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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
For those commenting on the popularity of Notre Dame in the Midwest, remember that Notre Dame is the Yankees or Lakers of college football. There are a lot of Notre Dame fans here in northern Delaware. I know of a lot of Notre Dame fans in Massachusetts, as well.
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I claim no real knowledge of US college sports but is the Notre Dame popularity explained by the fact ( is it a fact? ) that no college team as successfully grafts itself on to an identity as much as Notre Dame does.
They are THE Irish...the Irish team in North America. No surprise they would hoover up support in EG MA or indeed the North-Eastern states in general or for that matter Chicago. Wherever there is a legacy Irish community there is Notre Dame fandom.