COLUMBIA, Mo. — Eli Drinkwitz wrapped up Missouri’s spring practice and went right into talking season mode.
That’s the void on the calendar between now and the Tigers’ football season opener Aug. 30. Sure, there’s a transfer portal window and high school recruiting to do, but there’s a lot of grandstanding, lobbying and generalized yapping in the forecast.
Drinkwitz, now in the run-up to his sixth season at Mizzou, took that act one step further during a recent appearance on the Paul Finebaum Show.
“This is a bold statement,” Drinkwitz said March 20, “but I would say this is the most talented football team that I’ve had since we’ve been here at the University of Missouri.