Sunflower Showdown

When's the best time to drink? All day errday. Best reason to drink? College sports of course.  I may not understand all the rules of football or basketball, but I love watching..and drinking during the game (mostly drinking). I live for competition and love how riled up crowds of fans get during sports games.

Cheers to dark beer! Deschutes Abyss Imperial Stout

If you live in KC, or Kansas for that matter, you know one of the biggest rivalries is between KU and K-State. This last weekend I went to  the Ale House out in Westport (check out Kesh's previous post "Is Gambling a Problem?") to watch the KU vs K-State basketball game.

 Now let me preface this- I personally do not care that much about these two teams as I am a Wichita State University alum (Kesh graduated from Missouri State University which is WSU's rival school. Thankfully we have somehow learned to get a long) but I do have a bit of allegiance to both schools. My two older sisters are KU grads, and one of my closest friends is a KU grad as well- Plus Lawrence is an amazing little town!  As for K State- I spent many weekends in Manhattan during my college days (and some now) to visit friends and hang out in the Ville. I can't say I've had a bad time in either city.

Throw Back..Tuesday... to a College night in Lawrence with the very tan Chelsea and a Tailgate in Manhattan, cant forget the short bus.

The origin of the rivalry can be traced back to when the two cities (Manhattan and Lawrence) were competing to be the site of a new University. Manhattan was originally chosen to be the home of the new state school, but a rep from Lawrence vetoed the bill to establish the college. As we all know, both schools were eventually established, but that was not good enough to end the battle. And although the two schools sports teams did not play each other until decades later, some still believe the rivalry can be traced back to that bill from the 1860s. I guess Kansans hold grudges...

As for the game last Saturday- KU dominated. It's really entertaining to witness how quickly friends from the two different schools can turn on each other during the games. It gets really intense here in Kansas. I think most of the fans and alum have come to terms that K-State has football and KU has Basketball. So we can all kinda be friends...at least til the Big 12 tournaments start.

Hi Ashlee! 

I like to wear KU to bug this K-Stater

To all my little Jayhawks and Wildcats - Maybe one day you can get along. Til then I'll enjoy watching the games and listening to people bicker about which school is better. Im just here to watch and drink beer.

 Let's go Missouri Valley!
-J

Yes. I know how ridiculous and semi-inappropriate the WSU mascot is, but those Bears are not intimidating at all.

#keshandjac and let us know what school you root for