COLUMBIA, Mo. — Is it too early to start the Border War countdown?

Missouri’s Sept. 6 game against Kansas, a highly anticipated nonconference matchup, is three months away. That’s just over 90 days, which pales in comparison to how long it’s been since the Tigers and Jayhawks faced off on a football field.

When they kick off their resumed series this fall, it’ll have been 5,033 days since MU and KU faced each other for the last time in the Big 12 — a 24-10 Tigers win in 2011 in Kansas City. It’ll have been 6,860 days since the programs last met in Columbia — a 42-17 Mizzou win back in 2006.

The wait for Border War No. 121 will have been a long one.

Missouri is already preparing.

Coach Eli Drinkwitz has assumed the responsibility of getting his players ready to down the Jayhawks, not j

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