This column ran in the Nov. 25, 2006, sports section of the Topeka Capital-Journal, the day of the then-annual Missouri-Kansas game. The Tigers won that game 42-17. This column featured the 1960 game, which was the biggest in the rivalry until 2007’s “Armageddon at Arrowhead,” which Missouri won 36-28 to move up to the nation’s […]
It’s happened every Oct. 6 for 29 years now. It’s the date of a not-so-great memory, one that will never be forgotten. I was 14 at the time, and we’d moved from Missouri to Kansas the year before. With that move came a lifelong love of sports, in particular Missouri athletics. I really didn’t understand
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A few minutes into the second half, I did something I almost never do during Missouri games: I turned off the radio and TV and stopped paying attention. All I could think was “Gary Pinkel deserves better than this.” It was far from a glorious home finale for a man who resurrected a football
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During Wednesday night’s Missouri-Iowa State game, the girlfriend and I were talking about her sister (a kansas basketball, but not football, of course, fan) talking trash via text message about the Tigers’ humbling loss to kansas State over the weekend. I stopped mid-sentence, realizing at that moment that the days of talking smack with kansas
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Oklahoma State ended years of frustration against Oklahoma in Bedlam, demolishing its rival in a statement game that may vault the Cowboys into the national championship tilt. Even Nick Saban agrees … in 2003, the then-LSU coach said no team that didn’t win its conference should play for a national title. His Alabama team didn’t
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Mike Leach to Kansas. Everybody outside of Lawrence knew that was a pipedream. Almost as ridiculous as that Jim Harbaugh-to-Kansas storyline from 2009, when the Jayhawks ran the only decent football coach in school history out of town. Other big names are being thrown out there, none more preposterous than Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly. I’m
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Oklahoma can still win the Big 12, Missouri whips Kansas on its way out of the building and Texas A&M does its thing (choking) against Texas. The Longhorns and Aggies swap spots in this week’s rankings: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-1, 7-1) | LAST WEEK: Bye | NEXT WEEK: Vs. Oklahoma THE RUB: It’ll be interesting
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Talk about eating your own. The Big 12 has a history of upsets derailing a team’s shot at a national title, and that happened again Friday night when Iowa State rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset No. 2 Oklahoma State. Oklahoma followed suit, losing to Baylor the following night. The rankings didn’t change much
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Oklahoma State rolls on, Kansas State continues to be the Cardiac Cats and Kansas continues to be historically bad: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-0, 7-0) | LAST WEEK: Defeated Texas Tech 66-6 | THIS WEEK: At Iowa State THE RUB: The Cowboys continue to put up video game-like numbers, embarrassing the Red Raiders. The last time Oklahoma State
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There are times when I miss having a newspaper column. I’ve missed it quite a bit the last few weeks with a couple of larger-than-life stories circulating: Missouri going to the Southeastern Conference, and the hideous scandal at Penn State. The latter is one of the most disgusting, disturbing and disappointing stories I’ve followed. Not
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