COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz decided he wouldn’t watch the football or the uprights, but he’d stare across Faurot Field and watch his fellow conference coach of the year candidate. Sam Pittman’s reaction would signal which one would go home a winner.
Drinkwitz positioned himself on the 50-yard line, straight across from Arkansas’ head coach.
“When the ball was kicked he stuck his head down,” Drinkwitz said, “and I knew we won.”
Now, that’s cold.
If you were among the 11,738 in attendance at Memorial Stadium on Saturday or the untold viewers watching at home, you may now catch your breath.