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|Zach| · 11-28-2009, 09:30 AM

MU-KU BASS DRUM UP FOR GRABS SATURDAY
Most every school has goofy trophies that they play rivals for each year, and Mizzou is no exception. MU and KU play annually for a bass drum. Here are details of the significance behind the drum...
MU-KU BASS DRUM -- Issued to the winner of the Missouri-Kansas football game ... Originated in 1935 ... Trophy was originally conceived as an Indian War Drum in nature by a couple of Mizzou alumni, since Osage Indians roamed the plains of Kansas and Missouri long before the state universities were founded ... Original intent was to stimulate new interest in longtime series that had dwindled during the Depression of the '30s and MU's all-time low in football victories ... Supposedly authentic Indian drum was purchased in a Kansas City pawn shop, and new drum was acquired prior to 1986 game ... Autographed originally on both drum heads by KU and MU alumni ... Tradition was temporarily forgotten for a few years but resumed on an annual basis in 1947 ... The first game ended in a scoreless tie.

SATURDAY IS WORTH MORE THAN A WIN ON THE GRIDIRON
Saturday's winner will not only take home the traditional bass drum trophy given to the winner of the rivalry game, but the school will earn 3 points in the M&I Bank MU-KU Border Showdown Series.
This marks the 8th year of the Border Showdown, which records the head-to-head results between MU and KU in all sports each season. Each competition is assigned a certain amount of points during the year, and the school that wins the most at the end wins a traveling trophy and bragging rights.
Entering Saturday's football game, Mizzou holds a 5.5-to-4.5 lead thus far in the 2009-10 series.
In the previous seven years of the showdown, MU has won the series five times, claiming yearly wins in 2002-03 (32.0-to-8.5), in 2004-05 (22.5-to-17.5), in 2006-07 (25.0-to-14.0), in 2007-08 (24.0-to-15.0), and again last year in 2008-09 (23.0-to-17.0), with KU claiming wins in 2003-04 (21.5-to-18.5) and in 2005-06 (22.0-to-17.0).

11-28-2009, 09:30 AM	#11
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $3166768	MU-KU BASS DRUM UP FOR GRABS SATURDAY Most every school has goofy trophies that they play rivals for each year, and Mizzou is no exception. MU and KU play annually for a bass drum. Here are details of the significance behind the drum... MU-KU BASS DRUM -- Issued to the winner of the Missouri-Kansas football game ... Originated in 1935 ... Trophy was originally conceived as an Indian War Drum in nature by a couple of Mizzou alumni, since Osage Indians roamed the plains of Kansas and Missouri long before the state universities were founded ... Original intent was to stimulate new interest in longtime series that had dwindled during the Depression of the '30s and MU's all-time low in football victories ... Supposedly authentic Indian drum was purchased in a Kansas City pawn shop, and new drum was acquired prior to 1986 game ... Autographed originally on both drum heads by KU and MU alumni ... Tradition was temporarily forgotten for a few years but resumed on an annual basis in 1947 ... The first game ended in a scoreless tie. SATURDAY IS WORTH MORE THAN A WIN ON THE GRIDIRON Saturday's winner will not only take home the traditional bass drum trophy given to the winner of the rivalry game, but the school will earn 3 points in the M&I Bank MU-KU Border Showdown Series. This marks the 8th year of the Border Showdown, which records the head-to-head results between MU and KU in all sports each season. Each competition is assigned a certain amount of points during the year, and the school that wins the most at the end wins a traveling trophy and bragging rights. Entering Saturday's football game, Mizzou holds a 5.5-to-4.5 lead thus far in the 2009-10 series. In the previous seven years of the showdown, MU has won the series five times, claiming yearly wins in 2002-03 (32.0-to-8.5), in 2004-05 (22.5-to-17.5), in 2006-07 (25.0-to-14.0), in 2007-08 (24.0-to-15.0), and again last year in 2008-09 (23.0-to-17.0), with KU claiming wins in 2003-04 (21.5-to-18.5) and in 2005-06 (22.0-to-17.0).
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