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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
Im old enough to remember those days also and I'm going to disagree. There was never any camaraderie towards KSU from the Big 8 schools. All this waxing rhapsodic about how it was so much better before the Texas schools arrived is unmitigated horseshit. You (and your parents obviously) have forgotten that the Big8 was going to be picked apart unless they merged. And it was a merger the Big8 sought out. Not the other way around.
And in the Big 8, once Snydz arrived and started winning football games, I clearly don't remember Nubs, MUtts, Sooners or Buffs being all "conference pridey" about it.
Matter of fact, I recall a whole lot of fans hating that they couldnt get their guarranteed win in football. Forgive me for raining on this little fictional tale of Big8 conference pride.
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I'll politely disagree....maybe from your perspective it appeared that way. (BTW, I didn't mention my parents as neither was a MU fan...in fact my mom loathed sports)
And while you see it as (using your words) "unmitigated horseshit" I'm sorry you felt that way. Was KSU really looked down upon that bad or were feelings of inadequacy that high in that town. From your perspective it must have been.
I don't disagree that the Big 8 sought out what was remaining of the SWAC...they felt they had to. But to act like the schools hated each other as much as you infer reeks of hurt feelings.