And FWIW, Kevin Harlan (stud KU alum) agrees with me when it comes to KU being a sleeping giant. We're within close proximity to KC, we've got a beautiful campus, a top 50 public research institution, good facilities, and we're located in a pretty great college town. KU basketball is the 2nd-most valuable basketball program in the country and has a huge, national fanbase. If the football program ever got its crap together, we'd be top 10 in the country in overall athletic revenue. We saw it back in 2007/2008.
As for Notre Dame, this isn't 1974. Every big-time football program is on national television these days. Notre Dame obviously has a huge fanbase and is more of a hot commodity in realignment because of its status as a traditional football power, but the gap isn't as wide as you would like to believe. Tim Grunhard has talked about the decline of Notre Dame in detail on 810 radio. Their status has really taken a significant hit in the past few years by not being tied to a P5 conference, and certain traditions are being questioned due to growing concerns over the program's relevancy.