Since OU's resurgence, I bet most OU fans probably are disappointed when they drop out of NC (or at least BCS) contention. I assume it's similar to rooting for KU's hoops teams. I enter most seasons with a realistic expectation of going to the Final Four. So it's hard to get excited about sweet 16s or Elite 8s. Doesn't mean I look at those seasons as failures, but I'm not making scrapbooks over them, either. For a team like OU, a Cotton Bowl is pretty much the same thing. It's well short of expectations, so it's hard to get too excited about it. Mizzou (or KU), on the other hand, should get excited over a Cotton Bowl berth. We don't go to bowls that good very often. Maybe in a few years, it will be different. Who knows. No, I get that. I was moreso saying would they be completely disappointed with the season, since the Cotton Bowl is only good if you usually suck, wouldn't another BCS game suck if you're always supposed to play in the National Championship? That's all I'm saying, just because you didn't win it all doesn't mean the year was unsuccessful. Disappointing that you didn't win it all? Yes, but it wouldn't make the season disappointing.