Eli Drinkwitz says Mizzou locker room is ‘devastated’ following loss to Texas A&M
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The Missouri Tigers‘ College Football Playoff chances took a big hit when they fell to Vanderbilt at the end of October. Losing quarterback Beau Pribula in the process put the Tigers in a coffin, and the Texas A&M Aggies hammered the nails into it on Saturday with a dominant 38-17 victory.
Mizzou (6-3, 2-3 SEC) is now all but eliminated from the CFP hunt, and the team knows it. After the game, head coach Eli Drinkwitz told reporters his locker room was “devastated” by the result.
“That’s one of the toughest locker rooms I’ve been in, because we all believed that we were gonna win,” Drinkwitz said. “But our guys will pull it together.”
The Tigers have lost 3 of 4 contests following their 5-0 start. All 3 defeats came against teams in the top 16 of the initial CFP rankings (Alabama, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M). Each of those schools were ranked in the AP poll’s top 10 when they played Missouri. Unfortunately, when you play in the SEC, you’re going to have to navigate a gauntlet.
Mizzou hosts Mississippi State on Senior Night in Week 12. Following that game, they’ll wrap up the season with road trips to Oklahoma and Arkansas. Kickoff between the Tigers and Bulldogs next Saturday is slated for 7:45 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network).
