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Editor’s note: This is part of a series previewing the Power 5 and top Group of 5 teams for the 2021 college football season.
The chirping birds and white noise of the spring wind were a tell. Eli Drinkwitz was out for a walk during a phone call, enjoying the locale he has called home for well over a year but has not gotten nearly enough time to truly settle into.
Who can blame him? He was hired as Missouri’s head coach in December 2019, two days after completing his first regular season as a head coach at Appalachian State with a Sun Belt championship. Three practices into his first spring with the Tigers, the pandemic sent everyone home, relegating the football introduction of this regime to Zoom.