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).