Named after: The United States' reference in poetry, first used in 1738 by The Gentleman's Magazine. It's also where places like the District of Columbia and Columbia University got their name too.
Distance from our Columbia: 872 miles, or 12 hours and 54 minutes if you don't stop.
Drive or Fly: You could drive...if you're daring. You'd probably want to fly there to get there faster, though.
The South Carolina Gamecocks/Missouri Tigers rivalry (we've heard the why-is-one-of-our-rivals-half-a-continent-away argument), has only been really been around since 2013 (the two teams played each other in 1979, a tie, and in 2005, a Gamecocks win).