Spring Break
Tearing It Down In Kansas
Chris Licata
Issue date: 11/2/05 Section: Sports
As I walked along the lawn I was greeted with yells of "Missouri's a slave state!" and a variety of other, less-printable chants. The KU students also had some of the most hilarious shirts I have ever seen. Slogans such as, "Muck Fizzou" (sound familiar?), "Rock out with your 'Hawk out,'" and shirts with the Jayhawk on the front with "Because every other team sucks" printed on the back.
12:15 p.m. - Game Time
Entering Saturday's contest, KU and Mizzou were teams on opposite paths. After starting the season 3-0, the Jayhawks had lost four straight games and were in desperate need of a win to remain bowl eligible. Conversely, the Tigers began the season 2-2 with losses to No. 2 Texas and New Mexico - but were winners of three straight coming into Saturday. The stage was set for a big upset and the KU student section was more than happy to make it a reality.
The KU Memorial Stadium students section was a site to behold. Absolutely packed and spilling over into the reserved seats, the section seemed to encompass nearly a quarter of the stadium and was, brace yourself, located on the 50-yard line. The students rewarded the athletic department's generosity by being absolutely deafening during the fourth quarter. Mizzou quarterback Brad Smith was unable to get into a groove the entire game, but once the fourth quarter rolled around was absolutely useless.
3:30 p.m. - Game Over
The final kneeldown is taken and pandemonium erupts. KU wins, 13-3. The student section pours out of the stands and onto the field where KU police do everything but help them take down the goalposts. Actually, the athletic department beat the Jayhawk faithful to that - but it didn't stop the students from hoisting up the goalposts and parading them around the field. In the middle of the pandemonium I see one student sitting atop the goalposts, covered in fake blood with a decapitated stuffed tiger hanging from a rope. The goalposts are being marched around the stadium when suddenly - they disappear.
12:15 p.m. - Game Time
Entering Saturday's contest, KU and Mizzou were teams on opposite paths. After starting the season 3-0, the Jayhawks had lost four straight games and were in desperate need of a win to remain bowl eligible. Conversely, the Tigers began the season 2-2 with losses to No. 2 Texas and New Mexico - but were winners of three straight coming into Saturday. The stage was set for a big upset and the KU student section was more than happy to make it a reality.
The KU Memorial Stadium students section was a site to behold. Absolutely packed and spilling over into the reserved seats, the section seemed to encompass nearly a quarter of the stadium and was, brace yourself, located on the 50-yard line. The students rewarded the athletic department's generosity by being absolutely deafening during the fourth quarter. Mizzou quarterback Brad Smith was unable to get into a groove the entire game, but once the fourth quarter rolled around was absolutely useless.
3:30 p.m. - Game Over
The final kneeldown is taken and pandemonium erupts. KU wins, 13-3. The student section pours out of the stands and onto the field where KU police do everything but help them take down the goalposts. Actually, the athletic department beat the Jayhawk faithful to that - but it didn't stop the students from hoisting up the goalposts and parading them around the field. In the middle of the pandemonium I see one student sitting atop the goalposts, covered in fake blood with a decapitated stuffed tiger hanging from a rope. The goalposts are being marched around the stadium when suddenly - they disappear.