If you attended the last game at Indiana GITT and tell your story
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Lol it wouldn't just be pathetic to try and rub in some meaningless game from nearly a half decade ago, it's also stupid. We own everything about IU. there's no rivalry because, well, your program is a has been and is completely garbage.
Just sayin:..
Terrance Jones did get hit in the head with a 9 volt battery, had the markings to prove it. One of the main reasons that Cal won't come back to AH. He always goes to the players first, keep my players safe line. Cal did offer IU 2 games in Indy, one trip to Louisville for a 3 year deal and IU turned that down.
Kentucky has an 81 percent winning percentage over Indiana since December, 1991. That's higher than the worst SEC teams, despite total dominance of the conference in that period.
That's not a rivalry, it's a quarter-century long ass whipping.
So what exactly has Indiana done to deserve a game with Kentucky?
That's not a rivalry, it's a quarter-century long ass whipping.
So what exactly has Indiana done to deserve a game with Kentucky?
IU's been in a death spiral since the 2012 sweet 16 beat down. Hopefully, they'll just keep circling the drain in perpetuity.
IUusedtobe is, by far, the single program I hate the most; from Knight, to their hateful fans, there is NO redeeming qualities that can be claimed by that inbred bunch.
I didn't attend that game, but I think it's safe to say a UK fan would have only a slightly higher chance of getting through unscathed in ASS Hall than ISIS controlled areas of Syria.
Keep makin' those celebratory popcorn boxes you dolts, LMAO!!
I didn't attend that game, but I think it's safe to say a UK fan would have only a slightly higher chance of getting through unscathed in ASS Hall than ISIS controlled areas of Syria.
Keep makin' those celebratory popcorn boxes you dolts, LMAO!!
I went with my Dad, 3 brothers, and @WayneDougan . I actually wrote the story about it on KSR. Refer to that if you want my experience. Not a single word of it was embellished.
IU, Assembly Hall, and Bloomington can all go to hell. I wasn't surprised in the slightest that Cal refused to go back.
Screw the link. No one needs to prove a damn thing to you. Cal didn't go back, so you think he was scared to play your crap dumpster fire scrubs? No, he's scared of your northern loud mouth trash fans. Deal with it. GFL.
You go to an opposing teams gym and you have to expect to deal with crap fans. Hell, I was harassed at an Iron Maiden concert by a Kansas fan - crazy. With that said, we don't play IU any more becuase a supposed former blue blood program can't control the fan base and allowed (encouraged) a court storm where player safety was in jeopardy. So as far as I'm concerned, I could care less if we ever play them again in the OOC schedule and if the way they have played over the last 20 years is an indicator, it will be a rare case that we play them in the tourney moving forward.
So you come here asking for people's experience that was at the game and then accuse them of either lying or fabricating their story? Go suck a rail road spike.
No im just asking for a link cause im to lazy to search. Im curious but sont care enough to go looking for them.
I personally don't have much use for this thread or what you're after da bull. You're attempting to prove something from silence, which is a logical fallacy.
Here's what you need to know.
1. The treatment of our fans was bad enough that an official apology was issued.
2. The treatment was bad enough that UK was willing to give up a home game the next season when the series moved to Rupp in order to play at a neutral venue.
3. Indiana had the chance to renew the series on neutral courts, but refused.
4. If we never play or even see Ass. Hall again in my lifetime, I won't lose one minute of sleep.
One final word: until Indiana becomes a national power again, which may never happen (and definitely won't under Crean), it is an absolute no win game for UK. What reason, other than IU fans so desperately want a shot at the champ at Ass. Hall every other season, can you give any Kentucky fan to want to renew that series? I see none. If the Cats win, it's expected. If the Cats lose, it's a floor rushing and national headlines. I hope we never play again.
Come see us when you have a chip in the game again and are willing to leave Ass. Hall. Maybe we'll talk.
Here's what you need to know.
1. The treatment of our fans was bad enough that an official apology was issued.
2. The treatment was bad enough that UK was willing to give up a home game the next season when the series moved to Rupp in order to play at a neutral venue.
