... standards for the football program.  Some think the South Bend school expects too much from its football applicants—others see no reason for lowering standards.

Things were different in 1988, the last year Notre Dame won a National Championship in football.  Tony Rice, the leader of that team. was admitted as a Prop 48 case and overall academic standards were nothing like today.

The academic standards were lower for the entire student body back then.  Notre Dame was known as pretty much just a football school.

In 1993, the last year the Irish made a serious attempt at the National Championship, changes were all ready in motion.  Notre Dame wanted a new image.  In 1993 regular students averaged...

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