I don't see how it means anything at all if it was submitted AFTER The New York Times published its "anonymous" op-ed.
I wish people could write intelligible English these days. The Internet has destroyed our ability to think and write clearly:
"Or duped by a USC student, which is my theory. I ran the essay through (link: http://Turnitin.com) Turnitin.com. It popped as a 100% match to a USC student essay, turned in w/out citation-making it an original essay-sept 5-overachiever! Archived & submitted to the repository w/in minutes of NYT"