Jefferson City Jayhawks

[panther72]

Say it ain't so Joe, but in newspaper articles through at least 1930 the Jays were the Jayhawks. Fake news? Alternative fact?

 

[seksports3]

Fact even the Columbia and Sedalia newspapers called them the Jayhawks

 

[STL_Dan]

W...T....F???

 

[J. Kane]

 

[touchdownsilly]

Got confirmation from my cousin who is a Professor of History and he said that the school was nicknamed the Jayhawks to honor the men who burned down Osceola which was considered to be a Confederate strong hold in Missouri.

 

[Mike*Honcho]

Got confirmation from my cousin who is a Professor of History and he said that the school was nicknamed the Jayhawks to honor the men who burned down Osceola which was considered to be a Confederate strong hold in Missouri.

You had me at "burned down Osceola".