As Missouri coach Gary Pinkel prepares to coach his last game at Faurot Field, Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch relates a story about Pinkel he has kept to himself for 15 years, when Pinkel, usually aloof the media, showed a side Matter didn’t suspect he had, offering his support in a moment of tragedy, after Matter’s boss at the Columbia Daily Tribune was murdered in the newspaper’s parking lot. CLICK HERE to read Matter’s column.