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Mizzou needs someone to make the return game exciting again

Eli Drinkwitz knows the dangers of fan apathy well... or at least he appears to.

In his brief time as Mizzou’s head football coach, Drinkwitz has reinstated a buzzy brand of marketing that permeates everything about his program. Off the field, Mizzou is engaged in Twitter follow Fridays, publishing behind-the-scenes riddles and rock-paper-scissors battles and even the occasional viral coach celebration. On the field (or at least adjacent to it), Mizzou has quickly become a team to watch, winning high-stakes recruiting battles, rivalry games and many, many press conferences.

Excitement has defined almost everything Drinkwitz has done as the head coach of the Mizzou Tigers.