OrangeXtreme
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Kentucky certainly has a large fanbase, and that is admirable. While every fanbase has it's share of crazies, Kentucky seems to have a disproportionately large amount of crazies. Perhaps they feed off the group mentality, but they have no problem crossing the line. If we Syracuse fans had the same mentality as those UK fans, the officials of the Ohio State game would be dead.I live in Kentucky. Born and raised. This does not surprise me one little bit.
Kentucky certainly has a large fanbase, and that is admirable. While every fanbase has it's share of crazies, Kentucky seems to have a disproportionately large amount of crazies. Perhaps they feed off the group mentality, but they have no problem crossing the line. If we Syracuse fans had the same mentality as those UK fans, the officials of the Ohio State game would be dead.
Yeah UK basketball is life around here. There is nothing else for a lot of these people.
Most everyone I know is a UK fan and it has been a fandom passed down from generation to generation. They live, eat, and breathe it.
Kentucky Sports Radio with Matt Jones has call-ins and it is hilarious. The most backwood redneck people call in and talk crazy.
Its a trip.
I have been known to troll them on my facebook page when they lose and its so easy to get them into a fit of rage.
One thing to know about UK, they never lose. They only ever get cheated by the refs.
I don't know about Cuse fans threatening to kill a ref. I mean we had to deal with Jim Burr and Tim Higgins for decades and I don't remember them getting death threats. If they didn't it wasn't because they weren't two of the worst officials to walk the planet earth.Would anyone be shocked if our fans did something like this?
Every team has idiots among their fan base. Kentucky by virtue of being the biggest program in the country in a backwater state probably has more.
They went after his business and now they're terrorizing him and his family. I hope there are arrests.
I don't recall for certain, but did any of our fans do this when questionable calls cost us in the Final 4 vs. Michigan a few years ago? I don't remember hearing about any death threats?Would anyone be shocked if our fans did something like this?
Every team has idiots among their fan base. Kentucky by virtue of being the biggest program in the country in a backwater state probably has more.
They went after his business and now they're terrorizing him and his family. I hope there are arrests.
The most we get here is someone threatening to kill a bottle of tequila. And those are never empty threats.I don't recall for certain, but did any of our fans do this when questionable calls cost us in the Final 4 vs. Michigan a few years ago? I don't remember hearing about any death threats?
Yeah UK basketball is life around here. There is nothing else for a lot of these people.
Most everyone I know is a UK fan and it has been a fandom passed down from generation to generation. They live, eat, and breathe it.
Kentucky Sports Radio with Matt Jones has call-ins and it is hilarious. The most backwood redneck people call in and talk crazy.
Its a trip.
I have been known to troll them on my facebook page when they lose and its so easy to get them into a fit of rage.
One thing to know about UK, they never lose. They only ever get cheated by the refs.
I don't recall for certain, but did any of our fans do this when questionable calls cost us in the Final 4 vs. Michigan a few years ago? I don't remember hearing about any death threats?
I don't recall for certain, but did any of our fans do this when questionable calls cost us in the Final 4 vs. Michigan a few years ago? I don't remember hearing about any death threats?
Sports talk radio in Lexington is the blurst.
If Higgins was smart he'd use the liberal media to his advantage. A black ref receiving death threats from a predominantly white fan base. All he has to do is go on CNN and play the race card to flip the script.Unfortunate but not surprised. Many fanbases would do this including some portion of ours I bet. They think Higgins has it out for them going back to a tourney game against Wisconsin. It's a product of society now. Anybody can be attacked and disrespected. Sucks all around.
Higgins is black?If Higgins was smart he'd use the liberal media to his advantage. A black ref receiving death threats from a predominantly white fan base. All he has to do is go on CNN and play the race card to flip the script.
If Higgins was smart he'd use the liberal media to his advantage. A black ref receiving death threats from a predominantly white fan base. All he has to do is go on CNN and play the race card to flip the script.
Oh wait, Higgins is like Peter Griffin, is that what you were saying? His great, great grandfather was Nate Higgins?If Higgins was smart he'd use the liberal media to his advantage. A black ref receiving death threats from a predominantly white fan base. All he has to do is go on CNN and play the race card to flip the script.
Central Michigan RB says teammate got death threats from SU fans over Eric Dungey hitI can't see SU fans sending death threats to a ref. To Gottlieb? Sure, and who would argue with that?