Dissecting Notre Dame hatred, OU’s chances, Miami’s relevance, more

Dissecting Notre Dame hatred, OU’s chances, Miami’s relevance, more

You may find this hard to believe (actually, you probably won’t), but the team about which I receive the most e-mails is not Florida, Texas or USC. It’s Notre Dame. And unlike with most schools, I receive nearly as many Irish-related queries from non-Notre Dame fans as from Domers. Generally, those particular readers aren’t writing in to compliment the Irish.

Thus, on the eve of Saturday’s Notre Dame-Michigan duel — a game 80 percent of the country will complain receives too much attention, but 75 percent will still watch — I found this e-mail from Marc Perras of Somerville, Mass., to be particularly thought provoking.

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