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UNDER THE DOME to kick off the Shamrock Series, and will be in Ar- lington, Texas, to face Ar- izona State in 2013. Notre Dame has Oklahoma in 2012-13, and then the University of Texas is on the docket in 2015-16 and 2019-20. The goal also is to programs such as Florida State, Miami, Clemson and Virginia Tech that have often been top-10 timber. Maintaining a presence keep the off-site game for the Shamrock Series, and that can be achieved by possibly scheduling ACC teams there. That leaves only one or two spots on ND's schedule, and even traditional Big Ten rivals such as Michi- gan State and Purdue might experience a hia- tus. There are other games tentatively scheduled such as Temple (2013-14), BYU (to be determined), Air Force (2013), Rice (2014), Northwestern (2014 and 2018) and Mas- sachusetts (2015). There is only so much in the eastern corridor can be taken care of with schools such as Pitt, Bos- ton College and Syracuse — all recent additions to the ACC. With this new ACC on the 2012 Irish roster. The West Coast and Southwest, as men- tioned, also are in place. All the recruiting bases are covered. By eliminating Michi- affiliation, the Irish also get to dig deeper roots into particularly fertile recruiting grounds in Georgia and, above all, Florida, which features eight scholarship players gan, it's not like Notre Dame would lose its Midwest base. Indiana (10 scholarship players on the 2012 roster), Ohio (nine) and Illinois (six) remain a prime area of Irish recruiting. "We will meet our mission of making sure Notre Dame is playing everywhere in the coun- try," Swarbrick said. CLOSE TO CAMPUS FAR FROM A DORM RENEW SOMEWHERE NEW THIS YEAR! room in the scheduling inn, and it also has to be realistic. Playing Texas and Michigan back-to- back to open the year — as the 2015-16 slates originally had — bor- dered on "over-sched- uling." That's not even including USC, Stanford, Michigan State, and ACC All-Inclusive Rates Individual Leases Fully Furnished Resort Style Swimming Pool State-of-the-art Fitness Center Ample Parking UniversityEdgeND.com 574.387.4086 Location: Take Fightin' Irish Drive to Dixie Highway. We're on the right. 130 Dixie Highway South, South Bend IN 46637 Now Leasing for Fall! 2013