No, I won’t spend a couple hundred words bemoaning how the days of Missouri’s rivalry with Kansas shrink into the distance. However, it’s not a stretch to say there’s still vitriol vacuum that remains unfilled. There’s a reason why both fanbases gobbled up tickets last October for an exhibition game that raised funds for hurricane relief.
Over the past seven seasons, MU’s tried to evoke Big 12 nostalgia with non-conference games against Oklahoma, Kansas State and Iowa State. However, it also speaks to how no new fresh ire has taken hold since the university’s move to the SEC — an absence driven largely by Mizzou’s relatively mediocrity since switching affiliations.