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Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz enjoys speaking into a microphone in the middle of the spotlight. There’s no limit to what he may do to magnify the attention on his program. He went with a gimmick back in 2021, bringing a lightsaber to a press conference to troll Dan Mullen after upsetting the Gators. He probably prefers preaching from a pulpit over awkward recruiting hijinx. The adults fawned over Drink’s two-minute “grass isn’t always greener” spiel in which he lamented instant gratification while referencing those who survived the Great Depression and WWII. Those antics are great…

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