What Notre Dame Does RIGHT!
During this time of turmoil, let’s not forget the things that Notre Dame does right:
Since 1962, Notre Dame has graduated 98.74% of its football players in four years. As of 2006, only 13 football players in this time have left Notre Dame without finishing their degree requirements. Also of note is the 90% graduation rate of ND’s African-American players (only Navy and Boston College have higher African American graduation rates).
Notre Dame is one of only three of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) teams to have never played a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) team since the divisions were created in 1978.
Yes, times are tough…we at the IRT are as hacked off as anyone about the winnable losses the last four weeks. We are also proud graduates, as are most of our readers. We agree with what Mike Golic Sr. said this morning, “We want our cake and to eat it, too”. Until that day (which will come), let’s be proud of who we are.
December 1st, 2009 at 8:11 am
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:39 am
I would also add that our kids stay out of jail.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:25 am
Excellent post, JVH. Despite the fact we are all passionate ND FB fans, the extremely rigorous academic and ethical standards this University sets benefit us all much more in the real world than a National Championship “bought” by lowering the bar ever would. I would rather get shit from people about our lousy football program than the fact our students carry AK-47’s, beat their girlfriends and are otherwise scumbags. A 6-6 season can be attributed to a coach. Giving a player a ½ game suspension for trying to blind somebody, for example, suggests much deeper, fundamental problems at that University.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:35 am
Right on, Fivestar. This was Hammer’s post, BTW, so props to him.