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Mixed feelings. On the one hand, the SEC isn't likely to get raided by other expanding conferences or abandoned by its member schools. From that standpoint, it's a good move for Missouri - no future fears about 'oh shit what now'.
From a competitive standpoint, though?
They're basically exchanging Kansas for Kentucky when it comes to "schools we're never going to beat out to win the league" in basketball. Doesn't mean they can't continue to be competitive come tourney time, but they're going to win as many SEC regular season titles as they ever won Big 12 regular season titles.
Football, the question in my mind isn't "will they win the conference to earn a BCS berth," because there are at least four schools in that conference who are always going to whip their asses at recruiting. The more appropriate question is what the balance is going to be between 7-8 win seasons and 10-win seasons going forward. If the latter become a rarity with the move, then it's just a more financially rewarding regression to the 1970-2006 period, really.
And maybe they're okay with that.
I just would've loved to see how Missouri's basketball program would've fared against the Big Ten style of play over the course of a full regular season.
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