3. Indiana had the chance to renew the series on neutral courts, but refused.
4. If we never play or even see Ass. Hall again in my lifetime, I won't lose one minute of sleep.
One final word: until Indiana becomes a national power again, which may never happen (and definitely won't under Crean), it is an absolute no win game for UK. What reason, other than IU fans so desperately want a shot at the champ at Ass. Hall every other season, can you give any Kentucky fan to want to renew that series? I see none. If the Cats win, it's expected. If the Cats lose, it's a floor rushing and national headlines. I hope we never play again.
Come see us when you have a chip in the game again and are willing to leave Ass. Hall. Maybe we'll talk.
Da_Bull, I'll preface by saying I wasn't in attendence that day. Therefore, I can't say whether every incident that every UK fan reported is 100% accurate. However, too many people have too many stories for a good bit of it not to be based in fact. I do know the vulgar chants were real, and I can tell you.........that would NEVER happen at Rupp Arena. Our AD stands right by the student section at every home game. He wouldn't tolerate it.
However, having said that, that day in Bloomington has very little to do with why I personally hope we never schedule a game with IU again. I suspect that it wasn't the driving factor for a lot of UK fans that feel the same. UK needed to drop a game for scheduling purposes. On his website, Coach Cal presented a poll for fans to choose the team we preferred to eliminate. Guess who won? If memory serves, the poll was before that game was ever played. The game in Bloomington, for me at least, only reinforced what I already felt. Now I will explain why.
A majority of the IU fan base seem to loathe everything about the University of Kentucky, Coach Calipari, and even the UK fanbase. Have for years. There is way too much irrational hatred. (IMO, your iconic former coach bears a lot of the responsibility for that - he fostered the sentiment within the Hoosier fanbase - and he nurtures it to this day.) There is and has been for as long as I can remember, an unjustified air of superiority over even the general population of our state by many from your state. You (not necessarily you personally) believe the UK basketball program to be dirty, mired in filth, and cheaters. "We pay for recruits", "We care nothing about ethics"............just "Winning at all cost". You presume to know and even tell us what we think, how we feel, and what we care about. What's more, it seems to be not only the right, but the duty of an IU fan to constantly proclaim UK as cheaters ad nauseum.........even to our face when we meet you and you discover the team for whom we cheer. I, as well as other family members, on separate occasions, have had an IU fan that we had never previously met approach us and brazenly tell us that our basketball program cheats.
So I guess my thought is, "Why?" As much as UK is held in contempt, why in the world would you ever even want to play us? Makes zero sense in my book.
The University of Kentucky is doing quite well without the IU game and that condescending segment of the IU fan base.
However, having said that, that day in Bloomington has very little to do with why I personally hope we never schedule a game with IU again. I suspect that it wasn't the driving factor for a lot of UK fans that feel the same. UK needed to drop a game for scheduling purposes. On his website, Coach Cal presented a poll for fans to choose the team we preferred to eliminate. Guess who won? If memory serves, the poll was before that game was ever played. The game in Bloomington, for me at least, only reinforced what I already felt. Now I will explain why.
A majority of the IU fan base seem to loathe everything about the University of Kentucky, Coach Calipari, and even the UK fanbase. Have for years. There is way too much irrational hatred. (IMO, your iconic former coach bears a lot of the responsibility for that - he fostered the sentiment within the Hoosier fanbase - and he nurtures it to this day.) There is and has been for as long as I can remember, an unjustified air of superiority over even the general population of our state by many from your state. You (not necessarily you personally) believe the UK basketball program to be dirty, mired in filth, and cheaters. "We pay for recruits", "We care nothing about ethics"............just "Winning at all cost". You presume to know and even tell us what we think, how we feel, and what we care about. What's more, it seems to be not only the right, but the duty of an IU fan to constantly proclaim UK as cheaters ad nauseum.........even to our face when we meet you and you discover the team for whom we cheer. I, as well as other family members, on separate occasions, have had an IU fan that we had never previously met approach us and brazenly tell us that our basketball program cheats.
