Originally Posted by
grump
Nope. Definitely not a Michigan fan. You and I had an extended exchange about this last year, I think. The graduation rates at most of the schools you mentioned are comparable. If Notre Dame offers on line courses it’s cutting edge education for the new millennium. If everyone else does they’re copping out their educational obligations. This is the same old argument,repackaged, the ND fans raise when they’re confronted with the realities of the graduation rate. That other schools aren’t as “rigorous” as Notre Dame so it’s really superior. The fact is that that argument is objectively unprovable but it does fit in nicely with ND’s long history of self-mythologizing. What is objectively verifiable is ND’s putrid record against Top Five opponents over the last 2+ decades. If memory serves that record is 1-17 over the last 20 years.