BY LOU SOMOGYI
F
or the first time since the
1978‑79 school year, the Notre
Dame football team played in a
major bowl game while men's
basketball advanced into the Elite
Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
This is noteworthy because of gen‑
eralizations in NCAA athletic compe‑
tition, that universities are demarcated
as either "football schools" — Notre
Dame, USC, Alabama, Texas, Okla‑
homa, Michigan, Ohio State, etc. —
or "basketball schools" — Kentucky,
UCLA, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke,
Indiana, Louisville, Syracuse, etc.
However, it's notable that only
Notre Dame ranks among the top 15
all time in both football victories
Just Like
Old Times
Notre Dame's combination of
success in football and men's
basketball returned in 2015-16
Center John Shumate in basketball and quarterback Tom Clements in football highlighted a spectacular
1973‑74 school year.
PHOTOS COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS