Fans of Notre Dame's sports teams have always believed they had a secret weapon on their side: the luck of the Irish.
This past week, the university made a big gamble when it chose to publicly back football player Manti Te'o in the first moments that the girlfriend-hoax story broke, and school officials no doubt hoped some of that luck would rub off on them.
It's clear now that it is not.
When leaders are confronted with an event that could threaten ...