As I write this, I’m also bashing out a post about the Mizzou game for tomorrow’s newsletter. In the meantime, I’d love to hear some stories about your memories and experiences with the MU-KU rivalry over the years.
Also, KU-MU football is totally fair game for this! When KU played MU at Arrowhead in 2007, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Arrowhead On Fire as much as it was that night. So I’d love to hear about that too, if you want.
Man, so many things come to mind. Jason Sutherland jawing at Raef and Scot Pollard, definitely the first time I ever felt my blood BOIL during a sporting event.
Kirk and Aaron hitting back-to-back threes to just ice Mizzou during the last matchup at the Hearnes Center... I remember me and some friends drove around flying a huge KU flag, kind of ignoring the fact that there weren't really any Mizzou fans in the area.
We didn't have season tix growing up, but we'd always make a run at the MU game and make a whole day out of it. This included a pre-game visit to Don's Steakhouse, the restaurant my dad ate during Sundays in college when they didn't have meal service. It took me a long time to figure out that the food at Don's was terrible. But I loved going and really just soaking up the whole atmosphere pre-game.
In 2008 I was a senior at KU, and that year's AFH game was a total bloodbath. It felt like every home game that year was a snoozer, bc KU just loaded up on people, but burying Mizzou always feels euphoric.
So glad this game is back. Being a senior in the student section for the 2012 game is damn near impossible to top. Complete anarchy after the TRob block - it was so loud that it felt like my brain was pulsating. I think I also cramped up and "rehydrated" at the Wheel afterward.
Sherron Collins had a bit of a coming out party against the Tigers at AFH in 2007. That team had Sherron, Shady, and D-Block coming off the bench - decent! That was probably around I realized that team had the goods. Still bitter about getting sent to San Jose to play UCLA in the Elite 8 that year.
Man, so many things come to mind. Jason Sutherland jawing at Raef and Scot Pollard, definitely the first time I ever felt my blood BOIL during a sporting event.
Kirk and Aaron hitting back-to-back threes to just ice Mizzou during the last matchup at the Hearnes Center... I remember me and some friends drove around flying a huge KU flag, kind of ignoring the fact that there weren't really any Mizzou fans in the area.
We didn't have season tix growing up, but we'd always make a run at the MU game and make a whole day out of it. This included a pre-game visit to Don's Steakhouse, the restaurant my dad ate during Sundays in college when they didn't have meal service. It took me a long time to figure out that the food at Don's was terrible. But I loved going and really just soaking up the whole atmosphere pre-game.
In 2008 I was a senior at KU, and that year's AFH game was a total bloodbath. It felt like every home game that year was a snoozer, bc KU just loaded up on people, but burying Mizzou always feels euphoric.
I'm sure i'll pop back with more.
So glad this game is back. Being a senior in the student section for the 2012 game is damn near impossible to top. Complete anarchy after the TRob block - it was so loud that it felt like my brain was pulsating. I think I also cramped up and "rehydrated" at the Wheel afterward.
Sherron Collins had a bit of a coming out party against the Tigers at AFH in 2007. That team had Sherron, Shady, and D-Block coming off the bench - decent! That was probably around I realized that team had the goods. Still bitter about getting sent to San Jose to play UCLA in the Elite 8 that year.
Also, I have always appreciated the ref keeping this dunk off the official record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oiNzoglbVs
clear charge there 🧐🧐🧐
additionally love to see that college officiating has changed very little