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The Sunflower Showdown is the series of athletic contests between Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, most notably football and men's basketball. The name is derived from the official nickname for the state of Kansas: the Sunflower State. The two schools compete each year for the Governor's Cup in football. The football series dates back to 1902, and has been played every year since 1911, making it the sixth-longest active series in NCAA college football. The University of Kansas built a large advantage in the series by 1923, and leads the overall series 64–43–5 or 65–42–5 (depending on whether a 1980 forfeit by KU is counted) after the 2014 game. The men's basketball series dates back to 1907, and is the most-played series in either school's history, and the sixth-most-played in NCAA history.〔()〕 KU leads the men's basketball series 188–93 following the most recent game on February 23, 2015. This ranks as the third most victories by one school over another in NCAA Division I men's basketball.〔 In 2010, Dillons bought the naming rights and the series was re-branded "The Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown".〔(Dillon's To Sponsor Multi-Sport Sunflower Showdown )〕 == Origins == The rivalry between the two schools can be traced indirectly back to their creation in the 1860s. The towns of Manhattan, Kansas (now home to KSU) and Lawrence, Kansas (now home to KU) both competed to be the site of the state University – required in the Kansas Constitution – after Kansas achieved statehood in 1861. Manhattan would have become the home of the University in 1861, but the bill establishing the University in Manhattan was controversially vetoed by Governor Charles L. Robinson of Lawrence. An attempt to override the veto in the Legislature failed by two votes. In 1862, another bill to make Manhattan the site of the University failed by one vote. Finally, on the third attempt, on February 16, 1863, the Kansas Legislature designated Manhattan as home to the state's Land-grant university. Yet the legislature was not done. Prodded by former Governor Robinson, the Legislature distinguished this institution from the "University" in the Constitution, and on February 20 the Legislature named Lawrence as the home to the state university (provided Lawrence could raise $15,000 and acquire not less than of land). When Lawrence met these conditions, the University of Kansas was established there in 1865. The first recorded meeting between the two institutions in athletic competition was a little more than thirty years after their founding, in a baseball game in 1898. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunflower Showdown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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