Eliah Drinkwitz, Jim Sterk comment on return of Mizzou's Border War rivalry with Kansas
In Saturday’s exciting news, the Missouri Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks have agreed to renew the Border War football rivalry, announcing a 4-game series starting in 2025.
The 2 schools haven’t played since Mizzou left the Big 12 for the SEC prior to the 2012 football season, but they’ll soon share the gridiron once again.
In a release from Mizzou, first-year head coach Eliah Drinkwitz said he’s excited to get his first experience with the heated rivalry:
“I’m excited for our fans to have the chance to be part of this historical rivalry again,” Drinkwitz said. “I know there has been some time off, but I’m positive the energy and excitement will be there right away for everybody. While I haven’t been part of Mizzou/KU, I have been involved in some pretty intense rivalries and I do believe that is a big part of what makes college football so special to people.”
AD Jim Sterk also issued a statement, saying college sports are better with these types of rivalries being played:
“We are very excited about renewing this historic rivalry that our fans are so passionate about,” Sterk said. “College football is better with rivalries like this, and our fans deserve to have it return. We’re pleased to make this happen, and we look forward to restoring this important tradition at Mizzou.”
We’re still a few years away from these games actually being played, but this will be a lot of fun for fans of both schools.
Also known as the “Prairie Pounders” vs “Ridge Runners”rivalry.
I’ve never heard the rivalry called that by anybody.
Big mistake. Missouri will play by the rules, Kansas will cheat. The worst paying-off officials ever to be witnessed in college football will happen in this game. Why would any athletic director of sign a contract with a college who is being investigated by the FBI for having players sent to them with what looks like shoe company money. Someone forgot to tell Sterk they stole a national championship from us…… or with a program that obviously got something from the conference office like biased refs in basketball games against Missouri and Iowa State, Reference the fainting goat game. Or Iowa State being blatantly robbed a couple years ago. Or the basketball KU vs K-State, see no evil, by the Big 12 2020. Thanks for saving me the expense of attending Missouri games in those years.
Putting 4 Ls on their schedule is the best way to stick it to them. I think you fail to understand the concept of a rivalry. It isn’t a rivalry without history. It isn’t a rivalry without a deep abiding hatred. Of all sports, rivalries in college football are 2nd to none. If stomping Kansas into the mud doesn’t excite you, then I’m not sure College football is for you.
Missouri would have won all-time about three-quarters of it’s games against KU if the Jhawks were not cheating. One of my favorite recent stories about KU football recruiting was that a recruit robbed a quick-stop store his first day on campus. Missouri is not going to start cheating to make up for that. Bad, bad, bad idea to give KU a venue to cheat and get away with it outside the Big 12.
You seem to grasp the idea of a rivalry, but then for some reason don’t want to teach them a lesson where it counts, the scoreboard. Haha
Ha, ha, the games they cheat and win (about a third of all the games), will not only teach you a lesson about costly loss of national ranking but also costly loss of high profile bowl games. Ha, ha, I want to see you laugh at the NCAA being paid to let shoe companies bring ringers to KU football like they are accused of doing to KU basketball. What’s your mental age again? Super dumb move by Sterk.
College GameDay will book the 2025 game for sure. I wonder who’ll be coaching kU by then, Sam Pittman maybe?
I wouldn’t give them the legitimacy. It helps KU, does little for MU…other than the temporary satisfaction of a chicken hawk buttkicking.
Didn’t know there was one…..
Maybe by then KU will be in the SEC
Mountain West.