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Eli Drinkwitz trolls Bob Stoops after Missouri’s win over Oklahoma

Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz had some pointed words for Bob Stoops in his postgame press conference.

This season has gone about as bad as it could go for the Oklahoma Sooners. Their bowl hopes became minuscule after their loss to Missouri on Saturday night.

Oklahoma’s down so bad that Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz had the opportunity to take a shot at the Sooners and former OU head coach Bob Stoops.

“This will be real disappointing to Bob Stoops,” Drinkwitz said at the beginning of his postgame press conference, “but OU doesn’t always whip Missouri’s (expletive).”

Drinkwitz was responding to a comment from Stoops back in the spring related to the Sooners’ move to the SEC. Stoops told ESPN, “We beat the (expletive) out of Missouri, all of a sudden now we’re supposed to be afraid of them?”

And they had.

Prior to Saturday’s loss, the Sooners were 8-2 since 1999 against the Tigers and held a 67-24-5 record. Now that moves to 67-25-5 in their 97 matchup history.

But with this win, Drinkwitz gets the upperhand on Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners, especially as they work the midwest on the recruiting trail.

The Sooners have a lot of soul-searching to do with a bye week and then games against Alabama and LSU to close the season. Venables and OU are staring a losing season in the face for the second time in the last three seasons.

Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz seemingly screamed expletives at Alabama’s defense after a bad hit on Brady Cook

Eli Drinkwitz was livid after this hit on injured QB Brady Cook.

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz was heated on Saturday during the Tigers’ road game against Alabama on Saturday, and not in a good way.

The No. 21 Tigers went to Tuscaloosa and got shut out by No. 15 Alabama in a 34-0 loss, and they played with quarterback Brady Cook, who was injured in last week’s comeback win against Auburn. Cook was reportedly extremely limited in practice this week because of a sprained ankle and was considered doubtful to take on the Crimson Tide.

But he was out there anyway Saturday — even if he maybe shouldn’t have been — and got fairly beat up while sharing time with backup passer Drew Pyne.

And after a hard hit on Cook early in the game, cameras captured Drinkwitz seemingly yelling expletives toward the Alabama defense on the field, as AL.com reported:

Alabama’s LT Overton was called for a personal foul for hitting on Missouri quarterback Brady Cook on a third-and-12 play on the Missouri 17. There was confusion on the play, however, as Cook appeared to believe the play was dead, but no whistle could be heard.

Drinkwitz looked livid on the sidelines after this, and that’s when he appeared to yell, “[Expletive] you!” multiple times.

If Drinkwitz was with Cook in believing the play was dead, he’s right to be angry. Any unnecessarily rough and violent plays are not OK. But maybe the injured quarterback — who later left the game with an apparent hand injury — shouldn’t have been out there in the first place.

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Sister of Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed not allowed at practice amid upcoming game vs. Mizzou

“I was hoping maybe she would get out to practice and find some secrets for it,” Aggies coach Mike Elko joked. “No, I’m kidding of course.”

The stakes are already extremely high for the Texas A&M football team entering this weekend’s top 25 conference matchup but now it’s even gotten personal.

The No. 21 Aggies (4-1, 2-0 SEC) play No. 9 Missouri (4-0, 1-0) on Saturday morning at Kyle Field. For current Aggies starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Marcel Reed, there are family ties on the opposing sideline. His older sister, Briah, is the Tigers assistant director of on campus recruiting.

Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz said Wednesday during an SEC teleconference that Briah is not allowed to go to practice this week besides the first five periods due to a “conflict of interest,” as reported by Carter Karels of 247Sports on X.

In response to Drinkwitz’s proclamation, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko delivered a witty reply.

“I was hoping maybe she would get out to practice and find some secrets for it,” Elko joked. “No, I’m kidding of course.”

The Aggies host the Tigers at 11 a.m. on ABC.

