Seeing a lot of purple in Indiana spaces lately? Mentions of the "Drench Gang"? Well, my friend, you're far from alone.
Indiana's fanbase is as quick as any to take a movement and run with it, with past examples including Shalooby's, a fake Bloomington restaurant seemingly invented by an AI bot, rallying around the mere idea of Brad Stevens returning to Indiana to coach the Hoosiers and several others. The Drench Gang and its purple identity is just the latest example.
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This one, however, comes from the Hoosiers themselves. Namely, Indiana football's defensive backs, led by safety Amare Ferrell.
Ferrell, a fourth-year veteran in Indiana's defensive secondary, was asked about the term this week after several members of the unit mentioned it or used its associated purple emoji online. He explained that the name originated with last year's group and went into further detail on its origin.
"We've kinda like taken it to a new level," Ferrell said with a smile. "You know, as a DB, everything is basically 'cover,' instead of saying cover we just say 'everything is drenched," so that's basically what it means, for everybody that's wondering."
Ferrell took credit for coming up with the moniker but added that fellow defensive back Byron Baldwin has helped make it more popular.
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