Saw on the socials that the IU-VA for '27 & '28 has been cancelled. It was a Herald Times article so I couldn't read it, but does anyone have any idea why this would be cancelled or who we might replace the game with? Not that VA is a great program, but at least they're a P4 opponent and not another ISU or W. IL type team.
IU - Virginia Home & Home Cancelled
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According to HT the BIG requirement to play power 4 non-conf opponent has been eliminated.
Fine by me, not much upside in that game — either a “meh” win or a bad loss.
I’ve read that a B1G-SEC challenge may start at some point. That would be fun.
I’ve read that a B1G-SEC challenge may start at some point. That would be fun.
I hope the two game series with Notre Dame doesn't get cancelled.
The good news there, is that ND wouldn't really have a good reason to cancel it. So if it is ever canceled, it would be due to IU wanting out. I trust Cig and Dolson to do what is best for IU. #InCigWeTrust
The hold up is the SEC won’t go to 9 games. B1G is saying FU.
I hope not either but I bet it does. Zero incentive to play that game.
The whole sport is going to change in the next 12-24 months with the CFP being redone.
Good. The SEC just wants to pad their records. Like they always have.
They have ESPN in their pockets, so why not?
Well the VA Home game date will be Kennesaw State. So not a FCS team…Also not a P4 team either.
Seems odd.
Coach Cignetti and IU football could whip these guys in their sleep.
Wonder if it was a money split thing or something Virginia was pushing for so we capitulated because of overriding factors like the potential B1G v SEC challenge.
Coach Cignetti and IU football could whip these guys in their sleep.
Wonder if it was a money split thing or something Virginia was pushing for so we capitulated because of overriding factors like the potential B1G v SEC challenge.
If BSPN gives the SEC the same type of production they did with the NBA Finals, the BIG will be the more dominant conference once again!
... Pad their records just like some small breasted women.
I thought the cancellation was to secure another non-con home game. I believe IU wants 3 non-con home games every year.
Dang. I really liked the idea of the game to keep up Cig and staff's recruiting ties out there. They recruited the area before. Show players about Indiana. Get on the area news.
The area news and 3⭐️+ athletes aren’t in the same universe
Do you have season tickets? Personally, I’m sick of playing dog shit teams the entirety of August. Big time programs don’t do shit like this. It’s Virginia for crying out loud. If this was a 1-2 year trend, fine. But it’s not. It’s who we are and the brand suffers from it.
Bull shit. Find me an SEC that hasn’t or won’t have played any power 5 program from 2020-2030
Big time programs do this ALL the time. The brand does. It suffer from it. How many bowls has IU missed out bc they played stupid Non-con games. A lot
Which BigTime programs have cancelled every game against a P5 school over a decade? We have literally no one scheduled. It’s ridiculous.
Check out Michigan 2023, OSU last year, UCLA got out of a game or two. Big Ten teams, especially teams like IU, lost a ton of scheduling flexibility when they stupidly went to 9 games.
You’re cherry picking one season from those schools. We aren’t playing anyone with a pulse over a 10 year period.
You have 9 P4 games. In the last 15 years IU has played a good wake forest team (2016), a top 15 Mizzou team 2x, navy 2x. Virginia 2x (both bowl teams), Louisville, Cincinnati 2x…there’s zero point in scheduling a top non conference opponent, none. Your P4 non-conference game is the 9th big ten game.
What does IU gain playing Louisville or any other P4 non conference game?
IU went from off the radar to a 10-seed (8th rank) in the CFP and didn’t play anyone in the noncon. There is no benefit.
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