Yes, I believe they are referred to as Lounge Domers, as they gravitate to places with soft piano music and extensive wine lists.
Irish FB record vs. Big 12 teams
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Yes, I believe they are referred to as Lounge Domers, as they gravitate to places with soft piano music and extensive wine lists.
The article notes that they last played OU in 2013, in Norman and that ND won... which is not correct. The 2013 game was in South Bend and OU won. The game in Norman was 2012, and the Irish did win that one...
Nebraska was right there with them. Most of their games were on ABC and Nebby was able to sell that to the coastal recruits families.
Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous.
I've always kinda wondered why there was so much hate directed at Notre Dame. I can't say I've ever encountered ND fans being more obnoxious than the typical fan base. I just assumed it was either because they are associated with a religion, because they had a solid run back in the day, or because they are on tv a ton.
My dad has always been a big ND fan, so they've been my second team behind ISU. I went to a game with my brothers several years ago and had a blast. The people I encountered were all very friendly. It was odd walking around their campus with it being treated like a tourist destination. That has to be weird for the students.
I liked the simplicity of their stadium, even if it is woefully outdated in regards to many other places. The rest of the campus is ok, but I'll take ours over it every single day. I will say the basilica is beautiful, and the mass after the game was a cool experience.
Meh, I don't see anything wrong with it. If you don't have a college team and didn't attend a D1 school why not cheer for ND if you're Catholic? Same for BYU, imo...or TCU...
Better than the dipsh^ts who say, I'm from IOWA so I root for IOWA (like ISU isn't a viable option). I've heard that many times, btw.
I went k-12 to Catholic school and never really gave a sh%t about ND. I was an Iowa fan back then. I'm just meh on them in general. I'd rather play any of their rivals; Stanford, USC, MU, MSU, hell, even Navy before them.
Slap the sign...what a douche.
I went to Notre Dame...
...in 2005 to watch ND vs. Tennessee. Saw Bryan Ollie in center campus.
I've been to several Irish games over the years (Home, Away and Bowls). Not a fan of the artificial turf though. IMO, Notre Dame Stadium was much better with real grass. Hopefully, ISU and ND get to play in the near future. 'Twould be fun!
This is exactly why I hate them. Some pretty crappy seasons in there and back then the options were quite limited for college football TV watching on Saturdays.
To have them monopolizing an entire network every single weekend. Especially when they had several pretty average to sub-average seasons just seemed unfair.
I would have rather seen some games that 'mattered' regarding the final season rankings back before playoffs and a championship game.
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Heck, there are many that don't even know Notre Dame is located in Indiana!
Probably more than that considering Notre Dame has less than 10,000 undergrads
Meh. It's only the home games, and NBC doesn't show other games. So, who really cares? It actually keeps ND from being on the primary CFB stations during the year, as if they did not have home games on NBC, all of those other games would be on ABC, CBS, ESPN, Fox, etc. taking slots away from other teams like they did BEFORE the NBC contract. Wake Forest @ ND on NBC does not effect Iowa State TV appearances.
Yes, NOW it doesn't matter. But it gave them a huge recruiting advantage back when there were only 3-4 networks and thus very few hours available for College FB. That's when I developed my dislike.
That would have actually made it less TV for everybody else if they were taking spots on the other networks instead of being on NBC back in the day. Notre Dame was going to be on TV regardless of station. At least, on NBC, it wasn't at the expense of other teams or other games, as it was ND or nothing. Meanwhile, ABC, CBS, etc. it would have been ND OR Oklahoma, ND OR Alabama. ND OR Michigan, etc. Not trying to change your mind about not liking ND! lol. Just saying, that it cleared up a more limited TV space for other teams on the other channels. As far as having a recruiting advantage, they have always had that.
So ND is entitled to be on regardless of the quality of their season/performance. Yes, you did not change my mind about not liking ND, LOL.
I wouldn't say I have vehement disdain for Notre Dame, but I developed Notre Dame Fatigue gradually over time. That was nothing directly caused by the monopoly on N(otre Dame)-B-C (that was merely a symptom). It's various things along the way that did it (I won't get into it in this post).
Oddly, when I first started following CFB, back in the good ol' '70s, I was a Notre Dame fan (to an extent). That was long before the NBC arrangement, ND was among the powerhouses with games on TV a lot, so obviously I'd be likely to root for some of those teams (and maybe against others).
Oddly, when I first started following CFB, back in the good ol' '70s, I was a Notre Dame fan (to an extent). That was long before the NBC arrangement, ND was among the powerhouses with games on TV a lot, so obviously I'd be likely to root for some of those teams (and maybe against others).
For the most part Catholics referring to ND as "God's Team" are tongue in cheek, The loyalty to ND is partially a handed down type of thing. In my house growing up my father checked to see when ND was on and planned the weekend around that. He told us when he was a kid when ND was near the goal line they had to kneel and pray in front of the radio.
This stems in some part for the Irish Catholics being treated (as many other immigrants) like crap. ND was a lone bastion of hope. Most Domers are now still fans but more realistic.
Love em or hate em they are good for college football.
Actually Boston College, was started as a Catholic answer to the Ivy League. Yes it looks like at some point all immigrants were screwed to varying degrees.
By the way, don’t argue with a ND fan, we will argue with you all day long. Even if we are wrong.
This stems in some part for the Irish Catholics being treated (as many other immigrants) like crap. ND was a lone bastion of hope. Most Domers are now still fans but more realistic.
Love em or hate em they are good for college football.
Actually Boston College, was started as a Catholic answer to the Ivy League. Yes it looks like at some point all immigrants were screwed to varying degrees.
By the way, don’t argue with a ND fan, we will argue with you all day long. Even if we are wrong.
We are on the Notre Dame campus at least a couple of times a year for various reasons. It's a top 10 if not top 5 campus in the country.
Right. It usually hovers right around 8,000.
I can't wait for this to end up in the level the playing field thread...
