With Missouri leaving the Big 12 to join the SEC, the longstanding rivalry between Mizzou and Kansas is in limbo. While it's possible that absence will make the heart grow fonder, at the moment, there are no plans for either Missouri or Kansas to reunite on a football field any time soon.

Which means that fans have to find new ways to infuriate their rivals. Enter Danny Lewis, who is a Kansas alum living in Missouri. Lewis is at the head of an Kansas alumni group in the state that is trying to get Jayhawk-themed license plates approved.
As part of the process to get a license plate approved in Missouri, a state legislator needs to agree to sponsor the plate.

“As you can imagine, you don’t have too many Missouri representatives too willing to sign a University of Kansas license plate application,” Lewis said.

Enter Missouri Rep. Charlie Denison, a Republican from Springfield. After a KU alumnus approached him with the idea for the plate, Denison had no qualms about signing on.

“I have sponsored several different plates that wouldn’t necessarily have to do with the University of Missouri,” said Denison, who is the chairman of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation.
Now, I don't work in politics. I am merely a handsome blogger.

Still, if I'm Charlie Denison, I would probably be a bit more hesitant to put out a Kansas license plate. That's not the guy I want to be known as when I'm running for re-election, but I'm not going to tell him how to do his job.

I would recommend he began considering other careers, though. Just to be safe.

Hat tip: SB Nation