Notre Dames defeat by Alabama was God's plan, claims religious zealot - VIDEO

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William Tapley

Let's face it, for most Notre Dame fans Monday night's national championship game felt like a three hour visit to the dentist.

The Fighting Irish were, to put it mildly, routed. And one rather strange man who predicted the outcome also claims he knows why.

Almighty God, claims William Tapley, is was sending America a stark message: President Obama is the Leopard, the fourth beast mentioned in the Book of Daniel. And, oh yeah, the Apocalypse is coming.

And you thought just the game was hell on earth?

Is there ever a time when the Apocalypse isn't coming, though? And is the Creator of the infinite universe really going to use a college football game to make His mysterious ways known to man?

Tapley, 73, a retired furniture engineer from Forestport, New York is in no doubt. A well known religious zealot, he refers to himself the 'Co-prophet of the End Times' and 'Third Eagle of the Apocalypse,' which must make for a bit of fun at parties. But he's deadly serious about his predictions, as video below makes clear.

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Obama sounds like Alabama, he says. And Notre Dame is a Catholic institution, which means it's important to Catholic bishops, and the Catholic bishops were deified by Obama. Or something. Watch the video and decide for yourself.

This is a man who actually looks forward to the end of the world. So much so he writes ear bleedingly celebratory songs about it. Check them out below. And remember that Notre Dame's defeat was actually God's plan.

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falconflash | Jan 21, 2013, 06:25 PM EST

Woodman, you ignorant fool, He gave us St. Patrick and a beautiful homeland.

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pilib04 | Jan 11, 2013, 11:26 AM EST

Imagine watching the National Championship and someone (albeit everyone had something to drink) starts shouting just before halftime that the Alabama lead is punishment to Notre Dame from God. Apparently, according to the shouter, God took offense at President Obama's commencement speech. All this at a private Irish party. You know, sometimes people should just keep their opinons to themselves! Oh, and I see Wounded Knee just chimed in with another hate ND rant. What was the score of the BC game? LOSER!

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Woodman | Jan 11, 2013, 12:33 AM EST

God never did anything for the Irish.

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Pittsburghkid | Jan 10, 2013, 07:38 PM EST

The Notre Dame team was over it's head.

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WoundedKnee | Jan 10, 2013, 02:41 PM EST

Tagley's "logic" is nonsense. Anyone who knows anything about Notre Dame knows that it's NOT a Catholic institution. It's not an Irish one either. It's just a dump in the middle of nowhere. Where is North Bend anyway--Illinois or somewhere like that? I'm no big fan of the Crimson Tide, but I'll take them any day over the Snotgreen Tide.

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OmahaSeamus | Jan 10, 2013, 12:46 PM EST

I'm not placing any more bets on football games if God is fixing them.

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Nicomax | Jan 10, 2013, 12:12 PM EST

It's the 'god of the classroom' that did in Notre Dame. They graduate well over 90% of their players, and Alabama as a quasi-minor league program for the NFL graduates much fewer. They stay only until ready to be selected by the really big payers.

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SingleDonald | Jan 10, 2013, 10:32 AM EST

This fundamentalist is nuts! He hates Catholics, ties them incomprehensibly to Barack Obama. Intelligent people will ignore his prejudicial nonsense!

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YellerBelly | Jan 09, 2013, 04:28 PM EST

Amen Domer80!

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beachcomber | Jan 09, 2013, 04:13 PM EST

Why must someone ALWAYS cheapen a decent win for a solidly GOOD team? College football is considered much more of a "religion" in the south than at any school in the north or west, so maybe this apocalyptic god was just a 'Bama fan all along and THAT'S why they won, right? RIGHT? OR, maybe this god was unhappy with those 'Catholics Vs. Cousins' shirts, because well, would this god really be all that happy with the catholics right now? Hmmm? Unreal...Alabama was a far better football team than Notre Dame this year, competing in a much harder division, they deserved to win, it was their game to lose. Amen.

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