That Notre Dame vs. Temple is the premier matchup of the college football weekend is amazing. But perhaps equally amazing is how the game found its way onto the schedule in the first place.
While Notre Dame is notoriously quiet about commenting on their scheduling decisions, the Philadelphia Inquirer talked with former Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw about his work trying to get the Irish to play the Owls in football. The two-game series with Notre Dame—the Owls visited South Bend to open the 2013 season—had the twists and turns of a spy movie, all part of the complexities of scheduling football games in this era of college football.