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"On the day in 1991 when Kansas running back Tony Sands rushed for a then-NCAA record 396 yards against the Tigers, the announced crowd in Lawrence was 28,000, some 22,000 under capacity."


This really surprised me as I was getting the impression that this super-intense rivalry was always a sell-out and was more important than life itself in both states and has been for quite some time.

The book referenced in the article only rated it as the 21st best college-football rivalry.

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Well both football teams have been pretty awful more often than not over the last 40 years. So that takes some of the steam out of it. Basketball has been where the intensity lies in recent times.