In the opening chapter of my first book, Study Hall, I write about the 10 games that most directly shaped my college football fandom. One stands out above all the others, and it kicked of basically 20 years ago right now.
Welcome to life as a Missouri fan, kid.
Mizzou fans of a certain age will perpetually struggle to let their collective guard down, mostly because of what happened when they did so in the 1990s. First, you had the Fifth Down in 1990, when the officials lost track of downs in the final minute of Missouri’s upset attempt against eventual national champion Colorado.