I was born in 79 and as long as I can remember the ND rivalry was second only to OSU. But with ND not wanting to join the Big Ten for all these years, and then them ending our series of playing each other every year, and the fact that there really isn't a ton of history in the rivalry pre 1978 when it started back besides the programs being the two with the most wins, it's at "whatever" status at this point to me.