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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Benjamin Hochman

Benjamin Hochman: Luther Burden’s decision to play football for Mizzou is the Tigers’ biggest win of the season

Luther Burden remembers the exact moment he made the decision.

It was homecoming. Mizzou hosted North Texas on Oct. 9. Second quarter. The pigskin flew just as pigs could fly — because the top receiver in the United States decided to play college football for the Missouri Tigers.

“I just pictured myself in that moment — scoring, the crowd going crazy,” Burden said Tuesday of J.J. Hester’s 41-yard touchdown haul. “That’s when I knew I had to be here.”

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