A New Generation of HateNotre Dame, Indiana, USA; ’Touchdown Jesus’ on the campus of Notre Dame before a first round playoff game between the Indiana Hoosiers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium. "They don’t care about what went into favorable access negotiated with the College Football Playoff," Hayes writes. Long before Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Indiana, and Georgia in the college football world, there was Notre Dame. Long before there was any NIL money, transfer portal, or College Football Playoff, there was Notre Dame. It may have been a while, but Notre Dame is finally back to being college football's favorite villain.