2 games in South Bend and a cheap buy-out option in game 3 in the 1st place and seemingly no deadline to play game 3. If ND wanted the 3 home games they are getting now, then don't play ND at all or just sign-up for a 1-off game in South Bend.
Once Holmoe negotiated BYU into this corner, then, yes, this neutral site away game with LESS than one quarter of the tickets is making the best of a mess--lipstick on a pig.
Now I hope the Cougars road-grade the arrogant Irish in Vegas.