It's an annual tradition in the Kansas City area. When Bowl season comes along, the Missouri Tigers are inevitably placed in a Bowl they think is beneath them. For the most part, Mizzou usually has a pretty good point. Fans have a strong argument this year as the 2011 Cotton Bowl big went to Texas A&M. Mizzou had a better overall record than the Aggies and beat them in a head-to-head matchup.
But this comes down to business and Mizzou fans are slapped with the reputation that they don't travel well. Right or wrong, that's definitely the perception. And now that the Cotton Bowl bid has come and gone for Mizzou, folks are pinning the blame on Tiger fans. Via Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Year after year, Mizzou fans complain about this travesty. And year after year Mizzou fans fail to support the Tigers to the maximum, thus perpetuating the problem.
They have only themselves to blame for this annual aggravation. Missouri football has a lot of loyal supporters, but it needs more.
I hate to go this route but there's no other way around it -- this is why the bowl system sucks. It just sucks. I'm not going to get worked up about it anymore because it's just the way it is. Mizzou's success shouldn't be defined by how many fans come out to see them.
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Well we all have reasons to cry now don’t we. We aggies aren’t too happy about being excluded from the Big 12 championship (because we won the head-to-head against both teams there.) That’s just the way the cookie crumbles…..
by Kenneth Pruett on Dec 1, 2010 12:46 PM CST reply actions
The issue of “not traveling well” is a crutch Missouri fans use for these situations. In reality the bowls are more worried their fans WILL show up in their dirty wife-beaters and camouflaged Harley Davidson jackets and tarnish the event.
by Muck Fizzou on Dec 2, 2010 11:01 AM CST reply actions
Been a tough year for Kansas fans hasn't it....
by camrod94 on Dec 3, 2010 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
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