Sorry, Mizzou: First-grader demands MSU tee on college T-shirt day

Today is Wear Your Favorite College T-shirt Day at many schools around the country, including Valley Park Elementary near Ellisville, Missouri, where 7-year-old Jack Clark is a student.

Jack's dad, Steve, graduated from Missouri State University in the '90s. He was equipment manager for the baseball team and keeps in touch with head coach Keith Guttin.

His mom, Karen, went to Mizzou.

This morning, Karen dressed Jack in a Mizzou T-shirt for the special day at school.

And Jack wasn't having it.

"Well, I heard him crying," Steve quipped, "and I go 'What's wrong? Oh, mommy's trying to brainwash you.'"

All Jack really wanted was a Missouri State shirt — "because that's where you went to college, Dad."

Trouble was, the Missouri State tee was in the dirty-laundry hamper.

In the interest of peace in the family home, the Clarks decided to haul out the wrinkly Missouri State tee from the dirty clothes.

"I don't care if he wears the shirt," Karen said. "Just let him wear the shirt."

Later, Karen — a teacher at the same elementary where Jack and his older brother attend school — snapped a pic of a much-happier Jack, clad in Bearwear.

Steve said, "I thought, this is too good to pass up, so I took a video and just tweeted it out."

As you might expect, Steve said his phone is blowing up with notifications.

Steve noted that Jack already plays basketball and baseball and might well end up going to college at Missouri State.

"If nothing else, he could be the (baseball team) manager just like his dad, if Coach Guttin is still around."