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Indiana adds Charleston Southern to schedule, will play Oct. 7th
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A day after Indiana and Florida International cancelled this Saturday’s game due to the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the Hoosiers were able to add an FCS opponent to the 2017 schedule.
On Tuesday, Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star reported that Indiana came to an agreement with Charleston Southern and the two teams will play on Oct. 7. That week was previously scheduled to be the bye week for the Hoosiers.
BREAKING: Indiana will face Charleston Southern on Oct. 7. Hoosiers have their 12th game. #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) September 12, 2017
With the cancellation of the game with Florida International, Indiana needed to add another game to reach 12 games on the year. The Hoosiers are also back up to six home games for the season.
Osterman also tweeted out ticket exchange information for the Oct. 7 meeting. All FIU tickets can be exchanged for tickets to the Charleston Southern matchup.
TICKET INFO:
All season and mini-season ticket holders who had FIU tickets and parking will get same for Charleston Southern. /1 #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) September 12, 2017
Folks with single-game tickets/parking to FIU can swap them out for Cha. Southern. /3 #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) September 12, 2017
IMPORTANT: FIU single-game tickets/parking *will not* be usable for Cha. Southern. They need to be swapped. /end #iufb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) September 12, 2017
This weekend will serve as Indiana’s bye week, giving the Hoosiers an extra week to prepare for Georgia Southern on Sept. 23.
Indiana is coming off a 34-17 win over Virginia in Week 2.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB