Purdue-Notre Dame Game in Jeopardy?

The annual Purdue-Notre Dame football game has been a tradition for many, many years. In fact, the matchup has been an annual tradition since 1946, so it would be a big deal if the Fighting Irish-Boilermakers game didn’t go down. For people who live in the state of Indiana, where Purdue and Notre Dame are located, this is a huge rivalry.

Well, the Journal and Courier is reporting that some negotiations are taking place about the future of the series. The current contract says that the Irish are going to play Purdue through the 2015 season, but the future beyond that is, well, up in the air. Some sources (and by that we mean a representative from the University of Wisconsin) said that Notre Dame is re-thinking the current set-up. The Domers, he reports, want the series to be bi-annual, every two years.

Do you think a re-visit to the series with Purdue is necessary?  Will a different game plan for the schedule work? So far Purdue has been a nice competitor for the Irish- not as hard as USC, but not as easy as some of the other schools. Plus there’s the whole Indiana thing. We’ll see what happens.

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