Recruiting is the lifeblood of every college football program — including the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. While great coaching and development can do quite a bit, it still takes a roster full of blue-chippers to win a national championship. Banner Society’s Bud Elliott puts together a list every year of the programs with the best Blue-Chip Ratio, and you can be certain that the eventual champion will be on that list.
We know this — none of this is a new thing — but how committed is Notre Dame to the dark art of recruiting?