Long-lasting rivalry coming to an end

[huskerscott]

It was a nice symbiotic relationship. Huskers care about football and Jayhawks obliged by rolling over and playing dead. Roles reversed for basketball.

That is exactly true.

Last year made the first trip to Lawrence had an awesome time meeting people from KU. I was hoping to go again next year. Towards the end of game after looking at the scoreboard and pointing out we just put 400 yards of offense on a conference team. A Jayhawker said to me, "we will see you in Lincoln come January." I gave him a puzzled look and said "basketball season dont start till after the bowl game and ends with the first pitch of baseball season." Then jokingly I said, "We dont even know theirs a basketball team till they win 20 games in one season."

On side note, their "football fans" seem to have very little knowledge about the game of football. Everytime we jammed the receiver at the line, the wanted defensive holding or pass interference.

Best of luck to Turner Gill after this Saturday, hopefully he can turn the program around.

 

[knapplc]

They're no more our rival in football than we are their rival in basketball.

BING......

It was a nice symbiotic relationship. Huskers care about football and Jayhawks obliged by rolling over and playing dead. Roles reversed for basketball.

.....GO!

Two excellent posts. +1 to the both of you. We can let this thread rest in peace now.

 

[kansas husker]

We had a rivalry with KU? When was someone gonna tell us?

What else would you call playing 105 years straight? no matter how you look at it, the schools have a long history that is coming to a close. To most people yes, they probably think KU-NU is a rivalry. :dunno

Is Baylor Texas's rival? No. It's a series. They're no more our rival in football than we are their rival in basketball.

I dont think those are the same situation. I don't belive any of those series are over 100 years old. Regardless of one teams success or the series record playing a team for that long adds substance to the gameand by those standrads I would consider it a rivalry.

 

[Glendower]

It's not a rivalry, but I always liked that the game is there. If we can't play OU every year, it would be nice to schedule KU for one of those first 3 steamroller games

 

[husker_hurdler]

change is inevitable.....the length is noteworthy.....time to move on

 

[mmmtodd]

time does not a rivalry make. disgust, dislike, uncertainty, and crap on the line a rivalry makes. none of those have simply been the case with kansas.

 

[bshirt]

Well, it's been a long ride. After today I sincerely wish nothing but the very, very best to Kansas.

 

[shpadoinklehusker]

I will miss KU. Its fun to have a team that you can beat the crap out of year in year out

 

[OmahaPlaya]

Not sure who that is in the article picture with the article, but it's a great photo. Is it Jeff Kinney maybe? What does the "100" on the hat mean?

The year in the photo says 1969...that would've been 100 years of the Univ. of Nebraska, founded in 1869.

From what I've heard that was an NCAA wide promotion for their centennial anniversary. A lot of schools wore that decal in 1969, not just NU.

Ah, my bad. Coincidence then...thanks.

Actually I think that 100 decal was for the 100th anniversary of the first college football game (Rutgers-Princeton).

 

[Malth]

Not an actual rivalry, but I don't want to be too flippant in dismissing such a long running series.