With a diet soda sweating in front of him and a Sharpie spinning excitedly between his hands, Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz turned this week’s Tiger Talk radio segment into something awfully similar to a sermon.
The message?
Fill the pews.
With his voice carrying over a Facebook livestream and radio broadcasts played by stations across the state, Drinkwitz flipped a recruiting question from broadcaster Mike Kelly into what seems to be his favorite topic these days.
Attendance.
Drinkwitz shared that he and his staff are now recruiting prospects in the 2023 class. Some in-state high school stars, he said, will be in CoMo for Saturday’s season opener against Central Michigan.