Arkansas will serve as my ‘Senior Day’

Writing and talking about Mizzou football has been my labor of love.

I grew up in Kansas City, but I actually did not grow up a Mizzou fan. Truth be told, I was partial to Texas until I was of middle school age. Long story short, my step-dad was a Texas fan, and that was the Vince Young era. I never stood a chance.

Eventually, I started to learn my way. I fell in love with the Tigers’ basketball team first, and eventually Mizzou was ‘my’ school. Nothing has changed in the 20 years since.

Mizzou is where I grew up. I met my then-girlfriend and now-wife in the Pi Kappa Alpha house. We recently had our first child together, a baby boy who goes by the name of Luca.

This brings me to the purpose of…