Hope y'all have fun and I will see you there. Posted as a response to another thread, but here are some things to do over the weekend:

Cheap eats:

1. Booches: greasy little burgers. Heart of downtown. Been there since 1884. It will be packed on game day.

2. Shakespeares: popular local pizza place. Located right where campus and downtown meet. Pizza is decent, but it's got a great location and is a Columbia favorite. Mostly because they sell by the slice at lunch during the week and it's pretty cheap.

3. Broadway Diner: greasy breakfast for your hangover. Get a Stretch. Located downtown.

Finer dining:

1. CC’s City Broiler: best restaurant in the city, surf and turf. West side of town.

2. Murry’s: great spot just south of the stadium by about a mile. Good live music.

3. Sycamore: small downtown restaurant, great food, not many tables.

Bars:

1. Logboat Brewing: they brew some great beer, relatively new to Columbia.

2. Flatbranch Brew Pub: relaxing spot downtown. Food and beer are decent.

3. Barred Owl: good location downtown and good food.

4. The Heidelberg rooftop deck: Great location on the edge of campus.

College bars: Harpos, Shiloh, Field House. All downtown, should all be crowded. Drinks are cheap. Chug-a-lug.

Other activities:

1. Rock Bridge State Park: beautiful spot just south of town. Take the short trail down to Devils Ice Box.

2. Bluff top winery in Rocheport: 10 miles west of Columbia. shite wine but a great view on the Missouri River.

3. Blue Note downtown. Great local music venue. Frequently do outdoor concerts in the summer and fall.

If you haven't been to Columbia before, downtown touches up to the north edge of campus. Faurot Field is on the southwestern fringe of campus, so you have to walk a good couple mile to get from the stadium to the downtown area where most of the restaurants, bars, and shopping are located.

Our tailgating scene is generally mediocre, partially because the University and the City of Columbia are the fun police and break up the party once it gets too big, so there are lots of scattered tailgates on and around campus.