Mizzou football coach speaks before Braggin’ Rights

Published December 21, 2019 12:50 PM

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ)

Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz met with reporters before the Braggin' Rights game.

Watch: #Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz says it's important to have regional rivalries like the Braggin' Rights game.

"I saw Coach Smith in the hotel lobby and shook his hand and said looking forward to playing you in a few years." pic.twitter.com/2RHQfixgAZ
— Andrew Kauffman (@A_Kauff) December 21, 2019

Coach Drinkwitz is in St. Louis to watch the Mizzou basketball team take on Illinois.

Watch: #Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz says he will go back to North Carolina for the holidays to be with his family. He also says his wife already has a house picked out in Columbia.

"Football coach is what I do. It's not who I am. I'm a husband and a father first." pic.twitter.com/IFkj3lMsCI
— Andrew Kauffman (@A_Kauff) December 21, 2019

You can watch our full conversation in the video player.

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