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jumptheshadow

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1. It could be for quite some time...
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 08:10 PM
Feb 2012

The bitterness has reached the gubernatorial level:

>>TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback says he has no interest in keeping the University of Kansas' rivalry with the University of Missouri alive when the Tigers leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference next year.<<

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/kan-gov-not-interested-keeping-mizzou-rivalry

So, all those years of tradition go out the window... I will miss the rivalry...

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It could be for quite some time... jumptheshadow Feb 2012 #1
Missouri and A&M belong in the SEC. El Supremo Feb 2012 #2
Shit... madinmaryland Feb 2012 #3
I do think they're from Tennessee. El Supremo Feb 2012 #4
There are some good schools in the SEC jumptheshadow Feb 2012 #5
It has always been bitter. El Supremo Feb 2012 #6
Whoops, just saw your avatar jumptheshadow Feb 2012 #8
Sounds like a quote from William Quantrill. El Supremo Feb 2012 #10
Probably jumptheshadow Feb 2012 #11
One good school in the SEC... madinmaryland Feb 2012 #7
Bullshit mad, fucking bullshit era veteran Feb 2012 #13
Oh I'm sure some years down the road, the jerkoff athletic directors Telly Savalas Feb 2012 #9
Wow! 19 down - KU wins by 1 in OT. El Supremo Feb 2012 #12
Shame to see rivalry stop era veteran Feb 2012 #14
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