Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz brought both fun and controversy to SEC Media Days, using his platform to poke fun at the

Mark Stoops is friends with Eliah Drinkwitz. Stoops could help Kentucky football return to relevance by looking to Missouri football's recent success.

Here are five of the most notable quotes and takeaways from Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s appearance on the stage at SEC Media Days.

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz drops comedic quote on infamous Jeffrey Epstein Files during SEC Media Day introduction

South Carolina will enter the 2025 season with the highest expectations in the Shane Beamer era. In the 2025 SEC preseason media poll released on Friday, the Gamecocks were selected to finish fifth among the 16 teams in the conference — the most-optimistic projection since Beamer took over at USC in 2021.

Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz floated the notion of a 30-team College Football Playoff while speaking to reporters Thursday on the last day of SEC media days in Atlanta.

A portion of the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia will be decorated with black and gold, when Mizzou football takes the main stage on Thursday. Each day of SEC Media Days, the Hall is displaying some of the most notable mementos from each team.

According to ESPN, the SEC has the highest strength of schedule out of any conference with all 16 members inside the top 20, with the Florida Gators holding the toughest schedule and the Missouri Tigers the easiest, respectively.