Have been around the block several times, and so much that my brain gets muddled. Help me understand/remember: How come ND is treated as the second coming. Agree they've got a faithful attendance/tv crowd, but how the bloody hell do they continue to get such preferential treatment? They've got their own TV deal, and the playoff rules are constantly bent to favor ND getting in. They don't have to join a conference, but play in the ACC, although they're not eligible for the league playoff. They (IMHO) were second tier football program for past 15-20 years, but were still treated like rock stars (they were not). Can someone please put me out of my misery, and cogently explain 'how come'? There's gotta be others out there that are questioning this very same thing....PS, when daughter and family toured Northwestern, she heard someone say they were going to ND the next day. She asked if we could as well, pointed out that the next day we were touring tOSU, but if she went there, her grandfather would turn vertical flips in his grave. Thanks in advance.