So I guess my thought is, "Why?" As much as UK is held in contempt, why in the world would you ever even want to play us? Makes zero sense in my book.
The University of Kentucky is doing quite well without the IU game and that condescending segment of the IU fan base.
As long as we're talkin IU, does anyone remember when ol Tom cut the nets down in front of an empty gym after a loss?
maybe the funniest thing ever.
Not sure, I personally can't keep up with start of the year non conference games against unranked opponents with nothing on the line, that aren't early season tournaments,classics, or in state rivalry games. I feel only mid major level programs would put alot of emphasis on them.
This is true...I've met several IU fans and bu simply saying "UK" they go into a meltdown. It's a weird psychological problem.
What have i said that would consider me an asshole? People here complain about the behavior of IU fans yet look at the welcome i or any IU fan gets when they come here. Looking at the general attitudes gven to IU fans im not so surprised to see UK fans get treated as such. Look in a mirror people.
I've not been to an IU game. I have been to a number of SEC venues and others out of conference. I do have a couple of friends that are well traveled Kentucky fans that were at that game and have been to IU at other times as well. You can expect some occasional heckling.
My friends, however reported that they had been threatened at IU before. At that game they were repeatedly cursed. Pushed on a couple of occasions. There were crowd chants involving various expletives. Most troubling were the IU fans that appeared to be older than student age. They both indicate that they would never go back there.
We did the right thing dropping that series. I'm sure it cost IU dearly in a number of ways. Bottom line is, you act like an animal you should expect to be treated as such.
My friends, however reported that they had been threatened at IU before. At that game they were repeatedly cursed. Pushed on a couple of occasions. There were crowd chants involving various expletives. Most troubling were the IU fans that appeared to be older than student age. They both indicate that they would never go back there.
We did the right thing dropping that series. I'm sure it cost IU dearly in a number of ways. Bottom line is, you act like an animal you should expect to be treated as such.
I wasn't there, and I don't care if all that was said actually happened or not. UK simply does not need a game with IU. We've got programs like Duke, KU, UCLA, UNC, and many, many other's who love to do a home and home with us along with many other currently relevant programs who'd welcome a neutral court game. Personally I don't care if we ever schedule a game with IU again. I'm content to just beat them in the NCAA should they make it, and that be the draw. Clear enough. There's no doubt in my mind as to the true nature of many IU fans. I've seen it from the very beginnings of the internet, and I don't see any change. Thanks for your post, and for reminding me of it.
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If you want to go to IU then you're not smart enough to finish your masters. Obviously I'm only kidding.
1st, didnt attend the game. Short story about IU fans. Wife and I was in Cabo. We met an older 'classy' looking gentleman and wife. Made conversation and found out he was IU fan. WE even made plans for golf the next day. However, yhe longer the conversation drug on the more the losier came out in him. He acted like he had some ties to the program, loved Knight and made a joke about Knight tapping Joe B on the back of head. I asked him if that was the year that we beat them to go final 4.
His face went blank, eyes went beedy and after a moment he just said "F**K You" and walked away. No golf for us and he would cross the street to avoid us after that.
I did say what a classy sort he was didn't I. HAHA
His face went blank, eyes went beedy and after a moment he just said "F**K You" and walked away. No golf for us and he would cross the street to avoid us after that.
I did say what a classy sort he was didn't I. HAHA
Quite the irony isn't it... I think this is why it is (or at least was) referred to as a rivalry. I agree to an extent...it seems as if there are more stories about how bad UK fans were treated than there are UK fans, but it doesn't mean the ones that are documented (other than a message board) didn't happen just because you weren't a witness. (fyi, I was not in attendance)
Here's what I see when an IU fan looks in a mirror: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, I'm glad I get to constantly remind UK fans of a game that happened 4 years ago to make me feel better about our program since ours has been in the crapper for almost thirty years."
