Civil War roots fuel hype for Kansas-Missouri football showdown
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Kansas leaned into Civil War history to hype the Border War rivalry with Missouri, releasing imagery from a mural and references to Quantrill’s Raiders to frame the matchup as a moral clash and highlight the war-spanning roots of the Kansas–Missouri rivalry.
- Kansas used the actual Civil War to hype up a college football game with Missouri SB Nation
- Kansas renews Border War rivalry with Missouri by calling Tigers 'evil,' invoking slavery imagery Fox News
- House divided: Leawood family lays down rules ahead of Kansas and Mizzou game FOX4KC.com
- A viral Civil War video has ignited one of college football’s oldest rivalries The New York Times
- Know Thy Enemy: Henry Greenstein of the Lawrence Journal-World, KUsports.com previews Mizzou’s upcoming game against Kansas Columbia Missourian
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