Mizzou Beats Kansas: The Links

And I understand that other parts of the state might not care but wow – it’s going to suck to not be able to take this hatred out on the field.

Now it might just resort to road rage for me and that’s not a good result.

I think MU showed real well attendance wise. ku, get real…basketball season has started. They have proven over the years that unless their football team is winning some games they just don’t show up.

The attendance at Arrowhead shows the apathy.

I agree that apathy is a factor, but I think it’s also worth noting that it was a neutral site game on a holiday weekend when a lot of people are already travelling. If that game was in Columbia or Lawrence on a weekend when all the students were in town and most people weren’t already travelling to be with family, there would have been a packed stadium.

Full disclosure: I have a clear, acknowledged bias in this regard. I don’t like neutral site games in pro stadiums. The economic boost that college games can provide doesn’t really move the needle in big cities that already have pro teams; it does in smaller college towns like Columbia and Lawrence. The game day atmosphere for neutral site games in pro stadiums is terrible. I never went to the Border War at Arrowhead, but I never missed the Arch Rivalry or the Braggin’ Rights game, and in both cases I was always embarrassed for both fan bases. It really makes me appreciate how well behaved and respectful both the student and alumni sections are at Faurot.

I’m also not a huge fan of college games on Thanksgiving weekend. Let the pros play. They can afford to bring their families with them. There’s no reason to separate those kids from their families during that time. I drive to Columbia for every home game, but myself and most people I know are already travelling and living out of a suitcase during Thanksgiving, and not particularly interested in packing back up to drive to Kansas City.

Sorry that turned into a rant, but I think there’s more to it than apathy.

However I disagree with you on the general fans feeling towards that game in general and being played on campus.

i believe you and others of your like mind will get over it in time. especially since we’re going to a quality situation.

I apologize and I would go admit some embarrassing things at my local grocery or gas station to remove any jinx but I’m afraid they have all heard my stories before.

start taunting? t&c i have news for ya: some of us never stopped.

It’s always time to taunt Beaker fans.

Cause I wouldn’t mind getting one for every room.

…new RMN fundraiser? :)

What sort of uniforms?

This could be really good, or really bad.

enough to fit a Jayhawk in the lifeboat with us is an acceptable choice.

Both schools had hands on the pillow that smothered it.

And I totally agree.
I don’t blame KS at all for the way they are acting. If roles were reversed, I would be acting similarly. I felt a lot of animosity towards A&M when I found out they were leaving.

Ya wanna know what? I actually feel bad for the Beaks. I wish they would stop looking at me with those hurt eyes. It’s not that much fun to be a Beaker-hating Tiger right now.

I believe Mizzou made the move in full comprehension of the potential loss of this great rivalry.

After accepting that assertion I have had a hard time supporting any “rivalry”. These are all just money making games and base entertainment. (Well, not the lowest form but…)

I know they did not start out like that, but they are being reduced to that by continued boiling down and simmering way beyond appropriate sauce levels.

I am now in fear that what we will end up with is a hyper marketed sludge of sporting events that will have as much to do about collegiate pride and sportsmanship as fishing with dynamite at the Bass Pro aquariums.

…but at this point I have accepted it.

Mizzou made a decision, a decision that’s going to impact tens of millions of dollars for the athletic department. It was a decision that, one way or the other, had to supercede the rivalry(although obviously opponents are part of the decision). They repeatedly expressed an interest in continuing the games.

Conversely, Kansas refusing to play the game in either sport is a decision that impacts hundreds of thousands of dollars. An understandable decision in football if they have to continue playing 9 game conference football decisions, but the response on the basketball side and the tenor from everyone on the KU side is that of bitterness and spite.

Sure, both schools share blame if the rivalry goes away. When you look at the consequences of that decision though, it’s pretty clear who is doing so with some legitimate reasoning.

I will continue to hate kU whether we play them every year or not. I will root for any team playing them, in any sport, in any conference.

Our move to the SEC was not made “knowing full well that it would have implications for the Border War.” We made the move knowing that true Tiger fans could give a $hit about what role kU would play in a move that betters our university. I would never let a fictional bird stand in the way of my University’s progress, and I’m glad our leadership did what they did.

But this is Andy Rooney quality material her!

Who is the dolt that thought up this concept?

Probably someone who has a fun size package… of candy.

“But you have an entire bag of fun size to share!”

I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You’ll be mad, but it will be too late.

You’re not working on your home…

Evan Boehm is looking at options again (he went to Auburn this weekend); Jonathan Williams backed out and went with Arkansast; Dorial Green-Beckham remains undecided.

Those are the big ones that I know of. I don’t subscribe to PowerMizzou so there are probably others that are in the fold I am unaware of.