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Mizzou HC Eli Drinkwitz doesn’t buy quarterback depth chart ahead of Saturday’s matchup

Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz feels Texas A&M’s Week 5 depth chart is “just semantics”

Texas A&M (4-1, 2-0 SEC) will face the undefeated Missouri Tigers (4-0, 1-0 SEC) on Saturday afternoon, as the Aggies head home for their third game inside Kyle Field, coming off a close 21-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.

Behind quarterback Marcel Reed, the redshirt freshman completed 50% of his passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns, including another score on the ground. Reed is now 3-0 as an Aggie starter, even though Conner Weigman has returned to practice this week amid the redshirt sophomore’s shoulder injury.

On Monday, head coach Mike Elko previewed the challenge Texas A&M’s defense will face against Missouri’s passing attack under head coach Eli Drinkwitz. Quarterback Brady Cook and wide receiver Luther Burden have connected for four touchdowns in four games.

“They do a really good job of attacking you sideline-to-sideline and then pushing you vertical in the throw game. … He’s always quick to go to a trick play at the right time.”

“He’s a really good offensive coach, and they’ve done a really good job for a really long time.”

On Tuesday, Drinkwitz, speaking to the media, immediately questioned Texas A&M’s Week 6 depth chart. Since Week 2, every depth chart has shown Conner Weigman as the team’s starting quarterback, which Drinkwitz wasn’t buying.

“I mean, at this point, I know on their depth chart, it says the other kid’s the starting quarterback, but that’s just semantics in my opinion” Drinkwitz stated. “The other guy’s 3-0 as the starter, and whether he’s listed as questionable or whatever, I don’t see them going back.”

“They cleary have a different offensive identity when this guy is their quarterback and they’ve built an offense that fits around his system.”

Drinkwitz later stated that Marcel Reed’s appearance at Monday’s press conference insinuated that he would start on Saturday, noting that that is all based on “semantics” ahead of the critical matchup.

Texas A&M will host Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11:00 a.m. CT. The game will air on ABC and will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

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Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz trolled Kirk Herbstreit with a robot dog on the field

Does that dog steal signals or?

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has made it a tradition to bring one of his dogs, Ben, with him wherever he travels. Seriously. Everywhere.

Even on the field before games as Herbstreit fulfills his responsibilities both for College GameDay and as an broadcaster calling games.

Ben is, by all measures, a very good boy. He even gets his credentials to hang out on the field and in the broadcast booth. It’s all very by the book. However you feel about Kirk, Ben seems to be living his best life with his person — otherwise known as every dog’s dream.

Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz, who’s jokes haven’t always landed as well as he hopes, decided to troll Herbstreit and his companion on Saturday during a remote segment on College GameDay.

As Drinkwitz walked the field, he made sure to bring along a robotic dog with him and you have to at least give him an A+ for effort on this troll.

https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1834971658202865682

Followers of emerging technologies will note the dog was not created by Missouri, but robotics company Boston Dynamics. The Mizzou version has been modified by it’s engineering school, but we don’t expect Drinkwitz to have all that info stored away.

That said, bringing a piece of expensive technology down to the field opened the coach up to some Connor Stalions-sign stealing jokes, which, yeah. He probably should’ve seen that coming.

https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1834970086009901422

“This dog it not a signal stealer,” Drinkwitz said. “I don’t think.”

We’ll be keeping a closer eye on the Mizzou-Boston College game Saturday just to make sure.

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Way too early 2024 SEC Football Power Rankings

The Sooners and Longhorns are making the jump to the SEC in 2024, so where do they land in our way-too-early power rankings?

In 2024, college football will look like nothing we’ve ever seen. Conference realignment did plastic surgery to the game we’ve grown up with.

The Pac-12 is essentially gone as Oregon, USC, Washington, and UCLA move to the Big Ten. The Big 12 added Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah. Stanford and Cal are off to the ACC, along with SMU getting a promotion from the AAC. The SEC is adding Texas and Oklahoma.

The College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams, coming off its most competitive four-team version.

All of this is happening in 2024.

