As historic as the rivalry between Notre Dame and Michigan is, it currently is at a standstill. What should be an annual meeting has been shelved until a home-and-home in 2033 and 2034. But somehow, Wolverines fans believe now is the time to dunk on the Irish.
Although the teams won’t face each other at least in the regular season for a while, the Michigan site Blue By Ninety decided to let those on social media know about this fact:
Is there a bigger fraud in college football than Notre Dame?
This stat is insane. pic.twitter.com/T6obVQLJzN
— Blue By 90 (@bluebyninety) July 9, 2024
The nature of the stat here is irrelevant, and we’re not here to argue it. What is relevant is that although their team is coming off a national championship, Wolverines fans clearly still see the Irish as enough of a threat to bring this stat up.
Whether or not the Irish are a threat to the Wolverines in any given year, their fans conveniently seem to forget that it was their school that shut the Irish out of the Big Ten, leading the Irish to remain independent and become the national brand they are now. If they don’t like the Irish getting the attention they do, they only have their own school to blame for that.
Wolverines fans need to keep their focus off the Irish and onto Ohio State and whatever SEC program tries to topple their team. We can talk about this if the Irish and Wolverines meet in the College Football Playoff. That time has not come, so let’s table the discussion for now.
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