UofL and IU sign for a 3 games series in football & basketball

[Steelers2012]

Indiana University and the University of Louisville have signed an agreement to play a three-game series in both football and men’s basketball. The football and basketball series were announced jointly on Friday by the schools from neighboring states with campuses separated by only 100 miles.

A neutral site game at Bankers Life Arena in Indianapolis on Dec. 31, 2016, will open the men’s basketball series in an equally divided arena. The Cardinals and Hoosiers will later play at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville as a home game for UofL on Dec. 9, 2017, and the teams will match up again in Assembly Hall in Bloomington on Dec. 8, 2018.

Indiana and Louisville will kick off the football series at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sept. 16, 2023 with seating split equally between the two schools. The second football game will be played in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville on Sept. 7, 2024 and the three-game series will be completed at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington on Sept. 6, 2025.

 

[cardstud1]

Indiana University and the University of Louisville have signed an agreement to play a three-game series in both football and men’s basketball. The football and basketball series were announced jointly on Friday by the schools from neighboring states with campuses separated by only 100 miles.

A neutral site game at Bankers Life Arena in Indianapolis on Dec. 31, 2016, will open the men’s basketball series in an equally divided arena. The Cardinals and Hoosiers will later play at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville as a home game for UofL on Dec. 9, 2017, and the teams will match up again in Assembly Hall in Bloomington on Dec. 8, 2018.

Indiana and Louisville will kick off the football series at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sept. 16, 2023 with seating split equally between the two schools. The second football game will be played in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville on Sept. 7, 2024 and the three-game series will be completed at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington on Sept. 6, 2025.

I would like to us play them on an earlier time, but I'll take as it is. Are we still playing UK as well in both sports?

 

[DerVille]

Indiana in football huh? That's interesting. I never thought that would ever come to fruition. They've avoided the game for so long I wonder what has changed on the IU side that they now are up for it.

Personally, I've never really cared. I know many have always wanted to play them but they've never meant anything to me. Not an insult against them, football wise they've never been a football school so I've never cared if we played them or not. It should be a nice close road trip.

 

[Mike'sMarbles]

The only thing I can figure is, IU wants to play a regional rival in football. UK won't play them because it's too competitive for UK, much like Vanderbilt. That pretty much leaves either Louisville or Notre Dame, among P5 schools that are relatively close. At least I can't think of anybody else from P5 leagues that's close and not already in the Big Ten.

 

[NoKyCard]

I guess I will have to change my lifestyle, so I will live long enough beyond my 67 years to be able to see the game. OK where's my gym bag I'm headed for the gym.

 

[NoKyCard]

Is IU booked until then? Or maybe we have some other games on the near-term Horizon that Mr. Jurich hasn't announced yet!

 

[johnnyrockets]

Assuming current trends hold, you guys should wax them in both sports. I like the home/home/neutral setup.

 

[fredburgcard]

I've always wanted to go see the Cards play in Bloomington. Let's hope their stadium is wheelchair accessible.

 

[PushupMan]

Is IU booked until then? Or maybe we have some other games on the near-term Horizon that Mr. Jurich hasn't announced yet!

For UofL, we have:

UK annually home and home (forever, we hope).
Home and home with Houston in 2015 and 2016 (signed as part of our exit agreement with the AAC).
Road game against Marshall in 2016 (return game for when they played in Louisville in 2011).
Neutral site game against Purdue in Indy 2017
Neutral site game against Alabama in Orlando in 2018
Home and Home with Notre Dame in 2019 and 2020. Another game with ND in 2023 (in Louisville).

So already you can see that we plan to play three P5 schools in the OOC in 2023: Notre Dame (home), Indiana (neutral) and Kentucky (away).

For IU, the Big Ten is going to a nine game conference schedule starting in 2016, so non-conference games will become rare opportunities. They have one OOC game yet to be announced in 2017, but they are no doubt looking for a home game because they will only have four conference home games that year. IU is already booked solid for 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and had one opening in 2021 and two openings in 2022.