Since no one else has asked the question, I guess I'll be the one: is Mizzou really a step up from K-State?
I don't think it really matters. Dealing with Snyder's departure is a no win situation. No one you hire will ever be good enough.
Also, the oscar thing is going to get ugly before it gets better.
Contrast that with Mizzou. It will probably be easier to find a good coach to come to Mizzou after the success Pinkel has had, and you have to have a pulse to hire an upgrade to Kim Anderson.
If he got their finances in order like he did ours, he fundraised there like he did here, and he did okay with the coaches, I think that gets his career trajectory back on the path he wants. As of now, I think KSU is going to be a tough situation to step up from. We're running out of things to throw huge piles of money at to build his resume, and the coaching situations are a mess.
So, regardless of whether or not Mizzou is a better job, all things being equal, I think it's a better situation for him to step into if he wants to ultimately run an elite AD or pull a Bowlsby.