He's a 1990 ND Law School graduate, so he was exposed to ND football at it's zenith.
There seems to be alot of smoke that ND would be open to the B10 if they could keep the NBC deal. Given that the deal ends in 2025, and NBC likely won't win any of the Big 10 pie, I wonder if the B10 would consider that deal? CBS could/should also bid for ND home games (I prefer them immensely).
If I'm the B10, I would consider it because 1. it would showcase on national television one of your jewels, and 2. most of the home games would be B10 games.
The rest if the B10 would scream bloody murder, which would be the cherry on top.