I'm not really sure why. The UK fans are everywhere- not sure if their '72 Gremlins only made it this far south, or.... But, people around here did not like Knight, and Louisville is closer than Purdue, so I think they kind of defaulted to that. It's pretty frustrating the amount of UK fans, because they tend to be more obnoxious (surprise!!). Purdue fans just kind of hide in the shadows and hope nobody notices them.
I completely understand- in Columbus, IN here (65 miles north of Louisville). I get the bandwagon Cards fans, the inbred UK fans and, since we're overrun with engineers (Cummins diesel world headquarters is here), Purdue grads. It's disturbing.
Is that what Glass deserves? He intentionally hired "mediocre" coaches to sabotage IU and ruin your day. Guess he should've consulted all of the rear-view geniuses and armchair quarterbacks about who to hire (and, how to coach too!).