Football

Fox Sports Net to Air MU-KU Border War Preview Special This Friday

Sept. 23, 2003

Columbia, Mo. - The Tigers-Jayhawks rivalry jumps from the playing field to the television in MISSOURI VS. KANSAS: BORDER WAR, a 30-minute show previewing the Missouri-Kansas football game. The MISSOURI VS. KANSAS: BORDER WAR special airs Friday, Sept. 26 at 8:00 PM CT on Fox Sports Net in the Midwest.

This in-depth preview of the 112th football game between the two schools includes:

?Fox Sports Net's Ann Carroll sits down with Kansas coach Mark Mangino and profiles quarterback Bill Whittemore, and Jim Hayes goes one-on-one with Missouri coach Gary Pinkel and catches up with quarterback Brad Smith.

?Fox Sports Net looks back at the 1960 Missouri-Kansas game, in which No. 1 Missouri lost to Kansas but was later awarded a victory when it was determined that Kansas had used an ineligible player. Former Missouri running back Norris Stevenson and Kansas football broadcaster Max Falkenstien share their memories of the game.

?Current and former Missouri and Kansas players talk about the rivalry between the schools.

?Insiders issue their predictions for Saturday's game.

Fox Sports Net telecasts the Missouri-Kansas game to a national television audience on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 11:30 AM CT. Joel Meyers (play-by-play) and Dave Lapham (analyst) call the action live from Lawrence, Kan.

Fox Sports Net Midwest reaches more than 4.2 million cable and satellite television homes in six Midwest states. Fox Sports Net Midwest telecasts more than 1600 hours of local programming each year, including St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, Kansas City Royals Baseball, St. Louis Blues Hockey, Indiana Pacers Basketball, Big 12 Football, Big 12 Women's Basketball, Big 12 Showcase, University of Missouri Athletics, Missouri Valley Conference Basketball and Championship Events, Mid-Continent Conference Basketball, collegiate coaches shows and local high school sports. Fox Sports Net Midwest also features the Midwest Sports Report, the only nightly 30-minute show covering sports in the Midwest. Nationally, Fox Sports Net reaches more than 79 million homes through its network of 20 regional sports channels.