Return of Border War between Kansas and Missouri serves a reminder of what was lost because of conference realignment.

Missouri opted for the SEC’s stability and financial windfall, but the Big 12 exit meant the Tigers sacrificed their top rivalries, none bigger than Kansas.

The Kansas-Missouri rivalry reached its zenith in 2007, when the Big 12 was rocking and rolling with a batch of entertaining quarterbacks.

If he'd heard the comment anywhere else, Kansas coach Lance Leipold wouldn’t have been so surprised. But, profanity at church? Leipold was taken aback by what a parishioner said to him at Sunday service.

Kick their ass.

Not a request, mind you. An order, that Leipold’s Jayhawks put a boot into Missouri.

Welcome back, Border War .

It’s been too long since the Kansas-Mi

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