Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Thursday, July 17, 2025, during SEC media days in Atlanta. (Courtesy Southeastern Conference)

Missouri football coach Eliah Drinkwitz has a real way with words (derogatory). We can only assume that in Drinkwitz's youth, someone once told him he was funny, and ol' Eli didn't think to fact check this. Instead, the 42-year-old grew up to become college football's King of Cringe. He's like something out of a television show these days.

A large part of the crowd was gone by the time Eli Drinkwitz took the stage at SEC Media Days on Thursday morning, which is a shame, because the Missouri coach might have been the most-entertaining speaker of the week thus far.