As most of you know, Mizzou is headed to Shreveport, La., to face North Carolina in the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl later this month. What you may not know is that, 35 years ago, the Tarheels played a coincidental part in what is now one of Mizzou's most cherished traditions.

The last time the two squads met was on Oct. 2, 1976. But this story begins one week earlier, in Columbus, Ohio.