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The Shocker football team is tragically known for a plane crash in that killed 31 people, including 14 players. Notable success has also been achieved by the state's smaller schools in football. PSU passed Hillsdale College at the top of the all-time victories list in the season on its march to the national runner-up finish.

The Gorillas, in 96 seasons of intercollegiate competition, have accumulated victories, posting a ——48 overall mark. The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference has its roots as one of the oldest college sport conferences in existence and participates in the NAIA and all ten member schools are in the state of Kansas. Many junior colleges also have active athletic programs. Emporia State 's women's basketball team, under head coach Brandon Schneider , who is now serving as the women's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, has seen success as well.

Emporia State and Washburn in Topeka share a heated rivalry in all sports, mostly due to the close proximity of both cities. It oversees both athletic and non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities.

The association is perhaps best known for devising the overtime system now used for almost all football games below the professional level which has also been adopted at all levels of Canadian football. Archived from the original on March 5, Retrieved April 9, Archived from the original on March 4, Jump to content Navigation.

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Southwest Kansas Storm. Arena Football Association. Double-A Central. It became a U. This transaction was called the Louisiana Purchase. In tension rose when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, allowing residents of both Kansas and Nebraska territories to vote on whether or not to allow slavery.

That tension helped lead to the Civil War in , the same year that Kansas became a state. Today some Kansans call themselves Jayhawkers. Before the Civil War, the term actually referred to Kansan bands of robbers. But once the war started, many Jayhawkers enlisted to fight in support of the Union in the North and the abolition of slavery. Kansas' nickname, the Sunflower State, comes from the fields of sunflowers that bloom here.

These flowers are grown for their seeds and oil. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska in the north, Missouri in the east, Oklahoma in the south, and Colorado in the west. Gentle hills with pastures and forests can be found in the northeast. This area is called the Dissected Till Plains. The land here was cut or dissected into hills and valleys by moving glaciers and wind over , years ago.

South are the Southeastern Plains. Kansas' western half is covered by the Great Plains, which rise in elevation as you continue west toward the Rocky Mountains.

Nine-banded armadillos, black-tailed jackrabbits , plains pocket gophers, and least shrews are common in Kansas. Reptiles include prairie king snakes, western worm snakes, prairie lizards, and Great Plains skinks.

In the northeast part of the state, cedar, maple, oak, and walnut trees grow. Cottonwood, the state tree, crops up throughout the state.