Mizzou's history is as a middle of the pack team in the Big 8/12. They had a couple of years where they finished at the top of the weak B12N, only to get slapped around by teams from the B12S. Most Mizzou fans are under no delusions about where they will be in the SEC hierarchy. They will, however, try to talk some academia smack because of their membership in the AAU. Columbia is a great place to be on game day, a quintessential college town.
Their basketball team should make noise in the SEC. Unfortunately, their wrestling team will probably wither away.
GATA! Woof!