I can't stand Notre Dame, but I have to say that the last time they played in Knoxville I was really impressed by their band and the pageantry of the whole thing. I thought that UT and the SEC had quite a bit of pageantry, but it just could not compare to what I saw that day.
It was like their band was doing aerobics during their performance and ours was plodding along. The energy was just different and exciting.