AUBURN, Ala. — Eli Drinkwitz , by his own admission, was exhausted.

“Really proud of our guys for fighting,” the Missouri football coach eked the words out about three minutes into his postgame press conference at Auburn . “I don't have much juice left, guys. I'm kind of done. I mean, I'll answer all the questions. I just don't have much juice left.”

No. 16 Missouri football’s 23-17 win over Auburn on Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium win was as physically and emotionally taxing as they come. For much of the game, the visiting Tigers got punched and picked and pushed. They bent but never quite broke. It was imperfect; about as far from perfect as it comes. They went into double-overtime and had to forget all the mistakes.

All that one week after squandering a late chance to

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