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Drink it up: Mizzou reaches agreement with App State football coach Eli Drinkwitz

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri has its next football coach, pending approval by the UM System Board of Curators. Missouri and Appalachian State's Eliah Drinkwitz have agreed to terms on a deal for the 36-year-old to become the Tigers next head coach, a university source confirmed Sunday night. The Board is expected to announce a public meeting Monday morning to formally approve the contract. ESPN's Chris Lowe reported the news first Sunday night.

A private plane landed at Columbia Regional Airport shortly before midnight Saturday coming directly from Wilkes County Airport, which is less than 50 miles from Boone, N.