I get it. Pinkel was a good coach and they get invited to join the "big bad SEC". The East is at an all time low, Mizzou capitalizes, they get comfy, start thinking, "well they're not so bad at all". And that's just how it's gonna be.
Then things start to feel a little off. A little different maybe, not looking quite the way they were.
Start to notice a few cracks in that misguided world you built.
I understand and not even mad. But hold on...because it's about to get a little bumpy. And I'm afraid none of this is what you thought it was, much less signed up for.