Eli Drinkwitz says Mizzou won’t take victim mentality after loss to Texas
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The Texas Longhorns and Missouri Tigers played a competitive game in Week 10. To the casual viewer, it may have appeared that Mizzou — for lack of a better term — got screwed by the contest’s officiating. Arch Manning’s incomplete pass that became a fumble fueled the Longhorns’ comeback and left the Tigers with the faintest of pulses in the College Football Playoff race.
In wake of the ruling, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey expressed displeasure with criticism of his referees. On Tuesday afternoon, Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz declined to place blame for the loss on anyone but the Tigers.
“We are not victims, and I refuse to give in to being a victim mentality. I refuse to give our players, our fans, our coaches an excuse for not getting the job done,” Drinkwitz said. “It’s my job as the head coach to get it done… We had opportunities to do that.”
Mizzou (6-3, 3-3 SEC) could find itself in the CFP running with a victory at Georgia, the likely No. 1 team in Tuesday’s CFP rankings, on Saturday. Winning Between the Hedges is always much easier said than done, though. The Tigers and Bulldogs kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC).
