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This past season, Purdue won their 21st conference championship and moved into first place all-time over Indiana (20). Coach Tom Crean and the Hoosiers, who have only one one conference title in the last 15 years, are still trying to rebuild from the mess left by Kelvin Sampson.

Even with extraordinary efforts by Crean and his staff to bring in talent, the Hoosiers are still predicted to finish near the bottom of the Big 10 conference. All of these hardships for the famed program does not stop Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke from giving the metaphorical knife another twist. You know, just to make sure it still stings.

“It should not come as a surprise, because Purdue leads the conference with 21 Big Ten championships,” he told the Star. “Nobody else has 21, not even the people down south of Indianapolis.”

I understand the importance of promoting your program's legacy, especially in the basketball-crazed state of Indiana. But choosing now to take a snide shot at the Hoosier program is like the bully who kicks the crutches out from under the injured kid. You know there is nothing that Indiana could really say back, as their biggest challenge right now would be trying to solidify any kind of postseason play.

Come on Burke, pick on someone your own size, I'd be much more impressed if you kept your conference digs to schools you will actually be competing with. On the other hand, I will be interested to see if this turns into bulletin board material for when the Boilermakers come to Bloomington on February 4th.