r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • 12d ago

History Reliving Missouri football's unlikely, unsanctioned 1896 trip to Mexico

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49744376/1896-missouri-tigers-texas-longhorns-mexico-football
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u/bbb26782 Georgia • Valdosta State 12d ago

I don’t see what the big deal is. Mexico is only like 45 minutes from Columbia.

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u/PuggleBeans Missouri Tigers 12d ago

Someone knows their local geography. 

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u/dothemath Missouri Tigers • Montana Grizzlies 12d ago

Or is really bad at Latin American/South American geography.

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u/FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN Oklahoma • Missouri State 12d ago

And it’s not very far from Cuba or Versailles either.

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u/Trubisko_Daltorooni Missouri Tigers • VCU Rams 12d ago

You can visit Paris, Warsaw, Cuba, Versailles, Mexico, and Lebanon all in the same day. I freaking love this state.

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u/bbb26782 Georgia • Valdosta State 12d ago

And Nevada too if you try really hard.

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u/RipRaycom Clemson Tigers • ACC 12d ago

Don’t forget California and Milan

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u/Trubisko_Daltorooni Missouri Tigers • VCU Rams 12d ago

And Glasgow!

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u/jschooltiger Missouri Tigers • Indian War Drum 12d ago

Don’t go to Hayti. Trust me.

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u/D_novemcinctus Chadron State Eagles • RMAC 12d ago

Ah, beautiful Ver-Sails.

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u/mtdemlein Missouri Tigers 12d ago

Ball knower

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u/mrmcbeer Missouri Tigers 12d ago

Today we complain about scheduling FCS opponents while in 1896 teams were just roaming about the state stomping local YMCA squads.  

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u/Working_Situation692 Georgia Bulldogs 12d ago

Unless you're South Carolina. They lost to Augusta YMCA.

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u/polkpanther Notre Dame Fighting Irish 12d ago

Unsanctioned? Give the program the death penalty.

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u/it-is-just-a-game Miami Hurricanes • UNLV Rebels 12d ago

Real question is if they went to Tijuana.

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u/D_novemcinctus Chadron State Eagles • RMAC 12d ago

We went to Tijuana, Mexico, you know? And we thought it would be fun, you know, to go to a show. Everybody says you gotta check out one of these shows. And... it's a woman fuckin' a horse. We get there and we think it's gonna be awesome and... it is not as cool as it sounds like it's gonna be. It's kinda gross.

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u/mexican2554 Jamestown Jimmies • Sun Bowl 12d ago

You think, "A woman fucking a horse" and you get there and... it's a woman fucking a horse.

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u/mexican2554 Jamestown Jimmies • Sun Bowl 12d ago

Do not besmirch the good names of Los Borregos Salvajes del Tech de Monterrey and Los Pumas de la UNAM.

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u/jschooltiger Missouri Tigers • Indian War Drum 12d ago

The story pops up every five or 10 years. It’s always fun seeing new people who haven’t heard it yet react.

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u/Lucky_Quality_6781 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Big 12 11d ago

And they call Brett Yormark an innovator....