“BURN LAWRENCE AGAIN,” read a poster amid the sea of University of Missouri students at the long-anticipated “Border War” football game between MU and the University of Kansas on Sept. 6. The Lawrence Massacre and other violent conflicts of the Missouri-Kansas border war have fueled the athletic rivalry between MU and KU since 1891. However, the history behind the football rivalry is more complicated than the Tigers vs. the Jayhawks. “It wasn't as black and white as some people would like to think,” sophomore ASH Scholar and researcher Carolina Rodriguez Rios said. Story | Hannah Halterman Photo | Victoria Montgomery photosbytoriemonty #mizzou #mizzoufootball #news #sec #borderwar #rivalry #kufootball #ku #collegefootball #collegestudent #themaneater