Mizzou Mail
From left, Mitchell Hardin, BJ '82, "Spider" and John Zeliff, BS '79, M Ed '82, EdSp '85, show their Tiger pride at the Sept. 19, 2009, football game against Furman.
My husband, John, BS Ed ‘79, M Ed ’82, EdSp ’85, and I attended the Sept. 19, 2009, football game against Furman. Our daughter, Leslie, is a freshman at Mizzou and a Golden Girl. We have enjoyed returning to Mizzou for athletic events.
John had also attended the Missouri Alumni Association Leadership meeting on Friday, Sept. 18. Throughout the weekend, we talked about the football games we had attended in the 1970s and '80s. John mentioned how, back then, a man named "Spider" had led the cheers and gotten the crowd involved in the football games. During the first half of the Furman game, while we were seated in our section-D seats, who did we see but Spider himself, leading the crowd in cheers! After the game as were walking back to our car, there was Spider on the sidewalk talking to another Mizzou alumus, Mitch Hardin of St. Petersburg, Fla.
It was a great weekend for Mizzou alumni. Spider’s energy and pride for Mizzou is still strong! Go Tigers!!! And thanks, Spider, for the memories.
Nancy Zeliff, M Ed ’86, PhD ’93
Skidmore, Mo.