Muda69

What a braindead comment. Where did this guy come from?

A North Newton/South Newton co-op would have been the logical answer here.

Currently it would be insane travel times and it looks like only 6 schools are doing it: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/football/25-26/class/class-8-man/rankings/1/?statedivisionid=b1103a6e-6934-4306-ba45-4320327284d8&teamsize=8

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2026/08/06/jonathan-taylor-signs-two-year-extension-with-colts/91194455007/ A well deserved extension for the Colts best offensive player.

Cascade must be living the dream right now. Win the 2025 3A title as one of the smallest schools in that class, then with reclassification you get moved to 2A as one the largest schools. Although the move may be shorted lived if they get success-factored.

Here are the Indiana High School football squads that finished winless in 2025, and their current losing streak: Portage - 11 Fort Wayne Wayne - 11 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) - 12 Terre Haute North - 13 New Albany - 16 Bellmont - 42 Prairie Heights - 11 Hammond Central - 12 Evansville Bosse - 21 Blackford - 16 West Vigo - 11 North Vermillion - 11 Frankfort - 29 South Central (Union Mills) - 11 Pike Central - 13 Benton Central - 21 Perry Central - 11 Christal House - 12 Cambridge City Lincoln - 18 Of these moribund programs who have the best change of "turning it around" and having at least a .500 season in 2026?

Of course it does. In the aforementioned article about Elwood it is mentioned that the Panthers have lost of number to students to Madison-Grant High School. And in Clinton county the Frankfort --> Clinton Prairie pipeline is alive and well.

Sounds like Elwood has a reprieve, at least for this season: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2026/08/04/high-school-football-elwood-social-media-plea-helps-to-generate-numbers-at-second-practice/91171412007/

Hmm, LSU is a public university. I don't see how a private equity firm taking a percentage ownership in a public football program is legal. It certainly isn't ethical.

Build a large data center on the side, with solar panels on the roof.

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.

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

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?

They may, but I fail to see what what has to do with obtaining a ticket to an extracurricular sporting event, which is now designated as "cashless" only.

Thanks. Interesting that Bloomington is becoming just like Tuscaloosa, Columbus OH, Ann Arbor, Austin, etc.

Stanford football players reach key threshold on path to college player unionization: https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/stanford-football-players-reach-key-threshold-on-path-to-college-player-unionization-095700677.html

No hyperbole: A Merriam-Webster definition of the word "War" Defines exactly what is going on here.

All is not rainbows and unicorns in IU Football land: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2026/07/24/indiana-football-player-tyrone-burrus-jr-arrested-strangulation-domestic-battery-charge/91034371007/

Enjoy your Government backed Social Credit Score. At least until you do something the government doesn't like and your cost for some good (gas, food, etc.) goes up, or you are denied access to some service, or denied entry to some venue. This will be the future of a cashless, CBDC society. It is already starting in China.

Doyel: Is SEC football willing to destroy college sports? And would Big Ten join them? https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2026/07/23/sec-football-breakaway-destroy-ncaa-sports-greg-sankey-protect-college-sports-act/91010638007/ Should be an interesting few months.