Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz slams Kansas for rivalry hype video referencing Civil War: I tried to embarrass them

Eli Drinkwitz enjoys “The Border War” between Kansas and his Missouri football program.He doesn’t like when “The Border War” invokes the Civil War to play up the heated rivalry game.The Tigers coach said he “tried to embarrass” the Jayhawks in the 38-21 win Friday after the Big 12 school released a pregame hype video for the teams’ first clash in Lawrence, Kansas, in 21 years that referenced the bloody history between the two states during the Civil War era.“I was disappointed in the rivalry, the turn that it took today.I thought that was uncalled for.

This is about two teams playing football, and especially on 9/11 when we need more unity now than ever before.To be putting some things on your screen celebrating — everybody has complicated pasts, ya know? And to make that an icon was bizarre to me,” Drinkwitz said after his team improved to 2-0.“I’m just glad that this whole right versus wrong bullcrap that was started just got settled on a football field, because it’s a football game.

It’s an American football game that people love to come watch and cheer for their teams.It’s not even deeper than that.

I get there’s a past to it, but why are we stirring that bullcrap up? It’s 9/11.This country needs unity now more than ever.

I was embarrassed for them, to be honest, and that’s why I tried to embarrass them at the end.”The Kansas-Missouri game is one of college’s best rivalries, but it took a 14-year break before returning last year in Columbia, Mo.and this year marked the return game in Kansas.Kansas released a 90-second video Friday night narrated by former star Gilbert Brown with the title, “Heroes and Villains,” and it’s clear which moniker applied to each team.“Love doesn’t exist here.

Neither does mercy.This rivalry is different cause it’s built on something much deeper than just school pride,” Brown said.“It’s fueled by hatred, passed down through generations.

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