We’ve found ourselves desperate to do something, anything, as we’re shut down for at least the next month and probably longer. If you subscribe to The Athletic, there’s one activity you might enjoy. Notre Dame football beat writer Pete Sampson has put together a fan survey for those who bleed green, gold and blue.
For the next week, you will be able to answer 20 questions pertaining to the football program. Assuming we’ll have a season, the 2020 Irish could be a team to remember, if not just outside that tier. What better time than now to share your thoughts in a (not really) scientific manner?
The survey begins by asking you to rate how you feel about the football program, Brian Kelly and Jack Swarbrick, respectively, on a scale of 1 to 5. From there, you get to answer multiple-choice questions such as your favorite assistant coach, your favorite player from the Kelly era and whether the Irish are recruiting well enough to win a national championship. The survey concludes with some free-form questions about the biggest surprise during Kelly’s tenure, your favorite all-time player and how you would describe yourself as a Notre Dame fan.
This should be fun, and it could give insight to a top beat reporter on the type of people that cheer on the Irish. Remember when you got surveys in college and high school for a student’s project on some random topic you couldn’t care less about? This is the opposite. This is enjoyable, and we need something like this right now.