IU vs UofL Game
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I really enjoy matchups like this. I wouldn’t mind seeing us add UCLA and/or Kansas in the future!
They must have moved the UofL at Tennessee game then. That game was scheduled for that date when they announced the series with the Vols.
Plus, I would tell IU to go f**k themselves for backing out of the football series.
Plus, I would tell IU to go f**k themselves for backing out of the football series.
Rather play a home and home Bloomington and yum.
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, St. John’s, SEC challenge opponent. That’s a tough non conference. Denny would be proud.
Sorry, but playing in Indy is a mistake, and is an indication that UL has still not figured out how to negotiate. UL should insist on playing home and home, with game one starting in the YUM!
It never ceases to amaze me as to how this University can allow itself to be manipulated by IU and UK when it comes to negotiations.
It never ceases to amaze me as to how this University can allow itself to be manipulated by IU and UK when it comes to negotiations.
I favor never playing IU until they give us the home game they owe us.
Hmm...possibly you fail to understand that more U of L fans can attend in Indy than in Bloomington. More tickets, probably 50% will be allotted to U of L. Good revenue! Plus, the game will be a major draw on national television and many U of L fans enjoy games in Indy. U of L has many fans in Indiana, and it is an easy drive from Louisville. There is nothing to dislike about playing in Indy.
Sometimes it comes down to more than $$$ and cents. A home and home series between the two schools shows mutual respect and will still grab plenty of eyeballs. Leave the made for TV crap in mega arenas to our neighbors to the east.
The new ACC revenue distribution model rewards TV viewership so you will probably see more of this, not less.
I wasn't aware of the new ACC revenue distribution model and its implications going forward. Thank You for helping bring me up to speed. While I believe a game in Indy will draw more casual fans on both sides to attend in person, the game is going to draw eyeballs regardless of where it is played. Provided IU gets their act together. Going to a game in Indy is a whole lot easier for me than a trip to Bloomington and having to purchase a scalped ticket.
FWIW I miss the old four team rotating series in Indy from back in the 1980s with us, IU, Purdue and Notre Dame.
That was called the Big 4 Classic in the old RCA Dome and it was UofL, IU, ND, & UK (not Purdue) with tickets split evenly.
We alternated playing IU & ND. It was a GREAT 1st weekend in every December for a while until the NFL moved to playing games on that Saturday too and the Big 4 was caput.
I miss it alot, but this game may have a similar feel with the Big 10 football Championship also being played in town.
If the Cards are in the ACC football Championship, I'll have to miss this bb game though.
Seats suck; most who want to actually see the action have learned to stay at home and watch on tv.
It’s going to be played in the arena, not the dome. The arena has very good sight lines.
It's played where the Pacers play, can't think of what it's called now, great place to watch a game. Glad its not in Lucas Oil..
Sorry for misspeaking. 35 years doesn't erase the memory but does cloud the details lol. I do remember playing Purdue during the Crum era. The wife and my 2nd date was a trip to see the Cards and Purdue play at Market Square Arena in 1996.
I am sorry to say I never got to see a game in Market Square Arena.
Go Cards Beat Purdue!
I thought it was a great facility at the time, but powers in Indy had the foresight to replace it with something state of the art and more enduring. Laugh all you want, but Nap Town is very proactive.
I don’t know why placing the game in India-noplace is better for tv ratings. Attendance won’t be very much better in Indy than at Assemly Hall or the Yum. Besides, Bloomington is closer than Indy for Louisville fans as Louisville is about the same distance for IU fans.
Whatever, IU still has time to back out and don’t be surprised if they do. That beat down we put on them this past season hurt their pride.
I was not aware the game is not scheduled to be played in the Indy dome, so I appreciate those correcting me on the location. With that said, unless the game is played here in Louisville, I really see no reason to schedule IU in anything. I always thought the home and home in football would be a natural, and so did Bill Olsen, but IU refused the effort by UL.
UL needs to recognize that if geographical proximity was meaningless to IU at a time when it was advantageous to UL, perhaps UL should recognize that IU needs this game more than UL does, and look to Tennessee or Ohio State for a future opponent.
UL needs to recognize that if geographical proximity was meaningless to IU at a time when it was advantageous to UL, perhaps UL should recognize that IU needs this game more than UL does, and look to Tennessee or Ohio State for a future opponent.
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