Auburn coach Hugh Freeze considers Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz one of his closest friends in the Southeastern Conference. But they will set that aside when No. 19 Missouri (5-1, 1-1) hosts Auburn (2-4, 0-3) on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, Mo. "I don't know where we started developing a friendship, but it came pretty naturally," Freeze said. "I think we're made of a similar mindset of what coaching should be about and the bigger picture of trying to keep the bigger picture of impacting others as important as the wins and losses -- which is very difficult to do." Missouri is trying to get back into the College Football Playoff discussion after rolling to a 45-3 victory at UMass last week.
Friendly rivalry as No. 19 Missouri meets Auburn
