Take a step back - at the end of the day, this team is playing another P5 team, in a (relatively) desirable location, and before Xmas (an apparent goal for the program). This notion that it should matter that Mizzou didn't get one of the Pool of 6 Bowls is ridiculous. Why should that matter?
/sarcasm font: Oh no, we didn't get to go to Memphis or the Texas Bowl in Houston, what an INDICTMENT about the program and our AD.
Mizzou is always going to be a stepchild for bowl selection because Mizzou has always been the stepchild. That's just a fact.
Mizzou playing kU has absolutely ZERO upside. None. At all.