For Mizzou vs. Arkansas, it is win or stay home

Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz walks to the sideline during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The situation could not seem simpler for Missouri heading into Friday's rivalry game with Arkansas: Win and the Tigers qualify for a bowl game, lose and they're sitting home for the holidays.

Yet there is more riding on the outcome than the chance to play one more game in December in balmy weather.

The Tigers, who have qualified for bowl games in each of coach Eli Drinkwitz's first two seasons, are still trying to return their program to SEC prominence. And finishing .500…