It’s a new era of college football. For the SEC, the Sooners and Longhorns are coming off of double-digit win seasons and Texas made the playoff. But how do they stack up against their future SEC counterparts?

Here’s a look at our way-too-early SEC power rankings.

Way-too-early ranking of Oklahoma Football’s 2024 opponents

A way-too-early look at how the Oklahoma Sooners 2024 opponents stack up.

For all but two teams, the 2023 college football season has come to a close. That means it’s time to look ahead to the 2024 season.

After making significant improvements on both sides of the ball in 2023, the Sooners jumped from six to 10 wins in Brent Venables’ second season. But now they move to the SEC and are breaking in new coordinators on both sides of the ball.

Additionally, they’ll have a completely new offensive line from the group that started for the majority of the season and a new starting quarterback after [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag] left for Oregon.

Jackson Arnold takes the reins at quarterback for the Sooners. Despite his Alamo Bowl performance, the ceiling is very high for Arnold and the Sooners offense.

But they’ve got a difficult schedule in 2024, in particular when they get to SEC play. But how would you rank their opponents in 2024? Here’s how we ranked them here at Sooners Wire.

Brian Kelly, Eli Drinkwitz address LSU hiring Blake Baker as defensive coordinator

LSU finalized its hiring of Missouri defensive coordinator Blake Baker on Friday night.

LSU finalized its defensive coordinator hire on Friday night, bringing in [autotag]Blake Baker[/autotag] from Missouri on a deal that will pay him an average of $2.5 million per season over three years, making him the highest-paid assistant coach in the country.

Baker returns to the state of Louisiana, where he served as LSU’s linebackers coach in 2021 and the defensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech from 2015-18. He also has prior defensive coordinator experience at Miami.

Coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] addressed Baker’s hiring in a statement on Friday night.

“Blake brings a wealth of experience and success as a defensive coordinator throughout his career, including the last two years in the SEC at Missouri,” Kelly said in a release. “His ability to develop and motivate his players while putting together highly successful defenses sets him apart in his field. I am excited to welcome Blake and his family back to Baton Rouge.”

Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz also took to social media to thank Baker for his time in Columbia.

Baker completely turned around the Missouri defense from one of the worst in the nation to one of the better units in the SEC. LSU will hope for a similar effect after the defense held the team back in 2023.

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Eli Drinkwitz cracked a snarky Connor Stalions joke after learning of Missouri’s Cotton Bowl opponent

Ryan Day and Ohio State were just minding their business when Eli Drinkwitz showed up.

The Michigan and Connor Stalions jokes will be happening for a long time.

During a wild College Football Playoff selection show that caused chaos among fans and intense debates from analysts, there was at least one man who had the jokes ready to go.

Upon discovering that the University of Missouri will play Ryan Day and Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, head coach Eli Drinkwitz fired off a timely dig at Jim Harbaugh and Michigan over the Connor Stalions sign-stealing investigation.

Drinkwitz was getting ready to end his interview with ESPN’s Rece Davis when he “received an impromptu phone call” that he had to take.

 

Missouri looking to finish off best season since 2014

Missouri is hoping Arkansas doesn’t spoil its 10-win season on Black Friday in Fayetteville.

Arkansas native Eli Drinkwitz is hoping to secure Missouri’s first 10-win season since 2014 on Friday in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

The No. 10 Tigers (9-2) will come into the Battle Line Rivalry looking to win it for the seventh time in eight tries.

Drinkwitz was hired in the same offseason as Sam Pittman, and was on the hot seat a year ago after posting back-to-back 6-7 seasons.

He turned a solid 2023 recruiting class and portal finds into a highly successful fourth year, which saw them beat Kansas State in Week 3 with a 61-yard field goal from Harrison Mevis and only lose to LSU and Georgia by a combined 19 points.

In two SEC road games besides Georgia, Missouri beat both Kentucky and South Carolina by identical 38-21 margins.

A win on Friday would most likely secure a New Year’s Six bowl bid for the Tigers.