Mizzou Homecoming: Your First, Your Last, Your Everything

As all Mizzou alumni know, the minute you step onto the campus at the University of Missouri, its beauty unparalleled the world over, you are told two things: 1) It's Missouri and if you don't like the weather just wait a minute (we're apparently very proud of the fickle nature of temperature and precipitation); and

2) MIZZOU INVENTED HOMECOMING.

That's right. Back in 1911 after being informed by the NCAA that a neutral site game against Kansas was no longer allowed, Chester Brewer thought, "Well, we're playing our biggest rival (at the time, not so much now, just ask them). Let's invite all the alumni home for the game, a pep rally and a parade." Wouldn't you know it? 9,000 Mizzou alumni…