[Frozenbird]

Recruiting rumors, private debate, Mitchell rulings, numerous records, laundry list of championships, located near Cincinnati, scheduling etc.... seem to follow this team with such a rich storied tradition. They've been attacked on just about every front possible. Is this an isolated segment of folks or is this how they are truly perceived within the Commonwealth of Kentucky? I mean, can you imagine what the threads will be when the mighty Birds are eventually dethroned?

Reading many of the threads here that quickly devolve into "you recruit", "you're a private school", "you run up the score (though the first team is pulled in the second quarter)", blah blah blah as well as all of the nasty things that get posted in the comments after articles in the Enquirer, Ky Post, Lexington Herald Leader, and more rarely the Courier-Journal; I do think the team is hated and is not respected by a significant vocal group.

I end up feeling slightly paranoid in that whenever I have replied, in a civilized fashion without name calling and pointing out facts, to the posts for the newspaper websites, my posts are always deleted but the original, usually nasty post, remains. It is as if the papers take sides as well both in this aspect as well as their coverage.