True or false - the only way ND can lose to Indiana is by being out coached
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But your point is wrong and you know it.
Every major school has fans in the millions and there is always more fans that didn't go to the school than did.
It's a ridiculous opinion
Wouldn’t you agree that a school like ND has a higher % of non alum fans compared to a school like, let’s say Indiana?
ND probably is a top 10 apparel brand school in terms of units sold and maybe not in the top 100 in terms of alumni. 8,000 upgrads a year is pretty tiny.
Didn’t you hear?
Indiana Football has “millions of fans…” most of which never attended Indiana.
Interesting responses. I am curious what TelX n Pennick n ND78 have to say
Btw, I wish you all a great holiday and I know you all said no presents this year, but I would wrap a W over Indiana for y’all if I could
Oh ND absolutely number 1 in non alum fans for sure
But every school has more non aluminum fans than alums
You are underestimating the opponent
Which is an easy way to lose a game when you’re favored
Who doesn't ? I'm not talking New Mexico St. here. State schools especially have way more fans than alums . Not even close.
I'm certain Indiana Football is busting with "....millions of fans" as Golson stated, most of which are not alums.
I think he gets to take a drink every time he brings it up.
Southern Indiana here...reversible coat fans are those who root for the Irish in football during the fall and then root for IU in basketball during the winter. IU is a blueblood in basketball and they have a ton of non-alum fans.
They have more fans than alums for certain. You made what most if not everyone would agree was an erroneous statement. Own it and move on.
I was referring to Indiana Football fans. Not basketball. I realize fully Indiana is first and foremost a basketball school.
Those non-alum BB fans have been waiting for years for the Hoosiers to field a winning football team. They hopped on the bandwagon early in the season.
Indiana is good but this is a game ND should win. A loss would be very disappointing given our recent history in big games. Win one and we are playing with house money.
Time to knock them off and back to reality. Go Irish!
A podcast made mention of this occurring on Twitter. I personally don’t care where anyone went to school with regards to fandom. It’s a loser retort. Most sports fans like professional teams even though they didn’t play for them…
I kind of take the opposite view even…if I were to respond to that garbage. “Oh you went to school there? So you could have easily gone to college somewhere else and then you’d like that team and your current team would mean nothing to you?”
I can’t imagine rooting for another FBS school over ND no matter where I went to school.
Some of y'all don't live in the South and it shows. Literally, every major program in the South has hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of more fans that never went to the school.
For ND in particular you also have to factor in the Catholic aspect. I think it can be argued that people identify more with their faith than their college choice. Therefor, rooting for a Catholic school like ND even if you didn’t go to school there makes a ton of sense.
Pat
I am not underestimating our opponent anymore than say 90 per cent of media n coaching pundits who say we should win
We are clearly favored. We have been favored in every game this year.
We lost one because of over confidence and poor play. That has not happened since.
My OP asks “true or false?” My opinion is that we will not take Indiana lightly and will play hard. Hopefully we don’t make mistakes. And if we lose, I do not see us being outplayed - I see poor play calling n coaching. That’s my opinion
