Mizzou Redux

I think restarting the MU-KU rivalry is interesting. I hope it's fun, and not as vile as it had gotten in the last few years of its existence. It stopped being fun at the end, and was just plain bad.

Strangely, I have some really negative personal vibes coming back that I had forgotten about for years. Over the years I've had very good natured ribbing from all sorts of fans of other schools - KSt, KY, UNC, etc. But rarely have I run into a Mizzou fan who isn't really angry about KU and who isn't mean about their dislike for KU. There is real hatred coming from the MO side (which is where I was raised, so I'm one of "them"). I hope it's a great rebirth of a rivalry, and maybe those of us with bad blood are now too old to do much about it.

But still - let's blow them out and then text all our Mizzou friends (he he).

Rock Chalk!

"I never learned to hate, hate eats one up." Buck O'Neill
“Hate. It has caused a lot of problems in this world, but has NOT solved one yet”
Maya Angelou (emphasis by Hoshi)

I can’t recall the year but it was in the late 90’s or early 2000’s. My wife and I flew to London and who was on the flight, Norm Stewart and his wife. I purposefully did not talk to him on the flight. As we were waiting for our bags he actually came up to me to engage me since I was covered in KU gear. He was delightful. Quite gregarious and good-natured. We did not talk long, maybe 5 minutes. I had no sense of hatred or animosity of any kind. In fact, he was quite effusive. We did trade some good-natured barbs. I found him witty and engaging. I never hated Mizzou exactly. I even rooted for them when they played non-Big 12 or non-Big 8 games. But in all honesty I had less affinity for Mizzou than any other school by a good margin. I am not particularly a fan of rekindling the rivalry. For me, at least, the rivalry is a thing of the past. Maybe that will change at tip-off tomorrow. But right now it seems more annoying to me than exciting.

I got to meet and visit with Buck and hear him Speak at events several times...Much respect!

I agree - I see no point to the redux.