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Not a stereotype, a general truth. Just look at the data. Are there exceptions out there? Of course, but IU-Bloomington isn't one of them.

The question I haven't seen answered is what party initiated the cancellation? Either way it looks like both maybe get what they want? ND gets an old foe back on the schedule (and the big TV money such a rivalry brings in), and Cignetti gets to play another cupcake instead of ND.

A Tri-Central/Tipton or Tri-Central/Taylor co-op makes perfect sense. That or a consolidation.

I understand the issue....it was simply a tongue and cheek comment about a school system never turning down a gift, regardless of payment type.... But let's move on shall we?

Guess it depends on why one believes the series was cancelled...... https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/indiana-notre-dame-cancel-football-series-scheduled-for-2030-31-reports/#:~:text=The series cancellation is due,break the news on Monday. (WXIN/WTTV) — A home-and-home series between Indiana football and Notre Dame has been canceled, according to multiple reports. The games were scheduled for 2030 and 2031. The series cancellation is due in part to Notre Dame renewing a four-year rivalry series with USC, causing a scheduling conflict for Week 1 of the 2030 season. The Athletic’s Pete Sampson was the first to break the news on Monday. Indiana’s home-and-home series was originally slated for the first game of 2030 and was set to take place in South Bend. The series was contracted in 2021 when former head coaches Tom Allen and Brian Kelly worked at IU and Notre Dame, respectively. The Indiana Daily Student reports that, since taking over as IU’s head coach, Curt Cignetti now prefers a lighter non-conference slate. The Hoosiers now have zero Power Four non-conference games scheduled for the future.

Inevitably..... So if one is good in football, then clearly criminal activity come with it....quite the stereotype. South Bend and their local university has handled big time football for decades....no reason IU and Bloomington can't.....

Honest opinion... Go away from the Limited Contact period and back to a "schedule" for each sports season. Limited contact periods are also pushing kids to focus on 1 sport. Large schools (4A-6A) it could work (because pure numbers you are going to have more athletes).. Smaller schools, you need any and all athletes to play multiple. When they have to choose between basketball camps/tourneys/workouts and football workouts/7 on 7/lineman challenges/etc. (just an example) athletes can only do so much. Kids also don't want to spend 6 hours (between a couple of sports, conditioning/weight lifting) at school all summer either. I will say this, our athletic department does a really good job of trying to balance the sports... I.E. there isn't a volleyball workout the same time as girls basketball... But there are a lot of kids that don't want to spend 6 hours (between a couple of sports workouts/practices, conditioning/weightlifting) at school all summer either.

Heritage Hills https://www.courierpress.com/videos/sports/high-school/2026/08/03/andrew-james-and-aiden-fischer-of-heritage-hills-football/91154654007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a71015ad540f80001313ad8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

It's not just football. Sheridan struggled to put together a soccer team last year, and it looks like they might not be able field one this year. To me, it's a generational thing. With more and more athletes choosing to focus on one sport exclusively, it is becoming harder for, especially small schools, to field teams in every sport. Between specialization and lack of interest in participating, I don't really know what the answer is. Outside of allowing co-ops, I'm not sure what the IHSAA can do to solve this unique problem. To your question about more schools, I'd be shocked if Tri-Central has a full team this year, just based on what happened last season. Greenwood Christian already backed out of their season, as well.

With the season officially starting I would like to make a couple changes from my previous predictions 1. Panthers - by a long shot still the favorite. 2. Seeger - Playing the bigger schools this summer will help them early on and I see them playing every tough game on their schedule close 3. Mustangs - I've only heard good things about them. They held a scrimmage at Franklin College and beat everyone there even the likes of Sheridan 4. Covington - Another team that I've only heard good things about. They will be upper classmen heavy and Wheeler will ground and pound it out 5. PH - Not sold on them yet. Losing Rector during the summer is a huge loss as well. They should be very competitive 6. SV - One year away from being competitive 7. NV - One year away from being competitive 8. Attica - still improving The WRC is nearing another period where there are going to be multiple very good teams.

