Missouri Tigers -- Quick Primer

Resources:
Missouri Tigers 2007 Preview Capsule (Hawk Digest) | Mizzou Network | Big 12 Digest

What It Is
Once again Kansans being told what they can't do? You can't win on the road. You can't beat a south team other than Baylor. You can't be a free state. You can't stop Missouri's offense. You can't stop this year's greatest player ever at Missouri. You can't beat Missouri because they are awesome -- practically a dynasty. You can't win the north. You can't win because you're on the cover of Sport Illustrated. Talk all you want, we'll see you on the field.

Scoreboard Question
Back in 1997 when I watched that pack of middle-aged bumblebees drive up to Memorial Stadium on a short bus with a Quantrill's Raiders sign hanging from the side, the amount of adrenaline and hate that rushed through my veins was enough to take my breath away. Sure, it all happened 150 years ago. For me, it was a historical fact that was learned but not really tangible. The reaction I had was natural instinct. That's something you can't control. That t-shirt (you know the one, I refuse to link that photo here) pretty much gives me the same feeling. 

The question I have is how does that affect someone born and raised in Lawrence? I wonder how a player on a team from Lawrence might feel thinking about the reported execution of 183 Lawrence residents in the name of making Kansas a slave state. I'd like to let it go, but as long as that fan base continues to tout William Quantrill as some sort of hero, essentially celebrating the event itself -- this game will continue to symbolize the battle for Kansas. In that war, I'll take every symbolic victory I can get over Missouri and its cause.

Fun With Kit Bond -- Thread of the Week:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172#s=172&f=2485&t=1479613