As someone who comes from a big midwestern Catholic family, I can assure you of two things:

1. This moronic fanbase is not only in the northeast
2. This article is fantastically accurate

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/the-ten-dumbest-fan-bases-in-america-5-notre-dame-082613

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. I found this article by Googling "Why is Notre Dame always ranked so high even though they clearly suck?"

Seriously.