Southridge: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/195SpcKTPF/

MaxPreps Preseason Rankings: 2A - North Posey #21 3A - Gibson Southern #1 3A - Southridge #17 4A - Heritage Hills #5

Preseason MaxPreps ratings: 5A: 13. North 18. Castle 4A: 18. Reitz 20. Jasper 51. Harrison 61. Central 62. Bosse 3A: 3. Memorial 15. Mater Dei

https://www.onefootdown.com/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football/83776/indiana-cancels-football-series-against-notre-dame-because-of-course FTA: Pretty much this.........................

Trojan67 - thanks for response. So I gather you do live stats at game, in press box with laptop loaded with a software ie Turbostats. Are you a member of the staff or a volunteer? Do you have the added responsibility of film and drone operation? Thanks.

I have recently heard that Wabash and now Elwood high schools are struggling to field enough players to effectively even hold practices, let alone field a varsity squad. Coaches and AD's have had to to put out a pleas to their communities for more youth to consider playing. Is this a growing trend in Indiana, are there more schools out there in the same boat as the Apaches and Panthers? Sounds like recent IHSAA decision not to allow co-op programs is going to ultimately reduce the number of youth playing varsity football.

Apples and oranges. The school corporation needs to decided it if will accept cash as legal tender for all transactions, or not at all.

Thank you for your support. With "big time" football success inevitably comes big time football problems, issues, and pressure. Can the IU athletic department and the city of Bloomington handle it?

With the season finally here, what's the news coming out of practice sites? Hearing a lot of new good things with Wawasee. Big change in offense with the addition of Coach Epply to the staff. Also sounds like Northridge is much improved.

Zimmerman is actually a good coach. That’s just a ridiculously hard job. Dropping down was a good decision. They need to rack up some wins and get some momentum going. Get some kids excited about football. There is nothing harder than recruiting kids from the hallways to play for teams that always lose.

I am the statistician at Triton. I started out using Hudl live stats. That feature had a lot of good, but had a lot of problems. Hudl refused to update this feature and made it difficult are forcing small programs who may not have the funding to buy their Assist package or go in manually to do stats on their own. I made the executive decision to go to other programs just to give media what they wanted on Friday nights and used one of the free programs. It did alright, but it wasn't something that I felt was best for efficiency. I finally landed on Statman. I used it for a couple of seasons and really liked the stats we got from the game. I was able to send reports to the press and then upload everything to Maxpreps. The issue is typing. I didn't have spotters feeding me info and when you only have between 20-35 seconds, you have to be on point. Thankfully, Triton live streams the games so I can go back and fix errors at half and the end, but I have been really trying to find a program that you hit the button like what Hudl live stats did. So this year we decided to go with TurboStats and see if this will be something for the future.

Wow. Kind of crazy to hear that. Speaking of former HHC head coaches becoming assistant coaches, I’ve had it confirmed from numerous sources that two-time former Jennings County head coach Rick Zimmerman is back on the Panthers’ staff. His 2015 JC team went 6-4. That’s the only time since 1997 that Jennings County has had a winning record. Since leaving after the 2016 season, Zimmerman spent three years as the head coach at South Decatur, three years at Seymour as an assistant, and was the head coach at Rushville last year.

Interesting coaching update. Former New Albany coach Steve Cooley is on Floyd Centrals staff now. Not sure what his role is but I’m sure it’s on the offensive side. That’s a pretty big move because he’s a really good offensive mind. Not sure what happened at New Albany but they’re almost Jeffersonville-lite when it comes to football culture.

Just read the same, and link below to an article confirming IU and ND series not happening. Indiana football series with Notre Dame, scheduled for 2030-31, canceled

Notre Dame and USC to renew college football’s greatest intersectional rivalry, starting with the 2030 season opener in the Coliseum. A 4 yr. home & home deal. Reportedly, ND’s proposed series with IU is not happening.