Success begets rumors.

No matter how distracting — it’s coming.

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s name is starting to get mentioned in coaching searches, which is an unavoidable outcome after two-and-a-half years of winning football in Columbia.

The sixth-year Missouri coach was asked about his name starting to appear on some hot boards for vacant head-coaching gigs during his weekly media availability Tuesday. He had a fairly fiery response.

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“As far as my name associated with (other jobs), that’s awesome for the University of Missouri," Drinkwitz said. "It means we're doing something really good. Means that our administration

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