brad

April 7th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^

ND has the private catholic school pipeline. Recruiting from within the high schools probably benefits ND in a way that is not possible for other programs. Not saying its everything, but who the coach is at ND matters a little less than average.

M-Dog

April 7th, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^

Yeah, that is a real thing. 

I grew up in a heavily Polish and Italian (and therefore Catholic) area.  The running joke is that two neighborhood Moms were gossiping at the fence.  The first Mom says: "My son just got into Harvard!"  The second Mom says: "What's wrong, he couldn't get into Notre Dame?

We're lucky they did not get MAAR (Allentown PA Central Catholic).

 

blueday

April 7th, 2018 at 8:47 PM ^

Hockey in the BIG. [Still dont get]. Football independent. Bball ACC. They're all over the map.