It’s hard to tell what Jim Rome expected when he booked Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz for his show, but it probably wasn’t a nominee for the show’s best guest ever.
Rome introduced Drinkwitz and the coach came out swinging.
“I thought you were going to introduce my record,” began the Missouri coach, “but with the latest allegations against Tennessee, let’s hold up on what my record is because I expect them to vacate some wins and that’s going to help my record a little bit.’
Rome smiled and said, “This is getting so much better.”
He then walked thru the door that Drinkwitz opened and asked a follow-up about the coach’s reaction to the latest allegations that the University of Tennessee’s football program committed NCAA infractions. One of those included allegations that Former Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt and his wife were involved in distributing benefits to athletes.
“Me, personally, I got to question my wife’s commitment to winning.”
Rome replied, “On that, if I were you I’d walk off right now and then you can go down as the best guest ever.”
