LOL. You've got to be shitting me. Rik Smits more beloved than Peyton Manning?Rainbow Bright wrote:Indiana is basketball country dude. I would even go so far as to say Rik Smits and Reggie Miller are the two most beloved athletes that played for an Indiana team, and they have no title to show for it.
That's a statement that's so far from accurate that you must be from another part of the country to actually say that, which of course you are. Peyton Manning has become the most celebrated athlete in Indy history. Sure you could make a case for Reggie, who I love and who still means a lot to the city. But Peyton brought a Championship to Indy and has eclipsed Reggie as the most beloved athlete in town, and it's not even real close.
As for Indy being basketball country, the Pacers have been in the bottom 3 or 4 of NBA attendance for years now. While the Colts have been near the top of NFL attendance for well over a decade.