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>>430154 Yale has a lot of titles so yeah, they do have a great football program, but they happened in the 1800s, and football has changed a lot since then. Most importantly, there are now non-Ivy League teams playing unlike then, when it was more of a regional championship. Notre Dame's last championship was 20 years ago, and had another 10 years before that, and like I said, made it to two BCS bowls consecutively only a few seasons ago.
Yes most of their titles came in the 1940s but it was by then truly a national competition. So unlike Yale, Notre Dame has remained competitive on a national scale for longer and remains that way today.
By your reasoning, it seems like a team's status is dependent upon their recent success alone. The same argument is used to call USC the greatest team ever even though they too suffered spells of mediocrity. But, because they're a strong team as of late (two national championships and three Heismans ain't shabby), the time when they weren't terrific is passed off as being a dry spell. Can't a team like Notre Dame, with more National Championships, enjoy the same kind of consideration?
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