Transmogrified Tiger wrote:I'm sorry, I should've been clearer that I wasn't referring to you. The fact that the acronym exists is what I was referring to, the lunatic fringe really went crazy over their hero answering that way about their antichrist. I know the acronym because I'm a Cubs fan, I post at NSBB, a community of mainly Illinois fans.
The KU boards I post on refer to them as "IBiots" (which I assume stands for Illinois board). I can't believe Weber has as long a leash as he does with their fanbase.
Why? Because of a hundred or so of the most fanatical of fans on IBoard (ones who are online during games, clearly not going to games, donors, etc) think he's underachieved?
It's pretty safe to assume they don't speak for the majority of Illinois fans. Bruce has had a ton of success since he's been in Champaign. They paid (and are somewhat still paying) for a couple bad years (recruiting, off the court) but Weber is going nowhere. Let's not overestimate message boards and what they are.
Purdue without Hummel is the hoops equivalent of the 25-cent-a-can Pepsi/Sprite/Dr. Pepper knockoffs they sell in the vending machines outside major grocery chains...
At first glance, the product appears similar, but it isn't long before the difference becomes painfully obvious
