is due totally to the arrogance of its head coach and pitching coach.....a large segment of their fans.....i've been to we-cheat-um state plenty of times...have heard the language used against opposing teams and coaches...my comments against the wheatshockers are very mild in comparison......
i well remember the sycamores playing at eck field and the shockers third baseman making a very good defensive play...former isu coach bob warn leaned over and told the kid...hey, nice play...the kid turned to bob and said, and i quote..."f--k you"......yeah, that's the sportmanship we like in the mvc....
or the time the wichita state bench was shouting racial comments to an african-american indiana state pitcher...with the n-word......the isu pitcher always had great control..but he hit two consecutive wsu players on the leg....isu coach bob warn went out and asked him what was the matter...when warn got out there to the mound, he could hear the wsu players shouting the n-word at his pitcher.....
and then there was the time that the sycamores beat wsu in wichita during the missouri valley conference tournament...eric wedge was thrown out at the plate..out by a mile....mean gene knew he was out....but he sent kemnitz out to argue...and argue....and argue....and argue....and argue.....we sat in the isu dugout...and laughed...and laughed...and laughed....and laughed....
but the worst came when the wichita state pitcher beaned the evansville player.....in the head......
that's why we take joy in seeing the shockers get their hands handed to them.....if wsu played with and their fans showed just a modicum of class once in while....then it might be different.....