Eli Drinkwitz dodges speaking on officiating from Saturday's loss: 'It will only cost me money'

Eli Drinkwitz is not interested in paying the fine that would come with sounding off on the SEC for its officiating job last week against Kentucky.

The calls in that game were objectively terrible. A few bad spots in the second half were overshadowed by a roughing the kicker penalty on a Mizzou defender attempting to make a tackle on a Kentucky punter who was scrambling for a loose snap.

Below is the play in question.

WATCH: Here’s the roughing the kicker penalty that was called against #Mizzou. Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz said
postgame that the explanation he received for the call was “the ball was still in the tackle box, and that he was still a protected punter”.@KOMUsports @BenArnetKOMU pic.twitter.com/VNWTxl9yAA

— Kyle Helms (@khelms2023) November 6, 2022

Drinkwitz has some thoughts about how the game was officiated, but he didn’t want to expand on them Tuesday. He told media that it would “only cost him money” and not get much done.

Drinkwitz got a response from the SEC on Saturday’s officiating calls. Makes it clear he’s not going to discuss it further. “It will only cost me money.”

— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) November 8, 2022

The Tigers take on Tennessee at Noon this Saturday.