Notre Dame protects home field in new postseason era with 1st playoff win, 27-17 over Indiana
The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (12-1) won their 11th straight—and their first playoff victory.
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Derek Schultz: IU football fans finally get to live in the moment
If you had posed any of the current playoff scenarios to anyone back in August, much less a die-hard IU football fan, they would’ve laughed you out of the room.
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IBJ Podcast: JW Marriott’s manager on surviving pandemic, saving March Madness and facing new competition
Phil Ray also weighs in on the new taxing district the city is considering for beautification and public safety efforts downtown, plus the city-funded construction of an 800-room hotel that would become the JW Marriott’s biggest competitor.
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NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments, source says
Many in college basketball have said they believe the 68-team fields and three weekends of play are ideal, but pressure has grown to add teams and games to one of the nation’s most popular sports events.
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Big changes for NCAA likely to upend scholarship limits, roster sizes
Scholarships are not going away in college athletics, but how many there are and which sports they will apply to in coming years are among the many questions stemming from a mammoth antitrust settlement and athlete revenue-sharing plan proposed by the Indianapolis-based NCAA and its five largest conferences.
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12-team college football playoff arrives after 100 years, a few billion dollars and many detours
College football finally has what the rest of sports have—a legitimate postseason tournament. So what’s likely to change?
Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 to be retired at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Before joining the Indiana Fever, Clark finished her college career as the all-time leading scorer in men’s and women’s NCAA Division I history
Notre Dame-IU playoff game in South Bend brings unexpected Christmas bonus
“This is our version of the Final Four, of a Super Bowl, of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour,” said a local tourism official of the late-in-the-year game drawing 80,000 spectators.
Notre Dame gives coach Freeman contract extension as playoff week begins
Freeman won nine games in his first season as Notre Dame’s head football coach, 10 in his second season and 11 (so far) this year. Seventh-seeded Notre Dame will host No. 9 Indiana University on Friday night.
NCAA reveals logos for 2026 Men’s Final Four, other basketball championships
Also unveiled were the logos for the 2026 NCAA Division II and Division III men’s basketball championships, which will also be held in Indianapolis on the same weekend (April 4-6) as the Final Four.
Athletes in $2.8B college lawsuit tell judge they want to create players’ association
The athletes whose lawsuit against the Indianapolis-based NCAA is primed to pave the way for schools to pay them directly also want a players’ association to represent them in the complex contract negotiations that have overtaken the sport.
IU-Notre Dame football game most expensive CFP ticket on Stubhub
Tickets to the College Football Playoff game between Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame are drawing top dollar on the secondary marketplace.
Indiana Sports Corp aims to keep Big Ten football championship in Indy
Indianapolis is set to host the conference’s big game through 2028, and Indiana Sports Corp President Patrick Talty says the city has hopes to continue beyond that time.
Purdue hires UNLV’s Barry Odom as its next football coach
Odom, who spent most of his coaching career working with defenses, reinvented himself at UNLV with a wide-open offense that produced back-to-back Mountain West Conference runner-up finishes.
IU at Notre Dame in college playoff will be teams’ first meeting since ’91
Though in the same state, Notre Dame and Indiana have been on opposite ends of the college football world.
Football coach Mike Uremovich moving from Butler to Ball State
Uremovich, who led the Bulldogs to three straight winning seasons, replaces Mike Neu, who was fired 10 games into his ninth season at his alma mater.
Purdue, other schools face changing college football landscape as they search for coaches
Purdue University Athletic Director Mike Bobinski, 67, is embarking on a coaching search unlike any he has done previously. Bobinski said if Purdue is going to turn things around next season and stay competitive long term, he must find a coach that embraces a new way of thinking.
Purdue fires coach Ryan Walters after going 5-19 in his two seasons
It was simply too much to ignore even for a program like Purdue, which rarely fires coaches this quickly.
Ball State fires football coach Mike Neu after 4 straight losing seasons
Neu spent nine seasons coaching the Cardinals, but only produced one winning season.
IU rewards Curt Cignetti for 10-0 start to season with 8-year contract
Cignetti has done what many thought impossible—leading the Hoosiers into the top five in the college football rankings and putting them on the precipice of a playoff spot in his first season.
USC football placed on year of probation by NCAA
The University of Southern California’s football program also was fined $50,000 because of multiple violations of coaching staff rules over two seasons.
Derek Schultz: Purdue and IU both contenders in return to Knight-Keady era
Recently, most of Purdue’s best seasons (2008-2011, 2017-2019, 2024) have coincided with IU’s most disappointing ones.
Money in NCAA sports has been profitable for a few, but degree remains ultimate prize for many
Money received through NIL agreements has changed the equation for some athletes, but for most, money available to them through NIL remains a small consideration compared with earning a degree and competing in the sports they love.
Q&A with Dave Calabro, WTHR-TV Channel 13 sports director
In December, Calabro will retire as sports director at WTHR-TV Channel 13 and end a 32-year run at the station.