'There's a lot of hate:' These games define the Mizzou-Kansas rivalry

"Around 5 or 5:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, the second Missouri Tigers home game of the season will go to a commercial break before the fourth quarter begins, and as has become customary in recent seasons, the Killers' "Mr. Brightside" will play over the loudspeaker. It's also become customary that the Mizzou fans in attendance at Memorial Stadium will lob f-bombs in unison at their biggest rival. For the first time, that rival will be in said stadium to hear it."

"Missouri and the Kansas Jayhawks will meet on the gridiron for the first time since 2011 ( 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2) and for the first time in Columbia since 2006. When Mizzou left the Big 12 for the SEC, the rivalry went on pause. The basketball rivalry resumed in 2021, with Kansas winning the first three games and Mizzou finally getting back on the board last December. Now it's football's turn."

"Both schools' nicknames were derived from Civil War nomenclature -- "Jayhawkers" were robbers and raiders who terrorized slave-state supporters in Missouri counties bordering Kansas, while "Tigers" refers to a group of soldiers who protected the city of Columbia from pro-Confederacy guerillas, including some of the same people who participated in burning Lawrence to the ground in 1863. Missouri-based raiders led by William Quantrill burned Lawrence to the ground in 1863."

Missouri and Kansas resume their football rivalry in Columbia for the first time since 2006, meeting at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Mizzou traditions include playing the Killers' "Mr. Brightside" and fans loudly lobbing f-bombs during a fourth-quarter commercial break; Kansas will be in the stadium to hear it for the first time. The rivalry paused after Missouri left the Big 12 for the SEC, while the basketball rivalry restarted in 2021 with Kansas winning three before Missouri won in December. The rivalry originates in Civil War–era violence, including William Quantrill's 1863 burning of Lawrence, and both schools' nicknames reflect that history.

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