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I do think there is a modern-day South Bend disadvantage that is partly a result of their lack of dominating coverage. When there were only a few nationally televised games available each week it was a guarantee that ND was one of them - even when their on-the-field product didn’t warrant it...

To partially answer your separate question there are a host of reasons likely for that from geography (who in their right mind would want to live in South Bend) to the fact that their brand isn’t very meaningful to young kids (same with ours) - they don’t dominate coverage like they were able to...

I don’t fully buy that. Notre Dame is an equally small, private university and they are truly in the middle of nowhere. Admittedly, their alumni base remains much closer to campus and is obviously more invested. However, the major difference is their school leadership has always placed a...