My experience in South Bend was nothing like that. The people my group sat next to in the stands were a group of guys from Gary. They were blue collar dudes who said "Fuck" a lot, and smuggled whiskey into the stadium, which they shared. After the game we went to mass with them on campus, then they took us back to their tailgate spot and fed us. The campus itself was immaculate. There was not a blade of grass pointing in the wrong direction. Going there completely flipped my attitude on Notre Dame. My only complaint is the ass to seat ratio doesn't work. Midwesterners have gotten a lot bigger since the 20s.
Yeah, Notre Dame was so bad a few years ago that they considered changing Touchdown Jesus to First down Jesus.