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re: Drink stat just heard at Media Days

Posted on 7/20/26 at 2:09 pm to
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
24867 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 2:09 pm to
He built his career beating terrible Kentucky/South Carolina/Florida/Arkansas teams
This post was edited on 7/20/26 at 2:12 pm
Posted by terriblegreen
Spokane, LA
Member since Aug 2011
12400 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 2:11 pm to
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What the hell has he done to justify that contract?


I'm glad they locked him down. Keep another crappy SEC team crappy.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
56362 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 5:01 pm to
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Missouri fans will agree with paying 11m for that stat as long as they can make it to a nice bowl game and talk about it, here.


Why not?

Mizzou has been a historically mediocre football program. Most Mizzou fans will accept a football program that wins 7-9 games and makes a meaningless bowl game. If Drink somehow manages to take Mizzou to a CFP game he'll be a fricking legend.
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
17152 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 5:52 pm to
Drink is a solid 8-4 / 9-3 head coach who recruits at historically unprecedented levels for our school and also notched a NY6 bowl win a couple years ago.

God forbid we be happy with what we have. Nebraska had a similar thing going with Pelini and they chose the opposite route...look how that worked out for them.
Posted by ManBearSharkReb
Member since Dec 2018
7056 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 6:23 pm to
You hired Hugh freeze after he tanked another SEC program. That shite was on you.
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
2031 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 6:27 pm to
He beat KU. You know, that incredibly intense rivalry,

Rodo
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
29392 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 7:19 pm to
He is a decent coach. Not good, not bad. But no big time school would ever want him as their coach(fans, not an AD, look at you Stricklin)
Posted by p226
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2016
2220 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:04 pm to
I don’t remember anyone wanting LSU to hire Drink. I saw his name on lists of POSSIBLE hires in posts here. But I don’t remember anyone wanting him around.
Posted by mutigerz
Ballwin, MO
Member since Nov 2013
842 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:08 pm to
This stat is pretty silly IMO.

Mizzou beat 5-5 LSU in Covid Year, #23 South Carolina 4-4 in 2022 and should have beat #1 Georgia, still can't believe we lost that game.

In 2023 only 5 SEC teams were over .500 in conference games and 1 of them was Mizzou. They only played 2, and if we're not for Jaylen Daniels we would have beaten LSU. Mizzou had wins over 4-4 #17 Tennessee, and wins over 3-5 Auburn, Florida, South Carolina and Kentucky.

2024 Mizzou was one of 8 teams that finished above .500 in conf, Mizzou played 3 and if Mizzou had beaten either one of them, those teams would have finished 4-4 instead of 5-3.

2025 If the Bama QB didn't play like Joe Montana on 4th down late in the game and Pribula could hit his wide open WR Marquis Johnson late in that game we could have won that game, but lose 27-24. We fall at a 1/2 yard short of tying or going for the win at Vandy after losing starting QB. Hell we played OU tough on the road with Pribula playing at like 60%.

It's not like you play a lot of teams with winning conference records every year.
Posted by GreenieTiger
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2014
815 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:12 pm to
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You worried about spending $$$ wisely
Says the fan of an irrelevant program with zero national championships to the fan of a program with four.
Posted by playmakers in space
Member since Sep 2018
1767 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 1:21 am to
Mizzou is like our Iowa, they are a pain in the arse to play and always seem to hover around the top 25 but they're never a real threat to be the king of the mountain. Every now and then they might be a top 10 team. Drink is perfect for that role, I think both parties realize this.

His salary is whatever, it's the price of admission in keeping a good or even decent coach.
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