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Rivalries

The Big 12 Conference has many rivalries among its member schools, primarily in football. Most of the rivalries existed before the Big 12 was established. The Kansas-Missouri rivalry was the longest running in the Big 12, the longest running west of the Mississippi, and the second longest running in college football. It was played a duration of 119 years before Missouri left the Big 12. As of October 2012, the University of Kansas' athletic department has not accepted Missouri's invitations to play inter-conference rivalry games, putting the rivalry on hold. Sports clubs sponsored by the two universities have continued to play games.The Oklahoma-Texas rivalry is also unique, as it was a major rivalry decades before the two schools were in the same conference.

Some of the longstanding football rivalries between Big 12 schools include:

Rivalry	Name	Trophy	Games played	Began
Baylor – TCU			108	1899
Baylor – Texas			101	1901
Baylor – Texas Tech	Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout		67	1929
Iowa State – Kansas State	Farmageddon		94	1917
Kansas – Kansas State	Sunflower Showdown	Governor's Cup	108	1902
Oklahoma – Oklahoma State	Bedlam Series	Bedlam Bell	103	1904
Oklahoma – Texas	Red River Rivalry	Golden Hat	105	1900
Texas – Texas Tech		Chancellor's Spurs	60	1928
Texas – TCU			82	1897
Texas Tech – TCU	The West Texas Championship		54	1926

Before their departure to other conferences, a number of former member schools held longtime rivalries within the conference:

Rivalry	Name	Trophy	Games played	Began	Ended
Nebraska – Colorado			69	1898	2010
Oklahoma – Nebraska			86	1912	2010
Nebraska – Missouri		Victory Bell	104	1892	2010
Iowa State – Missouri		Telephone Trophy	52	1959	2011
Kansas – Missouri	Border War	Indian War Drum	119	1891	2011
Oklahoma – Missouri		Peace Pipe	95	1929	2011
Baylor – Texas A&M	Battle of the Brazos		108	1899	2011
Texas – Texas A&M	Lone Star Showdown	Lone Star Showdown Trophy	118	1894	2011
Texas Tech – Texas A&M			68	1927	2011