Pikeville, bloody Pikeville...

Don't effin' mess with folks in Eastern Kentucky. It's a lesson that everyone needs to learn. However, in this day and age, you would figure after hearing tales of the Hatfields and McCoys, people would just know not to. I can't tell you how many times I have been out of town, in a foreign land, and folks ask me, "Your accent is AWESOME, what part of the south are you from?"... Eastern By God Kentucky, is the reply. They scoot further down the bar or ask for their check please, a look a fear in their eyes.  When you go to places like Chicago, and you get asked they say, 'oh you're from Kentucky? Like in Louisville or Lexington?".. I say no, as in EASTERN Kentucky... Once again, panic ensues. People find out when you are out of town. They don't mess with you. They comment and say, "OMG, you guys are fuckin' crazy." They call you Kentucky, not your name, just call you the state you are from. That is done out of respect and fear for their lives. They may snicker and laugh behind your back about shoes, outhouses,meth labs and incest... But they shut up the moment you say "I want a shot of bourbon" and take shots with Copenhagen still in your lip.
Well, it would seem that Mountain State University, ironically from West Virginia, who should know better, didn't receive the memo... what made it worse, is they chose to strike in our own yard. Suicide.
Yeah, a little scuffle broke out between U Pike, #1 ranked team in NAIA, and defending National Champions, and their rivals, as well as the #2 ranked NAIA team, Mountain State.... U Pike handled their 'bidness, and edged MSU 98-93...