COLUMBIA, Mo. — Walking to the locker room at halftime, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz summed up the 30 minutes of football he’d just watched in seven words.
“Took us a while to settle in,” he said. And, as the kids say, he knows ball: that was the story of the game.
The No. 6 Tigers beat No. 24 Boston College 27-21 on Saturday, scoring 24 unanswered points to overcome a first-half deficit and hold on against a ranked opponent.
The visiting Eagles carried a 14-3 advantage into the final five minutes of the first half, but a well-timed turnover crafted by Mizzou’s defense and a takeover from star Luther Burden III turned the tides in the Tigers’ favor.