Eli Drinkwitz was saying all the right things after being introduced as the new football coach at Missouri, laying out his vision for the once-proud program with unwavering confidence and bold proclamations.
It is a big step up from the Sun Belt to the mighty Southeaster Conference.
Drinkwitz said with a wry grin after the faux pas. “We’re going to win the SEC East and a bowl game
It also sounds like quite the ambitious goal for a program that went 6-6 last season and will be dealing with scholarship and recruiting restrictions handed down by the NCAA in the case of a rogue tutor. It also must find a way to overcome emerging juggernauts Georgia and Florida in its division. But he at least stopped short of predicting the Tigers would win the SEC, which would also involve knocking off perennial powerhouses Alabama, LSU and Auburn.