I can understand how the single vertical stabilizer of a Falcon could look like the port side twin stab of a Hornet at an angle, but those are definitely U.S. Navy Hornets. What got me was them going to what appears to be stock photography and stating in the article/release that 4 aircraft are going to be part of the fly-over (which would be unusual). If this was indeed a rehearsal photo (which I think it is absolutely not and just a lazy piece of journalism) then there's 2 extra aircraft in the sky.
Mistaking the aircraft at range, and counting are an order of magnitude apart. One is a legit, "oh, yeah" moment, the other is "you're getting paid to do this?"
EDIT: They appear to have edited the text from earlier today to omit the number of aircraft error, but have kept the photograph. Either the Navy are going to do the fly-over or stock photography helped Sue Lister (
@ListerSue, Director of Public Relations for The University of Notre Dame) 'mail it in'.
EDIT2: Here's the photograph as linked in the tweet, hosted by ndu.edu. That's Blue Angel liverly:
EDIT3: In case ndu.edu doesn't allow 3rd party hosting, as it isn't appearing for me, I've made a link on imgur. You're more than welcome to check the original if you doubt it's authenticity. Click either to blow it up and see the blue and gold (GO BLUE ANGELS and GO IRISH):
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