Edited sentence: A more possible explanation is Rockne's anger and jealousy of UM's higher academic standards than Nd and, of course, the fact that the Big 10 rejected Rockne's/ND's applications to gain entry into the Big 10 league because Rockne was a master cheater.Also, Yost a devout Christian who was among the first to start Jews in the starting lineup and who had  6 Roman Catholic team captains over the years  may have been the object of Rockne's jealousy and, at least one person opines, possible  latent anti -semetism by Rockne over UM's strong Jewish heritage.He could never get ND into the BIg10 and many believe it was because he was jealous of UM's lengendary coach Fielding Yost, who won 6 National Championships for the Wolverines, 10 Big 10 titles , and owned a 2-1 record against ND