It's Homecoming Week at Mizzou and while looking for information about the activities going on, I came across this Web site which says the University started this tradition in 1911.
Who knew?
It seems the first Homecoming was built around the intense rivalry of the Mizzou/KU Jayhawks football game. The oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi, the tension of the games traced back to the real tension of the Border Wars between the states that led up to the American Civil War.
The school's athletic director invited alumni to "come home" for the game to add to the excitement.
Click here to learn more.
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