"Huggieville" was born the day Bob Huggins became K-State's men's basketball coach.

K-State President Jon Wefald said Huggins brought an aura back to K-State basketball that had been missing for a long time.

Almost one year later, after the announcement that Huggins will leave Manhattan to coach at his alma mater, West Virginia, the magic is gone, and "Huggieville" became an unspeakable term.

Some fans, bitter about Huggins' departure, made their protests public.

Trey Thompson, junior in elementary education, and Jon Erskine, junior in business, stood outside Bramlage Coliseum during Thursday's press conference, donning garbage bags over their heads along with anti-Huggins phrases like "Coachlessville," and "What about Walker?"

"He said come, and we ran," Thompson said. "He said scream, and we packed it out. We did everything for him, and he just split."

Thompson said he thought Huggins should have announced his departure himself.

"You feel like you got hit in the stomach," Thompson said. "I feel like I got cheated on - and I wanted to believe it, all the signs point to it - and now it's coming out, and there's nothing I can do. It's a pretty sobering feeling."

Steve Ballard of Ballard's Sporting Goods, who said he coined the term "Huggieville," altered the nickname after Huggins' resignation. Minutes after the press conference, Ballard's pressed its first set of the altered T-shirts, with "Huggie" crossed out and replaced with "traitor." The shirts will be made to meet demand and will cost $9.95.

"We don't want there to be any hard feelings," said Ballard's employee Doug Nelson. "We just feel people want them."

Nelson said Ballard's sometimes acts as an "early press" during significant K-State sporting events because of its ability to print T-shirts instantly.

"Something like this doesn't happen a lot to us," Nelson said.

Ballard employees said they are unsure what to do with the 100 or so "Huggieville" T-shirts displayed at the store.

K-Rock 101.5-FM and the Powercat Illustrated staff might have the answer.

From 6 to 10 a.m. today during K-Rock's morning show, host Cory Dean will collect any Huggins T-shirts or other memorabilia at the Powercat office, 1125 Moro St.

At the end of the collection, everything collected will be mailed to Huggins' new office in West Virginia.