FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The ball on Eli Drinkwitz’s contract extension truly got rolling because of a heckle in Norman, Oklahoma.

On Nov. 22, five days before the news dropped that Missouri football’s head coach signed a massive contract extension that is good through the 2031 season, Drinkwitz stood in the tunnel at Oklahoma with some of his players. At least one fan began to heckle the coach and his players.

The message, essentially, was that Drinkwitz would not be Missouri’s coach next season. He responded to that fan, in a video captured and posted to social media, with a two-word expletive beginning with ‘F’ and ending with ‘you.’ We’ll let you fill in the gap.

MU wide receivers Marquis Johnson and Logan Muckey put an arm around the coach, guiding him away from the noise.

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