........."We are ND.......etc." Now days ND is scrambling after younger and younger players (following in the footsteps of all the big time programs).
- A few ND fans clambered for turf on the playing field while others resisted for years.
- Some ND fans clambered for changes to the stadium much to the chagrin of others.
- Today some ND fans are all in favor of a JUMBOTRON much like the other colleges in America. That would be the younger fans mostly. Right now it looks like they will have to wait until their numbers are in the majority. (But it will happen as change is inevitable.)
- Recent changes have happened to the uniform: Decals on the helmets, different colored shoes, green vs. blue. There is now a realization that deals with equipment and apparel manufacturers is a multi-million dollar business. And very importantly, today's new recruits like the multiple uniform looks and changes.
- And recently players that were caught cheating have been allowed to make amends and return to the team.
