[NDIrish]

[quote author=NDIrish link=topic=10754.msg99908#msg99908 date=1412100393]please explain how?  If you took away stanford football, how often would they be on espn, cbs, fox sports?

Other people have this covered pretty well, but the point is that sports coverage is not the only kind of coverage that exists. If you think that Stanford is only well known because of its football program, well, I guess you weren't paying attention during most of our history when we sucked ass and were utterly irrelevant.
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Not trying to say that at all, but also saying that is not the only thing ND is known for.  On a day to day basis, in the regular news is stanford in it? usually not, is ND in it, usually not.  In the sporting news, both are covered on a regular basis.  So just saying that both are respected for football and outside. 

[NDIrish]

[quote author=NDIrish link=topic=10754.msg99908#msg99908 date=1412100393]please explain how?  If you took away stanford football, how often would they be on espn, cbs, fox sports?

Other people have this covered pretty well, but the point is that sports coverage is not the only kind of coverage that exists. If you think that Stanford is only well known because of its football program, well, I guess you weren't paying attention during most of our history when we sucked ass and were utterly irrelevant.
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Not trying to say that at all, but also saying that is not the only thing ND is known for.  On a day to day basis, in the regular news is stanford in it? usually not, is ND in it, usually not.  In the sporting news, both are covered on a regular basis.  So just saying that both are respected for football and outside.