Go back to the woods, aka "Run for it"... "let's get out of here quickly"... I remember this chant from an NAIA game long ago at Municipal Auditorium. I don't remember either team but I'll never forget the chant. I thought it was priceless.
With KU winning the NCAA Basketball tourney this past week - it's been a difficult time to be a Missouri Tiger fan. A Trumpster could probably partake in a meal with a Let's Go Brandon - backer... The Hatfield descendants might even meet up with some McCoys to have dinner at the Home of Throwed Rolls. BUT.. I dunno if KU/MU fans will ever peacefully exist with each other.
Sport's rivalries come, and they stay. The "Border War" rivalry began in 1891. For 105 consecutive years, 'we' played in the same conference. KU fans will/have/are posting tributes to the recent championship - as well as "Cheering" for MU as they recently won the NCAA Frisbee Golf Championship. (I almost wish we'da lost truthfully.) They call it Waving the Wheat... Rock Chalk.. Proud... MU folks might respond with some term including arrogance. (Ye olde blog writer say "you no likey that, start your own blog" ha!)
The Rivalry is fun, tense, rabid, "and so is your old man" stuff.
Other schools demonstrate similar absence of love for their rival. This ain't a new thing. I no likey when someone offers something then includes "LOL" - I much prefer "You tell it, we'll decide if it's funny"..... BUT.... From 1896 (yes, that's how long stuff like this has been going on).... I find this pretty darn LOL, sorry:
1896. The traditional mode of transportation for teams was the train. Georgia Tech was rolling down the tracks toward Auburn, AL to play Auburn University. A team of Auburn pranksters, the night before the Big Game Day, greased the train tracks leading into, and out of the local station When Georgia Tech rolled in, they tried screeching to a halt, but the halt wouldn't happen for a tad and the train literally went five miles past the Auburn station. The long trek back to the station perhaps played a role in GT's team being tired, and, for losing 45-0 that day.
There ain't no love loss between The University of Texas and Texas A & M. "Reckless fan behavior" happened in 1911 and the game was shelved for four years. Texas went to College Station that year and was walloped 13-0 by A&M. The following year, two cowboys escorted a frightened steer to Austin. Texas's mascot had always been the Longhorns prior to the steer's arrival, but this was the first ever for the live mascot. Texas did come away with a victory on this day. After the game, there was a plan to brand the steer with a T and the score from that day (21-7). Protests of animal cruelty delayed the planned brand date to March 2, Texas Independence Day. However, five A&M students traveled to Austin in February, broke into the pen at 3am and branded the steer '13-0', the score from when A&M won. There is some scuttlebutt over this, but it's said Texas folks changed the '13' to a 'B'..the dash to an 'E' and somehow branded a 'V' infronta the Zero, thus, BEVO the steer was named and branded.
1958. UCLA students, via helicopter, prepared to drop a 500 pound ball of manure on USC's mascot, Tommy Trojan. Turns out, funny ha ha, joke (and poop) on you.. as the rotors of the helicopter sucked most of the manure back into the helicopter, turning the UCLA lads into really 'crappy' and unfortunate perpetrators.
2004. Harvard - Yale rivalry football game. A group of Yale students, posing as the fictitious Harvard pep squad, passed out cards and directions to fans under the guise of cheering for Harvard. Low and behold, when the Yale students (posing as Harvard pep squad leaders) gave the signal to raise the cards - their plan worked to perfection as the Harvard crowd complied, resulting in the humiliating message "We Suck". Score one for the Bulldogs!
Stolen: "A Missouri family of football supporters headed out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports shop the son picks up a KU jersey and says to his older sister, "I've decided to become a Jayhawk fan and I would like this for Christmas".
His big sister is outraged by this and promptly whacks him round the head and says, "Go talk to mother". Off goes the little lad with the Jayhawk Jersey in hand and finds his mother.
"Mom?" "Yes son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a KU fan and I would like this jersey for Christmas". The mother is outraged at this, promptly whacks him around the head and says, "Go talk to your father!"
Off he goes with the KU Jersey in hand and finds his father. "Dad?" "Yes son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a KU fan and I would like this jersey for Christmas". The father is outraged and promptly whacks his son around the head and says, "No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT!"
About half an hour later they're all back in the car and heading towards home. The father turns to his son and says "Son, I hope you've learned something today?" The son says, "Yes, Dad, I have." "Good son, what is it?"
To which the son replies, "I've only been a Jayhawk fan for an hour and I already hate you Mizzou bastards."
How do you keep a KU girl from biting her nails? Make her wear shoes.
What does it say on the bottom of Coke bottles in Kansas? Open other end.
Ahhhhh the rivalry is back. Pranksters from each team will somehow get actual phone numbers of players, coaches and call them ALL NIGHT LONG (talking 2am, 3am, 4am, etc) the eve of the game.
Proud......... Arrogant.
Rock Chalk.... MIZ-ZOU
By Henry Gibson........... Forward by Wilt, Gale Sayers, George C Scott, Sam Walton and Max Scherzer
Love, Victurd
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