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KC blues: KU’s undefeated dream season ends at Arrowhead with 36-28 loss to MU
Still: 'We're going to go to a great bowl'
Scott Harrington is taking the half-full approach. Even if losing to his arch rival - and missing out on a Big 12 Championship and a chance at a national football title - is virtually impossible to swallow. “I hate losing to Missouri,” the Lawrence resident said Saturday, filing out of Arrowhead Stadium after his Jayhawks lost 36-28, in the annual Border War clash. “But still: We’re 11-1. We’re going to go to a great bowl.”
Kansas football notebook
Officials from the Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton and Holiday bowls were credentialed for Saturday’s game. With the loss, Kansas may be headed to a non-BCS bowl like the Cotton or Holiday, but a BCS at-large bid is a possibility. Kansas needs to remain in the top 18 of the BCS standings through Dec. 2 to be eligible for selection.
Reesing takes blame
Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing shouldered a share of the blame for Saturday night’s 36-28 loss to Missouri for throwing two interceptions, but he wasn’t about to blame the glove. To combat the cold, Reesing decided to wear a glove for the first time this season.
Tigers make case for No. 1
Chase Daniel stood on the Arrowhead Stadium field late Saturday night, pointing his index finger toward a throng of Missouri fans who were wildly celebrating their Tigers’ 36-28 victory over rival Kansas University. “If we’re not the No. 1 team in the nation tomorrow, something’s wrong,” Daniel told a pair of TV reporters before exiting to a happy Tiger locker room.
KU’s perfect season spoiled by Tigers
Well, that’s that. Just as the pretty girl was really showing some interest, the nemesis grabbed Kansas University’s football team by the collar and threw it out the door. Oh well. The Jayhawks crashed the party anyway.
Game balls & gassers
¢ Dezmon Briscoe for a leaping catch that set up KU’s first score.¢ Kicker Scott Webb missed field goal attempts of 33 and 45 yards.
Keegan: Keegan: Arrowhead aside, MU simply better
We’ll never know which team would have won the 116th rendition of the Border War had it been played in Memorial Stadium, home field of Kansas University, 36-28 loser Saturday night to Missouri at sold-out Arrowhead Stadium. This much we do know: The more deserving team advanced to the Big 12 title game and kept its national-title hopes alive.
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6Sports video: KU struggles, falls
The Kansas football team drops 21 points on the Missouri defense in the fourth quarter, but it’s still not enough tonight at Arrowhead Stadium. Posted Nov. 25, 2007.
Daniel’s 40 completions too much for KU to overcome in the end, MU wins 36-28
The story of the night was Missouri’s Chase Daniel covering up 13 MU penalties by completing 40 pass attempts en route to a 361-yard, three-touchdown night, earning the Tigers a berth in the Big 12 title game next Saturday in San Antonio against Oklahoma. Todd Reesing rallied KU back with two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, finishing 28-of-29 for 349 yards and two TDs to go with two picks. He also had a five-yard touchdown run in the second half. KU couldn’t get much of a running game going at all, finishing with just 42 yards - a season-low. KU will now have to wait until Dec. 2 to find out what bowl game it will be playing in.
Scoring Summary: KU-Mizzou
A look at who scored, when they scored and how it happened.
Standout showdowns
Sure, today's game is big, but other KU-MU meetings had meaning, too
We’ve heard it all week: Today’s game between No. 2 Kansas and No. 3 Missouri is shaping up to be the most important game in the 116-year history of the Border War rivalry. Ever. That certainly is a good guess, even without going back through time. Both the No. 2 Jayhawks (11-0) and No. 3 Tigers (10-1) are in the running for a Big 12 championship and a coveted berth in the BCS National Championship Game. But “ever” is such a strong word, isn’t it? Or is it?
Kansas wary of Maclin
Missouri University’s football team already had playmakers. Chase Daniel, one of college football’s best quarterbacks, had a tremendously talented cast of targets - Martin Rucker, Chase Coffman and Will Franklin - over the last three seasons. But they had no shot, none of them, of bringing the “wow” factor quite like Jeremy Maclin does.
Coaches learned of rivalry early
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino is in his sixth season as head coach. Missouri coach Gary Pinkel is in his seventh. Yet both remember clearly their first run-ins with the new fan base they’d be out to please. Not surprisingly, the subject went to the Border War game quite quickly.
KSU recalls Fresno
Bulldogs started Wildcats' tailspin
Very few players on Kansas State’s roster were around the last time the Wildcats squared off against Fresno State, but those who were remember it clearly. The year was 2004, and No. 13 Kansas State’s hopes for the season were sky-high following a Big 12 Championship the season before. But Fresno State came to Manhattan and exposed the Wildcats.
