Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz rips Kansas for Border War 'crap' - ESPN

Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz had plenty to say after beating Kansas on Friday night, saying he was «embarrassed» for the Jayhawks for leaning into the historic nature of the Border War rivalry.

Drinkwitz took umbrage with how Kansas used division to hype up the Border War, which began as an armed conflict over the issue of slavery along the state line in the years leading up to the Civil War.

«I'm just glad that this whole right-versus-wrong bullcrap that was started just got settled,» Drinkwitz said after the No. 23 Tigers' 38-21 victory. "… It's a football game. It's an American football game. People love to come watch and cheer for their teams.

«It's not even deeper than that. And I get there's a past for it, but why are we stirring that bullcrap up? It's 9/11. This country needs unity now more than ever. And I was embarrassed for them, to be honest. That's why I tried to embarrass them at the end.»

The Tigers threw to the end zone in the final seconds, trying to get one last score, before running out the clock.

Drinkwitz wasn't done. After his postgame news conference, he continued his rant against the Jayhawks on social media.

«Man! Yall are weird.… Winners WIN!!! I know that's RIGHT!!! #MIZ,» Drinkwitz posted to X in response to a University of Kansas post that painted the two programs as «right» (Kansas) and «wrong» (Missouri).

Man! Yall are weird… Winners WIN!!! I know that's RIGHT!!! <a href=«https://x.com/hashtag/MIZ?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#MIZ

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He also commented on Kansas' pregame hype video, which portrayed Missouri as «villains» while showing the discord between the two states dating back to the Civil War.

«I was disappointed in the rivalry, the turn that it took today,» Drinkwitz