First, let me say that I was booted off that board for not agreeing with the party line. I came back here, where I first posted about the time this site began.
The ND Nation site has several fine boards other than football. I've really enjoyed the two basketball boards, and they even have one that includes Track and Field.
The football board is certainly overly and consistently negative. It hurts them to see a Kelly team ever win. However, they do love Notre Dame and her football team. It's just that the whole atmosphere there has been poisoned by one loudmouth poster, ACross. The rest are sycophants who try to earn his blessing by being negative about everything. It's gotten so bad that you get hooted off if you say anything positive. I'm critical of Kelly and the program when I think they deserve it, but I don' t go as far as that board generally does.
They have a large number of posters, even after having lost so many. Some of them are quite knowledgeable about football and the program. A few of the posters, such as Bruno and the site administrators, are quite enjoyable.
I still check that site for news and good links. I can't post there any longer, and I'm better off when I don't post here, either, since I have nothing to offer but unsupported opinion. I wish I could quit this habit altogether, but I've been reading these boards for at least 15 years. I'm a '72 grad and a third generation Domer.