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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 2818977, member: 173"]
This is an absolutely stupid debate, because it’s irrelevant.  What matters is the MAXIMUM popularity of a program, if/when they are a consistent national championship contender with regular championships to boot.  That’s unknowable for most programs - which includes everyone except Alabama and Clemson currently.

I remember NYC being absolutely dominated by Mets fans in the mid-80s - most of the folks wearing Strawberry jerseys then switched over to a Jeter jersey when the Yankees surged in the 90s and the Mets went in the crapper.  Since it’s basically stayed that way for 25 years, NYC is dominated by Yankees fans (and will be until the Wilpons sell the Mets to decent owners...oops, going off topic there a bit).

I don’t think we have any idea what the max upside of Notre Dame is - they haven’t won since ‘88, they’ve only played for one championship since then in a game where nobody gave them a chance...will the kids and grandkids of people that rooted for Notre Dame turn back into fans if they’re winning, or is the cycle broken due to the long dry spell?  No way anyone has any idea on that.

I do know that there’s a gigantic number of front-running idiots that swing the popularity of teams wildly - it’s absurd how many Golden State Warriors jerseys I see on kids in NEPA right now.
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