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CashMoneyCane said:
Not really "richest," they just have an enormous fan base. It's a smaller school than Miami in terms of undergrad enrollment, meaning the alumni base is not exactly loaded (collectively).

They really don't have the kind of coin (from the alums) a program like Texas, Ohio State, Florida, et al have. To what extent merch and eyeballs bridge that gap, I couldn't really say.
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They got bank, for sure.
 
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At this point, I’d take Brian Kelly type success over his last 8 years for the next 15 years at the U. But at some point therein or after I’d have questions if there’s no Natty.
 
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Go Canes!! said:
He's made the CFP and played Clemson tougher than Bama did.
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Not following you there, they scored 3 points and lost by 27 instead of Alabama's 29. It was just Clemson's year, they steamrolled everybody. As for Kelly, I think he was overrated early on, but the majority of people are on to him. Everytime he has them in the driver's seat, they stumble and he always has some grand explanation for why, "it wasn't their night." The answer is often his arrogance and stubbornness, we saw it first hand ourselves.
 
The Svengali said:
Good God, man, this is an absurd thing to think, let alone say. What universe have you been living in?

ND is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, the alumni base is powerful and well connected, and I’m pretty sure they are in the top 2 for largest endowment of any P5 school (possibly behind Stanford). And in that regard, they dwarf any of the schools you named. For example:

Endowments

Notre Dame: $13.8 Billion
Ohio State: $5.3 Billion
Texas: $4 Billion
Florida: $1.8 Billion

Also, despite being a small private school and not having any conference affiliation, they have on of the most recognizable, powerful brands in all of sports, and I’m willing to wager a good glass of Whiskey ND‘s football program is easily in top 7 or 8 in both revenue and profits....and possibly as high as top 5.
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Yikes. Just yikes. If you're gonna come at someone, make sure you know what you're arguing and what you're talking about.

First of all, one of the most prestigious universities IN THE WORLD? LMFAO. They're not MIT, Cal Tech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Oxford, LSE, or Duke. If not for the football program, they'd be right around Pepperdine and Emory.

Second... do you know what an endowment is actually used for, and how? Might wanna do some research on endowment management, which I happen to know quite a bit about. But I'll give you a clue... endowments don't just get spent, and therefore attempting to compare one against the other is relatively pointless.

Again, because you didn't get it the first time, I'm discussing the wealth of the alumni base as a whole. They have 120K living alumni. Michigan, as an example has about 600K living alums. Academically, they matchup similarly and their alums compete for more or less the same level of jobs. So you're telling me that, on average, a ND alum has FIVE TIMES the wealth as a Michigan alum? Boy does that make plenty of sense.
 
Brian Kelly is 92-37 at Notre Dame and has been to the College playoffs and made it to the BCS championship. Notre Dame cannot recruit at a level where they can be a Alabama, Clemson or Ohio State. Not many recruits want a college experience like that. In my opinion they should be Happy with 10-12 Wins every year.
 
Mackmiller974 said:
Brian Kelly is 92-37 at Notre Dame and has been to the College playoffs and made it to the BCS championship. Notre Dame cannot recruit at a level where they can be a Alabama, Clemson or Ohio State. Not many recruits want a college experience like that. In my opinion they should be Happy with 10-12 Wins every year.
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Stop it

Maybe if they hired an elite coach they would recruit better

Elite college kids dont want to go to an asshat like Brian Kelly who hasnt won anything
 
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If you think they could get Meyer, pray they keep him.

I'd love them to get impatient, make a bad hire and crash and burn though.
 
CashMoneyCane said:
Not really "richest," they just have an enormous fan base. It's a smaller school than Miami in terms of undergrad enrollment, meaning the alumni base is not exactly loaded (collectively).

They really don't have the kind of coin (from the alums) a program like Texas, Ohio State, Florida, et al have. To what extent merch and eyeballs bridge that gap, I couldn't really say.
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Whaaaaa? The managing director of the biggest law firm in Canada is an alum. Hes on their Board of Directors and give them like 1milly a year. UND has far reaching hands my friend.
 
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