LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Something will be missing for Kansas when it takes the field against Missouri on Saturday. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, Don Fambrough won’t deliver the pregame speech.
The former player and coach died in September at age 88 from injuries sustained in a fall.
Fambrough hated Missouri, both the state and the university, more than just about anything, and he made sure the players knew that when he gave his annual speech days before their game.
With the Tigers heading to the SEC after this season, this will be the final time the two sides meet for the foreseeable future. Kansas has said it isn’t interested in playing Missouri out of conference, in part because the Tigers walked away from the Big 12.
It’s the kind of stubborn move that would have made Fambrough proud.
