LOL. Definitely not a S hole. Columbia is a nice midwestern town in a region with a great standard of living. Mizzou has more "schools" than any other university in the country.Not hard for him to get there unofficially. I just wouldn’t blow an unofficial on that S hole.
I've lived in mid-MO for over 20 years. Not a bad place at all.
Now if he wants to be play for a competitor... he needs to go somewhere else.