re: Almost 2 years in and Missouri still does not feel like it is part of Conference

They'll be fine. I remember fans' objections when USCe (no football tradition, an ACC school, etc.) and Arkie (a SWC school, inconvenient geographical location, not relevant in football since the 60's, etc.) joined the conference. Things have worked out fairly well with those two additions and I think the same will hold true for Mizzou. My only complaint is that they need to be moved to the west.