I was at IU in 87 and graduated in 89. Knight caused a lot of the shit by talking about UK. I will never forget when I was in Bloomington with my brother in law (older sister) in 1988 and we were going to Big Red to get some refreshments. An IU player pulls in driving a BMW. I simply looked at my BIL and said don’t say shit to me again. lol.
When I graduated from UK in 78 along with Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips (RIP) and James Lee, I got a job in Indianapolis. I originally thought I would stay a few years and move back to Kentucky, but it didn't work that way. I got a good job and married well (I converted her to be a UK fan). Anyways, I despise IU and always have. But at work and around town, when I wore my UK gear in Indy, I have been getting a lot less pushback than I got 30-40 years ago. The fan base seems to be apathetic as far as I can tell.
Yes. I don’t get many comments from strangers. Lately, It was more from people I know. I have a Facebook account mostly to keep family up to date on things. When UK lost to UNCW I get the inevitable post from IU fan (not family)-“what happened”. I replied let me know when Woodson has more Big 10 titles than player arrests. He was “offended”. The IU fanbase sure likes to dish it out but cannot take any pushback. If UK doesn’t win it all maybe Purdue can—just to further beat down the IU fanbase.
Many years ago, I was worried that if I had UK stickers on my car, I would get keyed. Not a problem anymore. I even have a UK mailbox cover. As far as Purdue is concerned, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". BTW, in 40+ years of living here, I have only set foot on the IU Bloomington campus 3 times, to see UK play IU in baseball, once at their old stadium and twice at the new one. As I recall, we won 2 out of the 3 years I went. Even though we don't play them in FB or BB anymore, they still play baseball (and I think some other sports).
