I'm sure a 12-0 Notre Dame team would have been littered with articles with the headlines "Off-field issues mar a perfect season for Notre Dame".
I'm sure of it.
USC had a guy kick someone in the balls against Bama (a la Tillery), two players were kicked off the team on suspicion of rape (one was charged with multiple counts of rape), another lineman punched a ref during a game, and JuJu Smith apparently got into a fist fight at practice.
Where are the articles about unhappy boosters and trustees who are tired of Helton embarrassing the school? No where, because they won 8 straight games. Give me a freakin break with the off field issues crap. It's about the wins and the losses.