That’s how Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz presented himself on the main stage Thursday morning at the Southeastern Conference’s preseason media days.
He wanted to contrast what he saw as “whining” from his peers who’d spoken earlier in the week, and in doing so offered plenty to the smaller group of media who attended his press conference from on-the-nose conspiracy theory zingers to a thought-out vision for a 30-team College Football Playoff.
"I was sent a text message the other day by one of my good friends,” Drinkwitz said early in his opening remarks, “that said, ‘What a privilege it is to be exhausted by a challenge you choose for yourself.