Does these schools have enough fans to fill up that stadium?

[sonofdaxjones]

So he's a Cornhole State fan . . . so that explains why they don't have the first clue as to what an instate rivalry is all about.

[Dan Rydell]

So he's a Cornhole State fan . . . so that explains why they don't have the first clue as to what an instate rivalry is all about.

Come on, dax...now that they finally beat Creighton in basketball, they may be able to start an in-state rivalry there...

[sonofdaxjones]

Check . . . small private school in Omaha (undergraduate enrollment 3,673) that doesn't play football is Cornhole State's instate "rival", got it.

[mjrod]

Nubb fans are precluded from this discussion because they are the only NCAA program to sell out their stadium for the last 30 years.. one of the very few records Callahan has not broken.   But he is very persistent.

[berford]

This will draw a lot more attention, especially in the KC area.  It will help recruiting, provide additional revenue for the athletic department, and revive one of the oldest rivalries in the nation.  Meanwhile, K-State is relegated to going on the road and playing a team like Auburn, just so the local media doesn't forget about them.

Well, as a resident of the Columbia area, I can tell you that I'm not hearing ANYTHING positive about this deal from anyone outside the MU athletic dept.  The Columbia merchants are trying to find a way to impeach Mike Alden. By FAR the bulk of MU's traveling fanbase is toward St. Louis, so they're not too pleased either. And how embarrassing is it going to be to see a half-empty Arrowhead Stadium on regional TV?

[sonofdaxjones]

Well, you know it's a damn tough drive to point your car West on I-70 about 4.5 hours.   Heck they even brought I-70 up to near G8 nation standards between KC and St. Louis for the most part anyway.

That's what cracks me up.  This is supposed to such a huge rivalry, but ku fans don't go to MU for the game, and MU fans don't go to ku for the game.   That's why it rarely sells out.  The KSU vs MU game in Columbia had 10,000 more people at it then the ku vs MU game did this year.

[FBWillie]

And it was raining.