Yes, Notre Dame will play Michigan, USC and Oklahoma all in the same season, two years in a row -- 2012 and 2013. Initially, ND was going to slide the Sooners in during a two-year timeout in the Michigan series, but the Wolverines brass reversed field over the timeout concept and ND decided it didn't want a timeout from Michigan, either. So the two schools locked each other up through 2031 or roughly the time Jimmy Clausen is due for a midlife crisis.
