I agree with this. Most of our non-alumni fans, excepting a non-trivial minority who rep ND partly because of its values, are like any other fan-base-- they just want to win. They have very little invested in the other aspects of the University, and they don't have the time or the inclination to dig into the meta-issues facing CFB.
Thus, whenever someone argues that "we [the fans] are better than that," part of me thinks that no, we're largely not.
I think this applies to many of the older alumni as well. Having lived through the glory days, they don't understand why ND can't dominate like it used to. Take NDNation, for instance; that board is probably a decent representation of the older superfan alumnus crowd.
But for younger alumni, I don't think that's the case. The last 2-3 incoming freshman classes weren't even alive during ND's last title, and those who graduated during the last decade (myself included) weren't old enough for it to make a difference. We've known nothing else, so the "win at all costs" mentality is far less prevalent. Then factor in their investment in the school's reputation, and it's pretty obvious that ACamp's generalization doesn't apply to this group.
