i should be more disappointed about this than i am...
No one who frequents this site should be disappointed by this. The writing's been on the wall for months.
In related news, I'm somewhat annoyed at the reporters trying to spin this as a major recruiting setback for ND:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Ty Isaac get for USC is big for 3 reasons: position of need; Trojans have been looking for bruiser since LenDale left & TI was an ND target.</p>— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BFeldmanCBS/status/202432782910226433" data-datetime="2012-05-15T16:18:31+00:00">May 15, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>USC says we see your Amir Carlisle transfer, and we raise you a Ty Isaac. Big get to pluck Isaac out of ND's backyard. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523recruitingrivalry">#recruitingrivalry</a></p>— Tyler James (@TJamesISR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TJamesISR/status/202412848939409408" data-datetime="2012-05-15T14:59:18+00:00">May 15, 2012</a></blockquote>
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I hate Tyler James. Most obnoxious ND recruitnik by a mile.