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No, I’m not talking Bedlam here.

I’m talking about The Game.

Kansas vs. Missouri.

Wow, is that right? Kansas? Missouri? The game of the year in the Big 12?

No one saw this coming. When the season began, the Jayhawks-Tigers match-up was something of an afterthought. Sure, Missouri was expected to contend in the Big 12 North. Sure, the game had been moved to a neutral site, Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

But really, this was just supposed to be another game in a week of rivalries.

It’s become so much more. The winner could very well be the No. 1 team in all of college football when the day dawns Sunday. After LSU’s home loss to unranked Arkansas — nice one, Les! — No. 2 Kansas is sure to ascend to the top with a victory, and No. 4 Missouri just might leapfrog West Virginia.

Writing those words is very surreal.

As many of you know, I grew up in the state of Kansas. I remember the years when Kansas and Kansas State played each other to see who would finish the season with one win. One year, the teams tied and both finished 0-10-1.

Horrendous.

And Missouri has never been far behind.

That Kansas and Missouri would be playing one of the biggest games of the season just underscores how crazy this season has been. In a year that Notre Dame is struggling to win three games and South Florida was a serious contender, it figures that it would come down to the Jayhawks and the Tigers.

By the way, I like Kansas in this game because the Jayhawks haven’t been a team that beats itself. They have limited the penalties, the turnovers and the mistakes. In big games like this, the team that limits those things best oftentimes wins. I suspect Kansas will be sound.

More from Kansas City later.