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re: Rank your school's rivalries
Posted on 7/20/22 at 10:53 am to BreakawayZou83
Posted on 7/20/22 at 10:53 am to BreakawayZou83
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Non-conference (our actual rivals): 1. Kansas, 2. Nebraska, 3. Colorado
Our traditional rivals, in order, were:
kU
Nebraska
Iowa St
Illinois (basketball)
OU
Colorado was never really a rivalry of any kind (no trophy or named game with them), although we certainly had plenty of history with them.
With OU joining I would rate our rivalries going forward like this:
kU
Illinois (basketball)
OU
Arky
South Carolina
UK
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Posted on 7/20/22 at 10:59 am to grossgross
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Colorado was never really a rivalry of any kind (no trophy or named game with them), although we certainly had plenty of history with them.
Really? I have always considered Colorado to be a more meaningful rival to us than Iowa State, Illinois, or Oklahoma.
The Mizzou-Colorado football series is 41-31 all-time in our favor, much closer than Iowa State (we dominate them), Oklahoma (they dominate us), or Illinois (we dominate them). We've also only played Illinois about 25 times ever.
The Fifth Down game was against Colorado, that should have stopped them from winning a championship. We spoiled each other's seasons frequently for many years. Boulder was the best Big 12 road trip. The programs were frequently comparable (sleeping giants with lukewarm fanbases).
By comparison, I never cared much about Iowa State or OU, because those games were typically so lopsided one way or the other.
Posted on 7/20/22 at 2:30 pm to grossgross
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Our traditional rivals, in order, were:
kU
Nebraska
Iowa St
Illinois
Missouri is interesting when it comes to rivalries. I like what they were doing a few years ago by playing games in STL and KC against teams like Kansas and Illinois.
On the whole I think that's a thing worth doing when the financials and opponents can be worked out. Elevating Missouri's profiles in the biggest cities in Missouri helps build fan loyalty and recruiting in those cities.
And if you could get the right opponents for those cities (e.g KC: Kansas, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State and STL: Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame) I think they should do it for the same reasons schools like LSU and Alabama do regular season games in Atlanta, Dallas, and New Orleans.
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