Eli Drinkwitz asked permission first. As his time on the SEC’s weekly media teleconference ended, Missouri football’s head coach checked in with the moderator, SEC communications director Chuck Dunlap .

“Hey, can I ask Kalen the first question or is that inappropriate?” Drinkwitz asked, as Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer prepared for his 10-minute slot. “Because I just want to know if he’s gonna wear that black hoodie or not. I call it the hoodie of death.”

Dunlap immediately and correctly gauged the attitude of the media corps listening in.

“I would anticipate everyone on the call would probably vote yes for that,” Dunlap said.

He didn’t get the first question. That went to a local beat writer, who asked DeBoer about tight end Josh Cuevas.

However, ahead of his team’s matchup with Alabam

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