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 Vanderbilt to Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium on Saturday to begin SEC play and cap its four-game homestand to start the season. Fans are encouraged to wear gold. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network with kickoff slated for 3:15 p.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)
“Glad to be here on a Tuesday. I want to first start by sending my condolences to the family of Gary Kloepper, known as Texas Tiger. I met him several times when we were down in our tours in the spring. He passed away unexpectedly last weekend, and so I want to send my thoughts and prayers to his family. I also want to thank Jack Foster for saving Peter Burns’ life on Friday night. Apparently, at their Friday night meeting, Peter started choking and it got pretty serious, and Jack stepped up to the plate and gave him the Heimlich maneuver, which ultimately led to the airway passage being opened up. I know our athletic trainers had to treat him on Friday night because it was such a serious incident. So, appreciate Jack stepping up and being a hero when he was needed to be a hero.
“You know, a quick recap of the game after watching the tape and really looking into it, just want to say how impressed I was with Coach [Bill] O’Brien and his football team, Boston College Eagles. That was a really good football team, a quality football team that was fundamentally sound in all three phases. I think he’s done a tremendous job getting those guys to believe in their plan, and really impressed with the way they played and the way they stayed in the fight for all four quarters. They were certainly a worthy opponent. But for us offensively, there’s a lot of things to correct, starting with a slow start. Lack of execution in the red zone, having to kick two field goals and a punt in the first quarter – a field goal, punt, field goal. Penalties, I’ve never seen 2nd-and-59, and I hope, to never see it…
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