re: For the first time since we joined, I’m supremely disappointed with the SEC

It's a respectable game against a barely respectable opponent. But they are at least a P5 program. I get that. Missouri was a solid, if not elite, team this year. I'll give y'all this much -- you exceeded expectations and quietly went about becoming one of the SEC's better teams. But this happens to a few teams every year. Once a team isn't in the top 4 or so of their conference (and Mizzou is tied for 6th in overall record among SEC programs), they have a chance to play other teams that are considered mid-tier overall. That is, a mediocre P5 team is usually, though not always, considered a more "respectable" matchup than a good G5 one. It's a better draw, generally speaking.

I don't blame y'all for being a little put out, but it could be worse. I'd hypothesize that maybe y'all went about it a little too quietly. You went mostly below the radar even here on the Rant, a place dedicated specifically to discussing the SEC, until near the end of the season.