Ehh, it was what it was. MU fans are terrible and the players know it and they have expressed their feelings on the subject. There are no baketball/football schools, there are just schools, fans and students. Alabama was filling their basketball arena FFS.

I'd honestly expect KU to have better KC #'s than MU because of how close Lawrence is - but what got me going WTF was seeing the attendance for games in Columbia for a top 15 team.

I've never been to Columbia. Is it fun?

They're a state of 8 million people with 6 professional sports teams and 2 major metropolitan areas that provide a hell of a lot of options for finite entertainment dollars.

Kansans, on the other hand, define themselves by their basketball team.

Nobody's ever argued that KU fans aren't more rabid over basketball than MU fans. They undeniably are.

The problem is that KU Basketball is pretty much all that God-forsaken state has going for it.

All the fans are packing for Shrevport?

You don't think Kansas fans are distracted by the professional teams in Kansas City?

I've only been there for KU football games and those were in late fall so the town seemed really ugly to me. It's a college town, though, so of course it's fun.

Huh?

Don't you fellas call yourselves a basketball school all the damn time?

And Mizzou was filling its arena last year as well; we ended up in the top 40 I believe in National attendance last season.

Annually, Mizzou does a nice job with attendance. Everyone's kinda puzzled about the low turnout right now, but it's pretty novel.

MU fans are historically very good and they will be good again. I think folks are still just shaking off the 'pissed' over the entire offseason with the basketball program, from Suitcase Mike to the coaching debacle.

It will come around; it always has.

But keep on running nonsensical 'fansmack' if it makes you feel any better. It really is about the only thing you fellas have going for you right now.

I mean apart from reminding us how little you care about us and all...

Columbia is a two hour trip from Kansas City. People from KC don't tend to drive 2 hours to watch the Tigers play basketball games against cupcakes on a Tuesday during football season.

Using the transitive property, Kansas City is the same 2 hour distance from Columbia, and the same holds true.

I guess when you're 0-2 in Kansas City while the other local teams are 4-0, pointing to attendance numbers of other schools while excusing the fact that your own school put 6,000 fans in Arrowhead makes more sense than comparing scoreboards.

Shreveport anyone?

Ahhh, but of course... we have better things to do excuse.

Why are you so butt hurt over the name of a metropolitan area?

We'll compare scoreboards after we play each other, I see no reason to compare anything at this point. And I wasn't taking about other schools, I was only talking about the shitty MU fans. KSU fasns have been good about supporting their school since OBZ first made his way over there.

That's not true. Parts of Kansas are very close to Kansas City, Missouri which is pretty much the best part about Kansas.

Blah blah blah. KU had more fans in freaking Hawaii than MU did in Columbia. LMAO