Ummm...this is a humor column.....
If people in Indiana GENUINELY get upset about it it just proves Indiana is as clueless and backwoods as the jokes in the column indicate (I'm from neither Chicago or Indiana so I don't have a particular dog in this fight.)
Actually, he's probably hoping to get a lot of knuckle-dragging e-mails that he can post. I'm not participating.
According to the paper, the guy's a sports columnist. I don't have a dog in the hunt, either, but I think the guy should stick to his day job. Humor's clearly not his forte.
In St. Louis we still use "Hoosier the way he states, but we are quick to separate that from residents of Indiana, about whom we have few preconceptions.
I'm from Indiana, and I think it was hilarious!
Ummm ... the Bears fans' signs about the Saints were humor also.
Here ya go, Ummm:
"CRUDE BEARS FANS: Whoever wrote ''Bears Finishing What Katrina Started'' on a sign and hung it at Soldier Field last Sunday should have been booted."
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/sundaydrive/233047,CST-SPT-drive28.article
Indy apparently lacks the character to rename the team to something related to their city. I might suggest "Indianapolis Glasses of Milk".
Funny thing is, their QB is a Hoosier. Considering his inconstancy; I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. :-/
Not sure if they have anything I want. I know I'm tired of liberal Chigaoians moving down here.