Re: The state of Notre Dame football.
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It's much easier to recruit when you're a winning program. (see: USC)
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sure, it's easier to be on top next year when you are on top this year. but USC was pretty meh VERY recently.
They went 37-35 from 1996 to 2001. then Pete Carroll took over.
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he other big problems for both schools is with recruiting. Not many high school kids want to spend winter in Nebraska or Indiana when they could be in Florida or Southern California. I see a lot of warm weather schools doing very well the past few years. Notre Dame has added difficulties in that it is a Catholic college.
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whatever difficulties ND has in being from Indiana/Catholis is more than balanced by having a very lucrative national TV deal. there is absolutely no excuse for this program to not be elite.
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