You have to remember, folks, that anybody who attends, works for, or is in any way associated with Notre Dame (and this extends to merely living in South Bend--or Bend Over, as it is sometimes known) is, by definition, smarter than the rest of us. This is their major bone of contention with our "friends" up north, as a similar belief system is also firmly in place in Ann Arbor.
Obviously, given their superior intellect, the scheduling was done deliberately, and with great concern for the effects we are now seeing. I can only conclude that it is a "masterful" attempt to destabilize the entire scheduling apparatus of D-I college football, probably as a prelude to a coup. I can further conclude that the entire situation was precipitated merely as a means to cover up the fact that ND hasn't exactly been a powerhouse on the field recently. Drawing attention away from this fact, they can so disrupt the scheduling that their FINAL schedule for this year will read as a veritable "Who's NOT" of college football, paving ND's path to an undefeated season and one of two conclusions:
Conclusion the First: ND goes undefeated, reaches the BCS champoinship game, and is crushed by team X, to be named at a later date. ND officials scream their heads off about some trumped-up triviality and convince the AP pollsters to award them the NC out of pity. Ty is hailed as a hero, and his job is secured for the next 934.5 years, losing his position only after being unable to separate himself from a recruit's couch (apparently he had put down roots)
Conclusion the Second: ND, based on some weird twist in BCS scoring, is left out of the NC game, officials complain bitterly... yadda yadda yadda... AP champ. is awarded to ND. ND officials then realize that they are, in fact, just copycatting USC, and must, therefore have thought of this idea not first, but SECOND--someone outsmarted them. The subsequent implosion of their belief system takes most of northern Indiana with it (I'd add Michigan over to Ann Arbor, but I live in between SB and AA, and I'd kinda like to NOT die), creating a new lake (Lake Futility) with lovely, deep, blue water. This lake will be considered the best thing to EVER happen to northern Indiana.
