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Message: [QUOTE="TerryD, post: 1544954, member: 3399"] I think that the younger fans do. This is more than football at issue here. ND uses its independent football team to market the university all over the country. ND's unique status allows it to do that. Jack Swarbrick has recently mentioned that several times. ND uses the football team for marketing the school itself for non-athlete students and for other goals than football. The past is the past. It has nothing to do with the future. Under Kelly, ND was 12-0 and in the championship game in 2012 and is 8-1 and ranked #4 right now. Those numbers are more relevant than yours for the future. Besides, if you are right, then why in the hell would ND give up its identity and tradition as a football independent for something (playoffs) that it rarely will have a shot at anyway? Didn't you just defeat your own argument for ND joining a football conference? [/QUOTE]