Notre Dame and its renowned symbols — the golden helmets to match the dome atop the Main Building on campus, the Touchdown Jesus mural overlooking the football stadium — are recognizable worldwide.
The program is soaked in lore, dripping with history and brimming with nostalgia. Waking up the echoes. Playing like a champion. Winning one for the Gipper. That whole “Rudy” thing.
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Fighting Irish football fans are everywhere, and many have never stepped foot in South Bend, Ind. Or even the United States.
It’s all a bit much, really.
Notre Dame football occupies an exclusive place in the hierarchy of sports in this country, alongside the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and Duke
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