Notre Dame football disrespected in ESPN U “Position U” feature

The Notre Dame football team only got a couple of mentions in ESPN U’s article about which schools produce the best players at each position.

You hear it all the time: “School X is Linebacker U.” Fans of programs across the country argue back and forth about which school produces the best players at a given position. Notre Dame football is not immune to this argument.

The folks over at ESPN U put together an article that tries to squash that debate for each position group — though realistically they probably just tossed gas on a fire. They used things like All-American, All-Conference, NFL Draft position and NFL performance — going back to 1998 — to create their rubric.

ESPN U ranked the top ten teams at each position group. Here’s where they had Notre Dame football listed:

Wide Receiver U: The Irish came in at No. 10, with the “Worldwide Leader” citing talents like Golden Tate, Will Fuller and Michael Floyd to back up their pick. Seems legit.

Tight End U: This is where is gets dicey. For starters, they put Miami — not Iowa — No. 1. The people of Iowa City won’t be happy about that, nor should they be. As for Notre Dame, the Irish were left off the list completely. You can go ahead and bombard ESPN U’s Twitter account as you see fit.

Offensive Line U: The article listed Notre Dame at No. 7 in this category, behind USC, Ohio State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Alabama. Again, agree to disagree.

That’s it. Notre Dame football got only two mentions in the entire article and were left off the tight end category altogether, despite the fact that right now alone, the Irish have five tight ends in NFL camps.

This is just another case of the ongoing disrespect ESPN has shown the Notre Dame football program over the years.