How do you keep a KSU Wildcat out of your yard? Put up a basketball goal.

For more than a hundered years, the Sunflower Showdown has been dividing families, ruining relationships, and entertaining sports fans all at the same time. Kansas fans love to hate on Kansas State fans, and the Wildcats throw it right back. However, in Lawrence, we can back up our trash talking with three National Championship rings, eleven straight Big 12 titles, and the all-time lead not only in basketball, but also football.

Coach Larry Brown summed it up perfectly when he said: “There's no better place to coach, there's no better place to go to school, there's no better place to play."Kansas fans are familiar with this message, as it reverberates through Allen Fieldhouse before every home game. Lawrence is pretty much the least “Kansas-y" part of Kansas. We have Mass Street, a fantastic nightlife, and not a single cow in sight. Manhattan, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of this. I will admit, it's not hard to think of things that are better than Kansas State. But I challenged myself to compile a list of things that everyone, and I mean everyone, can't stand. And yes, they're all better than spending a night in The Little Apple.

So here we go, in honor of the Cats' lack of a bid to even the NIT (you'll get 'em next year, champ), and the Hawks going 27-9 in one of the strongest schedules in the NCAA as well as winning our 11^th straight Big 12 title, here are 15 of my personal favorite awful things still better than Kansas State University:

1. Bumpits.
First off, I want to apologize for reminding you that yes, these do actually exist. If I had a dollar for every girl in middle school that tried to pull these off and ended looking like a prepubescent version of the Long Island Medium, I would have enough money to buy the company and immediately fire the person who actually thought this was a good idea. However, in Manhattan, this is considered a high-class accessory.

2. Nickelback.
Hearing Nickelback on the radio even though its 2015 can be pretty aggravating, but I'd rather listen to “Rockstar" for the rest of my life than spend a night out in The Hat.

3. Soccer fans.
Nothing is more annoying to me than somebody thinking that because they understand what “offside" means and can explain the difference between a corner kick and a penalty kick, they're better than me. This is America. Sit down, turn on a baseball game, eat a hotdog and stop pretending you would care about this sport if David Beckham didn't exist. Pompous fans with no reason to back up their superiority… sounds like our neighbors just down K-10.

4. Adam Sandler movies.
Let me start by saying that old school Adam Sandler was genuinely funny. Back in the day he had something to be proud of. SNL wouldn't have been the same without “The Hanukah Song" or the Lunch Lady Land skit. But now, he's just lazy. The Grown Ups franchise has pretty much ruined any chance of him earning my respect back. The most appropriate comparison I can make is to the football program at KState. Once great, now just sort of a running disappointment.

5. KU Dining.
This should speak for itself; dorm food is in no way gourmet. I'll admit that there's nothing better than walking down to the caf to discover that it's finally chicken strip day; however, new restrictions on swipe limits and the ever-present excuse for Asian food make The North College Café the farthest thing from a five-star restaurant. There's nothing worse than realizing that yes, you'll just be having pizza again. Except for one thing: Manhattan.

6. Crocs.
Hands down, KState is the only thing worse than these horrible excuses for footwear.

7. A shattered iPhone screen.
A shattered iPhone screen is a broke college student's worst nightmare. It costs almost as much (if not more) to fix your broken screen than it does to just get a new phone. Not to mention the fact that you could drop your precious iPhone on a soft bed of grass from five inches off the ground and it would shatter quicker than the Cats' dreams of reaching the NIT. Butttt, this design flaw in the iPhone is still more likeable than the color purple and the unoriginal Wildcat.

8. KU Parking.
The singlehandedly most annoying thing on the entire planet is losing your parking space after a five minute run to Dillon's. The problem is, you risk that every single time you pull out of the Corbin parking lot. You can see it coming, but you can't really do anything about the inevitable disappointment, similar to the post-season hopes of Kansas State fans.

9. Jayhawk Boulevard traffic.
Aside from the fact that the bus drivers move at either a glacial pace or like they're trying to beat you at Mario Kart, the students constantly crossing the street without checking to see if buses are coming and the smell of Chick-fil-A taunting me makes my usual commute from Corbin to campus by the way of Jayhawk Boulevard one filled with annoyances. However, I would take this over what I can only imagine is a Trail of Tears-esque trek for the students of KState as they walk through the bleak scenery that Manhattan has to offer.

15. The University of Missouri.
I know, I know. I'm a terrible KU fan. But growing up with a family divided, Jayhawks and Wildcats, I can't help but feel this way. I've never been one to put my allegiance to Kansas or the Big 12 over my hatred for all things purple, and I refuse to cheer for the Wildcats, no matter what the circumstances. As much as I loved watching T-Rob's unbelievable block in our last matchup against the Tigers at Allen Fieldhouse, I love watching the Wildcats continue to not live up to expectations year after year even more. EMAW though, am I right?!