<p>I’m just curious: did any current BC students know someone who was trying to decide between Notre Dame and BC and chose ND at least partly because of its glorious football tradition? And are they now regretting it?</p>
<p>Also, are any current high school students who had BC and Notre Dame at the top of their list being swayed by the vastly different directions in which each school’s football program is going?</p>
<p>Initially my dream school was ND, but that was shattered after I got rejected from ND. I'm glad that I decided to come to BC. The football is just an extra component of why BC is better that ND.</p>
<p>When you really think about it, doesn't it seem really silly to choose a school based on a football tradition? Unless perhaps you are a football player yourself. I do know kids who partly chose ND b/c of football weekends and the feeling of being part of some storied history & legend. I thought it was hilarious the admissions counselor actually said NOT to mention Rudy in any essays! I don't know anyone personally who regrets going to ND, they seem to like it OK, but I can tell you that I love BC and had visited ND several times and had applied (rejected) but it was never my dream to go to ND and likely wouldn't have gone anyway, the location was annoying. Anyway, the Eagles are one of the best in college football this year and it is really fun to be a part of it! Prediction of this year's BC-ND matchup - BC 42 ND 14 (and I'm being generous to the Irish here, but they've gotta score a touchdown sometime!)</p>
<p>Mnwin, I agree it's silly to choose a school based on football tradition PER SE. But the glorious ND football tradition has so many "side effects" that extend the impact far beyond the field of play. Such as (1)making it one of the few colleges in the country that EVERYBODY knows about--ND students never ever have to clarify where they go when talking about their school; (2) a certain spring in the students' step and an intense school esprit de corps because they go to such a famous and accomplished school; joyous bi-weekly events in the fall that probably 90% of the students go to. But right now the joy from the games and the side effects at ND must be at an alltime low...but will surely be even lower the week after USC demolishes them.</p>
<p>It's humorous for me to watch this BC-ND rivalry, as I transferred to BC in 1975, and one of the first experiences I had was all of us getting bussed out to Foxboro (with a keg on each bus, if I'm not mistaken) to watch tiny BC play mighty ND for the first time in decades. BC was flattered just to be on the same field as ND back then. My, how times have changed...</p>