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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUOTE OF THE DAY
PAGE 71
MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2013
"We are playing Kansas State, how tough is it to get up when you are playing your in-state rivals?"
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THE MORNING BREW
Bring back the bitter in-state rivalry
For one never thought I would say it, but I miss Missouri. Actually, let me rephrase that: I miss the intensity of the rivalry we had with Missouri.
On Saturday, I experienced my first "Sunflower Showdown" as a student. Growing up in Kansas this game was always circled on the calendar, because it was the day I could talk trash in school. I would make the stillest bets on the outcome of the game as a kid, but they were always in good fun. In the early years, my hatred was always reserved for Missouri.
Now, don't get me wrong, it wasn't pure hatred. One of my best friends was born in Columbia, Mo., who still to this day is a diehard MU fan, and I still talk to him. But I was always blindly led to hate the colors gold and black. I never knew whether it was because Quarrill burned down Lawrence, or because it was MU.
That's why this Saturday's game seemed like it was missing something. Maybe it was because Memorial Stadium was half purple, but the game just seemed too friendly for my
By Joey Anguiano janguiano@kansan.com
fans to start vandalizing each other's campuses, or for players to get into fights during the game. I would like to see a more intense rivalry between the two schools.
liking, Kansas State and the athletic department can call it a rivalry game all they want. In my opinion, a rivalry game is supposed to have some bad blood, something to motivate both the fans and the players.
Part of the easy-going "rivalry" might be attributed to what I call a switch hitter fan. These are the people that are "die-hard Kansas State football fans and die-hard Kansas basketball fans". I've run into a lot less switch hitters since leaving Topeka, but they are still among us. I feel that if people are able to cheer for both teams, then
If you look at the other great college sports rivalries, there is something present that just isn't there in the Kansas and K-State game. For instance, the "Iron Bowl" (Auburn vs. Alabama) not only has a much more intense sounding name than the "Sunflower Show-down" but there is genuine bad blood. An Alabama fan recently poisoned a tree that was very sentimental to Auburn fans, but Auburn got the Crimson Tide back that year on the football field. Another bitter rivalry can be found with Michigan and Ohio State, simply known as "The Game" was so ferocious Saturday that three players were ejected after a fight broke out.
While I'm not asking for Kansas and K-State
obviously there is a lack of strong dislike toward any one team. So pick a side, stick with that school through all the sports seasons, and cheer loud, proud, and continuously for whatever team you choose.
fine and dandy,
except for the
fact that you'll
never hear a Duke
fan cheer for North
Carolina basketball
or vice so. So it
just shouldn't happen.
The lack of rival hatred might also be because Kansans are just too nice. Countless times, I've heard fans say that they will cheer for the Wildcats because "Kansas State is a Kansas school too." That defense would be
Just because the Hatfields moved doesn't mean the McCoys stopped hating them. Great music was a result of Biggie and Tupac's beef, fantastic movies came about because of the Jedi and
Sith conflict, and because of Coke and Pepsi, we have two fantastic soft drinks. Needless to say, either our rivalry with K-State needs to rev up the intensity, or we need to play Missouri again.
Edited by James Ogden
This week in athletics
Monday No Events
Tuesday
No Events
Wednesday
Women's Basketball Arkansas 7 p.m. Lawrence
Thursday
Women's Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All Day
Knoxville, Tenn.
Friday
Women's Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All Day
Knoxville, Tenn.
NBA
Pacers 16-1 after 105-100 against Clippers
Women's Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All Day
Knoxville, Tenn.
LOS ANGELES - Despite having the NBA's best record, the Indiana Pacers realize there's always room for improvement.
Men's Basketball
Colorado
2:15 p.m.
Boulder, Colo.
Track
Bob Timmons Challenge
4 p.m.
Lawrence
Saturday
The Pacers improved their best start in franchise history to 16-1 on Sunday with a 105-100 victory that snapped the Los Angeles Clippers' four-game winning streak.
David West scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter and grabbed 12 rebounds, Paul George had 27 points, and
clicking well, and we're playing like a team. This was a great win for us. We knew coming in that it was going to be a hard-fought game."
"We can become a lot better. We're still nowhere close to where we want to be offensively, and that's the next step for us." George said. "The defense is clicking well, the transition defense is
Jamal Crawford led the Clippers with 20 points — the 10th time this season that a Pacers opponent didn't have anyone with more than 20. Chris Paul had 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Blake Griffin scored 16 and pulled
down 12 rebounds, equaling teammate DeAndre Jordan's total.
Sunday
"We're always up for a challenge, and we had a good one today," said center Roy Hibbert, who helped fuel the Pacers' seventh straight win with 19 points. "The Clippers are going to be a contender for the Western Conference finals, so we just had to get in there and grind it out today and finish it off.
Women's Basketball
Texas Southern
2 p.m.
Lawrence
But we have a lot more work to do. We don't worry about swagger. We're just five individuals out there on the court playing together."
The defending Pacific Division champion Clippers played their first game since finding out that J. J. Redick will be sidelined six to eight weeks because of a broken bone in his shooting hand and a ligament tear in his right elbow.
Redick will be re-evaluated on Monday by hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin to determine what further course of treatment will be necessary. His injuries, which occurred in Friday night's 104-98 overtime win at Sacramento, complicated things even more for the Clippers with reserve forward Matt Barnes missing his sixth straight game due to an eye injury. —Associated Press
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