re: Mizzou fans, does the state of Missouri follow CFB passionately?

I have lived in Missouri for some time now, and it's pretty obvious that the Kansans here along the Missouri River boundary are the most passionate about sports. This is probably due to the fact that KS has no major city of its own and very little else to do for entertainment.

Also, quite a few Nebraskans and they are always diehard Huskers fans. Mizzou people tend to be more interested in basketball than anything else, but even that gets overshadowed by the KU presence in this region of the state.

Most Mizzou fans you meet seem more interested in their rivals and even their old rivals of the surrounding Big 12 programs than they are of their own program, but that's just my personal experience in the KC area.