Missouri wide receiver Cayden Lee, right, is congratulated by Caleb Goodie Sr. (2) after scoring during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Kansas head coach Lance Leipold, center, disputes a call by an official during the first half of an NCAA collage football game against West Virginia Sept. 20, 2025, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)
Missouri defensive end Aidan Dubbert carries the United States flag as he runs onto the field before the start of an NCAA college football game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Five days before Missouri and Kansas were to meet for the latest edition of the Border War, the Jayhawks’ athletic department posted on its official social media account a black-and-white image John Brown, championed by some as an ardent abolitionist and loathed by just as many for his bloody and militant tactics.
Kansas athletic director Travis Goff soon doubled down on his personal account, posting an old picture of Jayhawkers, viewed by those in his state as heroic Civil War-era freedom fighters but considered guerilla raiders by folks across the state line in Missouri.
