In the eyes of ex-Missouri chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, there is only one man standing in the way of a renewed Border War rivalry: Bill Self.
Loftin made that known in an interview with AL.com published Wednesday where the former chancellor criticized the Kansas men’s basketball coach for the rivalry’s dormant status. The two programs haven’t scheduled one another in any sport since the Tigers made the jump to the SEC in summer 2012.
Loftin arrived at Missouri the next year. While he said he held private meetings with then-KU chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little that included a lucrative offer to renew the Border War rivalry in football at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.