They certainly exceeded my expectations and provided some entertaining games even the ones they lost.
As far as BA - if they have someone who is clearly better, then I'd be fine with that next year, maybe it will be AA, but I haven't seen anything from AA that would lead me to believe he is any better.
And as far as BA in the Mizzou game, the coach has to be strong and has to pull the guy if he thinks it's necessary, I don't blame BA at all for wanting to play, heck if he left early and sat himself down, there'd be people complaining that he's a wuss and should have stayed in, especially if AA came in and stunk the place up.