ND fans/alums I don't know why you are even bothering to defend the Irish. Obviously, since Notre Dame du Lac does not play a juggernaut SEC schedule they are a garbage team and overrated. ND needs to STOP playing a national schedule of FBS teams, and get on board with padding the schedule with FCS cupcakes and persistent conference bottom feeders. Since those enduring bottom feeders happen to be in the SEC they are instantly elevated to powerhouses. Do not over analyze this hypocrisy because your team is garbage and overrated, its an SEC thing.
ND also needs to drop their academic standards. You simply cannot win in this day in age with smart kids who love to play football against the barely literate who are dangled a fast track to the NFL during their recruitment. ND also needs to remember to over recruit as much as possible and pull the scholarships of the players who get hurt or who simply cannot cut it. Simply put, because Fuc* education its about winning! The country needs more bus drivers and garbage men anyway.
Also, you have to remember ND fans, that if an SEC team were to play against the same opponents and had a similar amount of close games. That team would be heaped upon it praises of determination, domination and toughness. Since the Irish are not in the SEC they will never hear such accolades. Additionally Irish fans even if Notre Dame du Lac wins the National Championship. Your team will not get the credit it deserves, because once again since the Fighting Irish do not play a juggernaut SEC schedule your team is garbage and overrated.