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I'm speaking big picture here, they are not a consistent, top 10 recruiting team and haven't been for a long time.

2 or 3 top 10 classes here and there do not change the fact that they're outside of the top 10 more often than they're in it.

If you want to pretend like Notre Dame didn't recruit well prior to recruiting rankings, then you can just be wrong and sound dumb to older fans.

Will you also take that time period and make the claim that Alabama never recruits well and isn't a top 10 program because they didn't have any top10 classes in the years leading up to Saban?

Btw, Notre Dame has 3 top10 classes just in the past 3 years. The only one taking a few years and trying to act like that is the norm is you with Willingham.

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Posted by SidewalkTiger

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 1:06 pm to 3down10

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If you want to pretend like Notre Dame didn't recruit well prior to recruiting rankings, then you can just be wrong and sound dumb to older fans.

Oh they definitely did, they were an absolutely elite program at one time.

That's my point, they aren't anymore and haven't been, since at least the late 90's.

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Will you also take that time period and make the claim that Alabama never recruits well and isn't a top 10 program because they didn't have any top10 classes in the years leading up to Saban?

Alabama was heading down the same path, luckily Saban was able to get it all turned around.

Also, the Alabama administration made a financial commitment to football, unlike Notre Dame.

It isn't that Notre Dame can't be elite, they just haven't made the financial commitment to being elite in the 21st century.

The academic workload at a place like Notre Dame only makes it that much more difficult.

For all the Marcus Freeman hype, they're undoubtedly taken a step back during his tenure.

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