BTW, is it true or is it just a rumor that some of the Syrian refugees were seen wearing red "We're BACK" t-shirts....you know, since you're NOT back and nobody's buying them?
First of all, what mapcatfan writes here is one of the best written posts I have ever seen on this board. Second of all, UK offered to play a four game series IN INDIANAPOLIS, for Christ's sake. Crean wouldn't do it. He knew UK fans would outnumber his own in the biggest city smack dab in the middle of his own state. In other words, I can't beat you unless I've got 18,000 rednecks screaming obscenities at you and three refs taking out your best player five minutes into the game. And yet, these idiots are trying to make out like Cal is the coward.
As mapcatfan pointed out, Cal wanted to get rid of one of the three rivalries. Probably because he had visions of the Duke-Kansas-Michigan State series and the UNC-Ohio St-UCLA one. So he asked the fans, who unanimously chose IU to get rid of. The fans weren't afraid of IU. We have dominated IU. If fear was a factor, we'd want the UNC series cancelled. They were the only one of the three that were on equal ground recently and led us historically.
Congratulations, you won a hard fought game by drawing two wuss fouls on Anthony Davis in the first half. In 20 years I'm sure you'll all be telling your kids/grandkids that it was the last game of the series and you played so well those cheaters vowed never to come back again. You hang on to that. We'll take what we've got now kindly go away.
Ass. Hall?
Isn't that the place where you dodge pieces of the falling ceiling and the home team coach mouth kisses his players?
Isn't that the place where you dodge pieces of the falling ceiling and the home team coach mouth kisses his players?
The welcome you get? You come here to try and prove a point by sitting in silence. To try and answer your question there are several factors. I wasn't at the game, but I also doubt a bunch of UK fans would just make everything up. I've seen the emotional behavior of your fanbase several times..I have friends who live in Carmel and I'm there frequently as well as Chicago. If you merely utter "UK" around an IU fan they enter into some kind of temper tantrum or a long tirade of how UK is evil. It's unlike anything I've ever seen. I don't do this about UofL, nor honestly in person, outside of rivalry ribbing, do they either. The IU fanbase has serious issues along with how much they think UK cheats, even though you were the one last on probation and we haven't been in trouble since the 80's....you know, before anyone that attends college now was even born, or since you won a championship. This made up right way, holier than thou attitude adds to it.
Look how your fans acted when the series was cancelled. As if it was the only way you could find some sort of edge or victory over UK to claim they were scared. (Which I always thought was hilarious- we still continued to play uofl and unc every year, Two schools infinitely better and more competitive and who had both beat us at times, yet we didn't stop playing them). So the reasoning was delusional. Not only that but UK BEAT IU the last time they played.
One of the main reasons the series stopped was the expansion of SEC play with addition of mizzou and A&M and that we do not own our home arena leaving us with X amount of dates per year. Someone had to go in the home and home...out of unc and uofl, you were by far the worst competitively. (Plus why play IU when we can play other B1G schools who are better currently ie MSU and OSU and want to play neutral court)
Anyway, I can't provide myself as a witness, bit I definately don't doubt any of the things based on the character and behavior any other times of IU fans.
i guess he was the guy that couldn't afford to drive to indianapolis. betting his last name is chit.
Yeah like this ass hole.
So very typical:
AnonymousDecember 13, 2011 at 11:46 PM
I like how all of these UK people are on here acting high and mighty about their program. UK might be a big game for most schools right now, but after Calipari runs away from rules infractions and violations just as he did from UMass and Memphis, you're program will once again be mediocre. The guy is one of college basketball's true low lifes, and you are playing with fire by trusting him with your program. The coach that put our program on the map may have been an a**hole, but at least he wasn't proudly racist.
I like how all of these UK people are on here acting high and mighty about their program. UK might be a big game for most schools right now, but after Calipari runs away from rules infractions and violations just as he did from UMass and Memphis, you're program will once again be mediocre. The guy is one of college basketball's true low lifes, and you are playing with fire by trusting him with your program. The coach that put our program on the map may have been an a**hole, but at least he wasn't proudly racist.
