I think Notre Dame has plenty of national recognition already.
We do not have a chance of national recognition until we JOIN A CONFERENCE. But then the Irish would have to share bowl revenues. Think about how much their payout would have been diluted for their totally undeserved BCS appearance last year. They would also have to play a real schedule, on a home and home basis. Wins against cupcakes like the service academies and Stanford would likely be replaced by losses by visiting places like Camp Randall, Columbus, and Champaign on a regular basis. Nope, Notre Dame will never join a conference. The Irish will try to rebuild and live on the program's tradition to keep television and bowl revenues all to themselves.
They would also have to play a real schedule ND may suck this year, but I wouldn't exactly call their yearly schedule easy. It looks down this year, but last year they played two teams who were #3 at the time and the year before, they played the 1, 3, and 4 at different times in the season when they played in both Columbus and the Big House.
Sagarin has ND's schedule strength as #3 this year. Surprised me, honestly.
But then the Irish would have to share bowl revenues. Sharing is better than getting none at all.
We do not have a chance of national recognition until we JOIN A CONFERENCE. Yeah, just think how cool it would be if Notre Dame got some national recognition, maybe popped up on TV once in a while? That would be frickin' sweet!
ND may suck this year, but I wouldn't exactly call their yearly schedule easy. It looks down this year, but last year they played two teams who were #3 at the time and the year before, they played the 1, 3, and 4 at different times in the season when they played in both Columbus and the Big House. I don't disagree with your point, but to clarify, the Domers haven't visited Columbus since 1995.
