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re: Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:54 am to Nortizzle
Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:54 am to Nortizzle
Missouri is known as the Show Me State.
The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
There you go.
The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
There you go.
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Posted on 11/19/13 at 12:59 am to semotruman
No, y'all most definitely changed it to the Shaw Me state after an injured Connor Shaw came into the game to lead our offense to an incredible comeback. Mizzourah is literally Shaw's whipping boy.
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