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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz — who, come to think of it, sometimes has the look of an English professor — discussed modern linguistics on Sunday:

“There are so many different things in the English language and the culture of how people talk. You know, the other day one of the guys said ‘bet’ to me, and I was like, ‘On what?’”

Football players say the darndest things.

If you didn’t know, young people say “bet” to make a confirmation about something.