Why would the fact that Purdue fans tend to be Purdue fans lead to an inferiority complex? First of all, I do not believe your claimed complex exists. But further, why would someone feel inferior based on being the alumnus/alumna of an academically superior institution? After all, isn't going to a university supposed to be about academics?
it leads to an us against them mentality that is obviously not healthy. like your statement a superior institution, one's education is singular to that person.
Perhaps so, but that does not mean that one feels inferior, which was your original point.
To the best of my knowledge, none of the folks that you cited are on the faculty at IU - which if you carefully read my post you would see. Without reviewing all of them, I know for a fact that Watson, whom I had actually met, was an IU grad, but not a faculty member.
it is disdain of the preposterous, not disdain of the institution. I respect IU as an institution, but if you are going to claim academic superiority over Purdue, then you are being preposterous. There are differences.
I never claimed academic superiority. I guess what I said was inferiority complex. and that was referring to basketball and mainly the brand. IU is a national brand Purdue is local. the premises was what causes the IU hate amongst the Purdue faithful.
ask yourself an honest question. If say CBS has a choice between an IU vs Mich St game or a Purdue vs Mich St game in mid Feb, who would they choose? IU 10x out of 10, why is that.
Because they like to see Izzo win, which is more likely against IU than against Purdue.
Cuz they know all the hillbilly IU fans who can’t afford cable will get out their rabbit ears and watch “their team”?
I've noticed the lunatic fringes of both teams call the other side hill jacks, maybe they are both right.
not pictured must have missed the invite.Except one side actually has proof. Which one are you?
Well, I would much rather watch a top 10-15 team matchup vs. a dumpster fire, "We are back" yearly program that fails to meet expectations.
Purdue has been the more successful program the last 15 years never disputed that. that's not where the discussion turned though. you have 2 ears and 1 mouth listening is 2x more important than talking.
"ask yourself an honest question. If say CBS has a choice between an IU vs Mich St game or a Purdue vs Mich St game in mid Feb, who would they choose? IU 10x out of 10, why is that."
Now you are really going off the charts. In order for there to be an inferiority complex, there has to be an inferior and superior positioning. So on what basis is one to claim that IU is superior to Purdue in the last quarter century? During that time, IU got to the Final game - once and lost. So did SDSU.
Sorry, that's false given that Purdue is likely to be ranked in the top ten and IU is likely to be unranked.
was a basketball discussion only, IU football is horrible, and I honestly don't see any light at the end of the tunnel with NIL and the LA schools coming to the conference. Most still consider Indiana a blueblood in hoops, have they lived up to that recently? No
You're purely trolling / flaming when you cite an inferiority complex and to be honest, you're not doing either well.
You are not paying attention to the comments of others. There is no inferiority complex on the part of Purdue fans. If anything is it what psychologists call projection by IU fans. IU's academics are inferior, the football is inferior, the basketball is inferior in recent years - essentially since RMK left. So why would you believe Purdue fans feel inferior? All IU has is a past history in one revenue sport that has not been relevant for decades. Yet in the total picture, Purdue fans feel inferior? Do you realize how little sense that makes?
so, you agree with what I'm saying but then say I'm trolling. think about that, everyone has opinions it's just a message board.
This entire thread has you trolling with every post. Either that or you have been declared mentally incompetent and they let you use the computer to keep you busy.
when I whatever the conversation ends, so your pot shots after the fact do resonate.
I agreed with half of what you said and you're definitely trying to get a reaction.
A thought: you seem to believe that Purdue fans have an inferiority complex relative to IU because of the BB program. I reject that but you should hold the idea, however flawed for a bit.. But ask yourself this question: do you believe that Harvard, Yale and Princeton fans feel inferior because none of their programs have won an NCAA Championship in basketball? I can assure you that is not the case.
