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I feel that debating which university is better is simply asinine. Both Kansas and Missouri are public universities that have programs within it that are distinguished and both schools are in the Association of American Universities (which only consists of 63 public and private universities). What makes Missouri more appealing besides the larger market and money associated with that is that in regards to researching Missouri has better/more facilities and researching opportunities, its no knock on Kansas, but as everyone knows that Missouri technically consists of 4 schools (The main campus – Columbia and it’s 3 sister schools in KC, St. Louis, and Rolla (approx total of 64,000 students)). The Columbia campus and each of its sister campuses are all involved in their own research as well as cooperative research with each other and that simply draws more water than KU.
Obviously if this deal goes down the fact that Missouri has the market size (ie cash) and the fact that from an academic standpoint it fits in with what the Big 10 requires / prefers from a research perspective is what makes Missouri one of the more talked about names when it comes to Big 10 expansion.
I am in graduate school at UMKC and am currently involved within some related research opportunities pertaining to my field of study so from an academic standpoint, I support the potential move due to the possible increases in funding that we might see. From an athletic standpoint, I would rather see a return to the Big 8 days, but those days are long gone and it seems that moving to the Big 10 is a much better option than being bullied by Texas and the Texas minded Big 12 office.
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