COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri football head coach Eliah Drinkwitz met with members of the media on Tuesday afternoon for his weekly press conference.
Mizzou welcomes No. 24 Boston College to Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium on Saturday for its third of four consecutive home games to begin the season. Fans are encouraged to wear gold. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network with kickoff slated for 11:45 a.m. CT. The contest can also be heard on the Tiger Radio Network from Mizzou Sports Properties and LEARFIELD through the varsity app.
Eliah Drinkwitz Missouri Football Head Coach
(Ref.: Opening Statement)
“Excited for a great matchup with the 24th-ranked Boston College Eagles. I appreciate our fan base for selling out the game, and we’re definitely going to need them to make it a special environment and make it a loud environment. It’s going to be an awesome game of college football. I think it’s the only ranked game on Saturday, or the only game between two ranked opponents. And so we’re going to need to make sure that we set the crowd, and make sure that the crowd’s really good.
“We need all the advantages we can get. This is a really, really good football team. They’re battle-tested, obviously, with their road win versus Florida State. I think they’re very polished as a team. I think Coach [Bill] O’Brien has done a tremendous job with obviously, not only the transition from taking over for Coach [Jeff] Hafley, but also the program alignment. You can tell in all three phases, offense, defense, and special teams that they’re aligned in how they play the game. You can definitely see the imprint of Coach O’Brien on the offensive side of the ball with his development of Thomas Castellanos. You know, SVP [Scott Van Pelt] compared him to Kyler Murray, and I think that’s a very, very good comparison. We have him, you know, 73 percent completion percentage, he’s got six touchdowns and zero turnovers on the season, is a dynamic player with his feet, but I think he’s a very accurate passer. The play is never over with the ball in his hands, and he does a really good job of playing to play. I think they have a really good offensive line and a dominant line of scrimmage. You know,…
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