The athletic directors of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Purdue Boilermakers agreed eight years ago that their schools would play each other Sept. 19...three years from now.
Today, we learned the Irish are still going to be hosting an opponent that day — but it’s going to be the Western Michigan Broncos instead.
Welcome to the silliness of college football scheduling, where matchups are announced up to 20 years in advance and then modified repeatedly as conference affiliations and scheduling philosophies change.
THE “NEW” GAME
Notre Dame will pay $1.